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  1. owbc
    It's crazy how much better this team is than on opening day. Virtually every weakness in the roster has been addressed. Phenomenal work by this organization.
  2. owbc
    Escobar is the best hitter on this team and it might not even be close.
  3. owbc
    His fastball was always straight as a string. He's not good. He wasn't good in the last 100 innings he pitched for the Brewers in 2012 and 2013. It feels like some people here aren't in on the joke. We borrowed him for a couple days to deal with our COVID issues so we didn't have to burn an option of one of our AAA pitchers. There was no expectation that he would be on the Brewers for more than a week or two. He's probably going to be back in the Blue Jays' minor leagues by the middle of the month, which would have been the case even if he had pitched a scoreless inning last night. I'm bummed it didn't work out for him, it would have been great to see him finish the game last night.
  4. owbc
    I’d rather sign Sogard to pitch out of the bullpen than see Axford again.
  5. owbc
    I would hope that literally everyone in the bullpen is ahead of Axford in the depth chart, at least until he shows what he can do in a low-leverage situation.
  6. owbc
    Is that a thing? Honestly, it's not the worst thing to let it run its course through the team right now. Delta is everywhere so it's better to get it over with now instead of in the playoffs. [sarcasm]Time to go get Bartolo Colon from the Mexican league...[/sarcasm]
  7. owbc
    I mean...what??? Some of the coaches throwing BP in the home run derby looked like they were in better baseball shape than Ax. This is as close as we will ever get to the equivalent of an NHL team bringing in an equipment manager as an emergency goalie. The only thing I can think of is that the entire bullpen got exposed to COVID and they don't want to burn options of their AAA guys. LOL. I hope he proves me wrong and gets some outs before we send him back to Canada in a week or two.
  8. owbc
    Cincinnati is overrated. They are lucky to be above .500 with their negative run differential and are currently riding an unsustainable Votto hot streak while having lost ground on the Brewers since the all-star break. They will finish in 3rd behind St. Louis while the Brewers win the NL Central by double-digit games.
  9. owbc
    As has been noted, home plate umpiring is objectively the best it ever has been in MLB history. But that just tells you how truly awful it used to be…
  10. owbc
    Honestly Báez seems like a perfect fit for the Mets. I can't wait to see the NY Post headlines after his first kerfuffle in a Mets jersey. The Ricketts are well on their way to extracting every last penny from the Cubs' fanbase. I don't expect them to ever be in the top-tier of MLB payrolls again as long as the Ricketts are in charge. I also love that the Brewers contributed to ruining the Cubs' dynasty more than anyone else. Smirking Craig Counsell in particular.
  11. owbc
    As frustrating as this is, I wonder how Padre fans feel, having thought they had him. I love it. Welcome to reality in MLB. Good luck trying to outdo the big boys at the deadline. Time to follow the Rays’ strategy like the rest of the small markets.
  12. owbc
    It sucks for the A's and Mariners who have a 1 and 3 game lead over the Yankees, respectively. When you have resources like the Yankees you just go out and fill your holes with the best players out there. It sucks for everyone else. As a Brewers fan though...that's one less dangerous hitter in the NL Central
  13. owbc
    I’m not sure what they could do. Why would MLB be against a Brewers watch party?
  14. owbc
    I would love it if the Padres overpay and send a bunch of prospects to the Nationals for Scherzer. They are a small-to-mid market team with a limited competitive window and a budget that has already been hurt by bad decisions. There's a 50% chance they get booted from the postseason in the wild card game. Let them sacrifice their future.
  15. owbc
    It's a complicated story but my wife's cousin has a 9-year-old daughter who doesn't have a father because he killed himself trying to dive off of a cliff in Hawaii. The guy was no saint but it's something to think about when doing risky/dumb stuff around water.
  16. owbc
    Word is there will be many more buildings downtown occupying those empty lots next season…It worked perfectly for the Bucks this year. They needed more room for the Deer District in the Fonals and it was there. Bucks might have to get more creative with their spacing if a repeat happens. I assume their phones are ringing off the hook with other businesses looking to lease space in any new development. It's huge for Milwaukee to have a destination district in the core of downtown. It would be great if they set up watch parties for the Brewers playoff games in that space as well.
  17. owbc
    Classic Stearns acquisition. An upgrade over Reyes for sure and insurance if Urias/Adames get hurt.
  18. owbc
    I don't see any major holes in our roster that are likely to be solved by a deadline deal, unless you are talking about eating a big contract or trading someone in our current starting lineup. The Dodgers have more pitching depth than us which is part of why I would target a bullpen or back-of-rotation arm.
  19. owbc
    Somebody is going to overpay for Gallo and it won't be us, there is already a rumor that Texas is sitting on a big offer.
  20. owbc
    I'd like to pick up a back end bullpen guy but otherwise I'm fine if they don't make any moves. A salary pickup to bolster the rotation like Scherzer would be a dream but seems very, very unlikely.
  21. owbc
    At the end of the day it does benefit the fans to have all of the good football teams in the same conference. Wisconsin has only played a handful of interesting regular season home games since being moved to the B10 West. Attendance has already suffered a bit and I can't imagine the prospects for retaining season ticket holders are very good if an interesting schedule is not offered. Fortunately this year is a bit of an exception with Penn State, Michigan, and Iowa all at home. 2022 is awful though. And the interesting non-conference games are always at neutral sites now.
  22. owbc
    The context of the 20-year playoff drought and the marketing of the team ("Sea Us Rise") is key here, as well as the comments made by the former president in the offseason. It might be the right move for long-term success, but patience is thin, especially with the longer-tenured clubhouse leaders. Certainly as Brewers fans with a long World Series drought, we know there is a decent chunk of our fanbase that gets irritated with Stearns every July because he tends to make conservative trades at the deadline. Perhaps the Adames trade buys him a little slack this year, but we all know the Brewers aren't going to trade for Scherzer or another one of the flashy rentals.
  23. owbc
    As of today I would still pick the Cardinals to finish 2nd in the division when all is said and done.
  24. owbc
    Dipoto has a trade addiction, he didn’t even remotely consider what the reaction to this move might be. A trade that he didn’t have to make.
  25. owbc
    That was fun, time to do something else for the rest of the night.
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