Spring training updates

[liveforoctober]

Appleton is going to have a fun roster to start the year. If Made climbs his way up there at any point the TRats will be must see if you are a prospect hound.

[jesusoftheapes]

6 hours ago, jay87shot said:

I've said it a few times Mitchell has 30/30 potential with a gold glove ability. It may take a couple fully healthy years to meet that potential but there is a dude there.

I think he can carry a .300 + average and get near 1.000 OPS with a season of healthy luck.   I see Mitchell as a player who can be like early Brewers career(and hopefully post back surgery)  Christian Yelich good both with a bat and in the outfield. 

The Dude is definitely ready to have his breakout season.    It should be really fun to watch this season. 

 

[jesusoftheapes]

22 minutes ago, liveforoctober said:

Appleton is going to have a fun roster to start the year. If Made climbs his way up there at any point the TRats will be must see if you are a prospect hound.

I wish I lived closer to Appleton.  They always have stars there.  

[wallus]

I used to be the biggest Mitchell fan on here, I guess not.... Anymore 

[TURBO]

2 hours ago, liveforoctober said:

Appleton is going to have a fun roster to start the year. If Made climbs his way up there at any point the TRats will be must see if you are a prospect hound.

I simply can't wait!!!

[Roderick]

17 hours ago, wallus said:

I used to be the biggest Mitchell fan on here, I guess not.... Anymore 

Yeah, I love Mitchell more than the next guy, but .300 / 1.000 OPS might be asking too much.  How about .270 / .875 OPS and stellar defense?    

[nate82]

While I am a huge Mitchell fan I don't think he will ever hit .300 and have a 1.000 OPS in a season.  He strikes out too much to do that.  If he could cut down on the K's he could be like Grady Sizemore. 

So something like .260/.350/.470 would be a more realistic best case scenario for Mitchell if he could get his K% to be around 20%. 

[sveumrules]

6 minutes ago, Roderick said:

Yeah, I love Mitchell more than the next guy, but .300 / 1.000 OPS might be asking too much.  How about .270 / .875 OPS and stellar defense?    

.300 AVG / 1.000 OPS is like Top 5 Hitter in baseball land, agree that's likely overly optimistic.

I'd be more than fine if he could stay healthy enough to put up 500 PAs of his career average production (.806 OPS) which would be something like a 4 WAR player.

[DR28]

If he keeps this up.... Does EMJ have a legit shot to make OD roster?

EMJ - 1B

Hoskins - DH

[TURBO]

3 minutes ago, DR28 said:

If he keeps this up.... Does EMJ have a legit shot to make OD roster?

EMJ - 1B

Hoskins - DH

That would be beyond sweeeeet!

 

[DR28]

1 minute ago, TURBO said:

That would be beyond sweeeeet!

 

Right!

If he is the real deal, I will feel much better about this team!

Turang - 2B

Chourio - RF

Yelich - LF

Contreras - C

Mitchell - CF

Hoskins - DH

Martinez Jr - 1B

Ortiz - SS

Dunn - 3B

[markedman5]

Dunn with another ringing double to right to open the game……..for a guy looking to make an impression he couldn’t have asked for a much better start to camp.

[DR28]

Undecided on Turang leading off.... Maybe Mitchell our leadoff hitter?

Mitchell

Chourio

Yelich

Conteras

Hoskins

Dunn

Martinez Jr

Ortiz

Turang

[jesusoftheapes]

On 2/26/2025 at 6:12 PM, RobertCrawley said:

I find that hard to believe.

watch the interview Murphy gave last season about Tyler Black on the sidelines of the Padres game.    Pat Murphy outright said he hated Tyler Black in so many words.  He also followed that up the next time Black got his first RBI in MLB action in the postgame interview and bashed Tyler Black again.   I am not making this up . I just watched the 2024 season and listened to what Murphy had to say about Black .       Murphy HATES Tyler Black and was very open about it anytime he was asked in 2024.     Not a secret.    

