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There should be zero reason for Mis to throw another pitch in the minors the rest of his career unless he is rehabbing from an injury. Innings management, whatever - then let him pitch those innings in the majors and not waste them in AAA If Woody is ready and is a better option than one of the other brewer starters, you make another trade to make room and Mis stays in the rotation.
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An easy 100 is just magical to see coming from an arm in the Brewer rotation.
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Yes - the secondary offerings he has that are significant velo changes (curveball and changeup), if command continues improving, can make Mis a routine no-no watch every time he takes the hill. Just unfair offspeed stuff when he's locating it, and his exploding heater + slider/cutter are speeding bats up.
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Jacob Misiorowski gets the call to the show!!!
Fear The Chorizo replied to Jastro's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Just me, but if Mis doesn't fall on his face at the MLB level with command and the onfield performance warrants a quick trip back to the minors, there's no way I want the primary resaon for one of the most electric arms in baseball to go back to the minors being consistent innings management. If they are adamant about a hard IP ceiling, there's a ton of time and pitching depth to allow him to steadily reach that point without a manipulative demotion. Those bullets are major league quality filth - they should be fired at the major league level. -
Which Chourio is the real Chourio?
Fear The Chorizo replied to Turning2's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
At this time last season there were quite a few people who wanted to see Chourio back in the minors, and then he proceeded to play at a borderline MVP level the rest of the season (if Ohtani wasn't in the NL) . He is 21 and goes through stretches where he is way too aggressive and gets himself out by swinging at balls. Not much more to it than that. You hope he keeps developing a more patiently aggressive approach, because if he does he's one of the best players in baseball for the next 8 seasons. -
And that includes a terribly slow start still...Wilken has been destroying the baseball to get those numbers up to where they now are
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With the power he has, it might not be much longer...not saying this year but next
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The Brewers' biggest weakness is their offense going dormant due to a lack of power, and the most obvious spots to bolster their lineup would be at 3rd and SS, to be sure. However, trading for a glove-first 3B who frankly doesn't have enough pop to dramatically improve what they're currently getting out of the hot corner offensively, who also happens to be having a brutal season while getting half his plate appearances in Denver, is a really bad idea. Couple that with taking on any of what's left on this guy's contract makes it a joke. McMahon is barely scraping 20 HR a year over full, healthy seasons in his prime playing at Coors - that's not good enough to think removing that ballpark from his stats keeps him at that slugging projection. His career splits glaringly bear that out over just about an identical # of games: 82 HR at Coors vs 48 on the road 0.819 OPS at Coors vs 0.658 on the road 0.265 BA at Coors vs 0.214 on the road No freaking thank you...
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It seems to me like once they started buying up rights to broadcast games (which actually started their slope of budget problems as an entity), their brass opted to limit the amount of actual sportscenter shows (which is what made ESPN great in the first place). It's like once they could broadcast games, they couldn't fill the rest of their space with actual sports news content/highlights/actual analysis anymore - especially for games they didn't carry on one of their stations. It's too bad. Reels of some of the old Sportscenter commercials are just fantastic. The "Michael Jordan" one that follows an unassuming everyday joe around who happens to be named Michael Jordan and seeing everyone's initial reaction of disappointment when they realize he isn't "his airness" when he gets to the hostess stand, hotel lobby, answers the door for pizza, etc. is one of my all-time favorites
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I would add to what others have posted that the most important thing is starting - whether it's through work or in your own investment account, sort out what you can readily afford to set aside for investing at a routine frequency and make it a point do so regardless of what the larger markets are doing. Even if it's seemingly a marginal amount, continually feed that investment account. With regular work 401ks, one thing you'll notice is contributing the first couple %s of your income towards that type of retirement account barely reduces the amount of takehome pay you'd receive, because that amount reduces your taxable income. And most employers offer rollovers without fees/costs from old company plans into new ones, so even if you're thinking of making a job switch I'd get enrolled in your current company's plan, especially if they have any sort of match to take advantage of.
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He is by far the best player going right now....but to know that he only has 3 majors over this stretch of time makes you realize the gap between him and the field is nowhere close to what it was between prime Tiger and the field back in the day. Scheffler's 3 majors are over portions of four seasons, and prime Tiger won 11 over a 8 year span (1999-2006)...with 3 of his other wins coming just before or after that stretch. I think the rest of the PGA/LIV field is better/more competitive now than the PGA field TIger faced when he got rolling. So what Scheffler is doing IMO is historic if he keeps it rolling another year or two and picks up a few more major titles.
