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  1. LouisEly
    The Brewers are going to maximize the limit of 5x a player can be optioned with their young starters to limit their innings. Starters are really expensive this early in the season. Come late July, if there is still concern, then they will likely add a starter.
  2. LouisEly
    Fischer's K rate at high-A (34% so far this year) is higher than Wilken's K rate his first year in AA after he got hit in the face (2024 - 28%, does not include 2025). Fischer is 22 this year, just as Wilken was 22 his first year in AA in 2024. Wilken only had 150 PAs at high-A, Fischer is currently at 202, so Fischer has already spent 1/3rd more time at A+ than Wilken did. I wouldn't say that Fischer is a sure-fire MLB player if Wilken isn't.
  3. LouisEly
    I'd rather not have to increase the prospect haul we need to give up.
  4. LouisEly
    Find one team that has had every single player do well every single month. The Dodgers have Betts struggling, Tucker and Smith well below career averages, Kim was sent to the minors, and they have a backup IF with 47 PAs and a .570 OPS.
  5. LouisEly
    This. I think the biggest reason MKE has been outperforming expectations/projections is because of team chemistry. They've made it a point of bringing in guys that aren't going to be a negative clubhouse presence and who are complementary to their core pieces. They're in first place with the 5th most wins in baseball. They're not likely to change 25% of their roster. I could see them bringing in a 3B and maybe a SP depending on what happens with Woody/Priester/Henderson health-wise. Getting Woody/Henderson/Koenig back can push Patrick back to the pen, Sproat back to AAA, and DFA Woodford, and then the bullpen is set. Getting Lockridge back will likely replace Perkins. Then it's just finding a 3B and maybe a SP/innings eater. You can have one Ortiz in your lineup; it's having Ortiz, Rengifo, and Perkins that hurts.
  6. LouisEly
    Brock Wilken hasn't played since Wed 5/27. One thing I found out recently is that after he came back from getting hit in the face in 2024 he was still having issues with depth perception and had eye therapy done in the off-season. I assumed he was still having some recovery issues, but didn't know that he had to have eye therapy that off-season. It worked, and he was back to his old self in 2025. I wonder, given the start to this season, if the depth perception issues have resurfaced. Many eye injuries never fully heal, if they heal at all.
  7. LouisEly
    I don't know about that. It would make the bullpen very LH dominant: LHRP: Ashby, Hall, Koenig, Drohan, Zas RHRP: Megill, Uribe, Anderson Have to assume Patrick is in the rotation for the time being with the injuries to Henderson and Woodruff. I think Zas is the odd man out. Drohan needs to stay to have a long reliever for Patrick's and Crow's starts.
  8. LouisEly
    Not this year. Winning a championship is hard.
  9. LouisEly
    Highly unlikely. But the O's do have a familiar name on the roster - Weston Wilson. Wilson has played over 2,000 innings at 3B in the minors and sports a career .744 OPS in the majors. Don't know if he's good enough at 3B, as he has a career .949 fielding % at 3B in the minors, but has a higher .977 fielding % in over 1,000 innings at SS in the minors.
  10. LouisEly
    If Toronto stays out of it, Ernie Clement. Slightly below average offensively, but above average defense at 3B. 1627 innings at 3B, B-R has him at +25 defensive runs saved above average. Got moved to 2B when they signed Okamoto and Toronto also has Addison Barger. A .700 OPS isn't anything to write home about, but it's a lot better than Rengifo/Hamilton. Only ~10% K rate on his career. 30 years old, so he is what he is. Not a FA until 2029, so they can keep him until two of Williams/Pratt/Made are ready and then flip him. Also looking at Texas - if they stay out of it, one of Josh Smith or Ezequiel Duran. Pretty much the same player profile as Clement, but slightly younger. If TOR and TEX get back in it, Nick Gonzales of PIT. Already 27, hasn't broken out, don't know if he's in their long-term plans, but could use a change of scenery. Not a FA until 2030. All four would cost a little more because of multiple years of control left, but once two of Williams/Pratt/Made are ready they can flip them for assets.
  11. LouisEly
    They've been building him back up in AAA. I'd be willing to bet that his use in the majors is directly related to Woodruff, Priester, and now Henderson being injured and unavailiable. If they were healthy, I highly doubt you would have seen Gasser in the majors already this year. Henderson and Crow are also coming off of injuries, so they can't ride those horses too much too early in the season. Need to be careful with them, too. Looking at the 40-man, the only options left are Gasser and Carlos Rodriguez. I'd go with Gasser over Rodriguez. It's two spot starts that they needed someone for; let's not get carried away that he's a core part of the rotation.