You do not go from the hottest prospect in the Brewers system with nothing but positive hype like Black had under Craig to being a fringe prospect with so many problems he may never make any Brewers roster for any amount of time under Pat Murphy unless the Coach has a different personal opinion of the player than the previous Manager had.  Tyler Black went from the next big shoe to drop in the call ups to the biggest joke in Milwaukee in one season where he did not fall off that much in production.         The entire 2024 season for Black was a result of Murphy holding him back when it was supposed to be his big break season.       

Pat Murphy has not problem complimenting the players he likes including Jake Bauers who he gave Tyler's job to instantly and only carried a .199 Batting Average all season long and was never replaced by Black for more than 1 series.      Pat HATES Tyler Black .    All you need to do to understand this is listen to Pat speak about him.        Pat went out of this way in front of cameras to make sure that everyone knew he hated Tyler Black.    I mean the Dugout interview he gave against the Padres he completely bashed Tyler and held nothing back .   I am not making this up it was what Pat said and he said it 2 different times  through 2024 that I caught personally in his interviews and I am assuming there have to be more instances like this that I missed .    He made no bones about telling everyone he disliked Tyler Black in 2024 and I highly doubt that went away in 2025.   

Maybe though. 

[jesusoftheapes]

Does anyone know if there is any teli on the game today?   I see it no place anywhere and I can usually find these hard to find spring games on Fubo but no dice today.  

Anyone got any tips for viewing?

[Matt]

2 minutes ago, jesusoftheapes said:

Does anyone know if there is any teli on the game today?   I see it no place anywhere and I can usually find these hard to find spring games on Fubo but no dice today.  

Anyone got any tips for viewing?

No video feeds today. 

[jesusoftheapes]

Just now, Matt said:

No TV feeds today. 

well that is no fun. No fun at all !

[mudbutt]

1 hour ago, DR28 said:

If he keeps this up.... Does EMJ have a legit shot to make OD roster?

EMJ - 1B

Hoskins - DH

He's not on the 40 man and has never played in AAA so incredibly unlikely.  Now if he is truly a late bloomer and tears up Nashville while there's injuries on the Brewers?  Yeah he could get a shot later this year.

[nate82]

13 minutes ago, mudbutt said:

He's not on the 40 man and has never played in AAA so incredibly unlikely.  Now if he is truly a late bloomer and tears up Nashville while there's injuries on the Brewers?  Yeah he could get a shot later this year.

Not playing in AAA isn't really a hindrance or something to hold against a player.  The jump from AA to AAA is a wash maybe a slight increase in difficulty.  It is like going from easy difficulty to normal difficulty in a video game.  The biggest jump a player has is going to MLB the jump from AA - MLB is not all that different than going from AAA - MLB.  The talent in AAA is mostly veterans who are just barely hanging on or AAAA players.  Top prospects usually only last for a few months in AAA and that is mostly to avoid super 2 status.  

The not being on the 40-man will be the main reason why he doesn't start with the Brewers and instead goes to AAA.  Not playing in AAA isn't really something that is a detriment to the player. 

 

[True Blue Brew Crew]

Was I in a coma when Tyler Black was the "hottest prospect in the Brewers system" and "next big shoe"? Because in my waking life we had the Jackson Chourio build-up followed promptly by Jacob Misirowski and maybe a brief moment of Jeferson Quero. And now Jesus Made has probably taken the mantle as most hyped. Tyler Black was always a nice prospect with no clear defensive position.

[jesusoftheapes]

Caleb Durbin Hitting home runs is the best possible thing to happen this Spring.  If he gets hot it answers a lot of questions.    

[jesusoftheapes]

3 minutes ago, True Blue Brew Crew said:

Was I in a coma when Tyler Black was the "hottest prospect in the Brewers system" and "next big shoe"? Because in my waking life we had the Jackson Chourio build-up followed promptly by Jacob Misirowski and maybe a brief moment of Jeferson Quero. And now Jesus Made has probably taken the mantle as most hyped. Tyler Black was always a nice prospect with no clear defensive position.

