adambr2
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What is this pillow deal you always speak of? Is this your own term, or a term used normally that I have just never heard before? I don't hear it often but it's a real term. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/12/poll-pillow-contracts.html Basically it's a short-term prove it deal with a higher annual value than the same player would get on a multi-year deal. (Example: Yasmani Grandal)
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No offense taken at all - like I said friend of a friend, so I’m not sure if I believe it either. Figured it interesting enough to throw out there either way. But the *supposed* source is someone that would absolutely know what was offered. I find it hard to believe too. The Brewers wouldn't have even been sure at the time if Knebel was going to be out for two years or just two months. Why would they have jumped in with any multi-year offer that late in the off-season when there still was complete uncertainty with Knebel? I don't doubt the Brewers make an official offer but a two year offer just seems odd considering the timing. Now that Knebel is definitely out for this year and perhaps a big chunk of next year, now it would make sense if the Brewers threw a two-year offer out there. For equal money, I'd still rather have Keuchel and then kick Woodruff or Burnes to the bullpen. But Boras is probably in 5 year, 125 million dollar dreamland with Keuchel. While I doubted the rumor as well, I doubt the Brewers would have any problem offering 2/20 to Kimbrel regardless of the certainty on Knebel. Even if Knebel came back, it's not like you can ever have a logjam of good relievers.
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I have the same hot take, but it definitely feels like it could be a legitimate take.
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There was a question earlier in this thread as to why the Brewers didn't go after Goldschmidt. I said probably because they had a good 1st basemen and didn't want to dedicate the necessary resources to acquire him. And god KNOWS had we picked him up....we have to have heard suggestions about playing Aguilar at 3rd base. I can suffer a lot as a Brewers fan, but I don't know how many more of those ideas I can stomach! [sarcasm]That alone was enough to not trade for Goldschmidt.[/sarcasm] I can understand where you're coming from. I too, felt that having a cost-controlled solid 1st baseman was reason to dedicate our resources elsewhere. We just have to hope that Aguilar isn't going to regress significantly, or if he does that Thames will hopefully be a suitable option against RHP.
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Overall through the first 2 games, not overly concerned about the hitting. Yelich is still Yelich, Cain is still Cain, Braun and Moose look solid. Plus Shaw, Aguilar, and Grandal will come around, and Arcia should. I think there's definitely legitimate concerns about the pitching staff this year as well a fair question of whether or not the DJ loss will negatively affect the staff.
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So you don't expect Aguilar to be as good as arguably the best 1st basemen in baseball? Has ANYONE indicated they believed otherwise? That'd be akin to saying, "I don't know what we can expect from Harrison Bader this year, but he's not Christian Yelich," if you're a Cards fan. Not sure what the purpose of this response was, but it was just said in contrast to the night that Goldschmidt was having. Wasn't meant to be a big deal or a specific dig on Aguilar. Obviously no one literally expects Aguilar to be better than Goldschmidt.
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Well that was not dramatic.
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Grandal isn't impressive at all these first 2 games on either side of the plate.
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As counterintuitive as it may seem, once Nelson gets back, they might be better off with Nelson, Davies, and Anderson back in the rotation and Woodruff, Burnes and Peralta back in the middle relief roles that made us so successful in September last year. Starters are less important on this team than others, Counsell is always going to have a short hook. But they just don't have the middle relievers on this team right now to bridge the gap to Hader/Jeffress.
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I don't know what we can expect from Jesus Aguilar this year, but he's no Paul Goldschmidt, that's for sure.
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Tony LaRussa just threw his bottle of vodka down on the ground in anger somewhere. He was incensed about guys getting hit anywhere near the hands.
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Well, we still have Yelich.
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Well I wouldn't call him that just yet, going to be plenty of high leverage job opportunities in this pen by the looks of it.
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Maybe I'm just not remembering it right, but when he first came up I remember just being so impressed with him and his slider. Feels like they tried to turn him into less of a fastball/slider guy and more of a cutter guy and it's just been a big failure.
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He looks like he came straight from kicking around a hackey-sack on campus in Madison.
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I'm so sick of seeing Jacob Barnes on this roster every single year.
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I wonder how many times we will say "I miss Derek Johnson" this season.
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No kidding. Have to think they just didn't want to invest something like 5/130 in him and didn't want to give up much for a 1 year rental.
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Feels like every single 50/50 call, whether on the field or balls and strikes, has gone against us tonight.
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Can't wait to have Goldschmidt hit 80 times a year against us.
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I hope we do...good for him. We could have predicted with the trade and playing time, he'd hit .275/.350 with 25-35 hr. He always reminded me of a Nelson Cruz, only with better performance at a younger age. I understand the trade, it just sucks to trade so low on a guy who clearly had a much higher upside. Not ideal. Post-2017 was the time to trade him if you must, unfortunately we just didn't seem to find the right deal.
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Travis is off to a rough start.
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Domingo Santana just hit his 3rd HR of the year and already has 10 RBI. His start this season has been something else. I hope we are not going to end up regretting that one.
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I wouldn't mind replay if they were actually consistent about how they applied the term "conclusive" or whatever word they use, but they're not. They just do whatever they feel like in New York.