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  1. Playing Catch
    Can that list portend an imminent call-up, or is that verboten?
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    I love me some Yoho as much as the next guy, but I wonder if the injury history is what gives the Brewers pause. Let's say they add him to the 40, and DFA a guy that has been decent (e.g. - Zastryzny, Jay), then Yoho gets injured right away... If that happens next April, no big whoop. But if that happens in September, then you lose two options for the Bullpen instead of just one. Then again, if the Brewers think Yoho is so good that he's in the mix for setup-man innings, then I think they have to bring him up. OR, if they think he's a multi-inning guy, he should be planned on as a pseudo-piggy-back option with one of our lesser starters. Yeah, you can disregard everything I've written, I think they should call Yoho up right away.
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    I agree that MLB Pipeline does a nice job with the whole exercise (even though I maintain their grades are often about a click and a half optimistic), and it's really easy to access for quick info on guys. With that said, if there were a redraft today. There is no way Braylon Payne would get drafted ahead of the younger Made. Based on the information available, with the DSL season, Made would have been given a larger bonus than Payne. I like where they put Made, at #17, since stateside, or even perhaps, Carolina, is where prospects can really begin to standout. But doesn't Payne HAVE to be ranked below Made?
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    Turang and Ortiz are both great middle infielders. I don't have strong feelings about who plays where. To my eye, they are "equal," but they're also great in different ways. Turang is athletic and is fun watching going to his right. To my eye, he may have the stronger arm. But Ortiz's hands and movements are so graceful, smooth and quick. They're different, but both great, and fun to watch.
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    Why did they even bother recapping the Nats series? Just have @Spencer Michaelis talk about the prospects some more.
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    This is why I don't care about the Brewers minor league system plummeting to average according to websites. If we were ranking top organizations for talent under 26, the Brewers would be sitting pretty. Yeah, I agree with how Murphy has often handled this. leadoff against righties, bat ninth versus lefties. Turang has a lot of two-hit games in him. 100% Even though I've had AppleTV+ since the MLS chose them last year, I've hated the decision, and everything else about it.
  7. Playing Catch
    Not sure if you were highlighting the tight races in the AL East, or the AL Central, but in both scenarios your examples include 2nd place teams that are really, really good. Other than the Brewers, which team in the NL Central is really really good? Unless you, (and others), continue to insist that the Brewers aren't really really good.
  8. Playing Catch
    Of course anytime one predicts future baseball outcomes, there are inherent risks, but I honestly think that we are seeing the present, and future, Jackson Chourio now. I just don't know how pitchers are going to attack him, for him to slump significantly. He can pull his hands in, he can drive the ball opposite field, he can spit on pitches outside the zone, He has speed to beat out infield hits, he has demonstrated the ability to recognize pitches. He can hit fastballs and offspeed. He hits with incredible power. Like, how will pitchers attack him? How do you get him out on a consistent basis? At the risk of jinxing it, and at the risk of sounding stupid later, I don't see anything except off-field issues from derailing his destiny as an annual MVP candidate.
  9. Playing Catch
    Yeah, but seriously, the Cardinals could win 10 in a row and change everything.
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    I don't disagree. I think their rankings are mostly pretty genuine, and I don't really care very much about prospect rankings. The Brewers have a great system, and deciding to rank prospects, rather than tier them, makes the "rankers" prejudiced. They are always going to rank a few guys from each system in the Top 100, unless they're trying to make a point about how bad the system is. I was commenting on their overall strategy of covering teams, not specifically prospects.
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    I'm hoping for Black. We need to know what he is capable of before next year.
  12. Playing Catch
    Turbo with some great stuff today, although I respectfully disagree with some of your takes. Firstly, I agree that Peralta is now a JAG. But, if Hoskins finishes strong (as his recent hitting streak may suggest), I'm not sure he doesn't opt-out. I want him back even at that price. Secondly, I'm not so sure the Brewers are going to be investing in any starters -- either in prospect-capital or budget-capital. They're on a 92-win pace with this ridiculous rotation this season. Why not keep that going? I don't disagree that guys like Woodruff, Misiorowski, Gasser, Ashby and/or the minors guys can't be relied upon for squat. But the sheer depth available tells me [them?] that they can pull out another division title and another Tobias Myers. That [they] believe that at least one or two of those options hits. I totally agree with your Adames opinion. One, he'll outprice the Brewers, and two, the contract will age quickly and poorly. I predict that the Brewers are going to treat this off-season like the 2024 season was gravy, and that they'll lean into the youth movement.
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    The reason ESPN plays the big-market game in baseball is because baseball fans only pay attention to their favorite team, unlike the NFL, or NBA, where fans from New York will often tune into Bucks or Packers games. There's zero financial gain to be had from highlighting the exploits of the smaller markets in baseball.
  14. Playing Catch
    Yep. I agree. I wasn't clear in my post, but I think you are correct. I was trying to acknowledge that my take was lazy.
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    They HAVE to be looking at these guys as callups, right??
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    This is being magnanimous. I was going to say he's being lazy. Either way, he should sit.
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    I was scanning, and I thought for sure he was getting promoted... Uff da... With THAT said, this could be a way to cut back on his innings. He's had a prodigious workload (92 IP) for a 19-year-old A-baller... By the way, Manuel. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
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    It's gunna be fun this winter. Each set of rankings will feature 4-6 Brewers... but each one will feature a total of like, 10 different players.
  19. Playing Catch
    I think some of those lists pride themselves on "fixing" what they think they got wrong. It's not so different from our own rankings. Made may make the top 10 after the season, but if he's batting .210 in June next year, playing in AZ, that could change really quickly.
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    Yeah, I'm probably misremembering, but I thought he was playing 3rd and landed hard on his tailbone trying to catch a soft pop up over his head.
  21. Playing Catch
    Better get those bets in... That line WILL change after today.
  22. Playing Catch
    Perhaps it's the off-center camera, but what is he throwing? It looks like a nasty cutter and a changeup?
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    Based on last night's ABs, I get the sense that he has poor pitch recognition, so he just doesn't swing at many pitches, hopes to run into enough of them, and walk enough to piece together an AB. That 91 mph right down the middle in a hitters count (I think), seemed like a problem to me, along with the whiff on the back-foot sweeper.
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    Oh for sure. Especially interesting to see what the Brewers do. This contributes to the roster crunch of guys coming off the IL. I suspect, too that the recent promotions of Misiorowski and now Henderson spells some cuts to the AAAA staff. Depending on how it shakes out, this could be the lack of a couple of small-time trades from our bullpen depth mildly frustrating. Although, I suppose this is the challenge for all the teams. AAAA-level pitchers probably weren't in very high demand.
  25. Playing Catch
    Certainly, pitchers are able to improve their offerings as they climb the ladder, but I suspect the improvements to control and command are the real difference-makers. I imagine that there are lots of A-ballers and high draft picks with MLB-caliber stuff. Once they gain some control, they can pitch in A+/AA. Once they harness command, they can be AAA/MLB guys. I think this is usually the comparison between a guy like Misiorowski, and a guy like Chad Patrick. Patrick has control/command, but the stuff needed to get outs in the bigs is iffy. We see a guy like Carlos Rodriguez have good enough stuff with control, but really needs to be able to command that stuff in order to get big-league hitters out. Logan Henderson has been lauded for having stuff since he was drafted.
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