Mr Southpaw

Not Yoho!

I have replace markers with actual pitchers to make it easier on the eyes. This 25 day rotation does not include Zastryzny, Anderson, Coleman, Dhohan, Peralta, Sproat, or Rodriquez. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Game 1 Ashby Ashby Ashby Woodruff Woodruff Woodruff Woodruff Woodruff Megill Game 2 Zerpa Zerpa Zerpa Priester Priester Priester Priester Priester Uribe Game 3 Harrison Harrison Harrison Misiorowski Misiorowski Misiorowski Misiorowski Hall Megill Game 4 Ashby Ashby Ashby Patrick Patrick Patrick Patrick Gasser Uribe Game 5 Zerpa Zerpa Zerpa Henderson Henderson Henderson Henderson Megill Koenig Game 6 Harrison Harrison Harrison Woodruff Woodruff Woodruff Woodruff Woodruff Woodruff Game 7 Hall Hall Hall Priester Priester Priester Priester Priester Koenig Game 8 Gasser Gasser Gasser Misiorowski Misiorowski Misiorowski Misiorowski Misiorowski Megill Game 9 Ashby Ashby Ashby Patrick Patrick Patrick Patrick Koenig Uribe Game 10 Zerpa Zerpa Zerpa Henderson Henderson Henderson Henderson Hall Gasser Game 11 Harrison Harrison Harrison Woodruff Woodruff Woodruff Woodruff Woodruff Koenig Game 12 Ashby Ashby Ashby Priester Priester Priester Priester Priester Priester Game 13 Zerpa Zerpa Zerpa Misiorowski Misiorowski Misiorowski Misiorowski Misiorowski Megill Game 14 Harrison Harrison Harrison Patrick Patrick Patrick Patrick Megill Uribe Game 15 Hall Hall Hall Henderson Henderson Henderson Henderson Henderson Koenig Game 16 Gasser Gasser Gasser Woodruff Woodruff Woodruff Woodruff Megill Uribe Game 17 Ashby Ashby Ashby Priester Priester Priester Priester Priester Koenig Game 18 Zerpa Zerpa Zerpa Misiorowski Misiorowski Misiorowski Misiorowski Hall Megill Game 19 Harrison Harrison Harrison Patrick Patrick Patrick Patrick Gasser Uribe Game 20 Ashby Ashby Ashby Henderson Henderson Henderson Henderson Koenig Megill Game 21 Zerpa Zerpa Zerpa Woodruff Woodruff Woodruff Woodruff Woodruff Woodruff Game 22 Harrison Harrison Harrison Priester Priester Priester Priester Priester Uribe Game 23 Hall Hall Hall Misiorowski Misiorowski Misiorowski Misiorowski Misiorowski Misiorowski Game 24 Gasser Gasser Gasser Patrick Patrick Patrick Patrick Patrick Uribe Game 25 Ashby Ashby Ashby Henderson Henderson Henderson Henderson Henderson Koenig

