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  1. JohnBriggs12
    Bauers is 30. He'll have suitors no doubt but he's been around a long time. One year as a slightly above average regular isn't going push his salary out of the Brewers price range and he chose to return to Milwaukee in 2025 on a minor league deal so I think they can work out something. Mitchell makes the most sense on this list. No way they deal Patrick. I think he's the future closer.
  2. JohnBriggs12
    Leonard is an interesting case. He came from farm systems of the Dodgers and the Braves where he put up decent numbers. As an example he led the Gwinnett Braves with 20 dingers in 2025. He's going to break through with some organization pretty soon. Might be a guy who would interest the Tigers an add on to a Skubal deal. They had him before, so they might want a second look.
  3. JohnBriggs12
    I get the skepticism about Lara. He's even shorter than Sal and you could write off some of his numbers to a fast start. But the reality is that his AAA numbers have stayed remarkably consistent for 2 months. 38 walks compared to 31 K's and he's only 21. Perkins is hanging on to a roster spot by a thread. Give Lara a month heading into the deadline. If he performs, Frelick becomes a trade candidate. Somebody will bite.
  4. JohnBriggs12
    I can remember quite a few times in his career when Moore came up when they needed a big hit. I always felt confident when he was in that spot and he often came through. It never felt like he was overmatched. RIP and thanks for the thrills Charlie Moore!
  5. JohnBriggs12
    I hope they hold on to Ortiz as long as possible. His value to the pitching staff is immense. I think they can do without Hamilton. He's a gimmicky player, not a very good shortstop, and has shown no power on a team that desperately needs more.
  6. JohnBriggs12
    He doesn't have a lot of time. Lara is raking at AAA and walking more than he strikes out. Bauers is certainly capable in left field and if they want to get both Bauers and Vaughn in the lineup it will be at the expense of Mitchell. The next month is critical not only for Mitchell but also for Rengifo and Hamilton as Williams and Pratt heat up.
  7. JohnBriggs12
    I think the Miz for Cy Young campaign needs to get out there, He leads the NL in K's per inning for a starter by more than 2.5 K's. He's 3rd in fewest hits per 9 innings, just a shade behind Skenes. I don't get how his WAR is not in the top 10. That's ridiculous.
  8. JohnBriggs12
    Unfortunately, Murphy had him batting behind two slumping hitters, Hamilton and Mitchell.
  9. JohnBriggs12
    Black and Bauers are redundant. Bauers has the edge there too
  10. JohnBriggs12
    Henderson has 26 K's, and a 1.02 ERA at Nashville in 17 innings. He's a major league caliber starting pitcher with nothing to prove at AAA
  11. JohnBriggs12
    Frelick has the same number of HR as Pete Crow-Armstrong. He'll be fine.
  12. JohnBriggs12
    I still think Patrick could be a valuable late inning reliever so that might be a logical move to make room for any of Priester, Henderson or Crow.
  13. JohnBriggs12
    Do you hold on to him until Koenig returns? Do you replace him with Hall and move Drohan into Hall's middle inning role? Or do you roll the dice with Brian Fitzpatrick? Bottom line is Zerpa is not doing the job
  14. JohnBriggs12
    With all due respect to Tyler Black, Greg Jones, and Blake Perkins, I think it's time to free Luis Lara. Putting Black and Molitor in the same sentence is a joke and I saw Molitor's first game in the big leagues.
  15. JohnBriggs12
    Vaughn took BP on the field last night which means he's close to a rehab assignment so 4 weeks is a little pessimistic. The schedule in May is brutal. They are already falling off the pace.
  16. JohnBriggs12
    While both are having great years so far, Turang has 1.008 OPS to Nico Hoerner's .903. Yet somehow Hoerner leads Turang in WAR on B-R 1.7 to 1.5.? Brice also leads in OPS+ 183-164. Defensively, they are about as close to a wash as can be. How can Turang's WAR be below Hoerner?