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I think this is where pitching in general is headed in today's MLB - it's not about fielding a 5 man rotation of overpriced veteran "aces", as much as it's carrying a boatload of arms on the 40 man that can get through the batting order 2-2.5 times over 5 innings, most of who happen to be in early stages of arbitration if they aren't elite pre-arby talents, and then churn through the pile of #4-#5 starters as they either get injured or ineffective without worrying too much about options or years left of team control. Spent the capital to bring in a veteran ace and odds are you're the DBacks this morning with Burnes, or the Dodgers (who have money to burn but the pitching staff they have on the IL right now probably has a higher payroll than the entire Brewers' roster)
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I'd just say, don't do it - pay them the going rates via arbitration during what their actual prime pitching years are if they don't want any sort of longterm guarantee that buys a year or two out of free agency at discount rates, and then wish them well. The market hasn't fully come around to this, but pitchers are on their way to becoming the MLB version of what running backs are in the NFL - all the extra roster spots devoted on team 40 man roster and MLB 26 man game day rosters have created tons of space for guys throwing high 90s to make league minimum, get outs, and promptly be cycled through once they start getting expensive/injured.
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Rule 5 to CWS - Shane Smith Discussion Thread
Fear The Chorizo replied to jesusoftheapes's topic in Brewers Minor League Talk
And that ERA actually is way under inflated compared to runs given up in that span. It's not lost on me that his struggles are building as the MLB exposure and innings pitched increases. Shane Smith does not equal Johan Santana in terms of Rule 5 draft casualties that make an organization rue the day they let him go for years. I will say that he'd fit right in as a starter capable of consistently giving the Brewers 4+ IP and keeping the team in most games he starts - but those type of arms are everywhere. Was it a roster management mistake to leave Smith exposed and lose him? I would say yes - but does losing Smith dramatically alter the longterm outlook of the Brewers at the MLB level? Absolutely not. I think we are going to have to get used to some Rule 5 purging / 40 man DFA casualties the next few years as prospects continue maturing in the Brewer system - it's a product of a good minor league organization. -
If Devers was actually a competent 3b, Bregman never gets signed. He got the current fiasco going with the NE sprts media just as much if not moreso than the front office. Braun moved all over the field to keep his bat in the lineup, and i dont recall him ever griping about position changes.
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One thing I'd say is that while I also hate it, Murphy's philosophy fits right in with the organizational approach of having a ton of interchangeable arms available to churn through the regular season - and not have too much concern over burning options/IL stints because there's always more fodder down on the farm. It's kind of how a small market organization needs to operate to be competitive, but it still stinks - and is definitely NOT how uber-talented young arms capable of starting at the MLB level (i.e., Mis, Henderson to name a couple) should be managed or handled.
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Freddy Peralta...Murphy will at least try
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5.1 innings is a complete game in Murphy's bullpen management guide
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That should do it
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Set the bat down, Jackson...there's no way they are giving you a strike here
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Yelich has been the better offensive player than Adames in 2025 I dont care what his free agent contract would have been in total, it was the correct baseball decision not to resign Adames longterm at this stage of his career. I think he's a great teammate and clubhouse leader, all of that. But no way am I wanting the Brewers to guarantee him a 9 figure contract to watch him turn into a pumpkin on the field, which will happen quickly as his SS defense declines and the routine slumps where he kills a lineup become longer with age.
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Can we stop with the hand-wringing over Smith? He has nothing to do with this questionable roster decision (i like Hall getting back but not at the expense of sending Henderson back down, and agree that a different reliever should be going down to make room). Smith so far has proven to be a 5ip starter at the MLB level and has been getting knocked around a bit recently as the book on him is getting written by advance major league scouting. The White Sox are 1-9 in his starts, obviously not a direct link to how he's performed when on the mound, but even his best starts have consistently required heavy use of the bullpen - something the Brewers themselves need to stop doing every game. Besides actually getting the consistent mlb opportunity he gets on an awful white sox team, Smith hasn't set the pitching world on fire recently. I think the more time that goes by the decision to leave him unprotected last fall when there are a heap of other controllable arms with better medical records at or above Smith in the Brewer pecking order is going to look less and less egregious.
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Agreed - at this point i half expect Murphy to try running Rodriguez out again after the rain delay with how jumpy he is making pitching changes
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I don't see the point - are another 3-4 starts in AAA really enough to say those changes are that much more sustainable and then prove he's "more ready" for MLB than he is right now? What happens if he has 1 stinker outing mixed in there, in your opinion? Keep Mis in the minors until September callups or next season and then run the risk of seeing his elbow explode in mid-August in Nashville, then we spend the next 16 months in threads talking about who's going to have to be removed off the 40 man roster in late 2026 to ensure a still-recovering Mis doesn't get picked in the Rule 5 draft next fall? I get that we're both arguing hypotheticals - IMO when a pitcher naturally carries overpowering stuff, regardless of the level he's pitching at, if he can demonstrate even a marginally consistent ability to command his arsenal without looking like Ricky Vaughn at the start of Major League you get him on the MLB roster in today's game.
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That's what the Brewers are doing, certainly....doesn't mean that I agree with that plan when the guy you're holding off the 40 man is by far and away the most talented arm you have, and he's about as MLB ready as a guy throwing triple digits can be. My position is use those bullets at the MLB level, and rehabbing veteran arms who might get you a lottery ticket at the trade deadline if they come back and pitch ok for a few weeks shouldn't be a roadblock to Mis getting on the 40 man roster ASAP.
