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I was having a hard time finding pitching prospects from the teams I was trading with. It is possible to get more pitching probably from the Yankees and Mariners trade. Replace Locklear and Lombard with pitchers but I think these are the best players and you could always trade one of them for pitching if needed. These trades are more looking at 2025-2030.

Somehow the AI hates me and created the Metrodome, Kingdome and the Astrodome all in one. This must be nuked from orbit and then nuked from below just to make sure it never happens.

The red car looks like it is running over some poor bicyclist or motorcyclist.

Probably means they will have to ramp up Middleton’s minutes earlier than expected and increase everyone else’s minutes.

Or the baseball magnet at the batters box. I swear the ball would just seek out and find him in the batters box.

Crowder out 8 weeks. https://www.fox6now.com/sports/bucks-jae-crowder-to-undergo-surgery.amp

Sure if the Cubs would agree to PCA, Horton, Triantos and all of their 2024 international bonus money plus that in cash. I would trade Burnes to them.

Probably the same as any youth sport for positive and negatives though hockey is going to be more expensive. Youth wise they are probably going to be more tired after practice and playing than any other sport.

What if the Brewers trade Peralta and Williams/Burnes in the off season then Burnes/Williams at the deadline? I believe the Brewers best trade piece is Peralta and Burnes or Williams are a distant second and third. If you want to do a rebuild I think you start with Peralta and then keep one of Burnes or Williams until the deadline or in Burnes case just keep him and take the pick.

This probably has a 0.000000000000001% chance of happening. Brewers go young for 2024. Trades: Peralta to the Twins for Brooks Lee, Soto (SP) and Festa (SP). Burnes to the Braves for Waldrep (SP), Grissom (2B) and Alvarez (3B). Adames and Taylor to the Dodgers for Jorbit Vivas (2B), Maddux Bruns (SP) and Yeiner Fernandez (C/2B). Devin Williams to the Yankees in a three team trade. Brewers get Tyler Locklear (3B), Drew Thorpe (SP) and George Lombard (SS). Mariners get Gleyber Torres and Owen Miller. Signings: Trevor Bauer 1-year $15m Resign Woodruff 2 years $17m. Drew Pomeranz 2 years $9mm Yasmani Grandal 2 years $10m Brandon Belt 2 years $10m Some Journeyman Catcher 2 years $4.5m C: William Contreras ($0.77M) 1B: Brandon Belt ($3.5M) 2B: Tyler Black ($0.77M) 3B: Brooks Lee ($0.77M) SS: Brice Turang ($0.77M) LF: Christian Yelich ($26.00M) CF: Sal Frelick ($0.77M) RF: Garrett Mitchell ($0.77M) DH: Yasmani Grandal ($3.5M) Bench OF: Joey Wiemer ($0.77M) Utility: Andruw Monasterio ($0.77M) Utility: Vaughn Grissom ($0.77M) Backup C: Some Journeyman Catcher ($1.5M) SP1: Trevor Bauer ($15M) SP2: Ashby ($1.5M) SP3: Adrian Houser ($5.6M) SP4: Colin Rea ($3.5M) SP5: Gasser ($0.77M) CL: Dew Pomeranz ($3.5M) RP: Abner Uribe ($0.77M) RP: Hoby Milner ($1.70M) RP: Bryse Wilson ($1.30M) RP: Joel Payamps ($1.70M) RP: Trevor Megill ($0.77M) RP: Elvis Peguero ($0.77M) RP: Woodruff ($3.00M) Payroll is 41.92% under budget

The Brewers would definitely do this but I don't believe the Orioles would.

Right, though this trade makes too much sense to actually happen.

I am more interested in Lee’s bat. If he can stick at SS great otherwise I think his bat plays wherever you put him. Defensively you could just stick it out with Turang and just have Turang bat 9th.

