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  1. 17 Seconds
    i don't doubt that they would reeeeeallly like to avoid large contracts for relievers, but i think the pitching situation is in such peril that they almost don't have much of a choice. they went with the all hitter approach to building the team, which is great, but it also meant they'd likely be in this situation at some point. if you only develop hitting then you have to pay for pitching, and paying for real pitching comes with the risk. it would be nice if theo could keep pulling guys like jake and hendricks out of his ass, but you can't count on that. definitely not for 2018, at least. with arrieta and lackey on the way out, we already have a tough task of filling out the 2018 rotation to a point of acceptable confidence, and losing davis just makes it even more difficult.
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    they play the same position, so carl will still be in carl's spot he traded big assets for short term control of 2 different relievers recently. if he values elite relievers that much, i'd think any unease from a longer term version would be outweighed by the abundance of current payroll flexibility and a desperate need for pitching in the organization. also, i'm sure theo knows that trading a valuable asset for a dominant relief rental each season is not a long-term strategy. We will see. I don't believe this front office believes in giving multi year, big money to a closer. It's why they traded for them instead. And, again, I think they are comfortable putting Carl there and spending less on the guys setting him up. that argument still makes no sense. you have 2 dominant relievers. if you let 1 go, you only have 1 dominant reliever. they're both allowed to pitch in the same game too
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    Just not sure Theo is interested in big money for a closer. Really think they plan to have CJ in that spot next season. L they play the same position, so carl will still be in carl's spot he traded big assets for short term control of 2 different relievers recently. if he values elite relievers that much, i'd think any unease from a longer term version would be outweighed by the abundance of current payroll flexibility and a desperate need for pitching in the organization. also, i'm sure theo knows that trading a valuable asset for a dominant relief rental each season is not a long-term strategy.
  4. 17 Seconds
    3000 hits is still an extraordinary milestone. I mean, Joey Votto only just hit 1500. yeah but he's on like a 5,700 hit pace with an average walk rate
  5. 17 Seconds
    based on what information we have as fans, i am firmly on team NO TRADE. i think our situation makes signing him this offseason a necessity, and i wouldn't want to potentially reduce the chances of that happening. also, this may be trivial, but i'd worry about another team doing to him what we did to chapman for a month.
  6. 17 Seconds
    every other game thread is destined to end with BDB mashing his doom boner while duke admirably continues believing there is no difference between "the brewers suck" and "the brewers have a good chance of returning to suck at some point"
  7. 17 Seconds
    yep, it showed 6-5 yankees for me also. just another little kick in the balls for no reason
  8. 17 Seconds
    "somehow, kuhl gets out of it"
  9. 17 Seconds
    What did you get for him? Wade Boggs and a side of rice pilaf i thought i was the only person to still reference this does anybody remember that sandberg "chance? not a chance" commercial? i was talking about it with somebody and we couldn't remember or find out what the commercial was for. a hardware store or something?
  10. 17 Seconds
    it's just crazy how many of those hangers that russell swings through
  11. 17 Seconds
    i'm watching the brewers bat and hoping that they don't increase their 4-0 lead in a game that would put them 5.5 games up on the cubs. can i get another shot at life please
  12. 17 Seconds
    really encouraging to see our #3 starter find a way to work out of that 2 out bases empty jam
  13. 17 Seconds
    please tell me they didn't boo lester as he walked off
  14. 17 Seconds
    omg
  15. 17 Seconds
    To get meatbally for a second, his body language is pretty piss poor for someone is in theory the most respected veteran on the team. i find it really hard to blame him for that, especially considering how much we know he wants to win
  16. 17 Seconds
    jon looks completely defeated
  17. 17 Seconds
    hideous, good lord
  18. 17 Seconds
    why?
  19. 17 Seconds
    who just pitched a few days ago
  20. 17 Seconds
    If they happen to win the division, they can be crappy and still win it all. David taught me that. who said they were incapable of winning the world series? you were annoyed that people continued to write off the brewers for so long, so now you're just taking it to the other extreme by pretending they're great.
  21. 17 Seconds
    they're on fire right now and they might win a crappy division, but they're just kind of okay and seem to be catching lightning in a bottle with a lot of guys
  22. 17 Seconds
    my opinion on the verlander idea depends entirely on theo's opinion of the idea
  23. 17 Seconds
    theo can just show them his cubs ring and tell them to build around young hitting like cool dudes
  24. 17 Seconds
    they're not bad but it's not like they're impressive
  25. 17 Seconds
    now they're up by a lot
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