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  1. cragi
    I dont think we've had a roster quite this "feast or famine" before. last year, it was a bunch of pretty good pitchers and pretty good hitters. this year its great/poor hitters and great/poor pitchers. I would expect moves.
  2. cragi
    Im not seeing it. We have weak pieces in the OF right now, and Bauers isnt one. He is the kind of pickup we might be interested in acquiring at the deadline if he wasnt already on the team right now. We are in the playoff hunt and you'd deal away one of the few bright spots in the lineup? What, to unload a cheap player while there is some value and make a competitor stronger? doesnt make sense to me.
  3. cragi
    Who is the Chris Hook of batters? Maybe we need THAT guy...
  4. cragi
    Gotta disagree completley on this. Last year we had a bunch of decent pitchers (2-4s) without a dependable, solid ace. This year we have two 1s and several 4-5s. Last year we had a bunch of 700 OPS guys and not much above or below. This year, we have guys above and guys far below. The aces are likley to see more playing time in the playoffs. The 5s can drop off. It would be nice to get at least a #2, whether that is Woody or QP or someone else. The bottom hitters are replaceable, probably in the org already. Or they can test the trade waters this year. Having a top-heavy rotation and replaceable hitters means this team is in good shape for postseason.
  5. cragi
    been to T Rats games, but not for autographs. Just doesnt seem to be as much hype relative to other prospects and not listed in top 10 but has as good as many bigger names in the org
  6. cragi
    skubal
  7. cragi
    no word, the other thread is checking on it. Pena reaches 5th time
  8. cragi
    Pena is a very patient hitter. Fouls everything off until the walks come. Reached all 4 times tonight (3BB)
  9. cragi
    Of all the hitters that are impressing on the Brewers farm, I think the Braylon Payne is quietly putting up one of the most impressive seasons of anyone. It's easy to forget about him, given that he's on a team with Fischer, Adamczewski, Dinges, Bitonti and Pena. He is supposed be a defensive CF like Lara. But he (age 19) has 10 HR already and is not far off Fischer (22) and Adamczewski (21) in OPS on the T-Rats. Think he might deserve some bigger attention soon.
  10. cragi
    if this holds, brewers are going to make out like crazy. they already have the best FO in baseball, and now they get to add enough cash to compete with the Dodgers. Payroll diference would drop from 3x to 2x. Golden years of Brewers baseball about to take off like a rocket.
  11. cragi
    Dodgers annual media contract is $334m. Brewers netted like $16m after taking it in house, i think.
  12. cragi
    "go for broke" moves rarely work out and its just not necessary. There could still legitimately be a time to cash your chips in and go for it, but I dont think we are there yet. The time to revisit that conversation really is when Miz is near end of his contract and we dont have other aces waiting in the wings. Right now the brewers are still on the upswing, so its kind of stupid to piss away whats been built.
  13. cragi
    With his size (his listed height of 5'11 might be generous) and speed (no steals), im not sure what position he is supposed to play at other than C. We've already moved Adamczewski to OF. Lara and Payne. One of Williams/Pena/Made/Fischer will need an OF spot. Chourio is a lock, Frelick & Lockridge are pre-arb. DH can always wait and we have a bunch of first/second round guys who are pulling the ball at the corners. We already have a platoon going with Vaughn/Bauers and the occasional aging vet (Yelich). Not like you plan for grooming a DH. Brewers are most susceptible at C of any position. Contreras might be gone soon. Quero still has questions, and not much else going on.
  14. cragi
    the 4 starting pitchers the Brewers lost to in the playoffs faced the Brewers less than 7 innings during the regular season. yes, their hitters got to see our pitchers but ours didnt really get to see theirs. I also wonder if this is why Miz and Harrison didnt face the Dodgers this past week.
  15. cragi
    im not talking about that. im talking about the fact that the brewers went 9-0 during the regular season last year against their B squad players and then got crushed in the playoffs.. again. its a joke. not saying the occasional miracle teams wont come along when all the stars properly align, but its not great for fans.
  16. cragi
    the Dodgers have no incentive to work for it in the regular season. they can play the B team half the year to keep the arms fresh, nurse every scratch to stay the healthiest, keep up the appearance of competition. Then when its time, they trot out the Cy Young winners and the rest of their allstar team to turn on the jets for the playoffs. And teams like the Brewers, who crushed them during the regular season and havent seen their real pitchers, just get bulldozed. its an ugly look for the sport and unfair to the fans.
  17. cragi
    With a 6 WAR in 2025, that is more than a lot of top prospects will ultimately realize in a career. Gettin a TOR arm has a disproportianate impact relative to other positions at the deadline. And he will still net a comp pick once he hits the open market the following year. Wouldnt be surprised to see him netting a pair of 25-100 range prospects in return.
  18. cragi
    no, but given they have been ultra cautious here and the medical staff is there in Arizona, im not expecting anything soon. Has nothing to do with his play, of course. Im curious if they put him in winter ball to make up for the lost time.
  19. cragi
    Perkins seems like a nice kid but if you cant gripe when a player is batting below the "Perkins line" (.100), then when can you? I think the issue here is that that the lineup is feast or famine in talent level offensively. Which is actually great, because its easier to replace a weak hitter with someone average than a good hitter with someone great. But we also see the numbers our AAA guys are putting up, so we are losing patience because its likely cost us a few games already.
  20. cragi
    another point ive seen others make is there is a disproportionate injury risk to a pitcher's last year relative to a positional player
  21. cragi
    Brewers FO has been flipping players for prospects with a high success rate for a while now. I dont think its fair to pick out a micro trend of one set of prospects returned exceeding those of the other. That said, the org desperately needed depth and they have been building just that with their unique draft approach, international pipeline and flips. But i think the bigger question is how is the league going to adjust to the brewers strategy, which would dilute it? if so and maybe anyways, the brewers depth is create organizational pressure now, and so at what point do they move off this approach and start thinking about bigger pieces as their depth is pretty well solved.
  22. cragi
    optical illusion. I figured he was small also, but hes not
  23. cragi
    Gasser 2.0 just hasnt been there and Brewers have too much depth to mess with it. Sproat is effective in early innings, so there is plenty of room on the team if he isnt a starter this year.
  24. cragi
    didnt see this posted here but Fangraphs has a Brewer as the #1 power rank in the minors and it wasnt who i expected to see (Made is #6 overall) https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/depth-charts/brewers
  25. cragi
    kind of ridiculous to call Sproat AAAA, when he can hit triple digits with crazy movement. At age 25, he just needs to harness it and has been very good the first time through the order, in general. Definitely can pitch at this level, even though you keep bashing him. In a normal year, he is coming in relief and not having to face lineups the second time.
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