Peralta is the Brewers best trade piece other than Contreras on the MLB roster. I don't think either get traded and it would have to be a blow the Brewers away type of trade. Rays trade 1: Rays get: Peralta Brewers get: C. Williams (SS), M. Montgomery (SP) and B. Taylor (3B) Rays trade 2: Rays get: Peralta Brewers get: J. Caminero (3B) and M. Johnson (SP) Orioles trade: Orioles get: Peralta Brewers get: C. Mayo (1B), C. Povich (SP), C. McDermott (SP) and J. Ortiz (SS) Twins trade: Twins get: Peralta Brewers get: B. Lee (SS), D. Festa (SP) and C. Soto (SP) Mets trade: Mets get: Peralta Brewers get: L. Acuna (SS), R. Mauricio (SS/2B), R. Clifford (OF) and C. Scott (SP). There are not that many teams that could pull off a Peralta trade these were just a few that I could find. I don't think any of these trades are realistic. It will take a lot for Peralta to be traded and that list of teams that could afford or even have the prospect surplus value to trade for Peralta is really small.

Trading Peralta makes a lot of sense if you are going to do a full rebuild. Teams like the Rays and Orioles would have more interest in Peralta than in Burnes because of the years of control and relatively cheap contract. The return for Peralta should be better than Burnes.

It is just one of the popular options right now. I wouldn't do Portugal as other countries are far better IMHO.

I wouldn't go anywhere near Georgia as Russia seems to have its eyes on Georgia again. May want to try Poland though that would be a really long flight back to the US. The popular place right now is Portugal. I know I have suggested this previously but you may want to look into Vietnam. It is very retirement friendly and there are a bunch of Australian, UK and Americans now retiring in Vietnam. You may want to check out Thailand also but that will be another long flight. In the US I still believe Alabama or West Virginia would be the best options.

Alonso wouldn’t make sense for the Brewers if they are trading Burnes. Batty makes some sense but I think Mauricio also makes sense. Would need to add a couple other pieces to the trade but a Batty or Mauricio headliner is probably the starting point for the Brewers.

I have no idea what you are talking about here. You are the one who said Cy Young voting is how an Ace is determined. Here is exactly what I said: Burnes is also 3-years now removed from his CY Young season and he hasn't replicated or come close to that season since. The Cy Young season meaning the stats he put up in that season not the voting for Cy Young. What does voting for Cy Young have to do with anything I said? There is absolutely nothing in my post stating Cy Young voting that is all on you. You are the one who brought up Cy Young voting.

You are the only one who said Cy Young voting. Top 5 in stats as Sveum has pointed out is what an Ace should be judged on.

That is a poor definition of an ace if you are going by Cy Young votes. He looks to be more of a #1 or #2 type pitcher. Aces are rare and should be the top 5 starting pitchers in the league. Burnes isn’t a top 5 anymore he sits just outside the top 5 and is now more of a #1 pitcher which is still good just not elite.

This is what they did after the Toronto game. The players talked with AG and he agreed to change the defense. I think there is an article on The Athletic about this change.

I had completely forgot they had added Weeks to the coaching staff in the minors. I think he will need to wait a few more years before getting a manager position but it is nice to see the Brewers interviewing him to give him that experience. It also puts his name out there as a possible candidate for another team. Not sure I would take Mattingly. The Brewers front office and his style would be a complete clash. The Brewers are more analytical and I think that was the reason the Dodgers moved on from him and the Marlins also. Of that list I would have the top three in no particular order as Espada, McCullough and Snitker. I like Weeks but he needs some more grooming and getting him ready to take that leap. I am not sure he is there yet. Everyone needs to remember that Counsell had zero experience managing when the Brewers made him their manager. He was only in the front office at the time. Weeks actually has more coaching experience than Counsell did at the time of his hire as manager.

No it is not. It would be above market rate. Market rate takes the market as a whole. If you have 5 houses and three are $300k and one is $400k and the other is $200k the market rates would be $300k not the $400k one nor would it be the $200k one. Counsell was paid above marks rate and no changing it to being only one is not market rate either.

Nice game tonight and Giannis actually made some free throws. Middleton's minutes are starting to increase. Hopefully he will start to eat away some of Crowder's minutes. Crowder has been abysmal but his minutes should drop to about 20 per night once Middleton is fully healthy so there is that.