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  1. owbc
    Yankees beating us and getting no hit would be something.
  2. owbc
    You would think so, but the home team was 1-3 in the Wild Card series last year. Although the Cards and Blue Jays choked in spectacular fashion and the Mets were the Mets.
  3. owbc
    I didn’t watch the first game but I saw most of this one and came away with a largely positive impression. I thought they were really going to suck this year but they look like they have a much higher ceiling than last year’s joke of a team. They mostly shot themselves in the foot in this game but it was a non-conference game so who really cares since they are not playoff contenders. I agree with Samurai, they mostly just lack the personnel to run the offense that they are trying to do. Mordecai actually looks ok but those receivers can barely catch the easy ones. You see why they’ve never tried to change the offense in the past 30 years but it will get better with better personnel.
  4. owbc
    Personally I wouldn't touch that financing thing with a 10 ft pole. It feels like a scam or a bait and switch. Why would they make a verbal offer if they hadn't done a walk through yet? As far as I'm concerned, whatever they put on paper is their first initial offer and everything else doesn't exist.
  5. owbc
    I agree -- 100% chance that the option gets exercised because 1/$11.5M is far less than Canha's free agency value and the actual cost to the Brewers is only $9.5M because the buyout is a sunk cost. I don't know if they will trade Canha or not...it was clear there was no spot for Wong on the roster but the same may not be the case for Canha.
  6. owbc
    Why do they even need a championship game? Almost all of them have been a joke and now they are going to be for what? A possible (but not guaranteed) bye in the playoff?
  7. owbc
    Run differential is meaningless in September and October. When you are 130+ games in, you are what your record is. We've had a lot of bad playoff luck in our recent appearances. The 2019 team was arguably better than both of our NLCS teams. The 2021 NLDS could have gone either way. If we win the NL Central we're going to be heavily favored in our WC matchup. Otherwise we're going to have a series with the Phillies that will be a tossup.
  8. owbc
    Stuck on 299 career home runs
  9. owbc
    I've never seen anyone with splits as insane as Sal's. He's at an MVP-level 0.490 wOBA against fastballs. Compared with 0.190 against breaking pitches, 0.088 against changeups. And the sample size is now up to a couple months. I'm not sure why anyone would throw him a fastball at this point. Meanwhile, we're winning!
  10. owbc
    Sal has issues with breaking pitches, to put it lightly.
  11. owbc
    I assume we're going to be picking up Canha's 11.5M option, right???
  12. owbc
    It will be interesting to see if the lower seeds have success again this year. Last year both of the 5 seeds and one of the 6 seeds advanced out of WC weekend. Then both Atlanta and LA lost in the second round. Honestly, the WC series will be terrifying and I don’t like the Brewers’ odds of getting out of it against one of these teams that has nothing to lose like Chicago or Cincinnati. I’d almost rather take my chances against Philadelphia, especially given how well we just played them. The plus side is that the teams that do survive WC weekend carry a ton of momentum into the NLDS.
  13. owbc
    It was reported that there was some clubhouse discontent after the trade, but the players recognized that it was somewhat earned through their poor play. I bet the reaction would have been different if the Mariners were holding a playoff spot at the time of the trade. And Sewald is far from a traditional closer and certainly not a star like Hader.
  14. owbc
    I’m on a 30ish-person fully remote team, we’re spread across all 4 time zones in the US. It’s quite obvious that being able to source the entire US for our talent pool is going to yield better applicants than restricting to a handful of locations. This year especially as more people are being forced into RTO. I haven’t seen a single downside to a fully remote team and there are numerous advantages both from a business and personal standpoint. The high performers like it the most for sure.
  15. owbc
    Manfred should void this. Such blatant salary dumping that messes with the playoff race should be illegal.
  16. owbc
    Julio Franco came in handy again today.
  17. owbc
    I remember Woodard’s debut as well. It was a better pitched game than Strasberg but it was in front of about 1,500 fans. “Strasberg mania” was like a playoff game. Unfortunately Woodard’s second start was also memorable because it ended our 9 game winning streak and his career was pretty much all downhill from there.
  18. owbc
    See above. They have to pay out the entire thing. No insurance. Someone on reddit posted an analysis of the value vs. expected value of the 90 completed contracts in MLB history worth $100 million or more (inflation-adjusted). Strasburg ranks 90/90 on that list. Prince Fielder's contract with the Tigers is ranked 87/90.
  19. owbc
    TT looks like he should be a corner outfielder or DH.
  20. owbc
    At least they have the video feed working now
  21. owbc
    Yep, same. I guess I'm watching the Mariners instead today.
  22. owbc
    Heat index of 107? Yikes. At least it will be snowing in two months.
  23. owbc
    I think the ship has largely sailed on trading these guys. The time to do it would have been last offseason and we're lucky we didn't because nobody saw the Cards' collapse coming. Letting the Cubs coast to an 80-something win divisional title would have been an embarrassment. Given all three of them being on the same timetable, it seems silly to trade only one or two of them. Adames would be the most obvious to ship, but the return doesn't seem worth it. I would hang on to all three and use that as incentive to get Counsell to come back for one more year. The biggest risk is that the Cubs or Reds break out in 2024 and the Brewers are out of contention at the deadline, in which case they can sell and get returns that will be nearly as good as what they would get in the offseason. And it's not like they would walk for nothing in free agency, we can get the compensatory draft pick(s) and you are tacking another year onto the competitive window which is quite juicy right now with the division being weak and having enough top-tier pitching to get to the NLCS if the stars align.
  24. owbc
    All the Brewers' woahs will be solvdd if only they call up Hiura.
  25. owbc
    Mariners fans think they are going to pass Houston+Texas and win the division. Hard to argue with their optimism right now. Nice to see Carlos Santana come up with a few key hits. That’s what he does.
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