After Sal, Turang and Chourio . Black was touted as the next big prospect to be coming up after them and it is not even up for debate .  That is how he was being sold to us with Craig in charge.   When PAt took over Black went from next big prospect to come out of that group to the guy who won't be helping the Brewers anytime soon.   

It is pretty obvious that the entire way the Brewers want to promote Black has changed 180 degrees under Pat.   

I mean if you did not hear the Tyler Black hype train before the 2024 season started you were not listening.    It was very real and very much the next player we were supposed to see make the jump and that has not happened because his defense  is that bad.  They are starting Hoskins at 1st!   The idea that Black is worse than that is a laugh.   Hoskins has always been a - defender at 1st his entire career.   Bauers is a little better at 1st but Tyler Black is no worse  than these players on defense and people need to stop saying this over and over again like it is the truth because it is not.   

Tyler Black does not have a massive lack of defensive stats in the positive nor does he carry a massive amount of personal errors beyond anyone in his situation at least and is being talked about as if he is incapable of playing defense at all when its not the player I have watched.   Tyler Black is not going to win Golden Gloves but he is also not as bad as Rhys Hoskins or Jake Bauers are on 1st base defending.  

You can argue about it all you want but the Tyler Black hype train was real right up and until Pat Murphy took over in charge . Now he is a guy who may never see the field in Milwaukee for any real amount of time.   Pat hates the guy .   That is his prerogative as manager to like and dislike the players he wants on his roster.      I have 0 issues with Murphy putting the prospects he likes together and washing out the prospects that were the previous Managers favorites and not his own.      

[jesusoftheapes]

1 hour ago, jesusoftheapes said:

watch the interview Murphy gave last season about Tyler Black on the sidelines of the Padres game.    Pat Murphy outright said he hated Tyler Black in so many words.  He also followed that up the next time Black got his first RBI in MLB action in the postgame interview and bashed Tyler Black again.   I am not making this up . I just watched the 2024 season and listened to what Murphy had to say about Black .       Murphy HATES Tyler Black and was very open about it anytime he was asked in 2024.     Not a secret.    

You do not go from the hottest prospect in the Brewers system with nothing but positive hype like Black had under Craig to being a fringe prospect with so many problems he may never make any Brewers roster for any amount of time under Pat Murphy unless the Coach has a different personal opinion of the player than the previous Manager had.  Tyler Black went from the next big shoe to drop in the call ups to the biggest joke in Milwaukee in one season where he did not fall off that much in production.         The entire 2024 season for Black was a result of Murphy holding him back when it was supposed to be his big break season.       

Pat Murphy has not problem complimenting the players he likes including Jake Bauers who he gave Tyler's job to instantly and only carried a .199 Batting Average all season long and was never replaced by Black for more than 1 series.      Pat HATES Tyler Black .    All you need to do to understand this is listen to Pat speak about him.        Pat went out of this way in front of cameras to make sure that everyone knew he hated Tyler Black.    I mean the Dugout interview he gave against the Padres he completely bashed Tyler and held nothing back .   I am not making this up it was what Pat said and he said it 2 different times  through 2024 that I caught personally in his interviews and I am assuming there have to be more instances like this that I missed .    He made no bones about telling everyone he disliked Tyler Black in 2024 and I highly doubt that went away in 2025.   

Maybe though. 

You who are all hitting dislike because you did not hear Pat Murphy say these words yourselves are really really hilarious.   He said it and that is just the truth.  Pat does not like Tyler Black and said so on camera.   I do not understand why the fact he said these things makes you so unhappy when they are pointed out?  Kinda funny though. 

[yfinn6]

You're..   quoting yourself?! I guess you could theoretically argue with yourself all day. 

[jesusoftheapes]

5 minutes ago, yfinn6 said:

You're..   quoting yourself?! I guess you could theoretically argue with yourself all day. 

well you cannot quote a dislike and it needed to be said .  Here is a quote.  Pat Murphy, the manager of the Milwaukee Brewers, has publicly stated that he is "hard on" Tyler Black, " criticizing him when he makes mistakes more than other guys here" and says "some guys get better coaching when you are mean to them" - Pat Murphy from dugout of Padres series /6/22/2024