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  1. Playing Catch
    In terms of the spirit of your post, I can see what you're saying. If I'm understanding correctly, you are basically saying that this season was always going to be a soft rebuild, and we may as well just appreciate the competitiveness this team has, and recognize that some of the young players have a chance to cut their teeth in the big leagues. I agree with all of that.
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    I think the casual faction of the Brewers fanbase have also been "spoiled," by the moves for Sabathia and Greinke, Yelich and Cain. Those were all legitimately big moves. In their eyes, unless you are doing moves of that magnitude, you aren't "going for it".
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    I agree with everyone that believes this move is largely inconsequential, and fine. Although I also agree with bigred, in the sense that the media, including the Brewers via Sophia and others can't help but continue mentioning the Cy Young. Most of us here are able to roll our eyes at such talk, and move on, but for casual fans that just read the paper every day, it sounds a lot like "promoting" this as a big move.
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    This is a good point. It just seems strange that the Brewers are in a position, talent-wise, to stash deserving guys in the minors.
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    I don't really like any of the "big" names on this year's FA list. Or at least, I don't like them enough to part with the prospect capital I believe it would require to land them. I see the Brewers adding a couple of pretty boring SPs, using a few prospects that are running out of options, or are coming up on minor league free agency.
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    I just have to think that they will need to release some of their AAAA guys. I think the guys below them are, or will be, better players. It's just that simple.
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    He's on a MLB contract with team control through 2029 (Two club options in '28 and '29). There's plenty of time to let him try to recover to at least be worth the money he's been guaranteed.
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    I agree with all of this, with the only "hope" being that maybe he's better there than any of us realize? Even if he's just passable, perhaps that would allow him to gain some additional flexibility at 2nd, making him an option as a super-sub, which would take a little pressure off his bat to need to perform. He's looked awesome in the few MLB at bats he's had, but in my opinion, he hasn't done it long enough for me to call for him to be a sure-fire every day starter. Yes to all of this. Logan Henderson has been fantastic, and those other guys are probably good enough to stick in a big-league bullpen. I also worry that a bad team like the A's would grab one of those young pitchers in Carolina.
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    I'm just a poster here. You were, and are, being obnoxious.
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    I'm not sure anyone is "worth" the going rate for a free agent ace, but if a player IS worth the contract, I believe Corbin Burnes is. Dude's a dude. Stud's a stud. He walks to the bump like he owns the arena; he's a true gladiator. He's been pretty healthy, and has posted during his FA year. I'm glad he's so good that the Brewers can't afford him. I'll root for him, so long as he's in the AL, and he doesn't play for the Astros or Yankees.
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    I appreciate the data's context. Thanks for providing it.
  12. Playing Catch
    So, is this kind of a promotion? In my own head, the Brewers deem DSL #2 to be the "younger," or "lower," team of the two.
  13. Playing Catch
    A better base-stealer, but Dunn is really fast.
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    Stripping away any prospect hype, I'm not sure Black is any different than Dunn in the long run, except probably a bit better hitter, but with less power, and a worse glove.
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    This isn't what I would do, per se, but rather what I think it would take to get them... Flaherty - (Lara, Wichrowski, and two teenagers) Crochet - (Misiorowski, EBJ, Manuel Rodriguez, and a teenager) Fedde - (Mike Boeve, Yujanyer Herrera, KC Hunt) Kopech - (Rob Zastryzny, Tayden Hall) Severino - (Yujanyer Herrera, Jose Anderson) Alonso - (Cooper Pratt, Brett Wichrowski, Shane Smith) Canha - (Ryan Birchard, Luis Pena)
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    Now there's an 80-grade name.
  17. Playing Catch
    So does Misiorowski have decent fastball control? Is it just the breaking stuff that he struggles to throw for strikes?
