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Domingo was so bad last year that he was sent to the minors at one point and rebounding to the point where he was only slightly below average offensively on the year. And with Conforto and Nimmo, they really have no need for Santana anyways. Aguilar and Thames aren't great fits since two of their top prospects are 1st basemen and major league ready. Thames is also in his 30s with only a year left and is probably closer to a salary dump than valuable asset for us. Aguilar had a few week hot stretch that he parlayed into an all-star vote and more publicity than it otherwise would have gotten. His .760 OPS in the second half doesn't provide a ton of value. Even if he settles into an .850ish OPS, that's still not terribly valuable considering position. Peralta is not an untouchable prospect by any stretch. Ray hit .239 and struck out in almost 30% of his plate appearances last year and that was by far his best season in pro ball. Nobody is going to be clamoring to get that kind of prospect. Dubon's OBP was .005 points higher than his BA last year and he got to play in Colorado Springs. Nothing about that screams highly regarded to me and I certainly wouldn't put him in the major league ready category with that plate discipline.

I too would endorse a trade where we clear a ton of money, don't give up any really good prospects and get rid of the fringes of our 25 man roster. Unfortunately, that's not how this works.

Even if Woodard means Woodruff it doesn't come close.

Have you tried uninstalling and then reinstalling the app? Could also try logging in with your email address instead of your username if you log in with your username.

There have to be prospects going to the Mariners too because the names in that deal alone make no sense.

There was a former writer for the New York Daily News that mentioned that trade as an idea for the Mets to consider this offseason. I don’t think there was an official offer from the Mets for Yelich though. Makes sense. Would anyone be willing to do this? I actually think it would be a pretty good value trade for the Brewers, but would hurt for PR purposes after the MVP. Nimmo and Syndergaard for Yelich is tilted in our favor by quite a bit.

Saw Karsay and thought it said Kotsay.

I can't imagine it because there's no way Arizona would do it.

Greinke just had a season with the worst hard contact rate in his career and the lowest soft contact rate since 2010. That's pretty scary for a 35 year old pitcher that doesn't average 90 on his fastball anymore. The line between still being fine and being a $35 million boat anchor is pretty small based on those numbers and it's not a risk we should be going anywhere near.

Is there a right price? Either the Diamondbacks pay quite a bit of his salary and we have to give up really good prospects for him or we pay most or all of his salary, give up less but then have $35 million tied up in one player for 3 years. Neither is a good option.

I'd love to see the studies that support your opinion on that. The Brewers have a major pull from outside the Milwaukee area compared to what other teams do. That is totally true...especially come summer time. That’s because it is a easy drive and mostly stress free...and for the roof. No risk of rain allows people 2 hours away to comfortably come. Problem is at the same time the majority of that greater pull radius are still close enough where a hotel isn’t needed. Stevens Point, Oshkosh, Madison, Green Bay, Wis Dells, Beloit, etc. are all within travel distance. Everyone I know in these areas never spend the night in a hotel. All travel home. I’d say you’d have to be 2.5 hours or more to be in likely hotel stay range. Living in that area almost all these people go to Sunday games so they can drive there’s and back same day. Wisconsin people are pretty frugal especially in rural areas. They don’t like blowing money on hotels. Even the biggest fans I know up here go to max 3 games a year typically. They aren’t a big percentage of the fans on any given day. Not only this but if you're staying for a weekend, why would you want to stay near Miller Park? If you're here during Summerfest, you would probably want to stay in the Kimpton or Westin which are right by the Summerfest Grounds and also Betty Brinn, Discovery World and the Art Museum. If you want discounted and halfway between Miller Park and downtown you can stay at the Ambassador. If it's a bunch of younger people who want to bar hop after the game they would stay along the river. There is just nothing near Miller Park that would make people want to stay at a hotel there unless people get their kicks at a Walmart Super Center or Target. If I live in Eau Claire or something and am coming down for a weekend series, I'm not going to want to stay in an area that has just the stadium. It's most likely nice weather, I'm going to want to be at the beach or just walking around downtown or doing literally anything other than sitting in my hotel room waiting for the gates to open.

Umm yeah, the casino is the reason for the hotel. Comparing a Miller Park hotel to the Potawatomi hotel, is about as big of an apples and oranges comparison as you can make. And while it is a decent walk, it's plausible that you could walk from the casino to downtown. Not only that but the Potawatomi hotel is also close to popular neighborhoods, Walker's Point and the Third Ward. Not so much from Miller Park. I also think it's funny who started this thread considering a hotel right by Miller Park would hugely cater to Cubs fans, especially on weekends.

They would never have a skywalk with access to the club level. You need to show your ticket before they let you into the club level. And I certainly wouldn't want to build a hotel in that location if I was a developer. You might get it filled for 80 dates but there's not going to be much of any occupancy from October-March.

Why? We have nowhere to play him and he's not very good anyways.

He has averaged 94.3 mph in his starts in the majors and has numerous pitches in the 96-98 range. And I don't know where this lack of movement on his fastball comes from. And what PITCH f/x says about Peralta. '' This thought that Woodruff's fastball lacks movement, especially less than Peralta is one of the more ridiculous things I've seen.

Over Kratz? Yeah. Over Pina. No. I would take Zunino over Pina. Three year stats: Additionally Zunino's 4 years younger than Pina. 3.7 of that WAR came in what looks to be a completely fluky season.

I think Woodruff is a flat out better pitcher than Peralta, so I go with him.

I took prospect to mean both players, just not worded corrextly. We need to stop pretending Aguilar has the type of value that's going to be one of the main pieces for Realmuto. He's a decent bat at a position that you can get a decent bat for cheap. He's just not that valuable on the trade market.

He was always old for the level he played and put up good but never great numbers. I doubt we'll regret letting him leave.

So Burnes and Hiura.

I'm not saying they aren't good or haven't had a tough schedule, I'm saying that it's not likely they keep up their +13.6 point differential. I don't really think that's much of a hot take considering the 73 win Warriors only had a +10.8 differential. There are going to be some single digit wins where the game is close and we need Giannis and Middleton to play 35+ minutes to close it out.

Warriors top 3 players played 90 minutes. Bucks played 81. Yeah Curry was out but they were getting steamrolled when Curry played too. Green being out was pretty big though. I love how we can get our top guys rest though. Last year Giannis was tied for 2nd and Middleton was tied for 6th in most minutes played per game. This year Giannis is tied for 58th and Middleton is 66th. Part of that is we're just blowing out teams and that probably won't continue at the pace it has so far but having the ability to just take teams out at a pace that wouldn't have been possible last year and allowing our top players to rest is huge for the close games where we'll actually need them for 36-40 minutes.

Wouldn't even get you Paxton.

Over Kratz? Yeah. Over Pina. No.