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  1. adambr2
    No, it wouldn't. Castro is a decent player, and his contract isn't cost prohibitive at all with $11M committed for 2019 and then a club option of $16M or $1M buyout for 2020. Proposed deal isn't nearly enough.
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    Depends on how much prospect capital. I would look into it, because he is short term and a lefty bat. Not directed at you specifically but I hear this about lefty bats a lot and I don't understand the infatuation with lefty bats. We still have Shaw, potentially Thames, and Yelich. When Moose was here I think you could argue we were TOO left handed. That did not help against LHP heavy teams like the Dodgers in the NLCS.
  3. adambr2
    We have plenty of players who were guilty of that at times this season. Santana, Aguilar, Shaw...frankly, I'm probably missing others. I'm in total agreement about guys who don't hustle and run out ground balls to 1st being beyond aggravating, but if that's a reason not to acquire Puig, we better look at our own house in that regard.
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    It makes no sense for the Yankees. They can just non-tender Gray if they want to be rid of him. They can afford a bad contract, but it doesn't mean they're looking to take one on. It makes plenty of sense for us, and I can see it from the Padre's perspective as well, but I see no way that the Yankees are going to do what basically amounts to just doing the Padres a huge solid.
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    The Brewers aren’t fearful of spending money. They just don’t have as much to spend as those teams you mentioned. I hope you get that if the Brewers choose the wrong large contract, it could cripple any of the progress they have made so far. So...A. Don't choose the wrong one B. I would gladly take a World series title now for some down years 4-5 years from now. Well, that sounds great in theory but is not how it works in the real world. All the Brewers can do is choose their investments based on their own studies and analytics, but they can't guarantee that the contracts that they give out will be good ones any more than the Angels couldn't guarantee that paying Albert Pujols would be a good deal. B is also not how it works. No amount of moves or lack thereof will guarantee a World Series or lack of one. Which is why its so important to have a sustainable plan that isn't simply a short-term one year goal. The Brewers, like any other business, have to operate within the constraints of their own budget. Obviously, that budget can be flexible within Mark A's discretion, but I certainly don't have the expectation that he operate his business at a loss for our enjoyment, and I say that believing that he wants to win on a personal level as much as us. And they did invest 16M a year in Cain just this year so they are "trying". The kind of trying you are suggesting JKromb, basically throwing caution to the wind and throwing budget constraints to the side, is how people wind up buried in credit card debt and businesses wind up filing for bankruptcy.
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    He wasnt.. it was sheer luck that he was even good.. every time he Took the mound i felt like we could give up 10 runs very easily. I mean, trading for Christian Yelich was sort of a major move.
  7. adambr2
    Madison Bumgarner is a pretentious diva who throws a hissy fit in some shape or form every time he feels even just a tad bit slighted. It would be hard for me to not be excited about acquiring an ace starter, but Bumgarner may do it for me.
  8. adambr2
    But they did not hit in the postseason, which would be essential to them being in the World Series regardless of whether or not Corbin was here. And they were still middle of the pack in runs scored despite the OPS+ because they had 2-3 guys who could hit while the rest of the lineup stunk.
  9. adambr2
    I pin the 2014-15 NFCCG on Burnett, Peppers, Bostick, and to a lesser extent, HHCD. Everyone else is pretty secondary IMO.
  10. adambr2
    This post is perfect. It fits all of what I felt last night and today. You guys are taking this way more personally for Mike McCarthy than I'm sure Mike McCarthy is. I wish McCarthy the best for sure, but no way would I enjoy seeing his new team put up 45 on mine. Everywhere else, sure, I wish him success. And yeah, there's no need tor for people to get excited about a guy getting fired but yes, it does come with the territory. McCarthy in no way was mistreated, he was given a very long tenure and I highly doubt he feels any ill will or need to stick it to the Packers like some seem to feel he should. Sometimes, things just run their course and that's okay. It happened with Andy Reid in Philadelphia. Now they've won a Super Bowl and Reid has been very successful in Kansas City. Hopefully it will work out equally well for both sides here.
  11. adambr2
    I would imagine all he meant was that Shaw as our full time 3rd baseman going into 2019 is the tentative plan barring some acquisitions that are unforeseen at this point in time.
