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  1. JohnBriggs12
    There's still a 162 game schedule to play rebuilding or no and there's no reason to wear out young arms filling innings. They'll all still be likely to show what they have and there's no young lefty relievers he'll take innings from if that indeed is his role. Boyer's a guy that could attract some interest later on too.
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    Boyer's splits vs. LH batters in 2015 are likely the reason he was signed: .169/.231/.205. He's much more effective vs. LH hitters than RH hitters. He gives them some fall back if they deal Smith, and he's better than Cesar Jimenez. With Boyer they wouldn't need a 2nd lefty in the pen. I don't think Boyer signed with Brewers to be AAA fodder coming off a year where he pitched effectively (albeit with few strikeouts) for 65 major league innings out of the pen. He saw opportunity. He and the Brewers expect him to make the team. He adds veteran presence to the pen, a guy young guys can learn from. Capuano's likely got some sort of deal that allows an opt out by June 1. He's simply insurance. He might not even make the AAA roster.
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    Ok so throwing out the one outlier that had them 21st, they seem to be a consensus top 10 now, with the 5th pick in this year's draft and more than likely a similar pick next year. Most of that I might add was done under Melvin. So can we put to bed the notion that they somehow still need to rebuild the system by continuing to trade off every player of value currently on the major league roster simply for more prospects? Can they get better? Sure. A consensus top 5 would be great but even that's no guarantee of future success at major league level.
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    In fact I do. I probably do a little better with golf than with football but still looking for that big week. Had David Lingmerth a few weeks ago on my team when Dufner pulled off that shot from the rocks and went on to beat Lingmerth in playoff. That hurt. Also had Stenson last fall when he blew a lead on 16 and lost to Fowler. If you can get 5 of your 6 guys to make the cut, you have good chance of cashing. Any less than 4, forget it. Definitely makes watching golf, and following on PGA website fun.
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    Would love to get Kepler for Smith and any prospect outside the top 15.
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    When virtually all your offseason acquisitions (save perhaps Anderson) at the major league level are placeholder level failures from other organizations (Carter, Hill), fringe major leaguers (Villar, Nieuwenhuis) or one time hot prospects turned suspects (Cecchini, Middlebrooks, Liriano), and the top players on your roster are constantly being talked about in trade scenarios, there's not a whole lot to sell is there? If I were marketing them, I'd go a different route. My marketing slogan would be: "Hey Lohse isn't here anymore", or better yet (but this would take dumping him): "Hey Lohse and Garza are both gone"! Now I could get excited at that prospect.
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    He doesn't really "work counts" per se. When you can't put balls in play you force the pitcher to throw you more you more pitches. He gets to 2 strikes easily and then pitchers will try and get him to chase which obviously he does a fair bit but what separates major league pitchers from minor league pitchers is that in the big leagues the pitches often look good out of the hand and end up off the corner or in the dirt, and they are harder to lay off of.
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    Uecker as a scout wrote down "marginal major league talent" for every guy he scouted. That way, he was never too far off.
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    When is that time exactly anyway? If he's Jose Abreu part 2, seems to me they can be competitive a lot sooner than you think without sacrificing a single prospect. A left side of the infield of Arcia and this guy would be a very, very good one. Of course that's assuming they don't deal off the remaining quality vets.
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    I think you guys are underestimating what Hill's accomplished in his career. He's lacked consistency year to year but this is a guy who's been a 5+ WAR player 3 times. That's All Star level. He's 34, not 38 and yes he's not been good the last couple years, but it's not completely out of the realm of possibility that he's got another solid season in him.
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    Thanks for providing the daily updates MH. Loved following the winter league action especially following Perez who had a terrific winter season. I'm an unabashed fan of his admittedly as I believe he's got plenty of as yet untapped power (as shown many times in this thread) and hope he's not overlooked in Brewer camp this spring in favor of all the new faces. Maybe he'll be in lineup on opening day but where, 3B, SS or 2B?
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    Would agree the catching combo at AAA figures to be Pina/Pinto. Wouldn't shock me to see Pina beat out Maldonado though for the backup role either and see Maldonado go in a minor deal at the end of spring if Lucroy is still around. Pina's a pretty advanced bat for a catcher with pretty solid 37% caught stealing for his career.
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    Aaron Hill has a .719 projection and I see him playing a lot of 3B at least early on. Very weak numbers for all the CF candidates especially Broxton unless you count Santana. That's the big hole in the lineup. Andy Wilkins with more projected HR and RBI than Davis? Are you serious? They do like Davies.
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    Regarding the Perez' triple video, was that RF for PR playing shallow or what?
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    Even with a rebuild in full swing, the Brewers could still field a team with an outside chance without giving up any current player or prospect. Won't happen but here's 4 short term FA possibles that turn them into a darkhorse contender (if all were signed) tomorrow in 2016. Sign Austin Jackson, David Freese, Mat Latos and Justin Morneau. All together, those guys would likely cost no more than $25 million, less depending on how many get moved in July. None require surrendering a draft pick. All could have some value at trade deadline.
