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  1. Playing Catch
    Basically what Sveum said... I think what would make sense was to find a confirmed good to very good big leaguer that only has 3-4 years of control remaining, so the Brewers would be exchanging the extra team control and development risk of Chourio for confirmed production for 3-4 years. Austin Riley? I think that there's a strong argument for trading players like Chourio, as so often happens, those players never quite live up to the sky-high expectations of being the top prospect. Although, in recent seasons, many of those players DO turn out to be great. Since this is a hypothetical. Why not package Chourio with Yelich (and his waived no-trade clause), and use the savings to extend Woodruff?
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    Pretty sure, too, that Counsell has always wanted to get all of the guys AB's early in the season, before settling into routine lineups/platoons. You want your bench bats to stay involved as long as possible, and this helps to keep all of the players fresh.
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    I think an underrated aspect of starting Wiemer and Frelick in AAA this season was to make sure they were getting regular time. With a healthy Urias, and Anderson in RF, that wasn't a guarantee.
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    Amen. Last year was a slog. So much more fun to watch.
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    There are a few posters that already can't wait to bump this thread in a month or two😄 But thinking about this seriously, as in... let's just pretend that the Brewers have a trio of dueling ROY candidates, this offense WOULD be much better than expected. If Mitchell, Turang and Wiemer all turn out to be 100-plus wRC+ hitters, I would have to think projections would have them in the 92+ win range. If that ends up being the case, the division would be very much in-play, of course, but so would a wild card.
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    I'm very excited for his hot start, as I've been pessimistic about his becoming anything more than an average shortstop. But watching him play 2nd base, and seeing his impact on the bases, puts me in the Kolten Wong comps... which is AWESOME. One might even say better than Wong as Turang's athleticism allows him to be more versatile. But as a lefty hitter, with gold-glove worthy talent at 2nd, he's the bee's knees. I also believe that the new rules are making his talents more valuable. 2nd base had become a defense-unnecessary position in recent seasons (e.g. Moose/Travis Shaw), but with the shift, Turang is making gold-glove shortstop plays at 2nd. Not just the side-to-side range and arm from awkward spots, but the ability to chase down would-be Texas League singles.
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    Yikes... Happy for Ashby to have signed his future-securing contract, but shoulder issues can have long-term implications that may be a pain-point for the organization going forward. Hopefully, this was all done with all parties on-board, and about helping Ashby realize his potential.
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    I echo most of the thoughts on here. It would be awesome to have them all be everyday, non-platoon gold-glove all-star CFers, but I'll worry about that when it happens. I tend to be in the camp that Frelick will be a good LFer, but never more than a decent CFer. That puts Mitchell and Wiemer as prototypical CF and RFers. Chourio? Yes... this is a nice problem to have. Not to derail the thread as it's discussed elsewhere, but I've also pondered packaging one WITH Yelich to get out from the contract. Yelich may say 'yes' to the Giants.
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    Interesting on Yelich. With Wiemer, it's the same thing all of the scouts have been saying. And it looked to my untrained eye that last season after his promotion to AAA, his pre-pitch stuff was toned down a little bit. If that is accurate, it demonstrates that he is working on smoothing things out. How awesome was his hard hit ground ball single between 1st and 2nd last night? He's sure fun to watch.
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    I disagree with nearly everything Blighty Brew posts, but they add some spice to things now and then. But agree that their taking over the thread can be obnoxious. I also wonder if Blighty is getting nervous with the good start. The routine would fall pretty flat if the Brewers happened into a miraculous WS victory. I find interesting the interplay between fans (like myself), who enjoy the sustained run of success due to responsible spending and reinvestment in the organization as a whole, and fans who believe in the "championship window" approach; that "going for it" is the ONLY responsible decision management can make. Too, I enjoy better understanding the second-place-is-the-first-loser mentality that some fans employ. I'm on the record being one of Blighty Brew's "yes men," when it comes to Attanasio. I think he's one of the great owners across sports, and if he were to sell the Brewers, I would be quite fearful that the next ownership group would immediately be looking to move the team elsewhere.
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    I just watched it. Admittedly, I'm not a big Machado fan, but I didn't think the ump looks bad for tossing Manny. Manny was making himself bigger than the game, and continued with the narcissistic routine after strike 3 was called. It also looked like he used a few choice words just before the tossing. Admittedly, these days, with the challenges of youth sports and referreeing, I tend to side with umps a lot. I mean, don't get me wrong, when I'm at the game, I yell at the umps about balls and strikes and "bad" calls too. But mostly just for fun.
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    If he's better than Voit, he has a funny way of showing it. Especially if we're considering the prospective role. I want Keston to become an every day player too, but he just isn't a prospect anymore. He's got 1000 MLB plate appearances. He is what he is, which is exactly why he needs a complete overhaul, because he's got too much talent not to try and fix it.
