Never Outhustled

I would be fine with not adding another SP if Jimmy was healthy. Nelson Anderson Davies Chacin Woodruff But he's not right now and the current rotation of Anderson Davies Chacin Woodruff Suter/Miley/Gallardo/Guerra/Wilkerson Makes NO sense now that we have Yelich and Cain... No sense whatsoever. Wasting 1 year of our window. Arietta was .1 WAR better than Suter last year, and that was only because Suter had shoulder trouble while attempting to stretch himself out midseason after spending time in the bullpen. Let Suter start full time and enjoy him being one of the best values in baseball.

Dismissing his minor league track record is literally more than 10x sillier when projecting his value next year. I would be fine with him in a platoon but if you're trying to be serious about winning, you'd be a fool not to keep trying to improve that roster spot, which they are clearly doing. Sometimes players improve. Aguilar sandwiched 2 monster winter league seasons around his strong MLB season.

Nope, wasn't a top college bat at all. Lowest college OPS of a top 5 pick in the last 20 years. Maybe longer, I only looked up the last 20.

Kenny Lofton went to college on a basketball scholarship, and didn't play college baseball until his junior year, as a 2 sport athlete. Lofton showed steady development despite a late start, Ray has stalled since his freshman year of college.

The 2 don't even begin to compare. Arcia spent the last year and a half steadily improving in the majors, Ray spent the last year and a half struggling at A+. They're the same age.

Mark made over $110 million the last 2 years, that's plenty to buy a AAA team. No need to sacrifice any 2018 payroll. Also, no need to wait until PDCs are up. They can start working on buying their next AAA team now.

I think every scout and baseball talent evaluator would disagree with you. Your ability as an athlete contributes to how good (or bad) you are at accomplishing some task or feat or skill - whatever you want to call it. It's certainly not the only thing, but it's a huge deal. And in professional baseball, athleticism is what teams will bank on when looking at a player's upside - particularly position players. It's why you can take dozens of 15 year old kids who have been playing a particular sport (baseball, basketball, whatever) for 10 years, and have one kid who has never played the sport walk in and be better than all of them in short order. I saw a quote from one scout who said something to the effect of he would almost always bet on the athletic kid with great raw skills over the polished kid with low athleticism (he was talking about minor league prospects). Why? The good athlete is the one who will be able to keep up to the 100 mph fastball or adjust to the improving change ups and curves or whatever other pitches that a player faces as they head up the minor league ladder. Athleticism allows a player to hit the ball harder, run faster, react quicker. It's why when we hear descriptions of exceptional players you sometimes have terms like 'quick twitch' or 'twitchy' used to describe them. Again, athleticism is not the only thing. Being a baseball player is so much more - practice, intelligence, etc. But athleticism is often what helps a player rise above other guys. Scouts love athletic guys because they are the ones that often have the best chance to be difference makers in the big leagues. Sorry, but Ray isn't a great athlete, if he was he'd be a SS. He's not even an infielder. Arcia is a great athlete, Ray is just fast, he doesn't have coordination or body control. Ray is also not young, he's 23. He's just a few months younger than Phillips and Brinson. However, he's years behind them developmentally, and hasn't progressed at the plate. MLB Pipeline is just sloppy. Their writers are hype men who no longer put in their time on the rankings.

Thames wasn't good as a big leaguer before playing in Korea either. Japan is a step above Korea. He struggled with command as a young pitcher in the big leagues. Last year in Japan, he walked just 23 in 188 innings. He doesn't have a ceiling as an ace, and won't get all that much, but taking a flyer on Thames proved to be pretty savvy, so if the price is right, you can never get enough pitching. Your right Briggs, he's a different pitcher now. We should be interested.

I have to agree. Cozart has never played an inning anywhere besides SS in his entire career. Not saying he couldn't but a big part of his value is that he's an elite defensive SS, too. Maybe it would be different if he were a bad defensive SS who could benefit from a move to 2nd but not the case here. He'll get big money and multiple years from someone who needs him to play short. I'd be nervous about such a big commitment for someone with one great out of nowhere offensive year anyway. The per year size of the commitment is almost irrelevant because we have so much money to burn. We're talking about $55 million available for the first year of deals. So it simply becomes a question of, would you want a player who's only had 1 great year, or settle for a player who's had zero great years?

Who cares if he only plays 113 games if he's 5 WAR?

He will get more than two years. I'd guess four is very possible. You also have to remember you will pay SS price for a guy you are about to stick at 2B. The lack of track record could lessen his asking price, but he was a elite SS this year. Someone will pay for that. No one has more money to spend this offseason than the Brewers. We're $50 million below our self-imposed cap. Older players had a hard time getting long deals last off season. I'd expect that too continue. In recent years, the best signings have been the best players. Go get Cozart.

Zack Cozart 2 year/40 million Late career offensive arrival, much like Daniel Murphy. Cozart gives us terrific defense at 2b, a hitter who can work counts and take walks without high K totals, and replaces Braun at the 3 spot in the order.

Don't forget the joke of a lineup the Cards fielded today. Wilkerson did great, but he was only good in AA this year, not great. I do agree that signing a pitcher isn't priority #1. However, they probably have enough money to sign a hitter and a pitcher.

Suter absolutely must stay in the rotation. He might be our 2nd best starter. Keep him stretched out to avoid another shoulder injury.

The Brewers are ninth is team ERA and 20th in runs scored, they really need to focus on adding a major bat. Let Dereck Johnson work his magic finding a 5th starter.

Johnson is our Dave Duncan. Best hire in organizational history.

Agree. The development of his splitter makes him a true 3 pitch pitcher. That makes a move to the rotation realistic.

Ready or not, time to take the kid gloves off Taylor Williams. Still blows my mind that Aaron Wilkerson received a start while Jungmann didn't even get a call up

Garza has been pulled from the rotation in favor of Woodruff and Suter. Both are completely unproven at the MLB level. Jungman didn't start for CS yesterday for a reason. He'll be starting.

If it wasn't going to be Jungman, he would have pitched game 5 for Colorado Springs today. He didn't.

I'm excited to see Jungman. He's earned his way back, pitching extremely well in an unbelievably tough environment. He been good in streaks before, hopefully he's finally found the consistency.

Villar is 2 for his last 10 with a couple of infield singles.

Jon Perrin is 3 outs away from a memorable game. Check it out.

When you adjust Chacin's stats for park factors, he then appears mediocre as always. Pass.

Walker can play 3rd. However, I might get aggressive and option Suter and Barnes, DFA Susac. Add Walker, recall Phillips, and purchase Rene Garcia. I think Garcia is more deserving of a 40 man spot this offseason over Susac.