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  1. Eye Black
    If there’s one organization I’d guess isn’t maximizing the development of their pitchers, it would be the Angels. Hopefully the Brewers can help each of them take positive steps forward.
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    This is sort of a poor man’s version of the Blue Jays-Mariners trade involving Teoscar Hernandez last week. It’s a spreadsheet trade from the Brewers perspective. I liked Renfroe and I’d probably be more frustrated about it if they didn’t have so much young outfield depth, but since they do I can’t really get myself overly worked up about it.
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    Candelario is a player I’d also be interested in on a short term commitment. He isn’t that far removed from being a good hitter in a home park that’s tough on batters, and he’s still young-ish (turns 29 later this month). I would bet on him to bounce back to being a league average or better hitter, and hopefully someone that could play both infield corners similar to how the switch-hitting Eduardo Escobar was used after being acquired in 2021 (played in 34 games at 3B and 18 games at 1B).
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    According to Ken Rosenthal, Cody Bellinger’s agent Scott Boras has indicated that they’ve already received a couple of mulit-year offers, but they are more inclined to accept a one year offer (presumably so the 27-year old Bellinger can reestablish some value with a good year). I don’t think it’s a perfect fit if the Brewers are serious about giving some of their “ready for the majors prospects” a chance, but Bellinger can play a pretty solid center field. Highly unlikely, but I also think there’s some truth to the idea that there is [almost] no such thing as a bad one year deal.
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    I'll miss Stearns' influence, and I still believe on the whole that he was very good at making calculated and smart baseball personnel decisions. What I would like to see from Matt Arnold is a bit more aggressiveness. I know the current front office doesn't prescribe to the "window theory", but I think it's okay to acknowledge that for a small market team creating some greater ebbs and flows from year-to-year with the talent on the roster might not be a terrible approach. I'm not saying I need him to become Dave Dombrowski overnight, but ultimately baseball is an entertainment business and their current product could stand to generate a little more excitement. Since the Brewers are rarely going to be in a position to build a ticket selling type roster through free agency, I think it's okay to pick times where you go a little more "all-in" towards one of two directions. Either (1) trade some assets from the farm to strengthen the lineup in the short-term, especially when you're lucky enough to have the type of home grown pitching talent that rarely comes into place all at once, OR (2) use some of your top current MLB assets (i.e. starting pitching) to take a slight step back in the short-term with the goal of having a stronger roster in the (not-so-distant) future. Maybe it's partly due to how this year's team played from Memorial Day on, but I'll be really disappointed if they just sort of float along the same path as the past couple of off-seasons.
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    I can picture Stearns starting the conversation about stepping down... "Hey Mark, do you like apples?"
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    Yeah, I wasn’t suggesting that Jansen would cost more than Murphy to acquire, Murphy would definitely cost more in prospect capital. On the flip side there is probably much more certainty in getting solid production on both sides of the ball with Sean Murphy.
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    Personally I would love to see the Brewers land Danny Jansen, but I think the cost would be steep with likely two players among the Brewers top ten prospects headlining the return. I actually think Jonah Heim could be a sneaky good pickup at catcher for a player that will be just 27 years old at the start of next season, but that would be more on the strength of his defense than offense. Sean Murphy is probably the clear best answer in terms of a player that would have a true impact at the catching position, but it would also cost an awful lot to acquire the 28 year old. The good news is he would be under contract for three seasons, so he would likely solve the organizational need at the catcher position for the foreseeable future.
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    Who should be the Brewers 2023 primary catcher? What is the best option for someone from outside the organization? The current Brewers front office seems to value having an offensive minded backstop that they can make passable defensively. They ponied up a large one year contract for Yasmani Grandal, traded for Omar Narvaez, and even signed Pedro Severino as a bat first catching option last offseason. While Victor Caratini may end up part of the equation for 2023, I expect the Brewers to invest in a catching option from outside the organization. First the free agent options at catcher per FanGraphs: Next is the list of the 30 MLB catchers this past season that accrued more than 0.5 fWAR. Some possible trade candidates on the upper half of this list include Sean Murphy, Jonah Heim, Danny Jansen, and William Contreras. So if the Brewers do indeed go outside of the organization to bring in a catcher for 2023 who do you think it should be, and what do you project it would cost in terms of either a trade return or free agent contract?
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    The Brewers certainly had chances for more runs in tonight’s game. Nine hits thus far and not much to show for it.
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    Well unfortunately this is probably an apt description of the race for the final wild card spot…
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    I use to do this until the 2019 wild card game thread. Since then counting down outs remaining in an important game only brings back haunting memories.
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    Well that was fun to see Freddy dealing out of the bullpen.
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    I like those odds even better!
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    Per FanGraphs, on September 14th the Phillies had a 96.3% chance to make the playoffs and the Brewers had a 21.4% chance. In the two weeks since the Phillies have gone 3-10 while the Brewers have gone 7-5. The Phillies playoff odds are now down to 58.8% while the Brewers are up to 44.5%.
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    The Phillies went 0-6 against the Cubs this season. The rare season series sweep.
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    The Marlins lineup doesn't exactly look like murderers' row, but for whatever reason Brian Anderson has given the Brewers fits. Against Eric Lauer specifically he's 4-for-8 with 2 doubles and a home run, but in his 70 career plate appearances against the Brewers he's got a line of .302 / .371 / .571 (.943 OPS).
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    The Marlins played into extra innings in New York last night, used 6 bullpen arms, and landed in Milwaukee at 2:03am CT. Lets hope they’re a little tired heading into this 4-game series with the Brewers.
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