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I don’t think this is that hard based on what the committee says they value and what the rankings were prior to this week. Michigan, Washington, Georgia, Texas. Maybe you can make an argument for Alabama over Georgia but Texas really messed things up by making it impossible for Alabama to get in without Texas as well. Washington is a lock.
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Impressive how quickly this team is coming together.
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Yep, Chourio is going to lead us to the promised land. We can come back to this thread when he sends Counsell and the Cubs packing in the postseason. -
One comparison worth noting is that Julio Rodriguez struggled in the leadoff spot in 2023 and moving him down helped get him out of his slump -- the argument was that he gets to watch a couple other guys face the opposing pitcher first instead of having to be the first one up. So I think having Chourio standing there in the on deck circle watching Yelich do his thing is the right move.
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Robert Jr is an interesting comparison because he raked in the minors like Chourio is currently doing. He wasn’t an instant all-star in MLB like Carroll and Rodriguez but now that he had his breakout year those $20M club options are going to be no brainers.
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I can’t believe this is even a debate, we’re staring a franchise altering superstar right in the face and we have the potential to lock down his entire prime. The only Brewers prospect worth comparing to is Robin Yount, nobody else has done what Chourio has done as a TEENAGER. And we’re going to be paying $0 of his age 30+ years while doing him a favor by getting his service time clock going a year early. We just can’t be cheap and let this chance slip away. As several have said, soon as he hits the majors and starts producing, the price doubles or he simply won’t sign. Do it now.
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Yeah I agree on second thought -- but I still would be shocked to see Chourio sign for less than $150M. What's the point of risking hundreds of millions in earnings if you are not getting a huge guaranteed paycheck up front?
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While I am excited about this potential, I hate that service time is mentioned as a reason for doing this. It makes me think that the leak is from Chourio's agent. It's tough to find a good comp. Carroll signed at age 22, Julio Rodriguez signed at 21. Chourio is slated to hit the bigs at just barely 20. Rodriguez benefited greatly from waiting a bit -- he's essentially signed to a lifetime contract that is likely to end up in the $300-400M range. It will be interesting to see how many years we are talking here -- I can't imagine the Brewers would sign a contract with the escalators needed to do a career contract, so we're probably talking about buying out one or two years of free agency for maybe a $150-200M pricetag.
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Michigan fired Carr because he lost a few in a row to Ohio State...then Michigan went 1-10 in the next 11 matchups after firing him. And then Michigan nearly fired Harbaugh for the same reason. Pure insanity.
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They certainly seem to think they can make a playoff run in 2024 and they have made themselves quite a bit better. They added a couple wins simply from Wainwright not being on the 2024 roster and now they've added a Cy Young caliber arm in Gray. Lynn remains a bit of a head scratcher for me. I tend to agree that the hill remains steep, I wonder if they are still operating under the assumption that the devil magic can somehow turn back the clock on these aging arms. I operate under the assumption that without Yadi around they can expect these guys to keep getting worse. On the flip side, they could just be positioning themselves to get their season ticket holders to renew before selling most of the roster at the end of July.
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For a final four contender like Marquette the result today doesn’t really matter, especially since they beat Kansas. Purdue is playing like they have something to prove this year, best to cross paths with them in November and not when it matters.
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This is largely a salary dump by Seattle -- looks like Luis Urías will start at 3B for them in 2024.
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My objection is that market rate for someone like Lance Lynn is absurd.
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If that's what $10 million buys you in free agency, I want nothing to do with it. The best I would have offered Lynn is a non roster invite.
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I had season tickets in the student section in '06-07 and '07-08. Those were some good times. Didn't really get into it until after they won the natty. I loved seeing the Kohl Center packed against Michigan like it was back then. Wisconsin is a hockey and volleyball school now!
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Update: Brandon Woodruff is non-tendered.
owbc replied to Jake McKibbin's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
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I’m happy for Toro, he’ll probably be in the starting lineup in Oakland.
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If the government is going to get in the business of stadium ownership then they need to be in the business of stadium maintenance. Or they need to be charging the Brewers enough rent to pay for the maintenance, which is well into the tens of millions of dollars annually. And that's just maintenance, not upgrades like a new scoreboard every 5 years. There probably should have been an additional pool of money to pay for these maintenance issues that were bound to pop up around the 25 year mark. These things are just money pits, period. Doubly so when you have a retractable roof. If the Brewers owned the stadium, their franchise value would go down. And we can't have that.
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I don't know anything about Weeks' personality so I have nothing to say there. Just speculation, but it feels like Weeks could be a good mentor for Chourio given Rickie hit the majors at age 20 and had to overcome some early struggles to become a productive major leaguer. I also like that we don't throw a first time manager straight into the fire. We'll know in a few years if Rickie is manager material or not.
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Needs 5 chalets and 5 slides to go with those mugs.
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As long as the sucking doesn’t scare away recruits I don’t really care. Seems like they need to use the Deion Sanders approach on some of the leftover personnel from the previous era. Blow it all up, college football moves too quickly for a 3 year rebuild.
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Very heavy into cooking and baking unfortunately!
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Yeah those are for Seattle. The snow is definitely a big problem that I don't have to deal with although if the panels are sloped the snow should slide off. Honestly, even more than the solar panels I wish I could get rid of my natural gas service entirely (both for earthquake safety and climate reasons) -- but as with many green upgrades it's much easier to do it with new construction than retrofit an existing home. All I have is a gas furnace, a stove, and a fireplace, but I can't put in an induction stove without running another line to my kitchen and a heat pump has to wait until my furnace dies.
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From what I've seen you get about 25% as much generation in the winter as the summer -- although even that's pretty good given how dark it can get here. The panels are more efficient at colder temperatures which helps. There are 3-4 other houses on my block with solar panels, it's pretty common around here. Electricity is cheaper in the winter due to our abundant hydropower and lower usage, so you don't need to generate as much in the winter anyway. And in the summer when you're running A/C and electricity is more expensive, you're offsetting that with solar and likely generating excess that you sell back to the grid to offset future bills. And we have really sunny summers here. Ultimately I'm still balking at the up front price which is close to $20K even with no sales tax and the federal credits. If it was below $15K then I'd probably jump on it tomorrow.
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From the perspective of someone who doesn't live in the Midwest and follows a bunch of general baseball content on the web, Brewers/Cubs/Twins fans can kinda all be grouped together. Wisconsinites are the most feisty of the bunch for sure which I view as a good thing. And Milwaukee's inferiority complex is second to none, especially when compared with anything Chicago. But they all have more in common than they do differences, especially when compared with the coastal or southern MLB fans. The Brewers/Cubs rivalry at AmFam field is probably the most entertaining since it's mostly Wisconsin-based Cubs fans fighting Wisconsin-based Brewers fans. The Cubs fans that go to games in Chicago are like an entirely different fanbase.
