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  1. adambr2
    Profit is fine, but zero owners made their living owning a sports team. That came first. While an owner is entitled to do what they want with their team, if the owner of my team was valuing profit over being competitive I would cease to support that team. Fans don't fill the stands to look around and say, "Oh gosh, my team's owner is doing such a great job at making money!" We want to win, that's why we are there. If they aren't on board with that they won't get my money. It's a balance of both. While I think Mark A. has certainly shown a competitive nature and a willingness to spend to win, he still bought this franchise as an investment and certainly doesn't intend to operate it in a non profitable fashion, at least not in the long-term. The two of course go hand in hand in theory, the more you win the more profitable you'll be, and the more you invest in the team the more you'll win. They were fortunate to still do quite well at keeping fan interest during the mini rebuild of late 2015 to early 2017.
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    Kuechel is that big name quarterback that you took in the 2nd round of your fantasy football draft when you could have taken one in the 9th that would have been just as productive. Unless he ends up taking a Grandal type prove it deal, he doesn't really fit into Stearns' pursuit of appropriate value, IMO.
  3. adambr2
    Maldonado was the same awful hitter after we traded him as he was here, he combined for about 2 total WAR in 3 seasons since the trade, and he cost about 7M for that time. I really doubt Stearns is losing sleep over that one.
  4. adambr2
    Because he won't be cheap and he reaches base about 30% of the time.
  5. adambr2
    https://www.brewcrewball.com/2019/1/13/18181057/milwaukee-brewers-manny-pina-drawing-trade-interest-per-report FWIW. Obviously shipping Pina out and going with Kratz as the backup is an option, albeit maybe not the best option. I think this is a situation where we are listening but doing anything unless we really felt it was too good to refuse. Which is tough to see us getting for Pina.
  6. adambr2
    Sorry, maybe I'm being dense but I'm missing what you're saying that says about Mark. Are you saying it tells you that he would prefer not to spend if he doesn't have to, or it tells you he can be flexible on his budget? I also remember reading about this as well and Stearns' reply was something along the lines of if he gets one, it will make him want to get the other one that much more. In any event I don't personally read much into Mark saying that either way, as I think that is pretty much exactly how many of us felt at the time, too.
  7. adambr2
    I'd like to note that Maurcio Dubon, our number 7 prospect, prior to his injury, was posting a .922 OPS for the Sky Sox in 2018. He was hitting. 348 away from home, albeit with less power, but not all of his numbers were Colorado inflated. In 2016 for the Red Sox Portland AA club he posted an OPS over .900 in 269 PAs. Had a down year in Biloxi in 2017 but still contributed with good defense and 38 SBs. He's a true middle infielder that can either play 2nd every day or easily slide over and fill in for Arcia. Some feel Dubon is overrated here, I think the opposite is true -- I think he's quite overlooked. By no means am I saying, "This guy is our 2B of the future." But if we are talking about a Spangenberg/Perez platoon at 2nd, Dubon absolutely belongs in the conversation as well. My guess is that he starts the year at San Antonio, but if given an over/under of 100 PAs for him at the MLB level in 2019, I'll take the over.
  8. adambr2
    Cabrera would be okay. Not too exciting, but he's actually had a pretty nice, underrated career. I imagine we could hide his defensive deficiencies better than most. And I would like having 2 switch hitters in the regular lineup. Wonder what the Orioles would want for Jonathan Villar?
  9. adambr2
    Zack Brown alone is a big overpay. If that's what Cashman is looking for I'd offer his pick of Caden Lemons or Cody Ponce plus Carlos Herrera, take it or pound sound. Gray is a project, not a necessity, and not a particularly cheap project.
  10. adambr2
    There is actually a tangible dollar value that you can put on how much a playoff spot is worth, how much a pennant is worth, how much a World Series is worth to a team. Estimates, anyway, although I'm not sure what the numbers are.
  11. adambr2
    There is no way in the world the Brewers could add 67% to their payroll! Nobody knows what the tv deal will be, except it will be less than 1/4 of the Cubs or Dodgers deal. Increased attendance won't bring much, and costs are increasing. Their MAX will be around $117-120M for this year. Right now I too think they are at that sum, so unless a trade of Anderson and/or Thames comes to pass, Stearns is done. First, there's a big difference between what we can do and what Mark A. is willing to do, and I guess that's what we'll find out. Mark A. has a $700M net worth. If he wants to push the payroll to $150M this season and he anticipates $140M in revenue, he could operate at a $10M loss if he felt the long-term investment was worth the price. He absolutely COULD do it if he wanted. Doesn't mean he would, but he could. Making the playoffs is worth a great deal of revenue to a franchise. A World Series, especially for Milwaukee, is worth far more in potential revenue. There is more to it than just "we have X amount of dollars to spend on payroll this year." If you have several 1 year expiring contracts, he could say, "Ok, we can go to $140M this year, but next year we need to be around $100M." There's a lot of different factors at play, and the big picture covers more than just one season. We were up around $100M at times in the Melvin era when we were looking to contend, and other times when we were rebuilding we were closer to $60M, because in the bigger picture it didn't need to be more than that. It doesn't mean we had that much less to spend that year.
