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I'm guessing his reasoning is because the opposing lineup will be stacked with righties who will pull the ball to third more often. Ah, that makes sense.

You aren't kidding, not real easy on the eyes. He is easy on the eyes if he gets people out. Relievers giving up lots of runs are hard to watch. I'll let Hawing keep the eye-candy rankings. :P

Obviously you don't start Gamel at 3B when Narveson is starting This one isn't obvious to me. What is the reasoning behind this?

Braun bypassed Super 2 and went directly to Super 8!

He was tired People saw more of him and adjusted It was a bad stretch for a pitcher. Hard to distinguish what really could be the problem here. But there is enough of a sample size to know that he can get MLB hitters out. It was his rookie season and he did a fine job. I'm sure he will be in the rotation unless he blows up in ST. We know he needs to: - Keep his stamina up - Adjust to hitters adjusting to him. - Keep his pitches down and not give up high gopher balls. That sounds like most pitchers.

I'm sure they will go get someone else, but Bianchi should be in the consideration at least. Like Segura, he might need more MiLB time. But I'm pretty sure he will get a shot in ST. If we can't do any better than we did last year in our backup shortstops, I'm ok with him being in the competition.

That said, the Brewers can't mess it up. They are trying really hard to do just that.

utility infielder that can work into the lineup 4-5 days a week Guys that are in the lineup that often are known as "starters". But as j-ninja said: Bianchi is that name.

It would be extremely foolish to not protect Bucci. A team that is out of contention would quickly snap him up and hide him in the BP for a year. He has mid-rotation SP capability and isn't that far off of the MLB (should have been at AA if it wasn't for injuries).

It would be extremely foolish to not protect Bucci. A team that is out of contention would quickly snap him up and hide him in the BP for a year. He has mid-rotation SP capability and isn't that far off of the MLB (should have been at AA if it wasn't for injuries).

They shouldn't focus on any team other than the one they are playing. Just like they have done for the last month.

If you're getting value on a starting pitcher capable of improving your rotation, no I don't think that's spending money to spend money as long as the Brewers can afford to spend it, especially when the pitching pool is rarely this deep. Any decision obviously has to have a baseball side and a financial side to it. Just to emphasis And That's point, all of us would sign Grienke for 3 easy payments of $19.95, while none of us would sign him to $300M for 10 years. Somewhere between those extremes is a point where you say its worth it. That point is up for debate, of course. Thus with a deep pitching pool, there is a good chance that someone will come at a bargain rate. And since DM isn't in a situation where he MUST find an SP, he can bargain shop a bit (probably his best quality as a GM).

There are more Suppan like players in AAA than there are in AA. That is because those Suppan-like players are better than the AA players. Just because a player isn't good enough be a MLBer (Patterson) doesn't mean they are worse than a AA player. Most of them couldn't make the MLB (or AAA) club either.

Doh! I must have mis-typed his name into the spreadsheet.. that should be Ariel. I had more troubles this time with the duplicate names than either time before. Mostly then it was Kh and Ke Davis. This time, it was Davis, Pena, Ortega, and Rivera. And with Ortega (Jorge or Angel), many people just listed the last name. So I defaulted to Jorge, as he seemed to be listed higher among the people that put first names down. But it was prett close either way...

I would imagine Roache would just play in instructionals and wait for his professional debut next year. Pumped how Bucci is pitching and looking forward to see how he will handle the AFL.

Sorry for the massive delay... why must work penalize a person for taking vacation? 1 Jean Segura 2 Tyler Thornburg 3 Wily Peralta 4 Jimmie Nelson 5 Johnny Hellweg 6 Hunter Morris 7 Taylor Jungmann 8 Clint Coulter 9 Ariel Pena 10 Victor Roache 11 Scooter Gennett 12 Tyrone Taylor 13 Khris Davis 14 Hiram Burgos 15 Orlando Arcia 16 Mitch Haniger 17 Logan Schafer 18 Mark Rogers 19 Chris McFarland 20 Jed Bradley 21 Cameron Garfield 22 Drew Gagnon 23 Caleb Gindl 24 Damien Magnifico 25 Nick Bucci 26 Taylor Green 27 Jose Pena 28 Yadiel Rivera 29 Jorge Lopez 30 Michael Reed 31 Ruben Ozuna 32 Gian Rizzo 33 Santo Manzanillo 34 Cody Scarpetta 35 Kentrail Davis 36 Zach Quintana 37 Edgardo Rivera 38 Josh Prince 39 Fautino De Los Santos 40 TJ Mittelstaedt 41 Alan Williams 42 Jorge Ortega 43 Kyle Heckathorn 44 Nick Ramirez 45 Adam Giacalone 46 Eric Arnett 47 Jim Henderson 48 Jesus Sanchez -- Jason Rogers (tie) 50 Tommy Toledo

Last Call! I'm leaving on a trip Thursday night, so I'll try to post on Tuesday night or Wednesday.

