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First, Welcome to the board! Second, I doubt people sell him short. We all saw what he could do and potentially could be again. I tend to think the FO sold low because of injuries and other similar options. And Blalock as a return isn't bad. I'm guessing a 2023 Adrian Houser floor (5th/6th SP, multi-inning RP), albeit with his own injury issues. Certainly a change of scenery trade.

Well, his 3.5 months with the big leagues was probably a shorter stop than he wanted...

Blalock sounds like he could be a near-term BP candidate with 2 solid pitches and a big FB. I also found this interesting write-up from a Red Sox site: https://soxprospects.com/players/blalock-bradley.htm It details each pitch he throws and the strengths. Here is the summary: Summation: Potential up-and-down swingman type with the ceiling of a back-end starter. Stuff could also play in a bullpen role, where he could cut down his arsenal as his secondary pitches are all inconsistent. Development of secondary pitches and command will be key for him to stick in the rotation, and scouts are skeptical of that development happening. Shows confidence and pitches with some swagger. Splitter development is an interesting new wrinkle that gives him a better chance to profile in a multi-inning role.

I think they'd gladly accept him back, but I'd have Williams the main closer. In the playoffs, I'm sure both would have chances. But Williams would be here long term.

Exactly. Obviously the Brewers are in a good position to win the Central, but not exactly positioned well for the playoffs. These moves fill some gaps so we could perhaps be the team that gets in the playoffs and get "hot" (or perhaps the Braves go cold?) without a complete mortgage of our future. We'll get a chance... maybe not what we want, but we are behind the 8-ball with our offense to begin with. Winning the WS certainly needs some bats like Adames to bounce back. You can't trade away to fill every hole we have.

Perhaps Urias and Lauer for Hader? A "return to sender" trade? 😂

I will be cheering for the Jets to play Rodgers >65% of the time and lose every game. Not because I hate Rodgers, but because it helps the Packers. I don't date QBs because I'm married to the Packers.

Yeah, that is what I thought when I saw this. Filler job until next year's coaching jobs are opened

Ice Hockey would be awesome! Everytime someone gets checked, you could have a star-shaped collision graphic... if they fall, cracked ice all around them. But imagine the impacts to soccer... they could have an actual moveable offsides line following the last defensive player around. Offsides would finally be clear!😂

I don't think it has to change anything about trade targets. I think if a good RF comes available at a good price, you grab him. That results in Taylor playing less and probably costs Perkins a position. Sal and Joey split in CF (with Sal also getting some LF/RF). Great breakout by the rookie, but no guarantees on what he can provide, so insurance is always good.

And refreshing. Also refreshing to see him actually working the offseason and learning his WRs. Something Rodgers evidently learned and is doing in NY

Nice of Elly to give a Brewer a headline...

I'm curious how people are judging Black's defense? We have people saying he is fine, some saying he is a disaster, some putting him in CF after 15 games there (and 1 error btw)... No one has listed any supporting evidence. FYI, just looking at errors, it isn't too pretty. 1 error in 15 games at CF; 9 errors in 48 games at 2B; and 12 errors in 72 games at 3B. On the positive side, he has zero errors at DH... For anyone interested, Steamer is predicting him to hit 227/328/360/688 for the rest of the season at the MLB level. Sadly... that is an improvement on what we've been getting at DH.

Ditto. I think Love can clearly show who he is as a QB. An injury or just an "ok" season - teasing greatness, but falling short - would make it really hard for next year. I fear him becoming like Dak and get stuck waiting for him to take the step up from good to great, but still dragging the team down in the end. Is it sad that 10% of me wants him to fail miserably so we can get the #1 pick of the 2024 draft?

If it wasn't for the contract... yeah, I'd take him now. Even in a down year, he is an improvement. If he can bounce back a bit by being in a playoff push, he could be very good. Maybe the Brewers can get some of the St. Louis/Arenado love. Where we make a trade get some $$ to go with it?

In the MLB top 100, 32 prospects were at AA with 24 at AAA. I think it is is reasonable to say that is true of the top prospects on the whole (supporting the theory that top prospects tend to move on from the AAA level faster than AA). But I struggle to think that AA arms on average are going to be a better test than AAA arms. How many pitchers at AA won't every reach AAA on a given year? And all those AAAA players are typically guys that pitched well in AA. A batter is only going to face any given pitcher 2-3 times in a game and maybe 5-6x in a season. I doubt having a few more "top end" pitchers is really going to trump the general improvement in all the pitchers you will find at AAA.

@Brock Beauchamp So, I'm assuming this is the consolidated rating? Any way to add a weighting score to each player? It would be nice to see how tightly grouped they were.

Yes, floundering seems to be a bit of a hyperbole Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Total 75 341 311 43 83 16 0 13 54 23 4 23 70 .267 .320 .444 .763 138 4 3 0 4 0 Last 7 days 4 19 18 4 10 2 0 2 4 0 1 1 1 .556 .579 1.000 1.579 18 0 0 0 0 0 Last 28 days 15 69 64 12 22 4 0 4 14 4 2 4 5 .344 .377 .594 .971 38 0 0 0 1 0 Last 90 days 63 288 260 37 73 14 0 10 45 23 4 21 54 .281 .337 .450 .787 117 3 3 0 4 0

You'd never have to worry about a pitch clock violation...

I noticed Kris Bryant was on the team and having a bit of a down year. But then I checked what is left of his contract.... ouch.

😉Winker😉 got it. Not Winkler, or Weaker, or put-a-fork-in-me-I'm-done.

I knew there was one decent era I forgot, but technically... that isn't "a" 1B. 😝 Yeah, I didn't say we needed a trade to get the 3 bats. I would've swapped Winkler for Huira already.

I suppose you could say bat, bat, bat is DH, 1B, and RF/3B (in order of importance). But I was more going for the baseball's version of the 3 top rules of realty: "location, location, location" 1B was historically "easy"... yet seems so hard for the last decade for the Brewers to actually find one. And have we ever had an above average DH since the NL started using it?

Bats, bats, and more bats. This is what we need. Our BA is ridiculously low, so it shouldn't be hard to get contact hitters to improve (or a few key internal improvements as specific players are underperforming). But really OBP should be the metric. Sure, you can't walk someone in unless the bases are loaded, but a single does nothing if the bases are empty...

Only if he is 6'2"? Prince Fielder says hi!. Owen Miller is 5'11" (as is Prince). Sure, that might be nice. Would be nice if our 1B hit 300 and 50 HR/year too. Owen Miller has been our best defensive 1B we've had for a few years and his height doesn't bother him. If Black can do about that while hitting 270/410/445 (his MiLB averages), I'd happily take that at 1B.