Random Baseball Musings

[UMFan83]

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That sucks

[sneakypower]

the Indians rotation has a 4.58 ERA despite a 3.20 FIP

[JennieGarthAlgar]

That slide was unreal. He really is The One.

[Banedon]

Fantastic random lunatic Deadspin comment:

 

Ok deadspin people in new at this so forgive the spelling and poor grammar. Baseball has officially become a joke. I Mean when stuff like this becomes a highlight, and people are getting excited over a man tumbbling into 3rd...... ITS TIME FOR THE MLB TO DO SOME SOUL SEARCHING!!! All the pitchers cheat, all the hitter’s cheat, the managers are meaningless, and the announcers are terrible. Dont even bother going to the game unless you want a 30 dollar hot dog with chives and fricken coleslaw???? i worked concessions once when i lived in a halfway house once upon a time and bruh we never washed our hands in the back. The food looks like it came from Costco, or maybe a Sam’s Club. Rats GALORE! Baseball give zero and i mean ZERO FRICKS ABOUT THE FANS. And its so boring now i think im watching cricket. Sell it to Vince McMahon frick it you would attract a bigger audiance. All i know is that the METS will never win a championship, i hate the Yankee’s with a deep, deep, seated hatred. SO TURN OFF BASEBALL TAKE A STAND! and just alil fyi Im all cleaned up now and i work customer service and a banking call center. SO I PAY TAXES, I PAY FOR THE SPORTS PACKAGE I HAVE A RIGHT TO COMMENT! dont troll me to hard on the spelling guy’s. real ninja’s dont edit. 1 love

 

For some reason it was inspired by this:

 

http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/this-mike-trout-slide-is-just-ridiculous-1706442756

 

Rawdog is saving his good stuff for Deadspin comments now.

[Smack]

I follow the Brewers since I live here. The fans are delusional about rebuilding.

 

His trade value is really high right now. With so many holes to fill and having a 1.100 OPS guy in May with so many teams looking for offense, a Braun trade can clear up 9 digits of obligations and set the farm system up for a decade.

 

I am torn on Lucroy. One one hand, he can probably net us ANY prospect in the game, and he is already transitioning away from full time catcher. On the other, he is about all we have left.

 

Trading Gomez and Braun would move us from one of the worst farm systems in the game to one of the best with two moves. We could do what the Cubs and Astros did in 4 years with two trades in a weekend.

 

The Brewers could wind up with 6-8 new top 100 players after the trades of Braun and Gomez et al

 

http://forum.brewerfan.net/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=32626&start=360

[Gmoney08]

Amaro rips fans. I get it.. lots of fans are stupid but Amaro is pretty dumb himself.

 

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/philadelphia-phillies-gm-ruben-amaro-jr-says-fans-dont-understand-the-game-052615?adbsc=social_20150526_46475076&adbid=10153922014734552&adbpl=fb&adbpr=112638779551

[CP_414]

I follow the Brewers since I live here. The fans are delusional about rebuilding.

 

His trade value is really high right now. With so many holes to fill and having a 1.100 OPS guy in May with so many teams looking for offense, a Braun trade can clear up 9 digits of obligations and set the farm system up for a decade.

 

I am torn on Lucroy. One one hand, he can probably net us ANY prospect in the game, and he is already transitioning away from full time catcher. On the other, he is about all we have left.

 

Trading Gomez and Braun would move us from one of the worst farm systems in the game to one of the best with two moves. We could do what the Cubs and Astros did in 4 years with two trades in a weekend.

 

The Brewers could wind up with 6-8 new top 100 players after the trades of Braun and Gomez et al

 

http://forum.brewerfan.net/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=32626&start=360

 

I also live in Milwaukee, so I follow the Brewers closely, too. Those fans are better than the ones I know or hear on 1250 who still think they are a good couple weeks away from being in playoff contention this year.

 

If they commited to a rebuild, they could get a great head start on it this year. Lucroy and Gomez would bring back a lot. Segura could bring back something solid. Coulter and Arcia look very promising. Lara is far away, but he seems very talented. I get the vibe they are going to halfass it, not trade everyone they should, and be stuck in an extended period of 70-80 win teams.

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I also live in Milwaukee, so I follow the Brewers closely, too. Those fans are better than the ones I know or hear on 1250 who still think they are a good couple weeks away from being in playoff contention this year.

 

If they commited to a rebuild, they could get a great head start on it this year. Lucroy and Gomez would bring back a lot. Segura could bring back something solid. Coulter and Arcia look very promising. Lara is far away, but he seems very talented. I get the vibe they are going to halfass it, not trade everyone they should, and be stuck in an extended period of 70-80 win teams.

 

I can definitely see getting good value for Gomez and Lucroy (though he's getting injured a lot now). They're not going to get much back for Braun with the steroid stigma, age, injury history, and contract. Segura they'll probably hold onto because he's cheap and they own him for a while. If they sell off Gomez and Lucroy the fans will stop showing up. They're really in a bad spot that's only going to get worse as Braun ages, Lucroy hits 30, and Gomez leaves town one way or another in the next 1.5 years. Their pitching sucks, their farm system is abysmal.