A piggyback works if you do not align the openers with the starters. here it goes, three opener who try to go three innings (12 batters, 9 outs , 45 pitches). The five starters come in hopefully at the start of the 4th inning and go (hopefully) five innings. That cover 8 innings. The openers will get warn out you say, but no, this is where the swing pitchers come in. The openers only go through their rotation twice, then these swing pitchers come in for Games 7 and 8 giving the openers 6 innings every 8 days. Doable. These swing pitchers are only getting 3 innings every 8 days at the front end of the game, so they can be used at the back end of games at least a couple of time every 8 days. Doable. that is five pitcher covering the first three inning every 8 days and then a couple of more innings at the end of games If the starts can cover innings 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 we are golden, only the 9th inning to be covered by 3 closers. I think everyone would agree that our starts can make it at least 4 to 4+ innings per start. the closers finish the 8th inning and close the game in the 9th. Remember that we still have the swing pitchers to help out if their is a starter that falters. Check out the chart below to get an idea of a 25 day rotation. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Game 1 Opener 1 Opener 1 Opener 1 Starter 1 Starter 1 Starter 1 Starter 1 Starter 1 Closer 1 Game 2 Opener 2 Opener 2 Opener 2 Starter 2 Starter 2 Starter 2 Starter 2 Starter 2 Closer 2 Game 3 Opener 3 Opener 3 Opener 3 Starter 3 Starter 3 Starter 3 Starter 3 Swing 1 Closer 1 Game 4 Opener 1 Opener 1 Opener 1 Starter 4 Starter 4 Starter 4 Starter 4 Swing 2 Closer 2 Game 5 Opener 2 Opener 2 Opener 2 Starter 5 Starter 5 Starter 5 Starter 5 Closer 1 Closer 3 Game 6 Opener 3 Opener 3 Opener 3 Starter 1 Starter 1 Starter 1 Starter 1 Starter 1 Starter 1 Game 7 Swing 1 Swing 1 Swing 1 Starter 2 Starter 2 Starter 2 Starter 2 Starter 2 Closer 3 Game 8 Swing 2 Swing 2 Swing 2 Starter 3 Starter 3 Starter 3 Starter 3 Starter 3 Closer 1 Game 9 Opener 1 Opener 1 Opener 1 Starter 4 Starter 4 Starter 4 Starter 4 Closer 3 Closer 2 Game 10 Opener 2 Opener 2 Opener 2 Starter 5 Starter 5 Starter 5 Starter 5 Swing 1 Swing 2 Game 11 Opener 3 Opener 3 Opener 3 Starter 1 Starter 1 Starter 1 Starter 1 Starter 1 Closer 3 Game 12 Opener 1 Opener 1 Opener 1 Starter 2 Starter 2 Starter 2 Starter 2 Starter 2 Starter 2 Game 13 Opener 2 Opener 2 Opener 2 Starter 3 Starter 3 Starter 3 Starter 3 Starter 3 Closer 1 Game 14 Opener 3 Opener 3 Opener 3 Starter 4 Starter 4 Starter 4 Starter 4 Closer 1 Closer 2 Game 15 Swing 1 Swing 1 Swing 1 Starter 5 Starter 5 Starter 5 Starter 5 Starter 5 Closer 3 Game 16 Swing 2 Swing 2 Swing 2 Starter 1 Starter 1 Starter 1 Starter 1 Closer 1 Closer 2 Game 17 Opener 1 Opener 1 Opener 1 Starter 2 Starter 2 Starter 2 Starter 2 Starter 2 Closer 3 Game 18 Opener 2 Opener 2 Opener 2 Starter 3 Starter 3 Starter 3 Starter 3 Swing 1 Closer 1 Game 19 Opener 3 Opener 3 Opener 3 Starter 4 Starter 4 Starter 4 Starter 4 Swing 2 Closer 2 Game 20 Opener 1 Opener 1 Opener 1 Starter 5 Starter 5 Starter 5 Starter 5 Closer 3 Closer 1 Game 21 Opener 2 Opener 2 Opener 2 Starter 1 Starter 1 Starter 1 Starter 1 Starter 1 Starter 1 Game 22 Opener 3 Opener 3 Opener 3 Starter 2 Starter 2 Starter 2 Starter 2 Starter 2 Closer 2 Game 23 Swing 1 Swing 1 Swing 1 Starter 3 Starter 3 Starter 3 Starter 3 Starter 3 Starter 3 Game 24 Swing 2 Swing 2 Swing 2 Starter 4 Starter 4 Starter 4 Starter 4 Starter 4 Closer 2 Game 25 Opener 1 Opener 1 Opener 1 Starter 5 Starter 5 Starter 5 Starter 5 Starter 5 Closer 3

It is great defensively

Plan A 2B Williams .972/Hamilton .976, SS Turang .978, 3B Ortiz .971 Plan B (Mid Season) 2B Turang .987, SS Pratt .973, 3B Ortiz .971 Plan C Make a trade at the trade deadline No matter what you can say about Ortiz, he is our best fielding SS and 3B which puts him at 3B because no one else is close to his defensive ability. If Pratt can put up decent offensive numbers in Nashville there is almost no reason to not bring him up mid season. If he doesn't hit at AAA go to plan C.

The 2026 Brewers kind of remind me of the Baltimore Orioles of 3-4 years ago. Tons of talent in the minors., but unwilling to let any of it go. The Brewers just need to manage this talent wisely. I have tons of confidence in our front office to do this.

Count me as worried. There are a few UFA available that could make for a back up plan or maybe Parades if he doesn’t cost too much.

Or maybe Luis Rengifo who is a UFA. I love switch hitters and he should not be too expensive. He ight be really happy playing in a winning organization. I think the cost would be around $5 million.

Maybe four pair of piggys and one old fashions starter (my choice would be Woodruff) to try to go 6. That leave 4 in the pen.