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    I don't think he showed last year in AAA that he was ready. I'm all for him getting a look though. His lack of CF experienced mixed with how big he is getting (in a good way but looking more like a LF) makes me think he will never be more than a fill in CF. I would strongly disagree he has more upside than Lirano. He may be able to steal a few more bases and walk a little more but Liriano wasn't the #49 best prospect in baseball for no reason. Broxton is another guy who is like a Lorenzo Cain type who has all the tools to be understanding....it is if he puts them all together. Essentially Broxton is what we were hoping D'Vo Richardson would be able to offer us. In Lorenzo Cain's last full season at AAA, he struck out 102 times in 487 ABs and hit 312/.380/.494. Last year at age 25 in AAA, Broxton fanned 105 times in 367 AB's and hit .256/.352/.423. Broxton does not compare with Cain. Sorry. Reed may not be an everyday CF, but neither is Liriano, who's made one error in every 10 games he's played in CF about the same rate as Reed. Liriano has not been rated in the top 100 as a prospect in 3 years so those ratings are completely irrelevant. I don't expect Reed to make the roster out spring training. He won't beat out a guy they traded for (Broxton) or who's out of options (Liriano), but he's younger than both of those guys who I and I think his ceiling is higher. That's my opinion. Others may disagree.
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    Cubs used their top picks on bats when they tanked and traded the Shark to get Addison Russell. They haven't won a World Series but they did win 97 last year and got huge boost from likes of Schwarber, Bryant and Fowler, none of whom is known for defense.
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    Never used to be that way. I remember when the White Sox back in like 1976 brought something like 56 players to camp. That was unheard of at the time. Now it's standard. Used to be 45 guys in major league camp was about it. I think the agents changed all that and the fact that nobody wants regulars playing much in the spring. The separation of major and minor league camps isn't what it was either. Guys on major league rosters get in work in minor league games and minor leaguers come over and play in big league games. Typically "rebuilding", aka bad clubs go through a lot of players during a season too, especially pitchers.
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    Stearns has already said that Garza is going to be in the rotation. It would be a terrible decision to not have Garza in the rotation. He either pitches well and we get something for him or he pitches poorly and is gone. It would be really bad not to try and get something for him while chasing an extra win or two by inserting a younger guy and using service time. You really think there's a chance Garza will pitch well enough that a contending team will completely ignore his 2015 mess and decide they'll give up something of value and take on the risk that he can revert to 2015 form at any time and pay the rest of his contract to do so through 2017? The chances of that happening are slim and none and slim just left town. Remember, he's got the 2016 Brewers behind him, not the 27 Yankees. He's not likely to enjoy it.
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    What are they going to say? "We don't think Garza has a place on our roster, but we are bringing him to camp as punishment"? They are bringing him to camp for depth in case other guys come up with arm issues. Downside is plenty and include overworked young arms in the bullpen and stunting progress for Davies. There's really no downside whatsoever in releasing him at the end of camp if all other guys are healthy. He's not going to be in demand for teams looking to upgrade at the deadline. They know how bad he was in 2015, and a couple decent months in 2015 won't make his contract worth it especially given his less than stellar clubhouse presence. The contract? The entire budget for the starting rotation is going to be under $20 million including what they are paying Garza. That's bare bones in today's game. Service time for Davies? Davies is controllable through 2021. Is keeping his control through 2022 really that big a deal? They'll be tremendous turnover in the rotation and roster by that time.
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    I like this deal not just because of Diaz. Hill looked like he was done in Toronto in 2011, then he rebounded with 2 very good seasons in Arizona. His BABIP last year was .256. If he can come close to his career mark of .288 BABIP, he can still be productive. At 34, assuming he's healthy, there's no reason he can't post respectable numbers. He's certainly more accomplished than any current infielder on the Brewer roster and they have a huge opening at 3B. If he fails, no big deal. If he hits, you now have a veteran with moveable contract who can play several infield positions that could be moved at the deadline. As for Anderson, what's not to like with the price of pitching on the FA market? You are basically getting a guy who's mid career but still pre-arby who's likely to be able to match what Garza is capable of assuming he rebounds (a big assumption). For that reason, they could just jettison Garza and not have to spend any significant dollars on his replacement or trust his spot to a raw rookie.
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    Hernan Perez led off the bottom of the 10th with a double off of former Brewer Jose Veras, and scored the winning run two outs later leading Venezuela to a come from behind 8-7 win over Dominican Republic. In his previous AB, he hit a sacrifice fly that brought his team to within 7-6. For the game he was 1 for 4 with 2 RBI, playing 2B. Venezuela now 2-0.
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    While I don't think Lucroy will get traded before this year's deadline at the earliest, just think back to the annual pursuit of the Chad Moeller, Damien Miller and Johnny Estradas of the world. History will likely repeat itself. Maybe they'll use a top pick on a catcher. Who knows? We do know Maldonado is not a starting caliber catcher even on a team in the midst of a rebuild.
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    Really interesting read on Anderson. I said it before and I'll repeat it, the one way the 2016 might not be so painful would be because the rotation was solid 1 through 6. Anderson is one of the keys.
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    Barring an injury, scratch Garza and insert Davies in the major league rotation. Garza is headed to long relief like the Cubs did with Edwin Jackson last year. I'd simply release him, but I'm betting Attanasio won't sign off of Stearns doing that. AAA will be Lopez, Hader, Houser, Suter, Burgos. Cravy will be relegated to a swing role.
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