Brewers 2024 Discussion - Woodruff Back on 2 Year Deal

[MickeyDavis]

I never watch non Brewers regular season games and during the season the Brewers are on a secondary screen. I'll go full screen for Brewers playoff games but I rarely watch non Brewers playoff games, except maybe elimination games.

[ReasonablySober]

Hell personally I couldn't tell you the last time I watched more than about 10 minutes of a non brewers regular season game.

I've probably watched at least some of every Brewers game this year and I love baseball. But literally the only time I've seen non-Brewer baseball ever over the last five or six years is when there's a no hitter in the 9th and I head to some kind of stream.

[MikeIsGood]

I watched the Ohtani/Trout at-bat in the WBC. I think that was the last non-Brewers baseball thing I watched.

[WeekapaugGroove]

I think that's pretty common for most baseball fans.

Now maybe it's a chicken/egg thing where MLB has done a piss poor job of marketing their product for general appeal. And maybe if small market fans actually felt like they had a shot then their local fan bases would be larger and in turn those teams would make up some of the revenue gap.

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[ReasonablySober]

I honestly don't know what happened to baseball. When I was a kid it might have been the most famous sport. We didn't want to be Jordan, we wanted to be Ken Griffey Jr. The World Series was a big deal, and obviously the records. I know the decline is due to to multiple things, but the sport has just never seemed so out of the public consciousness.

[MickeyDavis]

The pitch clock was a great change. It doesn't make me watch more games but I appreciate the change. I like the ghost runner too.

[MickeyDavis]

Bowden ranks our current rookies as 15th best this season

15. Milwaukee Brewers

Grade: B-

Notable rookies: Brice Turang, 2B (1.6 WAR); Andruw Monasterio, IF (1.6 WAR); Sal Frelick, OF (1.3 WAR); Joey Wiemer, CF (1.0 WAR); Abner Uribe, RHP (0.8 WAR); Garrett Mitchell, OF (0.6 WAR)

The Brewers have a strong rookie class that should be ranked higher but the players just haven’t been able to perform close to their potential or have had to deal with significant injuries, like Mitchell, who underwent surgery in May to repair the labrum in his left shoulder.

Sal Frelick is their most talented rookie, but he was a late-season call-up. He’s an above-average defender in right field with high on-base percentage potential (.363 OPB) and a top-of-the-order type with the ability to steal bags (six stolen bases in as many attempts).

Wiemer is the most awkward-looking rookie in the majors since Hunter Pence but is a gamer with a good combination of speed and power. The best part of his game is his defense in center field, which is well above average.

Monasterio is a solid offensive player who has slashed .273/.348/.373.

Uribe has been strong out of the bullpen, posting a 1.44 ERA and striking out 31 in 25 innings.

Turang has special range at second base and is a great base runner (22 stolen bases in 26 attempts).

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[coolhandluke121]

So after all those little debates at the beginning of the year, are they going to preserve Wiemer's extra year of arbitration after all?

[Neuromancer56]

I was out sick and see that the Brewers have really extended their lead on the Cubs. It only looks like the Brewers are playing decent, but the Cubs are imploding. Why so many losses by the Cubs lately?

[MikeIsGood]

So after all those little debates at the beginning of the year, are they going to preserve Wiemer's extra year of arbitration after all?

I mean he's hitting like 100 the past month. They may just feel like they have to.

[Thunder Muscle]

I honestly don't know what happened to baseball. When I was a kid it might have been the most famous sport. We didn't want to be Jordan, we wanted to be Ken Griffey Jr. The World Series was a big deal, and obviously the records. I know the decline is due to to multiple things, but the sport has just never seemed so out of the public consciousness.

Agree with all of this. Even this Brewers team seems like less buzz for a squad that may win 90+ games.

I have been kind of reinvigorated the past few years. I went to 4 games at AmFam, 1 road game as well. I got the MLBTV package and used it more than I thought. It helped for me being in a division chase so watched Cubs,Reds, etc games. Fantasy baseball has helped me with player recognition across the league. A few years back I knew brewers and the few top players. BUT I almost feel like a super fan at this point compared to many of my sports buddies. I love baseball and hope it comes back. Attendance is up which is great. My son and his friends, like 8-9 range, seem to be talking more about players than the past where it was just NBA or NFL. So that's good. I think there is a good crop of young talent to market. I absolutely love the pitch clock. I went to 6 MLB games total this year, 5 were under 3 hours and half under 2.5 hours. With younger kids, that's clutch. And its no coincidence by going to games they're more into it.

So maybe the slow return to prominence is finally happening if they can build off the momentum of the WBC and what so far has been a good season overall.

[MickeyDavis]

I was at a bar/restaurant Saturday night that had about 10 TV's. All were on college football, none had the Brewers game on. There is little buzz about a first place team. I don't want to say Brewers fans are complacent or ambivalent (after going 26 years without making the playoffs) but a World Series appearance is needed.

[Thunder Muscle]

I was at a bar/restaurant Saturday night that had about 10 TV's. All were on college football, none had the Brewers game on. There is little buzz about a first place team. I don't want to say Brewers fans are complacent or ambivalent (after going 26 years without making the playoffs) but a World Series appearance is needed.

I agree with that. 2007-08 was huge because there was such a long drought from the playoffs. 2011 was hugely popular because the Macha years sucked and the winning was still “new”. 2017 we were 1 game from the World Series and now playoffs alone just doesn’t seem like enough as we been in essentially every year since outside of last season which polarized the fans with ownership. But sure would be nice to make a Series run this postseason.

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[Turk Nowitzki]

I completely forgot about Teheran.

Sounds it will be a minimum IL stint and then Peguero will be ready for the playoffs.

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How do you get popped again for the same damn substance?

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Could a bidding war for star manager Craig Counsell’s services be brewing between the Mets and the Brewers, Counsell’s longtime, hometown team?

While there has been speculation Counsell will take a year off from managing, the latest word is that he’s expected to be in the dugout somewhere in 2024. That could give Counsell — the biggest managerial free agent in years — a chance to reunite with his old Milwaukee boss, David Stearns, in Queens.

Counsell’s Brewers team intends to start contract talks following the postseason after he deferred discussions in spring, but that could ultimately turn into a competition between them and the Mets.

Though others certainly could bid for arguably baseball’s best manager — the Brewers joined the Dodgers on Wednesday as the only teams with 86-plus wins the past six full seasons — the potential is clear for a battle pitting Counsell’s current team versus the Mets, a higher payroll and chance to rejoin Stearns, his partner in Milwaukee for seven seasons.