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    So fun to watch!
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    I think, though, that there will be a trickle-down affect to how this affects the value that players can provide in future seasons. Hopefully, more runners on 2nd and 3rd with shifting restrictions makes having high contact hitters more valuable then they have been in recent seasons. Swinging and missing is worthless with a guy on 2nd. Even soft contact in that situation is much, much better for teams. Also, teams won't be able to count on K's and double-plays to get out of innings as often. And it's not just SBs, but baserunning overall. Going 1st to 3rd would presumably be in play more often as well, especially if teams are incentivized to roster good baserunners.
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    Owners AND union. I may even argue that the union cares less about competitive balance than the owners.
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    Are there many examples of guys totally revamping their swings at this stage of their career and it working? J.D. Martinez? Luis Gonzalez, maybe? And with those guys revamped to add power/loft. I know we've had this discussion about 10,000 times, but I just really want Keston to have success. I find his issues kind of baffling that he can't seem to make the significant changes he would need to make. With this said, I suppose he's made, or will make, millions of dollars to keep doing what he's done.
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    While its possible the Brewers are manipulating service time for Wiemer and Frelick, it's justifiable as they are not currently on the 40-man. That allows the Brewers to hang onto other assets as long as possible.
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    I will predict Hiura gets picked up by some bad team. His prospect pedigree paired with his somewhat limited roles makes him a good pickup for some team that isn't trying to compete in the hopes that he "clicks". He's worth a flyer, even at $2M, IMHO.
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    I'm guessing both MLB and Apple have pretty smart people looking at the numbers to come to the conclusion that this will likely (A) make them money, (B) grow the sport, or (C) have some other benefit for them to leverage. I am also guessing those smart people will consider making hard core fans upset, but count on hard core fans to get over it. $7 is still cheaper than a popcorn at the movie theater on Friday night. $7 is probably about the same price as going down to the local legion ball game in one's local community. As someone that probably watches 5+ games a week, I too, find this annoying, and am baffled that this is supposedly good for the game, but it's not expensive. My guess is that this is a way in which MLB gets to keep test-driving as many providers as possible before settling in on a larger, more comprehensive way to stream their content to baseball fans AS WELL as try to find new audiences. As a sports fan, I always believe it behooves the leagues to provide their entertainment content to as many people as possible for as little as possible, but I say the same thing for overpriced tickets to games that are only 50% capacity. Like SOMEBODY is doing the numbers to make that make sense, but I don't get it.
  20. Playing Catch
    I'll predict Wiemer makes OD roster. Many of us were surprised when Mitchell came up last year, even though he was the chronological choice. Wiemer, too, is chronologically, the choice ahead of Frelick. In addition, he is the better defender, bats from the right side, offers more power, and is the baserunning equal. We keep talking about what GMs do to manipulate service time, and maximize value, but we rarely give credence to the idea that GMs are usually judged by how effectively they help the team win. Wiemer has yet to experience failure whilst healthy (or one could reasonably say so). Other than prospect lists, why wouldn't bullish Brewers fans like ourselves not consider him to not only be a superior prospect, but also the best current starting RFer in the organization?
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    I've mentioned this before, but I think that being a baseball announcer for an entire season's worth of game for the same team and fanbase is really, really challenging and there are very few (I don't really know their names), that I would pick over BA and Rock. I think Chris Singleton is the only one that has guest hosted that I really liked, and I believe he's a national guy for ESPN radio. I wouldn't mind at all if it was a rotating band of guys, as that helps to prevent the stale-ness. I don't know how Brock and others have put up with the Twins' broadcast teams of recent vintage... unbelieveably boring. I'd have to turn off the volume for every game.
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    Like jay said, just have MLB take over the entire league, without having affiliations. Pool resources, provide services for the kids and families, and then draft out of the league.
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    I didn't realize this. I had it in my head that Naquin was a good OFer, defensively. If it's true that he's bad, I too, do not care to have Naquin on the roster.
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    Without ever having watched him play, and only talking to people that did, I would have guessed that as a LFer, his career value was somewhere between Matt Holliday and Brett Gardner. If memory serves, my dad describes Brock as a good, never great, player who played a long time. As others have mentioned, I'm skeptical of defensive metrics, even those of recent vintage. But my guess is they are rapidly improving based on FO personnel decisions in recent seasons.
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    One thing we'll need to remember if Chourio never signs the Acuña contract is that Acuña's international free agent signing bonus was $100,000, while Chourio's was $1.8M. Presumably that makes it a lot easier for Chourio to potentially turn down guaranteed "life-changing money," and plan to hit free agency as soon as possible.
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