Brewer Fanatic Podcast Call for Questions (6/25 Record)

[Spencer Michaelis]

Hey all, @Jack Sternand I realized we were likely missing out on some great questions from the Brewer Fanatic community when putting the call out on Twitter/X, so moving forward, we will also post a call for questions every week in this forum. We will be recording our next episode this Thursday (6/25) in the evening, so ideally, you can get them in before then.

We can't guarantee to answer every question we receive, but we will do our best to get to as many as we can!

[JoeyWiemerTruther]

If you had to guess who would you expect to be protected from rule 5 draft eligibility and added to the 40 man roster this offseason?

[Spencer Michaelis]

Have until about 5:00 PM CT to get questions in if you have them!

[long ball]

Murphy said they won’t go to a 6 man rotation. We saw the challenges of a six man rotation almost immediately in Wednesdays night game where we were trying to protect a lead while 3 relievers were unavailable. 
 

how do you predict this stretch till the allstar break plays out? 4 days rest for all of the starters with Drohan or Gasser shifting to the pen? 
 

We have limited options currently on the 40 man to turn to when we inevitably need a fresh arm over this stretch. McGee is healthy and presumably an option. Koenig is rehabbing and Henderson is set to begin his rehab on 6/28. Do the brewers end up adding a pitcher to the 40 man? If so, who would you predict?

 

(don’t feel the need to read this all out as a question, but if you could just discuss in general what you think the pitching plan looks like during this 18 game in 17 days stretch that would be great!)

[ErnieRilesBrianGiles]

What's your opinion about the owners' cba proposal to no longer draft high schoolers?

[Brewcrew82]

Now that we're arriving at the halfway point of the season, do you think this Brewers team is better than last year's franchise record winning version? Are they better equipped for a long post season run and a real shot at taking down the Dodgers and where would you like to see them improve between now and the deadline/October? Do they have enough in AAA to supplement the roster and where might they have to look outside the organization? 

Curious for yours and Jack's opinion on this "big picture" sort of question. Don't have to answer everything in here, but would appreciate more of a halfway point evaluation. Thanks!

[Brewcrew82]

One more potential question for Spencer specifically: with Luke Adams finally healthy and heating up in AAA, do you think he could potentially become a real consideration at 3B if the Ortiz and Hamilton platoon doesn't hold up offensively? 

[formerlybis]

With the surplus of starting pitching (at least in quantity), do you see the Brewers using those assets in potential deadline trades? How does the looming potential for a lockout in 2027 factor into the equation - more aggressive or no impact?