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  1. biedergb
    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)?
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    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?
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    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.
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    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.
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    I also wonder if the team tried to draft a lot of “maybes” late and then try to sign the college seniors/safe picks as undrafted signings rather then spend a selection on those guys. IIRC in the past a lot of 20-30 round picks were safe picks, low upside college players. And now more higher upside HS, and maybe because of websites/Twitter but I noticed more after draft signings. Plus more international signings I think
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    In the BA article listed above about signing pool amounts, it states "The Angels, Rays, Red Sox and Yankees will also be unable to sign any pool-eligible players for more than $300,000 during the 2015-16 and 2016-17 signing periods." As well as the D-backs. Won't that help the Brewers now, as well as next year? And in the future, as the Cubs, Rangers, Jays may over spend this year and incur penalties for next year(s). I think they should and hopefully could play for 1-2 of the top 20 guys each year and not incur any penalty so they can remain in the hunt yearly. Also, our pool will be much higher next year assuming we finish in bottom 5 in the league this year.
  7. biedergb
    Coulter has turned around his offense since his first few weeks. His splits in July and August Jul .314/.462/.371/.834 Aug .538//.625/1.000/1.625 4 of his 6 XBH and 3 of his 4 HR have come in the last week.
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    Re: Bradley Any word on the lower body injury he was dealing with earlier in the year? Was it groin or hamstring? This certainly could throw off mechanics. The other question is why not stop him for a little while, work on the mechanics and then get back? Obviously now it's a moot point as the season ends later this month. But this could have been done in July.
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    Yeah, missed that on Gagnon. I must have been thinking about someone else when writing in terms of age. And as I wrote my post this was somewhat of a vent - I just miss the days of reading the minor league reports and having a handful of players to follow who were really exciting. Now we have some nice players, and several potentially exciting guys mostly in the lower minors. I hope Nelson and Gagnon continue on the success this year, and here's hoping that Jungman and Bradley reach their potential.
  10. biedergb
    Exactly, when was the last time we had a prospect with that much buzz. Gallardo, Braun back in 2006. Gamel in 2007. Then really the three we traded (Escobar, Lawrie, Odorizzi). Nice depth prospects. But very little in pitching, and recently even hitting. Fiers is a nice pick up, great for how low he was drafted, but guys like these come along every now and then. I would not count on him being a long term solution for our rotation. Peralta is a good prospect, but has been way to inconsistant, and I was also looking more at the draft. The international FA scene is way to unpredictable, more so than the 1st or 2nd rounds. In the past 15 years, we have drafted and developed Sheets and Gallardo. Otherwise that's it. I am not asking for Cy Young candidates, but at least 2-3 quality starters (with ace potential) every several years, or decade. The guys who project as 3-4-5 rotation guys in the minors rarely pan out. Think about how many projected aces turn into aces. Those that don't wind up being the 3-4-5 guys.
  11. biedergb
    I don't see a separate post about this, and I don't want to hijack this thread but most of my thoughts are about pitching... Am I the only one incredibly disappointed with our scouting, drafting, and development of prospects, namely pitching prospects. Kyle Heckathorn, Mark Rogers are major disappointments. Arnett is trying the shed his bust label as a short reliever (isn't that still a bust for a 1st rounder?) Bradley and Jungmann are ok in the FSL where pitching stats are skewed. Thornburg looks like he will be a pitcher in the bigs, but he is not a ace or ace like pitcher. Nelson did well in the FSL and we will see how he handles AA (see my argument for taking FSL stats with a grain of salt as above). Who else is there? Lopez is in low rookie ball. Gagnon is. 23-24 yo just promoted to high A ball. We traded away probably our best pitching prospect in Odorizzi. I am sorry for the vent. For the past few seasons we had hope in the big club level, and before that when the big club was bad 1994-2005 we had many years with great prospects in the minors to follow especially the 2001-2005 years with mostly position/hitting prospects. And we are so bare in those prospects right now.
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    Is D'Vo a better prospect now than Kentrail Davis? Similar numbers now and about the same age. But DVo had split time between fb and bb in college, had been more raw and is consistently improving. Kentrail has stagnated. He appears to be the same hitter the past two years without much improvement.
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    I agree with the big club bias: If Kentrail Davis or Scooter Gennett were Red Sox, Yankee, Braves farmhands, they would be ranked because of the attention those clubs get. Think of how many can't miss prospects the Yanks have had. The question is it a BA bias, scouts bias, or something else?