  17. JohnBriggs12
    Hamilton can't hit either. The lack of offense at SS is more of an issue because they're getting very little at 3B too. That's the real concern. How bad is it at 3B? I actually did a search on 35 year old Hernan Perez who hasn't played in the majors in 5 years. He had a heck of a season in the Venezualan Winter League this past winter with an .863 OPS. He's even learned how to take walks the last few years. He's back in the Mexican League this summer where last year he hit 19 home runs and posted a .943 OPS, Not necessarily suggesting they sign Hernan (though I always liked him as a Brewer) but they might want to see if there's a veteran out there playing somewhere that can top .200 and pop a HR once in a while in the big leagues.
  18. JohnBriggs12
    Patrick was dominant as a short reliever in the playoffs. The Brewers have young starters waiting for opportunities (Henderson, Gasser, Crow, etc) that could replace him in the rotation where he's just another guy. Bullpens need to be refreshed every year. Injuries and performance can vary widely with bullpen arms as we are now seeing. Patrick is a guy who's shown he can handle big time pressure situations and get outs.
  19. JohnBriggs12
    I would have preferred Lara getting a look.
  20. JohnBriggs12
    Roy McMillan was part of arguably the worst trade made during the Braves tenure in Milwaukee. He was dealt to the Braves from the Reds prior to the 1961 season for 2 talented young starting pitchers. One was Joey Jay. All Jay did in 1961 was go 21-10 to help lead the Reds to the NL pennant and deny probably the last opportunity for the core of the Braves' pennant winning teams of 57 and 58 their last realistic chance at one more pennant. Jay would go on to another 21 win season in 62. The other starter the Braves traded away was lefty Juan Pizarro, who the Reds turned around and traded to the White Sox. Over the next 4 seasons as a member of the Sox rotation, Pizarro would go 61-38 and be a 2 time All Star. That trade started a sequence of events that resulted in the Braves leaving Milwaukee after the 65 seasons.
  21. JohnBriggs12
    When Matos was rookie, he had a really good game against the Cubs that I saw. I was very impressed at the time and thought he was going to be a quality major leaguer. He's certainly young enough to find it and maybe a new start is what he really needs. He's supposedly tight with Chourio. They may help each other. Edit: He had a great series vs. the Cubs in June of 24, going 6 for 12 with a homer. I'm sure that's what I remember.
  22. JohnBriggs12
    One or two more starts like his first one, and I could see him up pretty quickly. All depends on how Harrison and Sproat look, though he could fit in as a 6th starter too.
  23. JohnBriggs12
    What's not being said, is that the lineup is totally out of balance with 2 of their 3 best right-handed bats down one game into the season. It wouldn't be so bad if Durbin or Monasterio were still around but they just had to be replaced by 2 more LH bats on a team full of them. I think we'll see more of Yelich in left, Sanchez DHing, Bauers at first, Lockridge in center and I would be on the lookout for a veteran RH bat as a stopgap somewhere.
  24. JohnBriggs12
    Well drawing conclusions that he's capable of hitting well enough to play regularly in the big leagues after not playing a full season anywhere the last 5 seasons is even more of a stretch. He's averaged about 220 plate appearances per season in his 5 pro seasons. That's 2 years of actual playing experience at any level spread over 5 seasons. Hard to work on making yourself better when you're so rarely able to play. It may not be fair to judge him on small samples, but that's all there is to go on. Relying on 5 year old scouting reports at this point is wishful thinking at best. The opening day outfield should be Frelick in right, Chourio in center and Bauers in left. The LF platoon should be Bauers/Lockbridge not Mitchell/Lockbridge. Bauers will likely start a game per week at 1B against a tough RH. Maybe you can stick Mitchell in there on those days. I don't see how Murphy can justify playing Mitchell more than once or twice a week and say with a straight face that he's giving his team the best chance to win.
  25. JohnBriggs12
    I don't get it. He's not young anymore, has hardly played most years and has shown nothing in camp in 2026 after showing virtually nothing the first month of 2025. I get that he passes the eyeball test. Always has. But why experiment with him finding it at the big league level at this point? He's too old to be a prospect and it appears he's missed too much valuable time that he may never come close to the promise he had a half dozen years ago.
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