Truth comes out...what many of us feared..planning on cutting payroll

[Brewcrewin07]

This pretty much confirms it..

 

Bob Nightengale

@BNightengale

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The Milwaukee #Brewers, who are planning to cut payroll, led all #MLB with five non-tenders, followed by the #SFGiants and #Royals.

[pacopete4]

Lol, Bob Nightengale.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

This pretty much confirms it..

 

Bob Nightengale

@BNightengale

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The Milwaukee #Brewers, who are planning to cut payroll, led all #MLB with five non-tenders, followed by the #SFGiants and #Royals.

 

Uh yeah .... I know you personally want to believe this, but Nightengale is a horrible source. Finding a bum to support your thoughts is not evidence.

[MillerParkSouth]

If this was anyone besides nightengale, I’d be really worried. Still a little concerning though.

[adambr2]

I feel like that on December 20th, 2012 you were probably up all night on Internet forums convinced that the world was ending the next day.

[Brewcrewin07]

This pretty much confirms it..

 

Bob Nightengale

@BNightengale

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The Milwaukee #Brewers, who are planning to cut payroll, led all #MLB with five non-tenders, followed by the #SFGiants and #Royals.

 

Uh yeah .... I know you personally want to believe this, but Nightengale is a horrible source. Finding a bum to support your thoughts is not evidence.

 

 

Hey, actions speak louder than words...until DS starts proving this not to be the case, I think it's fair to draw that conclusion, isn't it?? All the players have left, and so far, only minimal coming in and sitting on boatloads of $$ they just freed up.

[brewmann04]

People just need to step back and not go crazy until we see DS does in the next few months.

[adambr2]

If this was anyone besides nightengale, I’d be really worried. Still a little concerning though.

 

Why? It's nothing. It's Nightengale making an aside assumption for clicks. I guarantee you that even if Mark A and Stearns were intent on cutting payroll this offseason, Bob Nightengale would not be privy to that information.

[PeaveyFury]

This pretty much confirms it..

 

Bob Nightengale

@BNightengale

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The Milwaukee #Brewers, who are planning to cut payroll, led all #MLB with five non-tenders, followed by the #SFGiants and #Royals.

 

Wow. Just remember, David Stearns doesn't panic like fans on message boards do.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

This pretty much confirms it..

 

Bob Nightengale

@BNightengale

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The Milwaukee #Brewers, who are planning to cut payroll, led all #MLB with five non-tenders, followed by the #SFGiants and #Royals.

 

Uh yeah .... I know you personally want to believe this, but Nightengale is a horrible source. Finding a bum to support your thoughts is not evidence.

 

 

Hey, actions speak louder than words...until DS starts proving this not to be the case, I think it's fair to draw that conclusion, isn't it?? All the players have left, and so far, only minimal coming in and sitting on boatloads of $$ they just freed up.

 

Seriously ... how many times has it actually been pointed out to you today that it is December 2! It's like you refuse to acknowledge that, and believe that the season starts next week.

[pacopete4]

David Stearns cautions against drawing too-early conclusions about the Brewers' payroll purge in recent weeks: "We certainly intend to be competitive once again next year. ... We've got a lot of offseason left."

 

Step away from the keyboard...

[homer]

This is like trusting Gery Woelful to break legit Bucks news. I'll believe this when Stearns says it.

[brewmann04]

Mark A will spend to win and let DS make his moves.

[SRB]

I mean, I wouldn't be shocked if they were trying to go below the $120 million opening day payroll they had last year, but they are not cutting payroll down to $60 million the year after a playoffs appearance and in Yelich's prime

[True Blue Brew Crew]

Couldn't that sentence continue on to say "planning to cut payroll..........to free up money to overhaul their roster." Not only could it, I'd bet on it.

[Brewcrewin07]

David Stearns cautions against drawing too-early conclusions about the Brewers' payroll purge in recent weeks: "We certainly intend to be competitive once again next year. ... We've got a lot of offseason left."

 

Step away from the keyboard...

 

 

LOl what else do you expect him to say?? he's not going to come out and fully admit they are cutting payroll...they can just not sign FA's and give the standard "we tried"(like they did with Grandal line) and some of you incredibly guillable, DS slobbering fans would believe it. I don't get it. Were you all Ted Thompson fans too?? Where did his being frugal leave the franchise??

 

Besides what does DS define as being "competitive"?? Competing for a playoff berth, world series, just not being terrible??

