Wed. 7/23: Free Viewing of the Mudcats at 10:00 AM Central

[Brian]

Just now, Joseph Zarr said:

Don't tell @Jake McKibbin.

I'll zipper lip that then. 

[biedergb]

I can’t stay up on the Nashville game. Good night gents.

Great win by the Muddies (and the big club) earlier. And huge win for Timber Rattlers.

[Joseph Zarr]

Payamps problems are always Payamps problems: he hangs too many pitches. He had two down. 2-2 count. He proceeds to hang pitch after pitch after pitch with three consecutive 2-out RBI doubles. This is just, sadly, vintage Payamps. Not competitive. There's a reason no other team in MLB picked him up when he was DFA'd. He's had a nice run with Nashville for stretches but can you ever really trust him?

[Joseph Zarr]

The 10th inning opening WP to the backstop. The Alastre dropped routine liner to left CF. The T-Rats absolutely did their dangdest to be 2025 T-Rats. I don't know how they managed to win this One. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Man a sawed off broken bat absolute goose snort scores the Knight's first run in the 11th. Liranzo absolutely deserved better there. Nothing you can do. That bat was ripped in half up and in. Muscled to the shallowest LF grass.

[homer]

Starting to think I didn't rank Adamczewski high enough on my top 20 list....and I have him kind of high.

[Matt]

Well that was fun.

[markedman5]

Sounds win……never a doubt…..lol

[Brian]

Oliver Dunn comes threw for the win! 

[Brian]

1 minute ago, markedman5 said:

Sounds win……never a doubt…..lol

You have more faith than I did tonight. 

[Joseph Zarr]

1 minute ago, homer said:

Starting to think I didn't rank Adamczewski high enough on my top 20 list....and I have him kind of high.

The only think holding Josh out of the Top 10 for me as one of his biggest hype men on this board (since last summer if we're being honest) is strictly positional myopia. He is quite clearly the best hitter on Carolina amongst all that talent at this point in time. This is also known within the Brewers brass. The swing is utter poetry. BUT, even though he plays a very solid 2B, he's still only a 2B at present. So a 2B/DH is the only hard sell. He could easily be a fringe Top 10 guy for me but instead he is a solid Top 15. I'd call on his bat in literally any scenario. He's definitely ready for the High-A challenge. I wish he was able to take reps at 3B and corner OF. IF he could or had that athletic tool kit? Easily Top 10. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Hey now! Daz Cameron. That MAN! He extended his RBI streak to 8 consecutive games. INSANITY. 

[Joseph Zarr]

HOLY heck what a night. Two Games of absolute insanity. 😆 I need a beer!

[Matt]

2 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

The only think holding Josh out of the Top 10 for me as one of his biggest hype men on this board (since last summer if we're being honest) is strictly positional myopia. He is quite clearly the best hitter on Carolina amongst all that talent at this point in time. This is also known within the Brewers brass. The swing is utter poetry. BUT, even though he plays a very solid 2B, he's still only a 2B at present. So a 2B/DH is the only hard sell. He could easily be a fringe Top 10 guy for me but instead he is a solid Top 15. I'd call on his bat in literally any scenario. He's definitely ready for the High-A challenge. I wish he was able to take reps at 3B and corner OF. IF he could or had that athletic tool kit? Easily Top 10. 

He's also a 20 year old in single A. I don't think that's as big a deal as some, but it's still a factor. I also think calling him a very solid 2B is being pretty generous. I think he'll have to end up a LF/DH. 

[Joseph Zarr]

9 minutes ago, Matt said:

He's also a 20 year old in single A. I don't think that's as big a deal as some, but it's still a factor. I also think calling him a very solid 2B is being pretty generous. I think he'll have to end up a LF/DH. 

The Low-A average age in 2025 is 21. The Low-A average age historically is 21-22 yo. He's still young for the Level. He's only really been in the system for a year and a half as a high school draft pick. When he's healthy? You can very easily make the argument he has the best pure bat in the entire system. He just hasn't been all that healthy due to some absolutely freak injuries. We need him healthy. We need him getting reps. He is a better 2B than given credit for by my eyes and purely my opinion. I'll stand by that. He's playing a better 2B in 2025 than he did in 2024. He isn't Turang obviously (very very few players touch that level). He doesn't have Areinamo's hands or positional versatility. BUT he's a better 2B than, say, a Mike Boeve considerably. With his bat? He gets the benefit of the doubt regardless. He needs that third position beyond DH though. I think that much is clear. Either way, I'm just a massive massive believer in his innate talent and his ceiling. 

[brooks_quichenick]

Ugh

[Joseph Zarr]

29 minutes ago, brooks_quichenick said:

Ugh

GULP. Man oh man. Let's avoid one for a change. Adding insult to injury: he tagged that runner out. You can not convince me otherwise. Home plate ump blew the call (not shocking given how questionable the entire crew was all night). 

[Joseph Zarr]

BTW for anyone with MLB.tv OR MiLB.TV you can view the play in question McCalvy is discussing above at 1:50:10 mark of the replay stream. Watched it several times. Hard to make anything of it other than: Quero absolutely laid down the tag in time. Upon final review something may have happened to that left shoulder there? You can see him working it out some during the next pitch after he raises and shakes his left arm above his head. He caught cleanly throughout the remainder of the inning however. Such a strange inning. I seriously have no idea how they earned five runs. Cargo deserved better. 

[Ro Mueller]

Was down with a migraine during my usual game-following time. Hope the Quero left arm situation is nothing serious.

Love waking up to see a Brewers’ win, Tobias Myers looking good, Tyler Black restoring some trade value and Kahle/Zamora/Avans making key contributions in Nashville’s never-say-die victory in front of 6,791 fans on a Wednesday night.

Also, thank you league for Daz and Dalbec. What a combination!