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Yeli and Hiura are looking good so far. Granted it’s just 2 games in to Spring Training, but good start. Stearns kept most of the family together from last year.  Hunter Renfroe looks like he may be able to fill Garcia’s big shoes. If everyone continues to play like they did last year and Yelich and Hiura hit like we know they can, we’ll be in great shape.

Growing up, I listened to probably 75% of Brewer games on the radio. One of the favorite things about growing up in Central Wisconsin was listening to Bob Uecker call a Brewers game. It's as quintessential Wisconsin as cheese, beer, and brats.

But I'm also somewhat out of touch with it as well now. Other than McCutcheon I couldn't tell you who the new additions were for this year. I don't know who is on the horizon in the farm system. The game is much less exciting to watch or listen to now. It's basically just an endless stream of strikeouts and ground ball outs hit into shifts punctuated periodically by a home run. Coupled with the endless pitching changes and the loss of movement on the bases, there is almost no excitement to the game. At some point, they might as well just have a home run derby with how the game is played.

Nothing illustrates the changes more than the two guys the Brewers just gave 6 million contacts to in arbitration and are trying to decide whether to sign to extensions that will run well into 8 figures per year. Brandon Woodruff has won a total of 28 games in 4 years (5, if you include 2020). Corbin Burnes has won a total of 21 games in 3 full years plus 2020. Burnes has pitched a total of 313 innings in his career and Woodruff has 460. In the year Mike Caldwell was the Cy Young runner-up, he threw 293 innings and then followed that up with another 235 innings the following year. Just in 1978-79, Caldwell threw 39 complete games. Burnes and Woodruff have combined for 1 complete game in 119 career starts.

Jesus Christ, reserve catcher Pedro Severino  was suspended for 80 days for using an illegal drug.  He has accepted the penalty and will not appeal.   

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story...erino-suspended-peds

After a good start the Crew finished 7-9 in the Cactus League.  Houser, Hader, and  Burnes pitched well.  And when it comes to offense McCutchen, Huria, Wong and Taylor had an outstanding spring.  Bring on the regular season and hope all the guys get going.

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