  12. adambr2
    I don't think Grandal affects Thames one way or another. It's bad news for Kratz, but I don't see how it affects anyone else. They were going to carry 2 catchers before they signed Grandal, and they're going to carry 2 catchers now that they've signed Grandal.
  13. adambr2
    I used to be a huge South Park fan and to me it's really tailed off the last few years to the point where I haven't even watched the series finale yet. Although I enjoy the satire, at some point it feels like they started trying too hard to constantly be making points rather than just being funny. I still enioy Family Guy quite a bit, to me that's aged better.
  14. adambr2
    Spangerberg has a lower career OPS vs. RHP than Brad Miller, who didn't work out here and is still looking for work. I'm not sure he's a big upgrade even as a platoon guy. Now maybe we see something and maybe he'll be more, it could happen. But personally I'd rather not count on him as more than a bench guy.
  15. adambr2
    It's odd that there isn't more talk about Castro. He's a pretty good player, his salary isn't cheap but it's doable for any contender. He's also got an extra option year next year which makes him even more attractive. From the Marlins' perspective they're rebuilding for awhile anyway, they could use his salary off the books and get something for him too. I'm surprised that his name doesn't come up more.
  16. adambr2
    Good, I don't get the appeal with LeMahieu. One really good season in 2016 and just a real mediocre player otherwise. Below average hitter in Colorado, which is never a good sign.
  17. adambr2
    As much as I like Grandal, I would have absolutely loved even more for us the two big deals that the Mets made -- 2/20 for Lawrie and 2/19 for Ramos. And yeah I know they wouldn't have necessarily signed those deals with us.
  18. adambr2
    Why do you say "this 30 year old catcher" as if a 30 year catcher doesn't deserve good money? This 30 year old catcher is one of the best catchers in baseball. Our division rivals are paying $20M annually to a 36 year old catcher. What's wrong with a 30 year old?
  19. adambr2
    Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne probably qualify, that would probably be the last ones. However I would say any team having 2 elite WRs in itself is a rarity. Driver wasn't elite any more when we won SB45, but we had pretty darn good WRs.
  20. adambr2
    Sorry, but you can't field a team without paying 25 players the minimum so they have to have at least $13.875M invested in payroll. That's an obligation... There's nothing wrong with that statement. He's just saying they don't have any existing contractual obligations in 2020 beyond that 300K buyout for Cruz. He's certainly not implying that the Twins are going to have a 300K payroll for 2020.
  21. adambr2
    I understand all the ways that this could go wrong. I am just at the point where I'm willing to take a big chance. Brown is so much better than Tate and it's not even close. You can tell me all about his personality, the rookie head coach, all that, yes I understand that. This could backfire. But the ceiling of such a move is a championship caliber offense again. If we were coming close with the status quo, I'd say stick with it. But we haven't been. The status quo has been failing us for 2 years now and with the clock ticking on Rodgers' career, it would be tough to see it continue.
  22. adambr2
    Walker, Harrison, and Panik are all really underwhelming options to me, I hope it's none of them. Not sure if they are even upgrades over our existing options. Castro is intriguing. Lawrie is my top choice.
  23. adambr2
    This is probably a good spot to mention that batting average doesn't even crack the top 10 best ways to evaluate a player's offense. You mentioned a slight upgrade in OBP and WAR, but Grandal is 3.5 WAR player with a .782 career OPS - more than slight. They still have time to upgrade at 2nd and find a starter. And unlike catcher their best prospect has the potential to take over at 2B midseason.
  24. adambr2
    We have at least 6 guys on the current 40 who can play 1st. Grandal loses a lot of value moving over to 1st. I'm sure his ability to play 1st is a nice bonus, but I doubt it is really tied to anything else we do or was really much of a factor in why we wanted him. We are paying him $18M+ to be our starting catcher, not to be an average 1st baseman.
  25. adambr2
    Well, they do have a huge cap credit coming from the Le'Veon Bell holdout. I don't think it's a foregone conclusion but it does sound like the relationship there with Brown is so broken that the Steelers would rather just bite the bullet and deal him.
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