Fear The Chorizo
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Yeah, the Brewers system has some projectable arms, and coupling with young pitching already up in Milwaukee, looks pretty darn good....but it's crazy depth is in up the middle, toolsy position players. IMO, Pena alone plus another top 100 Brewer position player prospect is much more value than what the Dodgers sent to Detroit (some value analysis of the hypothetical trade package scenario that had both Pena and Henderson in the package had it around 117, while the actual Dodgers package Detroit accepted was like 24). If Detroit was insistent on getting multiple arms, or 1 MLB-ready young starter back in a trade for Skubal, the Brewers weren't going to give them that for 2 months. I'm more or less convinced the Tigers took a less valuable package for Skubal than whatever the Brewers would have offered, knowing that's where he wanted to be traded to and because they wanted more pitching back than what the Brewers were willing to give up. Tinfoil hat time, it wouldn't surprise me in the least for Skubal's agent (Boras) to weigh in with various GMs in on the Skubal sweepstakes, indicating he's either going to the Dodgers or he'll shut himself down for the rest of the year to avoid another arm injury before he hits free agency (since it's likely the Dodgers who will sign him anyway).
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And apparently all-time market highs...in the words of the great Lombardi: "WTH is going on out here!!"
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Brewers are acquiring Anthony Sanzetela
Fear The Chorizo replied to ImissDougMelvin's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Pretty sure they aren't planning to make him a starter - it's shoring up mid-late inning bullpen depth. -
Brewers are acquiring Anthony Sanzetela
Fear The Chorizo replied to ImissDougMelvin's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
As frustrating as it is, there aren't many impact bats obviously available at the deadline this year - and to be honest they wouldn't have an obvious positional home in Milwaukee. If Mitchell stays healthy I want him in the lineup. I want Lara playing more and Pratt has been awesome at SS. 3B is the power void and I question the value in Hamilton/Ortiz there most games (especially if Hamilton is playing more) - but that's the roster construction the Brewers live by. Man I hope Fischer keeps hitting because his bat at 3B would be awesome in a year or 2. Chourio and Yelich need to start hitting, along with WIld Bill - those are your impact bats that have largely been scuffling since the AS break and even a bit longer. Despite that, the team has among MLB's best post AS break records. I have more confidence in Chourio and Contreras picking it back up and getting hot at the right time of year. Yelich is a sunk cost and in a perfect world he'd be jettisoned to the bench in order to bring in an impact DH - but having Vaughn/Bauers already rostered lets them do that already. -
When it comes to looking at potential future value to an organization - this is a tough trade to swallow as a Brewer fan who likes seeing them have talent and depth across their system. When it comes to a pure numbers game, the Brewers currently have a bevy of young and toolsy OF talent (two of which are signed to longterm contracts) already in Milwaukee, and their system still has similar-aged OF prospect depth that is as hyped or even more as these two. It may not solve any immediate minor league /40 man roster control for the logjam that is headed towards Milwaukee, but it does open up playing time for other guys on the way up/through the system that are also developing. I hope both of these guys find a way to have long, insignificant baseball careers as long as they're in the Cardinal organization.
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Steve Phillips is saying the return is Made, Fischer, and Payne plus 3 lottery tickets - two of which are Harrison and Drohan.
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Rosenthal: Where are the Brewers?
Fear The Chorizo replied to ImissDougMelvin's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
Screw Rosenthal - he is just stirring the pot. i've lost alot of respect for hime ever since that water cooler incident with the team photographer. A different thought occurred to me this morning in that the Brewers may be content to continue sitting on the game's best farm system because of all the CBA uncertainty for next year and beyond. They may view having as much young talent as possible stockpiled is the best way to come out the other side of things when baseball resumes. I do think at least one starter, one quality reliever, and maybe one bat will be headed this way before the deadline - but it wont be by sending any of their best prospects away based on how this deadline has unfolded so far. After this season, I'd be perfectly content if it takes 1 or two years to get the new CBA right, and then see the Dodgers' expensive, veteran-laden roster all 2 years older when mlb play resumes -
He then blew out his elbow in 2024, didnt pitch at all in 2025, and cant stay on the mound in 2026 because of hamstring problems. If you want to go ahead and send Ryan out there for 150+ IP next season, have at it - i'll tell you he wont get there. The more likely scenario is the ship is sailing away on Ryan's ceiling to be a quality starting pitcher as a big leaguer and his injury history and delayed development has him headed to the bullpen if he wants an extended mlb career.