[Clem Fandango]

I'd give them a good bit if we could get our hands on Carlos Gomez.

[Cubswin11]

I get the thinking that they could get some really good prospects for Lucroy and especially Gomez, but it's delusional to think they are getting anything significant for the rest of their guys unless they eat a ton of Braun's contract. They think they can get real prospects for Lohse, Garza, K-Rod, Ramirez, and Lind.

[Clem Fandango]

They think they can get real prospects for Lohse, Garza, K-Rod, Ramirez, and Lind.

 

LOL, didn't Aramis say he's retiring at the end of the year?

[Smack]

They think they can get real prospects for Lohse, Garza, K-Rod, Ramirez, and Lind.

 

LOL, didn't Aramis say he's retiring at the end of the year?

 

Yep.

[mul21]

I get the thinking that they could get some really good prospects for Lucroy and especially Gomez, but it's delusional to think they are getting anything significant for the rest of their guys unless they eat a ton of Braun's contract. They think they can get real prospects for Lohse, Garza, K-Rod, Ramirez, and Lind.

 

You laugh, but it's likely someone gets desperate for starting pitching at the deadline. Remember how little we gave up to get Strop and Arrietta.

[SouthSideRyan]

I get the thinking that they could get some really good prospects for Lucroy and especially Gomez, but it's delusional to think they are getting anything significant for the rest of their guys unless they eat a ton of Braun's contract. They think they can get real prospects for Lohse, Garza, K-Rod, Ramirez, and Lind.

 

You laugh, but it's likely someone gets desperate for starting pitching at the deadline. Remember how little we gave up to get Strop and Arrietta.

 

I'm not sure how B flows from A. And Lohse and Garza have far superior track records to Arrieta when he was acquired.

[Guest]

I get the thinking that they could get some really good prospects for Lucroy and especially Gomez, but it's delusional to think they are getting anything significant for the rest of their guys unless they eat a ton of Braun's contract. They think they can get real prospects for Lohse, Garza, K-Rod, Ramirez, and Lind.

 

You laugh, but it's likely someone gets desperate for starting pitching at the deadline. Remember how little we gave up to get Strop and Arrietta.

 

I'm not sure how B flows from A. And Lohse and Garza have far superior track records to Arrieta when he was acquired.

 

think the analogy = feldman:arrieta/strop::lohse/garza:potential return

 

 

EDIT - jeez i really fucked that up

Edited May 27, 2015 by David

[Cubswin11]

I get the thinking that they could get some really good prospects for Lucroy and especially Gomez, but it's delusional to think they are getting anything significant for the rest of their guys unless they eat a ton of Braun's contract. They think they can get real prospects for Lohse, Garza, K-Rod, Ramirez, and Lind.

 

You laugh, but it's likely someone gets desperate for starting pitching at the deadline. Remember how little we gave up to get Strop and Arrietta.

I think the best they could do is get a Zach Lee type prospect for either of them from the Dodgers, for example. And I know there's a whole body of work to look at, but Feldman that year was pitching much better than either of Lohse or Garza right now and Garza still has $25 million left on his contract after the year.

[Rob]

If they traded Gomez and Lucroy, they could absolutely restock the farm system.

 

And if they're willing to eat money, they can probably get better prospects than you'd expect for guys like K-Rod, Aramis, Garza, and Lohse. Not top 25 guys, almost certainly. But if the Brewers ate most of Garza's contract I wouldn't be surprised to see him pull in a guy or two in the top 100-150.

 

Braun will be tough to trade if they aren't eating cash, but if they eat a bunch of it they could net a pretty good return for him even with the steroid stuff. Fans don't care as long as it makes their team better.

[Guest]

Braun has been a monster for about a month now. Whatever was going on at the beginning of the year...he's past it.

[Cubswin11]

Braun has been a monster for about a month now. Whatever was going on at the beginning of the year...he's past it.

He did have some sort of thumb/ligament surgery in the offseason and dealt with the injury all last year (a theory why he was so bad last year, he couldn't pull the ball because of it), so maybe he's just getting back to feeling normal.

[Sammy Sofa]

I was thinking I wouldn't mind Braun in LF until looking at his contract. Holy hell, what a nightmare.

[Smack]

Braun has been a monster for about a month now. Whatever was going on at the beginning of the year...he's past it.

 

He's due for an oblique strain any minute now.

[NonProfitCow]

I was thinking I wouldn't mind Braun in LF until looking at his contract. Holy hell, what a nightmare.

Is 5/105 really that bad for his 32-36 year old seasons?

[Sammy Sofa]

I was thinking I wouldn't mind Braun in LF until looking at his contract. Holy hell, what a nightmare.

Is 5/105 really that bad for his 32-36 year old seasons?

 

Given the nagging injuries, I'm definitely saying yes. If Milwaukee picks up some of the money, maybe not.

[Gmoney08]

Looks like Matt Adams is out for the year.

 

How realistic is it that the Cubs get hot and can win this division ahead of the Cardinals?

[Derwood]

Looks like Matt Adams is out for the year.

 

How realistic is it that the Cubs get hot and can win this division ahead of the Cardinals?

 

Probably have to play at a 120 win pace in June