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  1. Eye Black
    Whether he stays with the Dodgers or moves to another team Pederson is going to be a platoon player going primarily against righties only. Last year Pederson had a .920 OPS against RHPs and a .505 OPS against LHPs, and for his career it’s not much better (.860 OPS versus a .572 OPS). If a team traded for him to be an everyday starter than it would likely be a non-playoff competitor. I think looking at the Brewers current group of initial out-getters and saying there isn’t room to add any more talent is a mistake, especially when the move would add quality towards the top. Stripling is seemingly a better pitcher than the majority of those options the Brewers currently have. His ability and potential willingness to serve in both a starter and relief role is the exact type of flexibility the Brewers should desire. If Stripling is available via trade, I can’t think of many better fits to add to the Brewers current pitching group.
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    Now that the Dodgers reported trade with the Angels (for Joc Pederson and Ross Stripling) has fallen through can someone talk me out of my desire for the Brewers to make a run at trading for Stripling?
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    This deal is reportedly dead. The Angels reportedly backed out (which is somewhat astonishing). From Bob Nightengale: The Dodgers are planning to put outfielder Joc Pederson back on the trade block with the Angels appearing to be the ones who pulled out of the original deal. The Brewers should trade for Ross Stripling now, IMO.
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    The minor leaguer going from the Twins to the Dodgers is outfielder Luke Raley who was actually traded from the Dodgers to the Twins back in 2018 as part of the Brian Dozier deal. Can’t imagine that has happened very many times where two teams trade a prospect, and then swap them back to their original organization less than two years later, and before they’ve made their MLB debut.
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    While the PECOTA projections don’t appear they will be overly kind to the Brewers on the whole, the Clay Davenport standings projections currently have the Brewers at 85 wins overall, and 2nd place in the NL Central while just one game behind the Reds.
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    Looks like that report is being walked back a bit. Sounds like the part involving the Twins is at an impasse, but they haven’t officially walked away from a potential deal.
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    Most recent Tweet from Ken Rosenthal: Talks between #MNTwins and #RedSox to resolve differences over value of right-hander Brusdar Graterol going slowly, sources tell The Athletic. One alternative is for #Dodgers to acquire prospect from another club to help bridge gap. Obviously a very, very low probability that the potential new club involved would be the Brewers due to their current farm system (and lack of close to the majors prospects), but Assistant General Manager Matt Arnold is very close with both Andrew Friedman (used to report directly to him) and Chaim Bloom, so anything’s possible. Most likely scenario seems like the Dodgers should just use on of their own prospects to bridge the trade gap.
  8. Eye Black
    Apparently more to this deal according to Angels beat reporter Fabian Ardaya: Angels-Dodgers trade is not yet done as players are being informed, source tells The Athletic. Angels getting Joc Pederson, a big league starter and a prospect from the Dodgers in exchange for Luis Rengifo and another prospect. And from Kiley McDaniel: Dodgers prospect OF Andy Pages will be heading to the Angels in the Joc Pederson deal, pending medical review. Pages hit 19 homers last year in rookie ball as an 18 year old (now 19)
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    It says he has developed into one of the most complete players in the 2019 international signing class. Refers to him as a high-contact hitter with at least solid-average raw power which they project should grow into a plus tool soon. Also acknowledges that he is at least a plus runner who accelerates quickly in both the outfield and on the basepaths. The article includes a little over 1-minute video of Hedbert Perez hitting (both in-game and BP) as well as throwing from RF to 3B and home (both practice and in-game). He has quickly become one of the projected stars from this past year’s signing class.
  10. Eye Black
    This Dodgers lineup (per Mike Petriello)...
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    Starting a thread for this one since it is a separate deal from the Betts/Price trade. According to Jeff Passan: Infielder Luis Rengifo is headed to the Los Angeles Dodgers in a deal for outfielder Joc Pederson, sources tell ESPN.
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    The Brewers did bring Perez and Medina to Miller Park to hit before a game in mid-July. Below are very short Twitter videos from Ben Badler of both taking batting practice. Hedbert Perez BP at Miller Park Luis Medina BP at Miller Park
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    The scouting report from Baseball America is absolutely glowing. Hedbert Perez is rated as an overall future value BA grade of 55. The only other Brewers prospects that BA ranks as FV 55 are Brice Turang, Eduardo Garcia, and Drew Rasmussen. I’ll paraphrase his BA scouting report below: - High contact hitter that has a compact, efficient swing. Barrels the ball to all fields. - Disciplined hitter who has the ability to get on base at a high percentage. - Has at least 55 raw power currently that should get to plus or better as he gets stronger. - Excellent athlete with plus or better speed. - Above average defender in CF (reads ball well off bat and takes good routes). Has a plus arm with good accuracy. - Fluent English speaker that “draws praise for his confidence and leadership”. As you mentioned his dad, Robert Perez, played six seasons with the majors including a few years with the Blue Jays and a brief stint with the Brewers. Some interesting facts about Robert Perez in his Wikipedia page including the fact he spent 27 seasons playing in the Venezuelan League and is considered a living legend because he broke many of the career hitting records in the league.