  12. adambr2
    I would like to add in addition to what I and others have already posted, that these things are not always great comparables in a historical context. Decades ago, there was not this constant media frenzy around something like this like Mike would have to go through now. If he stays through the end of the season, it's going to be a constant focus in every interview and presser and a constant distraction in the locker room. Meanwhile, he's still putting in 80 hour work weeks for a job that he knows he isn't long for, all the while delaying his future plans and keeping him away from his family around the holidays. Mike is a smart guy. I'm sure he was well aware after today that this was going to happen, whether it be now or at season's end. Regardless of historical comparison I fail to see how doing all that and forcing him to play out the fiddle is the more respectful course of action than letting him simply move on with his life and career now and give the guy a break.
  13. adambr2
    This guy nailed it (as did Homer): "Sparing Mike McCarthy a month’s worth of rumors, plus the indignity of playing out the string, strikes me as a respectful outcome. It’s OK to do things differently from the way they have always been done."
  14. adambr2
    Sheffield is #1 for me and after that I don't really care. Yuni was just bad at baseball, but I don't hate him for it. Unless Schoop decides to drag his former team and/or city through the mud on his way out, I see no reason to hate him any more than I don't hate Jeff Suppan.
  15. adambr2
    I think it's a good statement about his character to come out and tell us that he made a mistake. Players respect that, his coaches respect that, fans respect that. I have a very hard time seeing how making a statement holding himself accountable for a rare bad move is in any way a negative thing. If he had dragged Schoop through the mud with his comments I could see that perspective but he doesn't come off that way at all IMO.
  16. adambr2
    Not sure what its origin was before that, but Kevin O'Leary has been using the term "nothing burger" on Shark Tank for years.
  17. adambr2
    Well they are pretty well set up in the rotation anyway and the talk is that they would plan to replace Noah with a free agent starter. They may be very concerned about Syndergaard's injury history and want to sell on him now rather than wait which makes me even more skeptical about acquiring him.
  18. adambr2
    Smart really. Get arguably the best young reliever in the game in exchange for taking on a contract they can afford instead of giving up big prospects. So if you can afford something, then it's perfectly acceptable to overpay? Also, who's the reliever you are talking about? I must have missed that. They are getting Edwin Diaz as part of the deal. If you are paying a grand for a pencil but getting a pair of Game 7 World Series tickets thrown in, yes it is perfectly acceptable to pay a grand for the pencil.
  19. adambr2
    Smart really. Get arguably the best young reliever in the game in exchange for taking on a contract they can afford instead of giving up big prospects.
  20. adambr2
    I doubt Schoop is back here anyway regardless of what his market may be. Just my opinion. Never really got the sense from his body language that he ever really felt comfortable here. My guess is he starts over somewhere else. Or back with the Orioles would not overly surprise me either.
  21. adambr2
    I really don't think much of it until something becomes imminent to be honest. I am pretty used to us showing interest in just about every major piece that makes any sense at all. We've also inquired about Realmuto, Bumgarner, etc.
  22. adambr2
    $12M isn't much of a factor in the conversation IMO. If we really want Bumgarner on a short term commitment that's actually quite cheap. We're considering $10M for Jonathan Schoop. They could basically clear the money for Bumgarner by non-tendering Schoop, going with Dubon for a short time at 2B and then promoting Hiura. Prospect loss, lack of long-term control and concerns about possible decline are far bigger factors at play here in my opinion.
  23. adambr2
    The general assumption on Swarzak about that though did not work out too well. He was straight up awful in 2018.
  24. adambr2
    Yeah Woodruff isn't much of a prospect at this point. He's an mlb arm, and really all 3 of those top guys are. Peralta may end up in the minors to work on things...but that will be more of an odd man out situation. For me, you are looking at 5 years of team control for Woodruff or 6 years for Peralta. Peralta probably has a bit more upside but much needs much more improvement than Woodruff to reach his ceiling. All Woodruff really NEEDS to do is maintain consistency and do what he did in Sept/Oct...and he'll be a very successful starting pitcher going forward. Much easier said than done. And again, Woodruff is the better pitcher right now based on what we saw the 2nd half last year and playoffs. There are arguments both ways, I don't think it's really fair to put them on completely different tiers though. Woodruff and Peralta are both controlled through 2024 at the moment (6 more seasons). Given that, I can't see how age is really any big factor in the difference between their trade value. If anything, Woodruff being more of a finished product may be more attractive to some teams especially after his postseason performance.
  25. adambr2
    Jon Gruden seems sort of insane at this time, so who knows.
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