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Just a quick check in on the 3 bigger trades we made this off season: Out (BRef numbers): Collins (.2 WAR) Mears (.4 WAR) Durbin (.5 WAR) Mona/Seigler (0 WAR combined) Peralta (.6 WAR) Total: 1.7 WAR outbound In Zerpa (-.7 WAR) Harrison (1.1 WAR) Hamilton (.5 WAR) Drohan (-.1 WAR) Sproat (-.3 WAR) Jett (XX) Total: .5 WAR inbound A lot more goes into it than just pure person to person comparisons but initial reaction is the Brewers absolutely stole one from Boston, short term lost the NY trade (expected), and unfortunately took it on the chin with KC. Long term love what Drohan and Sproat are showing glimpses of and Harrison is a prize so those two trades will (should) pay dividends. Let's not talk about the KC deal for a while. Both Durbin and Collins seem to be rebounding after slow starts... will be interesting to see where these numbers end up around the all star break and after. Drohan seems to have found a spot in the pen and Sproat has looked better and maybe we get a Jett appearance at some point?
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Just a couple of notes from tonight thus far.. - DeBerry... tough start to the year. Any chance he is working through injury of some kind? - I had this feeling with Burke last year and I feel it with Fischer this year. Couple of high level college bats ... they feel like gamers to me and possibly bored once they have 'defeated' a level of competition? Burke had a good run with the Rattlers last year then settled but I just had a sense he was 'over it' if that makes sense. He gets called up to AA and hits so well to end the year. Now he starts the year off on fire in AA and is settling again. Fischer feels the same to me. I will be watching when both get moved up respectively to how they respond... - I actually don't know which of the Rattlers 3 OF's should be moved up first. The answer might be all 3. Most will argue for one of Josh or Braylon and I wouldn't argue with it. But Ragsdale has quietly come along and has now relatively matched their production. College aged - has definitely played the most out of the 3 of them in his life... would not be surprised if an 'early' call up was needed if he was the choice.
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Jett Williams 2-4 today ... avg up to .244 with a .351 OBP. OPS climbs above .700 finally. A couple good weeks is all he needs.. we have a few 40man roster spots open now too.
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Holy smokes a Jason Alexander sighting in Houston...
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Let's see if the vulture did enough to grab the win here.
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Discussion question - if you were told your starter went 4 innings, didn't allow a run, struck out 5 ... and allowed 4 baserunners... Assuming all of the hits are singles ... would you prefer your pitcher is walking those guys or giving up hits? One seems to suggest he was effectively wild, the other suggests the other team had a light beat on him and he got through it.
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Maybe also a communication thing with teammates? Maybe they are trying to eliminate middle infielders signaling to the catcher or something to challenge or a shout from the bench or something. I'm just guessing...
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I was a day late on the prediction, but I accept Mr. Vaughn.
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From a human standpoint I hope we let Pena rest and get tested as much as he and his family needs to be comfortable with playing baseball again. From a selfish/team investment standpoint the Brewers likely have a 2028 earmark on Pena helping the big league club team at the earliest? MAYBE late 2027 if things go incredibly well? So that is somewhere between 16-24 months away from a multi multi million dollar player arriving... it would be malpractice to worry about the next few weeks unnecessarily to get him back on the field in the grander timeline of his baseball journey. Hope he clears everything and we see him soon. Would not be surprised though if they give him all spring and we don't see him again until June/July.
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I'm on left hand watch for Sal ... that was not great impact on the bag.
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I know he is a catcher so he will challenge more but the staggering distance between Sanchez and Frelick for # of challenges is "awesome".
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Heck yeah Chourio. More XBH than Perkins and Jones combined after 1 AB (can't confirm, just guessing).
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Much like Vaughn's very first at bat as a Brewers player last year ... his 1st at bat home run tonight is going to hit like crack.
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2026 Misc MLB News Thread
liveforoctober replied to Frisbee Slider's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
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If Chourio needs another day or two to rest his foot I really hope Bauers is the LF against RHP. DH Black, Bauers in LF, Vaughn at 1B. That looks great to me.
