Thank you. I guess I always assumed a HS player good enough to be drafted - was drafted or went to college - and most who didn't go in the draft assumed they had to go to JuCo/College to build up draft stock.
Is this rare? Or rare for the Brewers - as I don't recall seeing that before. Most UDFA are JuCo or college seniors.
It would likely be Ashby if healthy and ready to pitch. Otherwise I see Lauer since he’s been a big leaguer. Wouldn’t Misiorowski burn eligibility years or take a 40 man spot? He’s 1-2 years from being mlb ready. Tempting to bring that heat, but probably not this September.
Do the September call ups have to be in the 40 man roster?
that will impact right?
and historically (even when rosters could be bigger) CC chose prospects for a cup of coffee to see the bugs, or guys with one great tool (speed as a PR; defensive sub; or a RH or LH option for late inning PHing).
Wood -true, but he has moved up. Sibrian has repeated low A and is older (24) than Wood.
I would love one of them to be the other catching prospect in the system.
And the offense went from very very bad to just very bad at the time our pitching started to show cracks. Still in first place but this is not the formula for success.
Garret Mitchell return could help
very sss but when he was in the line up last year and first few weeks of this season, the offense seemed better (although Brian Anderson was hitting lights out then).
but Frelick, Wiemer, Mitchell, Yelich and Taylor can create competition to force the best 3-4 of those 5 into the lineup daily. Obviously that assumes it’s just a talent or competition issue. If coaching, development or strategy is the core isssue then the players alone won’t solve it without signing a big FA or 2.
So it begs the question. Is this team sorely lacking hitting talent only, or is the average talent not being coached or utilized the best?
shouldn’t there be some improvement to a mean or some improvement in players. Other than Yelich, most have regressed severely in the past few years (Adames, Urias, Narvaez) and players with upside or bounce back potential never really materialized.
is it the hitting coaches? Some hitting strategy?
or is this a team full of truly replacement level hitters only (except for June-July Yelich, and May-July Contreras)?
Does anyone have an updated scouting report on Henderson?
I know his change is his best pitch. Fastball? Other offspeed?
ceiling of a #4/5 starter, but clearly has a future as mid to late reliever I would think?
If Baez was in the ACL line up that would be six hitters with OPS of .925 or higher (O’Rae, Boeve, Bitonti, Pratt, Baez, Norman). Sure very SSS for the 2023 draftees, but encouraging to see offensive production in a very high offense league.
Awesome updates. Good to see some possible developments in the hitters. Great insight into some of those names I overlook in Carolina, Arizona and DSL. Thanks to the BF.net team for these great write ups.