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    Also highlights the fact that Rookie league stats and success is a long way from MLB success.
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    I can only guess that with Braddock and possibly seeing Parra as a future bullpen guy, you've got 2 lefties. Plus Stetter isn't young anymore, so not really a prospect. But the flip side is a guy like Brian Shouse, who was one of our best LOOGies and his 'career' started in 2003 with Texas at age 34. (he had some 'cups of coffee' in a few years prior to that, but was essentially relegated as a career minor leaguer until then).
  16. biedergb
    I didn't call the year a disappointment, but that compared to expectations coming in, it was a let down. That is probably more to the fact that we had some good, some bad, and a few surprises (good ones like Axford, Kintzler, Lamontagne, and bad ones like Salome). I think it was a generally good to slightly above average year, but I was personally hoping (expecting) a well above average year especially with the number of high picks the past few years. Part of that is the fact that we've been spoiled with some really good years and elite prospects, which we don't have right now. But in terms of depth, we have several prospects at every level both as hitters and pitchers. That is something we haven't had before.
  17. biedergb
    This season has probably been more of downer than others, but then again the minors peaked in the mid-2000s and then took a step down and plateau'd. I think we were all hoping for a jump up again, especially with two recent drafts with multiple 1st - 2nd round picks. But for every up there has been a down (Cain/Komatsu return, while Schafer has a lost year; Odorizzi steps up, while Arnett struggles; etc). Overall though, as someone who was an early reader of the initial BF.com, this organization is light years away from where we were say 10 years ago. The first power 50 was filled with guys who were there either because they were higher draft picks, rule V pick ups or had a nice season. Now we have about 30 guys who are legit prospects based on tools and production. Our pro club is a disappointment in terms of results so far, but we have a team filled with in home developed prospects and/or quality pickups (McGehee, Axford). This was a comeback/redemption year, with guys like Rogers, Cain, Jeffress headlining that list, and guys like T. Green, Dykstra. The 2009 draft failed at the top spot, but has brough the Davises, Heckathorn, Scooter and Andre Lamontagne. While the 2008 draft hit it on the head with the top 2, but stuggled with the rest on that list. This past draft is a downer, with the Covey situation. And we haven't had a good show so far in the past 1-2 year in the DR, despite reopening in the DSL. With Escobar, Rivas, Peralta at the top of our Latin investments, we have little in the lower rungs of the minors.
  18. biedergb
    This is reassuring as a fan: "We felt the Brewers were more than fair and compassionate in this process,” Darrell Covey said. “We’d be honored to talk to the Brewers again. They were willing to bend over backwards.”
  19. biedergb
    Any one know why Maverick Lasker hasn't pitched in a while? Or is he part of Bucci's piggy back system? His last appearance was Aug 3.
  20. biedergb
    That makes sense given how quickly Rogers control issues came back. If I remember he had blister issues within the past month or two when he had a horrible outing.
  21. biedergb
    Rogers is already at the most number of innings he's pitched in his career. Hopefully it's just a matter of shutting him down for a couple of weeks, although the timing of that is odd I agree.
  22. biedergb
    While he is not young, he is 24 years old, and now doing well in AA, which is legitimate. A back end of rotation pitcher or yet another potential reliever for 2011-2012.
  23. biedergb
    OK -- poorly phrased. I did not mean up there as 1a and 1b, but just should be on the short list. I was just impressed at how similar the other stats were (BAA, BB/9IP, WHIP) and that 10K/9IP makes Odorizzi a clear #1 pitching prospect. Lasker has had a nice season, and from reports in his draft year he profiles as a good starting pitcher.
  24. biedergb
    Lasker and Odorizzi have almost identical numbers in nearly every way, with Odorizzi with a much higher K rate (about 10K/9IP, versus about 6.5K/9IP). So while Odorizzi is an excellent prospect, Lasker is right there with him.
  25. biedergb
    Butler 6IP, 5H, 2ER, 3BB, 5K Rogers 6IP, 4H, 2ER, 2BB, 10K Heckathorn 5IP, 6H, 3ER, 4BB, 1K Lasker 7IP, 3H, 0ER, 1BB, 3K Updated stats -- Heckathorn, Butler and Rogers are done for the night. I'd suspect Lasker is out after 7 IP. Rarely has a headlined group of starting pitching actually lived up to potential.
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