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I just can't disagree more. The Brewers made the playoffs last year. They made the playoffs the year before that. They made the playoffs the year before that. The year before that they won 86 games and were in 2nd place. The white sox at the time hadn't made the playoffs in 8 years. They had finished in 4th place in two years where they were ostensibly competing for the playoffs, not only not being able to compete with an in-its-prime royals team, but getting lapped by an ascending Cleveland team. And Stearns did all that by a bunch of paperclip moves finding players like Shaw and Aguilar and finding trash heap starting pitchers and getting good seasons out of them. They looked in bad shape last year, had one of their better players sit out, and made the playoffs. The entire division around them is imploding. They have the best staff in the division, and an incredible bullpen. They are the same paper clip moves from another playoff year. And even if they were the white sox, why in teh world would it make sense to take a 2b already in the majors and a reliever as part of your main package? The only wind of brewers pitchers on the move continues to be unofficial sox personalities. Nobody from milwaukee or nationally has thrown any credence to this.

I don't know if any of you follow dabearsblog but it really really irritates/makes me laugh how all of last year he was just adamant that trubisky was so bad he just torpedoed all of Nagy's offense and how much the coaching staff all pointed to Foles as the guy that could run it. Then foles puts together a run worse than Trubisky and worse than a John Fox offense, the team goes 8-8 and after he lays down his own benchmark to hit of wanting to rather see the bears lose to the packers and miss the playoffs in a 35-28 game that continued their offensive progress, getting the absolute opposite... and then turning around and just doing the "it's all mitch's fault" and be human they just missed a QB and it happens.

I agree on the president, it's just the more I think about that the more it still seems backwards that we'd force two prove-it guys under him/her.

I just have to imagine it would be easier to get players from teams that are unlikely to compete this year like the dbacks. Because there is no compelling reason I see for the brewers to send out those pitchers when they aren't expensive and are unlikely to be while also being very likely to be in a good position to win the division this year.

One has nothing to do with the other.

Yeah I just don't get the Brewers motivation at all. Their payroll is pretty cheap compared to last year, and Woodruff/Burnes don't save them any money. And that's the thing, the only way this makes sense to me is if they are trying to sell high on burnes to get rid of Cain's salary. And that would put them at like a 55 million salary, and maybe sign JBJ for $10 mill and they would like incredibly believe in stiever. So I guess if I was them the conversation would be take Cain, trade Burnes, and in return get a cease back.

This is why I don't like it. Jones might end up incredible, as I've said I've kinda given up acting like I know when a Qb could be good. But, I think this is fair, when it inevitably ends next year and they get rid of Pace and Nagy the scenario I mention means handing over to a new front office 1) A QB they have to stick with B) less assets c) Still cap issues. Next year could have been a bite the bullet year. Now it could be next 2 years, 3 years. They are going to convince themselves they can get an incredible 2017 saints draft out of this but they don't have the coach or the QB to make it matter.

He's going to fall in love with Mac Jones then convince himself a team is about to draft him one spot ahead, trade a fourth and a sixth. etc etc

Googles milwaukee brewers roster

Pathetic

Seems like the hints are that pagano will be the sacrificial lamb.

Just a text book case of saying nothing

They should try and get the best players they can period. Sox disadvantage is a lot of their “expendable” guys have positional limitations.

Is he a long term 2b

Excellent follow up courtesy of @Sleepy Harolds twitter

Wild charts holy smokes That pitch distribution chart

it took so long to sign I was just happy it was completed but again... Big series... Keuchel goes only 5 but gives up 3. Starts the next inning with baserunners. We throw Heuer, Crochet, Bummer, Hendriks. OPTTHTHTPH

This is why Boston fans exist.

either way honestly.

Man my brain is fried. took me forever to remember who Gonzalez was

So I have white sox at 126.4M after Hendricks ($11m )

Bradley and Rosenthal too

Probably depends on if he's worse but we all still feel he's good or if he's worse but still good yet we all hate him for losing an important game.

Depends, that year is when a lot of our extensions pump up. And we are still paying Konerko deferred money and we usually don't even count it since it's a million a year. Could be attractive if he's just a set-up guy.

yeah I mean that's technically more accurate but less funny.