[Brewcrewin07]

I mean, I wouldn't be shocked if they were trying to go below the $120 million opening day payroll they had last year, but they are not cutting payroll down to $60 million the year after a playoffs appearance and in Yelich's prime

 

So they are cutting payroll then, right?? Cutting payroll, is cutting payroll. Instead in Yelich's prime you should be increasing it substantially.

[wildcat83]

Cutting THAT payroll, yes. As in reducing what they are willing to pay those players. Not willing to go to arby with them, only willing to bring them back at our price.

 

Total click bait from Nightengale. Glad to see he got a click, lol

[pacopete4]

David Stearns cautions against drawing too-early conclusions about the Brewers' payroll purge in recent weeks: "We certainly intend to be competitive once again next year. ... We've got a lot of offseason left."

 

Step away from the keyboard...

 

 

LOl what else do you expect him to say?? he's not going to come out and fully admit they are cutting payroll...they can just not sign FA's and give the standard "we tried"(like they did with Grandal line) and some of you incredibly guillable, DS slobbering fans would believe it. I don't get it. Were you all Ted Thompson fans too?? Where did his being frugal leave the franchise??

 

Besides what does DS define as being "competitive"?? Competing for a playoff berth, world series, just not being terrible??

 

Now you’re just trolling. You get it straight from the man himself to not panic and yet, here you are using Bob N. to try to make a case for Stearns not doing his job. Time to put your big boy pants on and relax a bit and let the off season play out.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Please delete this, somebody.

[adambr2]

David Stearns cautions against drawing too-early conclusions about the Brewers' payroll purge in recent weeks: "We certainly intend to be competitive once again next year. ... We've got a lot of offseason left."

 

Step away from the keyboard...

 

 

LOl what else do you expect him to say?? he's not going to come out and fully admit they are cutting payroll...they can just not sign FA's and give the standard "we tried"(like they did with Grandal line) and some of you incredibly guillable, DS slobbering fans would believe it. I don't get it. Were you all Ted Thompson fans too?? Where did his being frugal leave the franchise??

 

Besides what does DS define as being "competitive"?? Competing for a playoff berth, world series, just not being terrible??

 

Yes, that's it. Won 90+ games and made ths playoffs the last two years, but to David Stearns, being competitive just means not being terrible. Win 75 games, call it good.

 

Goodness gracious man. Is there any part about being a Milwaukee Brewer fan that you actually enjoy?

[dlk9s]

THE TRUTH COMES OUT

 

WAKE UP, SHEEPLE!

[SRB]

I mean, I wouldn't be shocked if they were trying to go below the $120 million opening day payroll they had last year, but they are not cutting payroll down to $60 million the year after a playoffs appearance and in Yelich's prime

 

So they are cutting payroll then, right?? Cutting payroll, is cutting payroll. Instead in Yelich's prime you should be increasing it substantially.

 

They arguably stretched the payroll to an unsustainable high for one season because the opportunities to sign Grandal and Moustakas came about late. Given the normal connotations of "cutting payroll" I don't think if's fair to say that's what they are doing if they open 2020 below that mark (even assuming that's what they are doing).

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

David Stearns cautions against drawing too-early conclusions about the Brewers' payroll purge in recent weeks: "We certainly intend to be competitive once again next year. ... We've got a lot of offseason left."

 

Step away from the keyboard...

 

 

LOl what else do you expect him to say?? he's not going to come out and fully admit they are cutting payroll...they can just not sign FA's and give the standard "we tried"(like they did with Grandal line) and some of you incredibly guillable, DS slobbering fans would believe it. I don't get it. Were you all Ted Thompson fans too?? Where did his being frugal leave the franchise??

 

Besides what does DS define as being "competitive"?? Competing for a playoff berth, world series, just not being terrible??

 

Your takes were terrible at the trade deadline, and you turned out to be 100% wrong then. Yet here you are again, floating this kind of utter crap out there. Grow up.

[adambr2]

I mean, I wouldn't be shocked if they were trying to go below the $120 million opening day payroll they had last year, but they are not cutting payroll down to $60 million the year after a playoffs appearance and in Yelich's prime

 

So they are cutting payroll then, right?? Cutting payroll, is cutting payroll. Instead in Yelich's prime you should be increasing it substantially.

 

Payroll is fluid every year, it isn't linear. You don't automatically just increase payroll every year. That's just spending for the sake of spending. You spend when the right deals present itself like with Moose and Grandal last year and manage your resources wisely so that you can afford to make those deals when you need to.