2023 MLB Thread

[wadesworld]

In my opinion, Mark's been pretty good at knowing when to make a push and when to hold.

2008 makes the big deal for CC and it pays off in the first Playoff appearance for the Brewers in a quarter century.
Never contenders the next 2 years.
2011 makes the big deal for Greinke (and Yuni B)
2012 could've done more, but had a lot of injuries
2013-2016 just weren't good/competitive
2017 could've done more, but were 6 games out of the division and 7 games out of the wild card, and were 59-59 on August 11.  They finished the year strong.
2018 traded for Yeli going into the season, then Moustakas and Schoop (who stunk in Milwaukee, but was good prior to the trade) mid season.
2019 probably should've gone for a starting pitcher, but Davies/Woody/Houser/Gonzalez was good enough if they had closed out the Nationals WC game.
2020 they stunk
2021 traded for Adames.  Needed one more bat
2022 (and 2023) just not that good, in my opinion.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

As long as the brewers aren't trading any top prospects, adding a bat would be nice.

[MUBurrow]

As long as the brewers aren't trading any top prospects, adding a bat would be nice.

Co-sign.  I'd have to look at the list of impending free agents to know exactly who I think would be a good target, but streaky hitters with power should come (relatively) cheap and fit the "get hot at the right time" strategy.  Kind of like Soler for the Braves.  Maybe a Hunter Renfroe reunion? CJ Cron?

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Co-sign.  I'd have to look at the list of impending free agents to know exactly who I think would be a good target, but streaky hitters with power should come (relatively) cheap and fit the "get hot at the right time" strategy.  Kind of like Soler for the Braves.  Maybe a Hunter Renfroe reunion? CJ Cron?

Cody Bellinger, but not sure the Brewers want to trade in-division.

[MU82]

Supposedly, numerous teams are very interested in Bellinger, so I'm not sure how cheap he'd be to acquire.

[MU82]

Milwaukee's Joey Wiemer robbed Elly De La Cruz of an HR in the first inning. So when Elly came back up in the 3rd, the scoreboard taunted him with: "ALMOST HIT A HOME RUN IN THE FIRST INNING ... BUT DIDN'T."

Elly promptly launched a 456-foot HR.

The Brewers won anyway on Yelich's 9th-inning hit.

Gotta love pennant-race baseball!

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

I do love the fact that the scoreboard operators are getting a little salty.  The Rockies guy does something like this prior to every game.

[CreightonWarrior]

After Frelick's first career hit/AB the scoreboard said that he "Leads all active players in BA (min 1 AB)". Pretty funny

[PGsHeroes32]

Love seeing the Brewers beat the Reds again.

They appear to have the "Twitter fanbase" this year. Had a collective meltdown that a few barstool randoms gave the Twins the 9th spot in the weekly power rankings over the -4 run differential Reds who have lost 7/8 against their only divisional competition.

[withoutbias]

Love seeing the Brewers beat the Reds again.

They appear to have the "Twitter fanbase" this year. Had a collective meltdown that a few barstool randoms gave the Twins the 9th spot in the weekly power rankings over the -4 run differential Reds who have lost 7/8 against their only divisional competition.

A sports fanbase being irrational on Twitter?  No way!

You ever seen an MUScoop Gameday thread?  Well, of course you have.  You're one of the most irrational, active posters in them!

[PGsHeroes32]

A sports fanbase being irrational on Twitter?  No way!

You ever seen an MUScoop Gameday thread?  Well, of course you have.  You're one of the most irrational, active posters in them!

Coming from the guy whose only purpose is to bring everyone together in unison against a common punching bag.

Have you sought therapy yet?? Or do we all have to sit in fear until the day you finally snap??

[CreightonWarrior]

Brewers scoreboard guys with another W

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Brewers scoreboard guys with another W

Ha. That’s great.

[Pakuni]

White Sox trade Giolito and Reynaldo Lopez to the Angels for prospects C Edgar Quero (#65 prospect in MLB Pipeline top 100) and LHP Ky  Bush.
Reasonable return for a guy the White Sox almost certainly weren't re-signing.

Guess the Angels aren't going to be sellers.

[MU82]

White Sox trade Giolito and Reynaldo Lopez to the Angels for prospects C Edgar Quero (#65 prospect in MLB Pipeline top 100) and LHP Ky  Bush.
Reasonable return for a guy the White Sox almost certainly weren't re-signing.

Guess the Angels aren't going to be sellers.