  14. Eye Black
    The Baseball America Prospect Handbook has 8 international signings from recent years ranked in the Brewers organizational top 30: #8 - Eduardo Garcia, SS (Venezuela, 2018) #11 - Hedbert Perez, OF (Venezuela, 2019) #12 - Carlos Rodriguez, OF (Venezuela, 2017) #14 - Luis Medina, OF (Venezuela, 2019) #18 - Jesus Parra, 3B/2B (Venezuela, 2018) #19 - Jeferson Quero, C (Venezuela, 2019) #26 - Jheremy Vargas, SS (Venezuela, 2019) #30 - Eduarqui Fernandez, OF (Dominican Republic, 2018) I haven’t gone back and looked to confirm for certain, but I believe that is the most international signees that have appeared in the Brewers BA top 30 in recent years.
  15. Eye Black
    Brewers announce the signing of 36 year old infielder Andrés Blanco via Twitter (Link). Here is the MLB Trade Rumors article on the signing: The Brewers announced that they’ve signed veteran infielder Andres Blanco to a minor league contract and invited him to Major League Spring Training. Blanco will turn 36 in April and hasn’t appeared in the Majors since 2017, but he’s had a pair of productive Triple-A campaigns in 2018 and 2019 — the former actually coming with the Brewers organization. Blanco hit .271/.362/.435 (111 wRC+) in 357 plate appearances with Triple-A Colorado Springs that season. Last year, with the Braves’ Triple-A affiliate, he put together a nearly identical .262/.364/.443 slash (109 wRC+) in a larger sample of 530 plate appearances. The veteran Blanco has played in parts of 10 MLB seasons, logging time at each infield position and batting a combined .256/.310/.378 in 1321 trips to the plate. His signing comes just days after the Brewers found out projected shortstop Luis Urias will need six to eight weeks to recover from surgery to repair a broken hamate bone — an injury he sustained while playing in the Mexican Pacific Winter League. Blanco will head to Spring Training and vie to join a currently fluid infield mix that includes Eric Sogard, Jedd Gyorko, Orlando Arcia, Ryon Healy and Justin Smoak, among others.
  16. Eye Black
    Mark Mathias is still considered a prospect and they gave up a solid young catching prospect to acquire him. I have a feeling he will make his major league debut at some point this season. I am not sure how much of an offensive impact he'll have, but it appears he can handle 2B/3B as well as possibly SS in a pinch. He seems like one of those guys that at least has a chance to put it all together and develop into a solid utility/bench role type player.
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    A sentence from that article... “Another prominent Mexican League prospect who had been caught in limbo, catcher Fernando Villalobos, has been expected to sign with the Brewers. He ranked as Baseball America's No. 34 international prospect for July 2 last year in the current 2018-19 signing period.” If I am reading the article correctly I believe Villalobos is now free to sign with the Brewers. So I just realized the Mets ended up signing Fernando Villalobos last June with the International Bonus Pool money they acquired in late-May by trading Keon Broxton to the Orioles. ...Mind blown.
  18. Eye Black
    Baseball America’s first version of their MLB Mock Draft was released a couple of weeks ago... 20. Milwaukee Brewers: Tanner Burns, RHP, Auburn So, we’re at pick 20 and we have nine college pitchers off the board. Remember what we said about the strength of the college pitching crop? It’s legit. Burns doesn’t have the upside that some of the other arms here possess, but he has above-average control of a solid three-pitch mix and a better chance to stick as a starter because of that.
  19. Eye Black
    From Adam McCalvy’s article, Crew's Urías (fractured hand) out up to 8 weeks:
  20. Eye Black
    Yeah, it could certainly work if the majority of players they added this off-season perform at league average levels (or slightly better). From a fan perspective it isn’t nearly as exciting as the additions of the past two off-seasons, but ultimately it could work out just fine. I think they have done enough to contend for a playoff spot, but I would put their odds at less than a coin flip of actually making the playoffs. I think their most likely range of wins is somewhere between 82-90, with 85 being my current prediction. I also have a gut feeling that only one NL Central team is going to make the playoffs this year.
  21. Eye Black
    Well he ended up winning a Gold Glove, hitting 36 home runs, and receiving MVP votes... so that’s encouraging.
  22. Eye Black
    Interesting article on hamate bone injuries from when Giancarlo Stanton suffered from the same issue... Fish Stripes: Explaining the hamate bone fracture Unfortunately, Stanton’s injury took much longer than expected to recover from. He had surgery in late-June and never returned to action that season (in 2015) because he had some lingering effects on his grip (Miami Marlins' Giancarlo Stanton suffering from hand grip issues).
  23. Eye Black
    Per McCalvy, team expects full recovery, no lingering effects. Well not ideal and obviously both wrists are very important to a baseball player, but I guess it’s maybe slightly better that it is the left wrist for a right handed thrower/batter.
  24. Eye Black
    Well he had surgery apparently (Link).
  25. Eye Black
    Per Jeff Passan: Reliever Jeremy Jeffress and the Chicago Cubs are in agreement on a one-year, $850,000 major league contract, sources familiar with the deal tell ESPN. Jeffress can earn an additional $200,000 based on games pitched.
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