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Reese Olson signs with the Brewers. $440k signing bonus. That doesn’t seem to bode well for signing Turang.

Cabell’s not signing.

What do you guys think about Kevin Gausman? Was well-regarded a while back, and I’m wondering if he’d do well with a change of scenery.

I suppose we’re gonna see a stretch of underslot picks from this point on.

Disagree strongly... Davies was a 1 for 1 trade for K-Rod.... Anderson was more of the throw in, Diaz was centerpiece. Not sure how you think having loaded system of players at a priemium position could not be used to get an Ace simply because Stearns hasn’t yet? You load system up, get logjam, and trade to improve MLB team. If it is SP & Stearns doesn’t have to sell soul to finish deal... he will do it. Not sure why you think because we draft a pitcher in 2nd or 3rd round, they will save our SP situation. Yo, Nelson, Odorizzi, and Jungmann very briefly are only ones to help at all in past decade & Odorizzi wasn’t for us. Burns was 4th round pick. Suter, Fiers, and others much later. Those are not stellar odds. Ponce, hasn’t been good in AA either. Medorois.... who knows what we have. Jeffress kind of can’t pitch for any other team. So basically we shouldn't even try to develop our own pitchers and stick to one avenue for acquiring talented pitchers, and that is hope the right pitcher/situation falls in our lap and another team doesn't outbid us? This season specifically, we'll have a very tough time getting substantial deadline help and holding hiura. It's not like with this draft strategy we'll eventually have 5 hiuras and be able to comfortably trade 1 while keeping 4. Continually refusing to take pitchers early significantly reduces our chances of developing a talented one. This is clearly a strategy thing seeing as though it's happened the last 3 years, and it's beyond frustrating. This is like an nfl team refusing to take a qb early in the draft ever, but instead hoping to get tom Brady in a late round. That reality is they end up with a perpetual Trent dilfer situation and 6-9 wins each season. This strategy will lead to rotations like the one we have currently. Who do you think the Brewers could have picked today who could be that top pitcher you speak of?

Not sure if I would have. HS pitchers are very volatile to begin with, and they had to deal with injuries. They may be better now, but I’m still not certain as to how they will hold up. This is especially the case with Hankins- shoulder issues are not something to be taken lightly. I guess for me the risks outweigh the reward.

Who do you think the Brewers could have picked today who could be that top pitcher you speak of?

To be fair, though, Rocker and Wilcox were likely difficult signs from the get-go (especially considering the Brewers’ relatively small pool), and the ones who are signable at this point probably aren’t gonna be the TOR pitchers the Brewers need.

Reminds me of the last time I worked as a camp counselor. The only people who were born before the year 2000 were the counselors.

I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case. I think Vandy kids have generally been difficult signs.

Beer going to a AL team makes a lot of sense. If he can't find a position to play they stick him in as DH.

Incorrect. If they fail to sign Turang they straight-up lose the money for that slot.

I wonder who will be around by the time the Brewers pick next. I wonder if any of the remaining pitchers will fall that far.

Yelich bat at a premium position? Yes please!

Such is the price we pay for being better than them.

If there's one thing I learned from following the Brewers draft the past few years, it's that they certainly don't think like us.

I have a terrible feeling that the Brewers are gonna take Larnach in spite of some of these guys falling.

Rodriguez to the O's and Groshans to Jays? Those two are getting picked considerably earlier than I thought they would.

It'll be interesting to see if the Orioles draft pitching this time. Based on how Gausman and Bundy have fared... I'm not sure if they know what they're doing with their pitchers.

Singer and Liberatore falling further than I thought they would.

Carter Stewart's curveball is beautiful.

From what I remember mocks have generally been wrong about who the Brewers pick.

I've seen a lot of mocks predicting Larnach to the Brewers. I can't say that I'm too excited about that, though.

Swaggerty? That’s a surprise. I think most mocks up to this point had him getting picked in the top 15, if not top 10.

I have a feeling that the Brewers are gonna pick someone that no one has predicted so far.