  12. LouisEly
    Should the Brewers have been able to foresee Gasser getting injured? Because he sure looked good in 2024 before he got hurt. Some of us "apologists" don't believe in giving up on someone after 42 IP in the majors, and know that it can take a while for a guy to fully come back from serious injury.
  13. LouisEly
    30 years ago tomorrow, Claude Lemieux intentionally drilled Kris Draper into the boards from behind, causing severe injuries that required reconstructive facial surgery. Lemieux was only suspended 2 games, and played in the Stanley Cup Finals with the Colorado Avalanche, who won the Stanley Cup. Today, Claude Lemieux died by apparent suicide at age 60.
  14. LouisEly
    Book it. Moustache's are in with today's young men, right?
  15. LouisEly
    https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48903380/sources-nba-bog-votes-expand-lottery-disincentivizes-tanking How much of "tanking" is on the teams, and how much of it is players giving a half-arsed effort once they are out of contention or being on a bad team? This is a league that has had to put into place rules about players sitting out nationally televised games because they want to rest. What rules are there going to be to penalize players for just going through the motions or quitting on their team?
  16. LouisEly
    This didn't age well 🙂 I caught the 3rd period of the game last night. Montreal looked absolutely lost. Looked like Carolina was doing the hockey equivalent of stealing signs. I wonder what type of viewership a Las Vegas - Carolina cup final will get.
  17. LouisEly
    Garrison Hearst was injured his first two seasons and rushed for a total of a little over 400 yards combined. He went on to rush for almost 8,000 yards in his career, including almost 3,000 yards after missing two full seasons in the middle of his career. The Cardinals and Bengals look pretty foolish for cutting him. The Packers kept Brooks because he's the best pass blocking RB on the team. As for special teams, the Packers ranked top 10 in kick coverage. Brooks did not play on the FG units, nor did he return punts. Lloyd averaged 7.1 YPA and 17.8 YPC his junior season at USC. He has the shiftiness of Aaron Jones with more speed; he lasted until the 3rd round because of fumbling issues, but he has far more upside than Wilson.
  18. LouisEly
    If they drafted a RB, who do you cut - Brooks or Lloyd? Or do they short another position to keep 4 RBs? It's a roster space issue, too. In recent history they rarely if ever have kept 4 RBs on the 53. They had backup RBs in Brooks (pass blocker) and Lloyd (high upside day 2 pick) who were adequate for backups. And who should they not have drafted to draft a RB instead? Highly unlikely that a 6th or 7th round pick would be any better than who they already have (the practice squad RBs were day 3 draft picks: Strong - 4th round pick, Martinez - 7th round pick).
  19. LouisEly
    I think this is the core issue. not Super 2. We know how important defense is to the Brewers (bad defense = more pitches throws = more bad pitches thrown = more runs scored against = more pitches thrown by young pitchers who they are trying to manage workload). They want to be confident that he can adequately play 3B at a major league level.
  20. LouisEly
    It's the baseball gods saying, "You're excused... but don't do it again."
  21. LouisEly
    It's the NFL, you can say that about any position and player. Their backup plan for QB was Desmond Ridder then Tyrod Taylor. They didn't address backup TE, or LT. You only get so many picks and so much salary cap. This Braelon Allen guy is stuck behind Breece Hall with the Jets. The Giants have Tyrone Tracy and Cam Skattebo, and probably don't need Devin Singletary. Benson of the Cardinals is a good call. The Packers have plenty of picks in 2027 to throw a 5th at someone, if it even takes that.
  22. LouisEly
    Ashby's vulture power > Uribe's karma
  23. LouisEly
    With Patrick not being stretched out and 3 of the next 4 lefties, I think it's DL Hall time
  24. LouisEly
    Have to think based on the reliever chart above that Patrick is either going to start, or DL Hall will be an opener with Patrick covering a minimum of 4 innings and Hall/Patrick needing to combine for at least six.
  25. LouisEly
    Right now they have 9 relievers. When Koenig returns they might need Patrick in the rotation, particularly if Woody, Henderson, and QP aren't ready to go.
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