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Counter-counterpoint : Because of injuries, Ryan has been able to eclipse 100IP in only 1 of his professional seasons. At this rate he'll be ramped up to a full mlb starting pitcher workload by the time he reaches free agency at 32. The truth is it would be a surprise for Ryan to last long enough as a pitcher to ever reach free agency based on his career arc and agr he's already reached.
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Totally get that and agree when it comes to recycling concrete on road work projects and even building demolition work, but not in the case of large wind turbines - the amount of rebar/steel and concrete and the depth it's in the ground make it economically and oftentimes logistically impractical to dig up/break up and recycle. Think of a 50-80 foot diameter and 15-20' deep chunk of concrete buried in the ground that is chock full of rebar (roughly 750 cubic yards of concrete or more). Can it be done? sure. Would you want the the energy balance and cost of all the equipment needed to accomplish that counting against the carbon footprint of a turbine? If you did, that wind turbine would look far dirtier than the equivalent mass of high sulphur coal needed to produce the same amount of "green" energy.
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Well, then it's win win....but there 100% HAS to be full revenue sharing 1st
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That isnt a conspiracy theory in my opinion
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If Henderson is discounted in any way due to his injury history, then both Dodger pitching prospects in this trade are total bums, too. Ryan can't even stay healthy enough this season.
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It absolutely exists - remember in the 90s when the yankees where outbidding everyone and winning everything, so many of their blue chip prospects they traded away amounted to nothing, too.
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Don't need a salary cap or floor nearly as much as baseball needs full revenue sharing. I would bet the Dodgers bring in more revenue themselves that doesnt need to be shared than the bottom half of mlb combined
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Sounds like Brandon Woodruff along with that growing injury history...and he's only a couple years younger than him, too. More comparable to him than a much younger Henderson, who has actually been able to pitch the past few years at the MLB level.
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Wouldn't surprise me in the least to see the Dodgers announce a mega deal extension for Skubal before the end of this league year....typically that would never happen with a Boras client in a free agent year - but skubal may want to cash in a super long, guaranteed contract with the team he'll probably sign with eventually, and who knows when a new CBA will be signed along with what free agent contract parameters will be in it?
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Maybe the Brewers should call the Dodgers and ask if Glasnow is available - dude is getting paid close to $30M a year and he just lost his spot in the postseason rotation. Such a joke
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I'd take Drohan over Ryan 100 times out of 100. Ryan had a handful of good starts with the dodgers back in 2024, blew his elbow out, and now has made less than 10 starts in AAA with a 1.3 WHIP and mid 4's ERA as an almost 28 yr old. He's still a prospect because he didnt exhaust his rookie eligibility back in 2024 ....the fact he's still a top 100 is only because he was in the Dodger organization
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The Dodgers arent deep with top milb pitching either - they just see their young pitching prospects blow their arms out and then have the luxury of allowing them to take forever and a day to resume pitching and hype them up enough for teams to think they're great prospects. Both Ryan and Smith aren't setting the world on fire this season in the minors and both are coming off major arm injuries.
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This feels like many are undervaluing, not overvaluing Brewers prospects - including Brewers fans. The potential "comp" package scenarios people are throwing out there online all blow what the Dodgers actually had to give up out of the water
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Logan Henderson is way more valuable than River freaking Ryan...not to mention 3 years younger
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River Ryan....lol. dude is closing in on 30 and he is still a prospect?
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There is 0 chance we see baseball in 2027. That sucks, but it needs to happen for MLB to be an actual professional sports league where more than 1 team can go out and acquire the premier trade piece every deadline on top of paying arguably the best player ever $2M and deferring $68M, while two other starters making close to $100m combined annually bide their time to rejoin the squad in August rested and ready for another WS run.
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Yelich stinks and shows no signs of not stinking- him playing everyday is slowly killing this team
