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  1. owbc
    To be fair, there is one team in our division right now that is going through an epic collapse at the worst possible time.
  2. owbc
    Good for Wainwright, he earned this one.
  3. owbc
    It's not easy to barrel up this offspeed junk, especially since he seems to be hitting the corners with it.
  4. owbc
    I think the takeaway here is that these teams have used a variety of strategies. Baltimore was the only true "tanking" franchise. Cincinnati and Seattle largely got better through trades, not drafting. Minnesota has mostly coasted through an easy division given their failure to win a playoff game during that stretch. And personally I think Arizona lacks a strong enough roster to maintain their current success and they are far from a lock for the playoffs. I think the owner is the most important piece. That's the one constant that you have. That's the person who sets the culture more than anyone else. Stearns is going to have to navigate an inexperienced owner who desperately wants to win. It's not going to be easy. He also has to build things from scratch again. He's competent for sure, but there's a lot of luck involved in this world and New York is not Milwaukee. Mets fans will not tolerate a couple of years of losing to build things up like the Brewers did in 2016-17. And even that 2018 Brewers teams was ahead of schedule.
  5. owbc
    I could not figure that one out, I usually "cheat" by looking up rosters and trying to guess who it could be without clicking on their profile. Greinke's Cy Young year was really something, 242K!
  6. owbc
    Do the Brewers discount tickets on weeknights in September? I was at the Mariners game on Monday night which had a crowd of 37,000, but more than half the stadium was discounted to the $10-20 range. They do that for pretty much all weeknight games when school is in session.
  7. owbc
    He sure looks like he can play tonight. I’m all for trying to do this, but it’s tricky because the Rockies (if they are smart) are going to want at least one decent prospect back in exchange for eating salary.
  8. owbc
    We'll be heavily favored against anyone if we get home field advantage and have Burnes-Woodruff-Peralta lined up against the WC3 team. Then we'll pray that the bats show up. In the event that doesn't happen, I think we match up better with Philadelphia but agreed about their tendency to be clutch in the postseason and my painful memory of what happened the last time we went to Philly in the postseason. Going to Wrigley is a scenario that would be fun but seems unlikely.
  9. owbc
    The New York Mets are hiring David Stearns as president of baseball operations, sources familiar with the situation tell ESPN. A monumental addition to the organization, Stearns, 38, will take over officially once the regular season is over. The new era of the Mets begins soon.
  10. owbc
    The only number he has to beat is 83, which is Owen Miller's OPS+. Donaldson should be able to do that in his sleep, while hitting under .200 and striking out in a third of his PAs.
  11. owbc
    Anybody can look at Baseball Savant and easily see why they swapped out Miller for Donaldson. A corner infielder below 10th percentile in hard hitting categories isn't going to last long in the bigs. Now we'll see if Donaldson plays like he has something to prove or if he's counting down the days to hitting the golf course.
  12. owbc
    The thing that's especially sad is that WSU has a huge football fanbase and they are a pretty good draw on TV. Top half of the Pac-12. They have a huge following in Seattle that rivals UW. But if Boise State hasn't been able to land a spot in the Big 12, WSU is definitely not going to either.
  13. owbc
    Exactly. I happen to know a couple of people who work for WSU. Their athletic department has been in a dire financial situation for a long time. Even with the Pac-12 money they can't keep up and the reality is that they have been heavily subsidized by the other schools in the conference for a long time. It's a credit to the passion of that fanbase that they have been competitive in the Pac-12 but they are better suited for the Mountain West.
  14. owbc
    I’ve been in Seattle long enough to adopt the Mariners but I was never, ever going to associate myself with our local NFL team. I gradually lost interest in the Packers with time especially as Rodgers turned into a whacko although I still sort-of pay attention to how they are doing. After we got the Kraken I started following the NHL in the winter, between that and baseball I have the whole year covered.
  15. owbc
    I love it. I usually do stuff that I would never do on a normal Sunday like hike a popular trail or go to Costco. I haven’t watched an NFL game in years.
  16. owbc
    Yankees beating us and getting no hit would be something.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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?
  22. 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.
  23. owbc
    Stuck on 299 career home runs
  24. 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!
  25. owbc
    Sal has issues with breaking pitches, to put it lightly.
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