My pick Luis Rengifo FA from the Angels. switch hitter who does a lot of things pretty good. 1 year at 5.2 with plenty of performance incentives and a club option.

The Brewers are in a very good place right now. It is just a matter of which prospects make the biggest jumps and the corresponding management decisions on what to do with the excess talent.

With all the talk of our #1 MiLB I thought I would give this a go... Have fun tearing it apart! Not included currently on MLB roster........Contreras, Vaughn, Megill, Bauers, Zerpa, Mitchell, and Ortiz. Multiple trades or comp picks to restock MiLB. Still in MiLB........Pena, Fischer, Hardin, Lara, Wichrowski, Burke, Payne and more. Yelich will be the only player to not be on the 2029 team from this group. Pos Name Year Note C Quero Pre 3 Super 4 1B Wilken Pre 2 2B Turang Arb 3 Super 4 3B Made 2 of 10 8/100 + 2 options SS Pratt Pre 2 LF Chourio 5 of 10 8/82 + 2 options CF Williams Pre 3 RF Frelick Arb 2 DH Yelich 9 of 9 9/215 B1 Adams Pre 1 B2 Adamczewski Pre 1 B3 Dinges Pre 1 B4 Durbin Arb 2 S1 Misiorowski Arb 1 S2 Priester Arb 2 S3 Sproat Pre 3 S4 Henderson Pre 2 S5 Patrick Arb 1 C Uribe Arb 2 8 Yoho Pre 3 7 Ashby 5 of 5 5/5 + 2 options RP Koenig Arb 2 RP Hall Arb 2 Long Gasser Arb 2 Long Letson Pre 1

Montgomery please!! 3 years $30 million. wait, wait... 2026 $5 million with playoff and World Series incentive 2027 $10 million club option with innings pitched options 2028 $15 million club option with innings pitched options The dude is 33 so we have to cover the investment.

Jett will be the utility guy. Let him play all 7 receiving positions until they call him up. With Pratt, Made and Pena coming in the next few years there will be no place for him at SS. The Brewers are in a very good place.

Benge and Tong.

That’s why judging trades overtime is such a hard thing to do. How do you judge 1/4 of Shane Baz overtime? Sometimes it just gets a little ridiculous.

Just a note. Baltimore received a comp pic for Corbin Burns, and whatever that person does in the future needs to be put into the calculation. I don’t believe Williams contract will give the Yankees comp pick.

Add one of their outfielders and I say yes. Dominguez or Jones. when we have teams looking at Freddy, we hold the advantage.

Someone had mentioned starting the year with Siegler as our backup catcher. He would add to the infield depth, and if Contreras got hurt, we could always call up Quero until we find another solution.

They have only used one of three options on him yet. There’s no reason to trade him at this point unless somebody’s going to give you something really good back.

Seigler could be the backup catcher for April and May then call up Quero. Anybody think Quero could be the backup in rf, ala Charlie Moore? It would add a little power to the offense.

It is about 160 million. I stop counting after less than 1-million-dollar contracts. L Cain 2018-22 80 mill 16 AAV R Hoskins 2024-25 34 mill 17 AAV J Bradley 2021-22 24 mill 12 AAV A Garcia 2020-21 20 ,mill 10 AAV J Smoaks 2020-20 5 mill 5 AAV C Rea 2024 4.5 mill W Miley 2023 4.5 mill E Sogard 2020 4.5 mill B Holt 2020 3.25 mill B Boxberger 2022 2.5 mill B Anderson 2021 2.5 mill J Gyorko 2020 2 Mill D Phelps 2020 1.5 mill J Wilson 2023 1 mill

Do you really feel we have a lack of LHP in the BP? Ashby, Koenig, then we'll have at least one of Gasser, Zastryzny, Hall, Quintana (the last two health permitting of course). Quintana would almost certainly work out of the pen if available. People like Philly & the Mets would require we have many options from the left side, but I think we're covered. I would like to be ready if a team stacks their starting lineup with lefties during the playoffs. Gasser, Koenig , and Ashby could all be three inning starters if Murphey feels it is appropriate.

CBS Sports has Gasser as our starter this Sunday. I think it is brilliant! With a lack of lefties in our bullpen, he might be that guy to keep opposing manager from stacking lineups in the playoffs. Any thoughts

Here is a spreadsheet I whipped up a couple of weeks ago showing how much depth we have at every position and level. Outfield seems tobe our weakest position, but that can be filled by multi-talented infielders. Brewers Prospects 2025.xlsx