BrewersRice’s 2025 Payroll Blueprint: Lets Get Some Top of the Rotation Prospects

[BrewersRice]

The Brewers have a short term surplus of 2 things: Relief arms and center fielders. Would they fit in the line-up and help the team, absolutely. But some of them have a healthy trade value, and they can take a risk on new guys. The Brewers like to make changes each year and this year will be no different as they should be hedging some risk for upside in future years. They are in need of 3B short term help and long term help in the area of SP.  They could also use middle infield depth in AAA/Majors which I think they addressed in Durbin.  

Brandon Woodruff and Robert Gasser will all be dead money at first as I believe they will need more innings under them following up injury.  That puts dead money @ 10k Brandon Woodruff, Gasser @.8k.

Tyler Black deserves a spot on this roster, and should build some value if he stays. However, I dont see him making the roster unless an outfielder gets traded. My guess is that he gets traded to a team where he can plug in as DH and LF. Brewers have. a dearth of potential CF and RP. I could see them trading Perkins or Frelick. I like both of them, and I believe both have not reached their ceiling, but I believe other organizations also see this. The addition of Durbin to me makes it more likely that Frelick goes, but I think they like the fact that he could play 3B in a crunch.

I have them trading Black, Perkins, Peguero, Wilkins, Uribe, & Payamps 

Angels: Perkins (16.5 BTV), Peguero (5.7) Wilkens (6?)

Brewers: Caden Dana (22)

 If Angels pick up a top pitcher like Corbin Burnes, my dreams are that they would consider trading an unproven top pitching prospect.

 

Texas Rangers: Black (12.2), Payamps (4.3) 

Brewers: Alejandro Rosario (13.2)

While I know most organizations have top pitching prospects off limits, Angels and Texans can typically afford to buy pitchers. Rangers are very deep pitching wise in the minors with Kumar Rucker & Jack Leiter. I also consider them a top candidate for Roki Sasaki.

Dodgers: Abner Uribe (7.4)

Brewers: River Ryan (6.9)

 

While I know most organizations have top pitching prospects off limits, Angels and Texans can typically afford to buy pitchers. Rangers are very deep pitching wise in the minors with Kumar Rucker & Jack Leiter. I also consider them a candidate for Roki Sasaki.

As far as free agent pick-ups, I would like to see Jon Berti come in and take 3B while Durbin takes more of a utility spot. If the brewers dont like Berti, I could see them pivoting to a Donovan Solano. This would be in hopes that Wilken would have a turn around and/or Mike Boeve would be healthy and show out like I think they will. I'm hoping Boeve will get some MLB experience toward the 2nd half of the year and for a possible playoff run.

Brewers currently dont have much depth at 1B or 3B with MLB experience.  I think they were hoping Wes Clarke would preform better than he did last year at AAA.  I'm hoping this will be a better season for him, and we are all cheering for Ernesto Martinez, but neither of those guys comes with much MLB experience in case of an injury to Hoskins. Black could be an option if not traded, but it seems like he still has a lot of growth defensively in learning 1B, and that they may have given up on that being a possibility.  

The other outside possibility for 3B is an old Brewer in Orlando Arcia playing 3B or at least competing for it. I just have a feeling bridges might have been burnt there, and it might not be the best for the clubhouse. He seemed like a great guy, but I think the brewers are looking for some of the younger guys to step in and be the leader in the clubhouse.

I also see them adding another bottom of the rotation Starter. A guy like Cal Quantrill would be a good fit and probably come in at 1.5Mil Moving Chad Patrick back down the depth chart.

I think Ashby will also compete for SP. Some have said the brewers have too many SP, but I still feel like until we see what Gasser and Woodruff have, it is way too thin.

 

 

• C: William Contreras ($7.60M)
• 1B: Rhys Hoskins ($18.00M)
• 2B: Bryce Turang ($0.80M)
• 3B: Jon Berti ($3.8M)
• SS: Joey Ortiz ($0.80M)
• LF: Jackson Chourio ($4.25M)
• CF: Garrett Mitchell ($0.80M)
• RF: Sal Frelick ($0.80M)
• DH: Issac Collins ($.8M)
• 4th OF: Christian Yelich ($24.25M)
• Utility: Andrew Monasterio ($0.80M)
• Utility: Caleb Durbin ($.8M)
• Backup C: Eric Haase ($1.80M)
• NA: Add Dead Money Here ($0.00M)
• SP1: Freddy Peralta ($8.25M)
• SP2: Aaron Civale ($8.00M)
• SP3: Nestor Cortes ($8M)
• SP4: Tobias Myers ($.8M)
• SP5: Cal Quantril ($1.5M)
• RP: Grant Wolfram ($.8M)
• RP: Trevor Megill ($2.00M)
• RP: Nick Mears ($0.90M)
• RP: Jared Koenig ($0.80M)
• RP: DL Hall ($.8M)
• RP: Conner Thomas ($.80M)
• RP: J.B. Bukauskas ($0.80M)
• RP: Aaron Ashby ($3.45M)
• NA: Dead Money ($17.85M)

Payroll is 7.65% under budget

[jay87shot]

I like the young starters we get but I don't think I would give up Uribe even though Ryan would be a good get (not sure on injury so maybe). Also we probably need someone to platoon with Rhys in your scenerio. Overall sounds ok to me if you could get those teams to part with the young pitching.