Protect the Prospects

[owbc]

1 minute ago, True Blue Brew Crew said:

No doubt that's the direction they'll have to go. They have to target pitching and the ones they get back will have to pan out.

Right. And if we believe that the current success is due to luck/timing, then the odds are poor that the success will be sustained. However, if we believe in our organization, then the odds are actually quite high that they will be able to replenish the talent. 

[Jim French Stepstool]

20 hours ago, True Blue Brew Crew said:

Not to be too much of a downer but I can't help but wonder if they're destined to see the fruits of all these home grown hitting talents they held on to in 2022 right about the time all the pitching walks out the door.

Happy to dream of the future batting order but I can't shake the feeling they're going to squander pitching rarely seen around here.

Will the pitching be at a lower level in a few years? Possibly. But they seem to be on track towards an offense built more towards speed, OBP, contact, gap-to-gap. More consistency. To borrow a basketball term, tougher to guard. And historically this team has always seemed to put together bullpens that are above average. Then you need Peralta & Ashby to live up to the faith shown by the extensions, 

[True Blue Brew Crew]

5 minutes ago, owbc said:

Tampa Bay Rays MLB ranking in ERA+:

2022: 6
2021: 10
2020: 6
2019: 4
2018: 10 
2017: 11

The Rays show that sustained pitching excellence can be achieved by a small market with a low payroll. It can also be done without a Cy Young and reliever of the year winner on the pitching staff. 

Saying that the Brewers' current pitching was a product of mostly luck and timing is taking credit away from the front office, coaching, and analytics staffs for what they have achieved. 

 

Yeah they have to continue to TRY and match the best organization in the sport at churning out cheap, controllable pitching talent. A team that has 4 pitchers in it current top 10 prospects list, including it's top prospect who is the #31 prospect on MLB's list and #36 on Keith Law's just updated top 60.

So simple. Just keep matching what the Rays are doing. Except take a look at the Brewers current pipeline.

[Never Outhustled]

On 8/3/2022 at 2:03 PM, True Blue Brew Crew said:

WHAT? So you think it's possible to ever rise up to what teams like the Dodgers, Yankees, Mets, Padres, etc can assemble when those teams can buy the best on the market? What the Brewers have right now is absolutely on par with the best one can ever expect them to assemble. The only way for the Brewers is developing them in your system and acquiring via trade before they break out. Developing Burnes, Woodruff, Williams, Ashby and trading for Hader, Peralta, and Lauer is no easy to match order. So many things had to break right to get to this point. Avoiding injuries, improving spin rate, honing control, developing new pitches that work, and quite simply having all those pieces converge at the same time is an endeavor with really long odds. Injuries alone can derail the best laid plans. The Brewers have no room for error and can't simply BUY another 1, 2, or even 3 starter whenever things go wrong.

There is something very rare and special for the small market BREWERS when they're able to have a sustained run of years with pitching like this.

How can the Padres buy but we can't?

[True Blue Brew Crew]

56 minutes ago, Never Outhustled said:

How can the Padres buy but we can't?

They're created a bigger budget for themselves on the business side via broadcasting deals and development around their stadium.