Not saying I believe there's anything to worry about here, but he does actually have a pretty significant home/road OPS split Oh sure, I was only referencing that he is from Huntsville... now I might be a bit concerned about his splits.

And a mighty fine 50.6 3TO%.

Alas, I think we finally have closure... we should have kept Gabe Gross.

[sarcasm]No, the baby is already bigger...[/sarcasm]

I'll also add that there are no "rules" to it either. Just more or less answer the question: Who will make the biggest impact on the MLB club. I haven't been able to follow the MiLB very closely this year, especially the rookie and DSL levels, but here is my list: 1. Jean Segura 2. Wily Peralta 3. Tyler Thornburg 4. Jimmy Nelson 5. Taylor Jungmann 6. Hunter Morris 7. Clint Coulter 8. Khris Davis 9. Scooter Gennett 10. Jed Bradley 11. Tyrone Taylor 12. Mark Rogers 13. Johnny Hellweg 14. Ariel Pena 15. Victor Roache 16. Taylor Green 17. Mitch Haniger 18. Jose Pena 19. Nick Bucci 20. Chris McFarland 21. Jorge Lopez 22. Orlando Arcia 23. Drew Gagnon 24. Damien Magnifico 25. Caleb Gindl 26. Logan Schafer 27. Michael Reed 28. Cameron Garfield 29. Hiram Burgos 30. T.J. Mittelstaedt 31. Yadiel Rivera 32. Cody Scarpetta 33. Alan Williams 34. Santo Manzanillo 35. Chadwin Stang 36. Eric Arnett 37. Mike Walker 38. Andy Moye 39. Josh Prince 40. Brooks Hall The middle (say 10-30) is quite muddled. Selected comments: 1. Jean Segura - had to get him in before he isn't eligible anymore. 4. Jimmy Nelson - no too worried about poor AA performance. Mostly transition and injuries, IMO. 6. Hunter Morris - hopefully, this isn't only about home-cooking. 8. Khris Davis - yep, I'm one of "those" 10. Jed Bradley - I'm still a believer. I have a suspicion that lingering injuries (culminating in his being shut down) have been a problem. 16. Taylor Green - pretty disappointed in the step back. 19. Nick Bucci - Without his injury, might have cracked the top 10 while pitching in AA this year. But youth is still on his side. 20. Chris McFarland - IMO, this is the future of 2nd base. No disrespect to Gennett. 29. Hiram Burgos - I'm just not "there" yet with him. But as I said, 30. T.J. Mittelstaedt - The Fiers or Burgos of the position players. I still see Mark Loretta in this guy. 33. Alan Williams - Might move very quickly if he sees success in AA next year. 34. Santo Manzanillo - if he was healthy this season, he might be closing for the Brewers by now. Of course, he still might be any worse than what is there now...

Are we talking this year or Past? Typically, this is a prospect rating, not a performance rating. Thus, people aren't rating how people did this year alone. As others have said, its a combination of their MiLB performance (with age and level considerations included) and scouting tools (which admittedly can be harder to obtain). Thus, Burgos gets a positive from his performance this year at AA and AAA, but that is tempered by poor performances in prior years (i.e. is this year a fluke and will he regress?). Also he gets a negative on the scouting side. As you may have noticed, various people (including myself) have tried to get a feel if Burgos' FB speed or some other improvement has occurred to account for the drastic difference in performance. Burgos will need to pitch like this for a second year to really jump up the rankings. Granted without this one year he isn't even on the P50 discussions.

I really hope doug doesn't go out and overpay for a Gagne/Hoffman in the offseason to close. I'd be ok with Hoffman coming back...as a bullpen coach. Seriously! I think Axford needs another dose of his tutelage.

Here is hoping that while reinstating Rogers to the 25-man for his start, we let Bianchi and Segura manage SS for the rest of the season. There really isn't any reason to keep Ransom around anymore... edit: Blast! It already happened. Bianchi was optioned.