They announced they won't trade Ohtani and will try to make the playoffs. Two weeks ago, that would have seemed foolish, but they're playing well now (7-2 since July 15), they're only 4 games out of the wild-card (and the teams above them - Tor, Bos, NYY - are hardly juggernauts), and they hope to get Trout back fairly soon.

Might as well go for it and make one last push not only to achieve something but to convince Ohtani that they're serious about wanting to win. If things happen to really go south and they are hopelessly out of the race a month from now, it's still possible to make a big trade before Sept. 1 - there have been many times over the years that superstars have cleared waivers so deals can get done.

I like that the Angels are taking this stance and I'm hoping they stay in it till the end. If so, it will be the first time in his career that Ohtani will have faced pressure situations in Sept/Oct, and it will be real interesting to see if the best player in baseball can also be one of the best pressure players.

[PGsHeroes32]

On one hand I respect teams playing to win. And its nice to not just see teams selling off talent.

But idk about this one Angels. The odds of them making the playoffs is still very slim. They have to catch most of Houston/Texas, Toronto, New York, Boston. And stay ahead of Seattle.

They already have a bad farm system. So now they will lose a generational talent for nothing. Still have a bad farm.

For the White Sox, pretty meh return for Giolito AND Lopez. Bush is starting to project as a potential reliever himself. And the Angels already have a top catcher close to the bigs and the guy they gave up while he has great potential is flat lining a bit too and his big season may be a product of hitter friendly minors league. So Sox coulda tried for a little more since Angels were not even trading from a need.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

They announced they won't trade Ohtani and will try to make the playoffs. Two weeks ago, that would have seemed foolish, but they're playing well now (7-2 since July 15), they're only 4 games out of the wild-card (and the teams above them - Tor, Bos, NYY - are hardly juggernauts), and they hope to get Trout back fairly soon.

Might as well go for it and make one last push not only to achieve something but to convince Ohtani that they're serious about wanting to win. If things happen to really go south and they are hopelessly out of the race a month from now, it's still possible to make a big trade before Sept. 1 - there have been many times over the years that superstars have cleared waivers so deals can get done.

I like that the Angels are taking this stance and I'm hoping they stay in it till the end. If so, it will be the first time in his career that Ohtani will have faced pressure situations in Sept/Oct, and it will be real interesting to see if the best player in baseball can also be one of the best pressure players.

I think August 1 is a hard deadline. There is no longer an extended deadline with waivers.

Making these types of decisions when a hot streak gets you within shouting distance of a Wild Card spot isn't a good idea.

[MU82]

I think August 1 is a hard deadline. There is no longer an extended deadline with waivers.

Making these types of decisions when a hot streak gets you within shouting distance of a Wild Card spot isn't a good idea.

Thanks for that correction. You're very right; found this on MLB.com:

The Trade Deadline is the last point during the season at which players on 40-man rosters can be traded from one club to another. Those players may still be placed and claimed on outright waivers, but trades will no longer be permitted after Aug. 1 at 6 p.m. ET. Prior to 2019, July 31 was referred to as the non-waiver Trade Deadline, and players could be traded after that date if they first cleared revocable trade waivers. The August waiver trade period was eliminated in 2019, with MLB moving to a single Deadline.

[Pakuni]

For the White Sox, pretty meh return for Giolito AND Lopez. Bush is starting to project as a potential reliever himself. And the Angels already have a top catcher close to the bigs and the guy they gave up while he has great potential is flat lining a bit too and his big season may be a product of hitter friendly minors league. So Sox coulda tried for a little more since Angels were not even trading from a need.

I'm pretty excited about Quero. Not a lot players his age ( turned 20 in April) skip High A entirely and have immediate success in Double A. He's still very, very young for that level. The fact that he's still drawing more walks than strikeouts despite what was probably an overly aggressive promotion bodes well.

[wadesworld]

It's pretty bad when you trade for a first baseman who has an OPS of .732 and it's a major upgrade.

[Jockey]

1st game of doubleheader- Ohtani throws a one-hitter.

2nd game of doubleheader - 2 HRs so far.

[tower912]

Tigers go into sell mode.

[MU82]

1st game of doubleheader- Ohtani throws a one-hitter.

2nd game of doubleheader - 2 HRs so far.

Insanely good.

[Hards Alumni]

It's pretty bad when you trade for a first baseman who has an OPS of .732 and it's a major upgrade.

With the Brewer's luck the kid they gave the pirates will end up being the next big thing.

[wadesworld]

With the Brewer's luck the kid they gave the pirates will end up being the next big thing.

I don’t know about that. I feel like they’ve done pretty well not giving up prospects that end up hitting.