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My mind went back to my childhood and going over to my grandpa’s house and often he’d be in his garage and Ueck would be on the radio. My grandpa would always say “How about them Brewers?” And we would be like “They suck!” Even though we couldn’t get Ueck a title, he went out with the franchise riding an all-time high of success. And we can still win one for Ueck in 2025.
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Speaking of the Padres, it sounds like the flight for control after Seidler’s death has gotten ugly. Only a matter of time until the payroll dump happens…
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If my employer lowballed me and I had 29 other companies who were interested in my services, I’d be gone the next day. My actual performance is irrelevant in that equation.
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That’s an incredible way to experience your first hockey game. For what it’s worth, most hardcore hockey fans would say that sitting on the glass is something to do once. When you sit a bit higher it’s easier to see plays develop and you can keep track of play on both sides of the ice. If you sit higher I think you’ll also find more people paying attention to the game, since the first few rows are more of novelty seats.
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Brewers Open To Trading First Baseman Rhys Hoskins
owbc replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
Seattle apparently offered Carlos Santana more money than Cleveland, so they appear interested in spending at 1B. They will probably try to re-sign Justin Turner next. If that doesn't work out, I could see some potential interest in Hoskins. Dipoto likes to unload dead contracts, which would make him potentially interested in clearing Haniger's money and opening up that roster spot. Locklear looked overmatched by MLB pitching in 2024, but he's young and likely projects for a Rowdy Tellez-like career. He's currently considered the 10th ranked prospect in Seattle's system. Personally I think Seattle would prefer to send more cash back and/or a lower ranked player than Locklear. In which case I think the Brewers would rather just eat the Hoskins contract since they need to get a 1B back and Haniger is entirely dead money, he would never actually play for the Brewers. -
Brewers Open To Trading First Baseman Rhys Hoskins
owbc replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
I think Hoskins’ upside is likely more than whatever return we would get to unload his contract. But if we can find a sucker to pay most of the contract then I’m all for it. -
Didn’t watch but checked the halftime score and saw it was going as expected. Hopefully Ohio State meets the same fate tomorrow.
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They need to ditch the neutral site if they want to make the tournament matter more. It could have been fun to host that at home.
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Are we too worried about losing Willy's power?
owbc replied to Playing Catch's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
This and the other linked fangraphs article don't even take into account the value of stolen bases, which have gotten much easier since these pieces were written. I think the Brewers' strategy is pretty obvious -- above all they want top tier defense in the key positions -- SS, 2B, CF. Since you're not going to find many undervalued elite defenders with high slugging percentages, they are chasing high OBP speed guys who can play defense at an elite level. So Caleb Durbin. My personal opinion is that you can get away with the above but this is basically a formula to have an elite offense with a 15th-ranked slugging pct. If you're bottom-10 in slugging you're not going to be good no matter how many times to get on base and steal second. So they need to get slugging from corner positions. -
Tucker is absolutely a 1 year rental, but you’re getting the full year over a deadline acquisition and he is as big of a piece as you can add.
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The Mariners fan half of me is glad to have him out of the AL West. The Brewers fan half of me knows that he's going to do something to hurt us.
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Of course not. And the numbers surely say that his future postseason performances will regress toward his career means. But putting analytics aside and knowing Devin's track record, would you bet on that happening? In a Yankees uniform? In that media market? On the flip side, as a degenerate fan of the Brewers, I don't know if I can handle another blown save in a postseason elimination game and that surely clouds my thinking on the matter.
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Half of me sees Williams as a perfect fit for the Yankees following in the footsteps of Rivera with one historically good pitch. The other half of me thinks his personality and the big media market are going to clash. I like the move for us, I was ready to thank Devin for his service and move on, regardless of the economics.
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I bet many of the owners are having second thoughts about allowing Cohen buy a team, that's for sure. You're not supposed to care more about winning than profits.
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Willy Adames goes to San Fran 7 years, $182 million
owbc replied to Jastro's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I think it's fair to ask what this spending spree is going to do for the Giants in terms of World Series odds or even playoff appearances. Assuming they sign Burnes or another high profile FA as well. In this new top-heavy era, we've got like 3-4 teams playing with monopoly money, but that leaves the #5-15 payroll teams in a weird spot where they are spending pretty heavily in free agency to keep up, while, in many cases, suffering a loss of local TV revenue. We could be in a situation where the Giants spend nearly half a billion dollars on two of our former players and I still might not want to swap their roster for ours. -
I see why we were interested because 3 years of a cheap impact arm (assuming no further injuries) is worth a ton. But for that prospect haul I'm fine letting him get away. About time the White Sox got serious about rebuilding.
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I don't know what it's like in Milwaukee these days but in Seattle the weekend MLB games are absolutely overrun with families and children. I bet the demographic numbers would show that attendance is skewing younger while TV viewership is skewing older. Anyway...I think the underlying issue at hand here is that everyone knows that modern pitching is absolutely overwhelming the bottom quartile of batters, so pretty much every team is putting guys with .170 batting averages into the lineup. You often have the scenario where late in the game you have the 7-8-9 hitters coming up against a 102 mph fireballer and more often than not they get mowed down and can barely make contact. Ten years from now there will probably be 3x as many guys that can throw 102 mph and the middle infielders will still largely have the same physical build that is optimized for defensive run prevention. So, what do you do about it? The golden batter is just one of several dozen possible rule changes. There are plenty of softer ways to loosen the rules around pinch hitting that wouldn't be as extreme as a golden batter.
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Overall I think baseball is more exciting than cricket, but cricket does have the advantage of letting you see the best batters hit for a longer period of time. Maybe you just let Aaron Judge keep batting until you get him out?
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Just wait until other sports start emulating this — Manfred, some MLB owners, and Fox Sports execs will be setting the playoff bracket for MLB soon! I find it hilarious that they allow a closed door group with vested interests to set the playoff bracket. Anyway, Miami to the SEC.
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In banana ball the player that you are pinch hitting for becomes the base runner. Personally I would make it illegal to do the substitution if the hitter has already recorded a plate appearance in the inning. However, for a walk or hit batter I would still allow it following the banana ball rules.
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It’s not that much crazier than a designated hitter. I’m not in favor of it, but I like the acknowledgement that we are still in a dead ball era and more changes to increase offense are needed. My hope is that a 2D auto strike zone with rounded corners will do the trick for offense though. If we go to a 154 game schedule it would also allow single season records to continue to be broken. That said, please please please do banana ball rules for the all-star game. That would be so much fun.
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I agree that Vegas isn’t gonna happen but they will find a sucker to fork over public money for a stadium. My bet is on Salt Lake City. Meanwhile, the Rays’ situation is now a disaster, with them basically having to play three straight months on the road this summer and no stadium until 2029 at the earliest. I wouldn’t be surprised to see them land in Nashville
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What's going on right now doesn't affect us too much. We've always been poor. Fans of mid-market teams who are suddenly feeling poorer than they used to be are not taking recent events as well. I don't worry about it too much, it's still far better than it was pre-luxury tax when the Yankees were spending 3-4x the median payroll. These days the Mets are at like 2x the median. If the median payroll is 150M and you have a team spending 500-600M, then there will be a real problem. I don't think it will happen though, the RSN crisis will work its way up to the biggest markets eventually. I think the 2030s are going to be rough for the Dodgers.
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Despite my frustrations with the program I generally agree with this and Wisconsin doesn't really have any choice right now except to give Fickell at least another year. A run-centric offense gives us the ceiling of Iowa and that doesn't appeal to me either.
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It only feels like it because we follow Wisconsin. Or at least we did, I didn't even watch a full game worth this year, it was too painful on the eyes.