  18. Playing Catch
    A Yoho question... McKibbon suggested this in his great "Arms" thread, but is Yoho being stretched out as a starter? What are your thoughts on this? Also, if you are prognosticating out 10-20 years, how do you think pitching will morph? Will short-starters become the norm? Long relievers? 6-man rotations? Piggy-backing? Are there other relievers in the system that have enough in their arsenals to get stretched out and go through a lineup full of lefties and righties a couple of times? Thanks! p.s. - I don't know how to "tag" someone.
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    With Black and Blalock coming back up for the 2nd time this season, and Garrett Mitchell coming to the end of his IL stint, and with the trade deadline and prospect-promotion time coming, I thought it time to continue the on and off discussion that has spanned the last 18 months or so. Now that some of the prospects are beginning to take shape as big leaguers, and with more prospects in the pipeline, what challenges do we see with playing time, and how should the Brewers address them? - What to do with the outfield? - Should the team consider trading off of the MLB roster? - Should the team be planning on any September call-ups in preparation for 2025? - Are there any 40-man challenges (e.g. rule-5 guys that will need rostering, guys that exhausted their last option in '24) I think figuring out the outfield mix, and figuring out what to do with Black are important. I wonder if Black is coming up as a pre-trade audition. I just don't see him fitting anywhere on the roster in the next couple of seasons. I think Frelick is an excellent candidate to be moved, but ONLY if Mitchell can remain healthy. Can Frelick legitimately play 3rd base? This is a lot to chew on for one thread, but I think you get the idea.
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    If past is prologue, the Brewers will lose tonight (much to our chagrin), only to be grinning back at all of the doubters come Sunday after another series win! Or, since this is the positivity thread, why not just sweep the Friars, and complete a 6-game winning streak?
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    Great post. I know you are not predicting Cy Youngs in Myers future, but rather that he's looking the part of a legitimate starting pitcher in major league baseball. I think that too often, many of us get stuck in this false binary of "he's an ACE," or "He sucks!" As the Brewers keep demonstrating over and over and over again, even if many Brewers fans fail to recognize it, is that they have become one of the better developmental programs in MLB, picking up guys that in previous years would be AAAA failures, and turning them into positive WAR players; players that can be depended upon to soak up innings (Myers), or capably fill-in for injured starters (Monasterio), or fulfill their once-a-prospect-promise and push starters for playing time (Perkins). And while many Brewers fans roll their eyes, and bemoan the practice as "small-market," or "winning at the margins," what they fail to realize is that this is simply what all successful franchises do, and have, done for many years. But I digress... Cheers to Myers for getting his big league future off the ground. Players like him are fun to root for, and depend upon.
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    I don't think it's really about trying to find a diamond in the rough as much as it's about recycling the 26th man rather than using up options for guys you value more highly. There's something to be said about having roster flexibility for when you need it, lest you get into spots where you have to waive guys you really don't want to waive.
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    Many of us that have been around a long time (and maybe you have, I'm not sure), appreciate the tight ship. And I'm actually a MUCH looser "ship," IRL, but IMHO, the internet's loose-ness, if you will, contributes to the damage that it can cause society. Perhaps this site is a tad legalistic, but I think that keeping an eye out for the trivial things makes it much easier to police the more significant mis-steps. I wouldn't take it personally. There are plenty of times where I have policed myself, and rolled my eyes, but I think it's for the greater good.
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    Awesome, awesome article. I just love the appreciation for defense. I decided to quit playing baseball my freshman year of college (D-III) when I realized that I didn't want to dedicate so much time to it, and when I quit, I knew that what I was going to miss the most wasn't hitting or pitching, but fielding 3rd base. I loved fielding. I hope that in the future, people that never played get to appreciate defense as much as those of us that played.
  25. Playing Catch
    There are different types of hate. I enjoy hating the Cubs. I don't enjoy hating the Cardinals. My Cardinals hate is more visceral. My Cubs hate is rivalry hate. Similarly, I "enjoy" hating the Yankees and the Dodgers. It's an obligatory hate all opposing fanbases share. The closest I have to my visceral, Cardinals hate, is the Braves. I hated Ted Turner for putting all their games on TBS. I realize many around here are still fond of the Braves site to the Milwaukee connection, but not me.
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