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Great time for reinforcements with the division opponent on deck. Hopefully the team gets some juice from it. We have a lot of warts - but kudos to the guys for holding it together. 88 win pace while being down Chourio, Vaughn, Yelich, Priester, Koenig, Rob Z, and now Woody and Zerpa... it isn't nothing.
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I'm just coming online today.. But I think Murphy is still perfect on the year at running out a unique batting order for every game. It's not going to be long before I think he is trying to do so for all 162.
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I don't know how to describe that delivery. That is the most nonchalant wind up into violent arm whip contrast I have seen in a bit..
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This is interesting and a good topic. Admittedly, like everyone else, I've been a little annoyed at the Brewers early usage of challenges but this gives me pause.. As a hypothetical, if the Brewers and a specific pitcher have a game plan to work the bottom part of the strike zone against a particular lineup and Contreras does not get a strike call on multiple pitches in the first few innings that he thinks they should be getting or they need to get throughout the game.. is it worth burning one of your challenges the next time a pitch is close so the umpire has a confirmed data point of how far off he is or isn't? If we challenge a low non-strike call and it is confirmed a ball but it is low by a fraction of an inch, both the umpire and pitcher now know exactly where the ball needs to be for it to be a strike. In that scenario is losing a challenge worth getting both pitcher and umpire in agreement on where a strike will be for the rest of the game?
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Shout out to Brandon Lockridge man. Of all of the outfielders who have been given an opportunity, he is the one who has taken advantage of it and has earned his permanent spot on the roster. Like most people, when he was the return for Cortes last year I was confused and thought it was a throwaway but he has proven most everyone wrong. Good on him.
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I love the bullpen pitch count and I don't mean to confuse things but I wonder if it needs a 3rd color for the times someone is called up and threw for Nashville during the week? For instance, McGee threw 20+ pitches on Wednesday for Nashville.. so while maybe a minor detail... it does maybe further the understanding of his availability. Super minor note ... but thought I'd say it.
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Muprhy's "the first two strikes are for you, the 3rd strike is for the team" philosophy seems like it should be hammered into Mitchell a bit more. Choke up and make contact with two strikes ... his speed would create so many more infield hits. I know it is hard to rewire an athlete's brain from what has gotten them to the show ... but if could be Garrett Mitchell until he gets to two strikes and then Sal Frelick once he has two strikes... he would be a .900 OPS guy.
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I know it is just the weekend remaining until the boys come back but I don't see a reason not to swap Leonard and Jones on the roster. Jones will clear waivers and we are not going to bring him back up anyway.. give his 40 man spot to Leonard so we have another RH option who can give you a competitive at bat. Send him back for Chourio on Monday. Haven't needed a clutch PH at bat thankfully in the last handful of games... but I will be saddened if any of our plastic left handed bats face a tough lefty late in a game because we have no options this weekend. Seems an easy move to make the roster better for 48 hours.
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I see you Braylon Owens.
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This is a side tangent but every year it is always fascinating how going into the year I think some version of "we have 400 outfielders - there is no way we need Akil Baddoo. We have 800 starters, Carlos Rodriguez won't sniff the big leagues this year. We have 5 lefties in the bullpen! We need to trade 2 of them!" ... and yet here we are May 1st and I WISH Akil Baddoo was healthy. Not only did we already need Carlos but he has thrown well and we will need him again AND we have already dipped into multiple parts of the other AAA depth for starters. We have already lost 3 of those aforementioned lefties and have needed 2 MORE lefties to come up and solidify the bullpen. Every year. Doesn't matter if it's Greg Jones, Steward Berroa, Anthony Siegler, Eric Sogard the 2nd time, Daz Cameron, Erick Fedde, Mitch White, Brewer Hicklen, Dallas Keuchel, etc etc There are 15 times each year, no matter what, where I am watching someone step into the batter's box or take the mound and I'm thinking... "How on earth did we get to this point?"
