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The backup infield and bullpen will be fascinating to see how they work out. Both look pretty jumbled. Also, some IFers can go out and play OF which adds flexibility. With a 26 man roster and 13 pitcher limit, that leaves you five backup/DH position players, and Caratini will be one of them. So that leaves you four. Winker absorbs one. If you assume Taylor, Mitchell and Yelich in the OF, then Naquin could be another. If you assume an IF of Anderson, Adames, Urias, and Tellez, you’re looking at two backup IF with lots of candidates. I don’t know how to handicap it without getting spring training results. Who are the last two? Is Hiura still going to be here? Miller is versatile and a pro. Brosseau is good against lefties. Toro is maybe still developing. Will Turang be given a chance? Voit doesn’t bring flexibility but could be a hedge for Winker or Tellez injuries, or a possible Hiura trade. Right now, without any trades, I might guess Hiura and Miller for those spots but anything is possible. The other possibility is Naquin doesn’t make it and they rely on Anderson’s ability to play RF and Hiura LF. Then you keep a Toro or Brosseau.
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Article: A Note from a New Guy
Austin Tatious replied to Matthew Trueblood's topic in Brewer Fanatic Front Page News
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Article: A Note from a New Guy
Austin Tatious replied to Matthew Trueblood's topic in Brewer Fanatic Front Page News
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If you’re out of market, can you subscribe to all of the Brewer games on YouTube? How much does it cost and how does if work? I think YouTube has the NFL package so it might be an interesting option.
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For all the talk about Stearns wanting to go home to New York, going home to your wife’s hometown may also be a factor. Happy wife, happy life.
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I don’t know Houston’s owner but Cohen is crooked. He made his fortune in very shady ways with insider trading allegations left and right etc.
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His wife is from Houston so that may be a huge draw for them. Better than working for Steve Cohen who is a true piece of work.
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I’d rate them 1. Fielder 2. Cooper 3. Scott 4. Sexson 5. Jaha
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I was once intrigued by Salome and Palmisano so I share your pain. But I think Quero has a good shot at being the next guy. By everything I’ve ever heard about him, he’s got a great makeup. There is a hit tool and defense plus he’s young. Every reason to be very optimistic about him as he becomes a consensus top 5 prospect for the Brewers.
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Given what’s out there, I’d take him if they could work out the money and we didn’t give up a top 15 prospect. One thing that I hope changes under Arnold is that we emphasize 3B more in our drafting and signings. We, of all teams, are seeing that 3B is actually a premium position that’s hard to fill. You need a crazy accurate and strong arm, athleticism, and a bat with pop. That’s a hard profile to fill and I’d treat it like a premium position. A lot of 17 year old shortstops outgrow it and move to 3B but that’s hardly been the profile of the guys we brought in. You can dismiss 1B while you’re at it but look at what Fielder became. With all of our difficulties at corner infield. I hope that becomes a new emphasis in the draft and internationally. Back to the point: Escobar, Adames, Urias/Turang, Rowdy with Toro, Miller, Brosseau, and Hiura fighting for two spots? I think Turang is underrated due to some folks slavishly overemphasizing his minor league numbers, but even I don’t think the Brewers will overload him this year. I think they will work him in to get him acclimated.
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I’ve been a huge fan of Hiura’s and I’ve been wrong to date about him. I saw an electric bat coming up who would be a complete hitter in terms of average, extra base hits etc. He’s shown flashes of being that guy but for three years he’s been plagued by strikeouts, and missing badly in the zone. What’s worse, his role is complicated by the inability to hit lefties despite being a right handed hitter etc Honestly even if he had good splits against lefties, he could carve out a role splitting time with Rowdy or at DH. But he hits righties better and that makes a mess out of it. Nothing would make me happier than to see him succeed here but the path to a consistent role seems elusive. Perhaps he changes his approach from the launch angle frenzy and shows us that electric line drive bat that enticed us to begin with. Just from a layperson’s view, if you watch slow motions from when he’d miss in the strike zone, he looked like he was missing due to the upper cut. Obviously he and the staff would have seen all that too and it didn’t seem to get better.
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Truer words have never been spoken.
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Truer words have never been spoken.
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Rowdy will benefit from taking out the shift. That’s why his BABIP was so low. He hit right into the defense and doesn’t have the hit tool to do anything about it. He may be able to get 20 points added to his average and find 10 plus ribbies this way. He is an ideal example of a guy who will benefit from the rule change.
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He had 40 doubles and an OPS over .800 and has had power in the past. He’s an accomplished hitter. IMO
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Your money argument is nonsensical. You could take any mediocre player and compare him with a good player at that position and convince yourself that the incremental benefit isn’t worth it, one by one. And then you win 75 games. Rowdy, like Carter, is all homers and not much else. Even with his power he was a sub .800 OPS guy and couldn’t even knock in 90 runs from run producing spots in the order. He’s a subpar defender and could not even manage to hit .220. Comparing his strikeouts with Carter’s is way out on the margins. The Brewers need a force in the middle of the lineup, especially from the right side. Abreu solves all that Rowdy lacks. That’s worth the money difference. It’s precisely why Abreu gets paid. It’s precisely why other teams will be all over him. He may get priced outside of Milwaukee but it’s because he’s worth it.
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Your money argument is nonsensical. You could take any mediocre player and compare him with a good player at that position and convince yourself that the incremental benefit isn’t worth it, one by one. And then you win 75 games. Rowdy, like Carter, is all homers and not much else. Even with his power he was a sub .800 OPS guy and couldn’t even knock in 90 runs from run producing spots in the order. He’s a subpar defender and could not even manage to hit .220. Comparing his strikeouts with Carter’s is way out on the margins. The Brewers need a force in the middle of the lineup, especially from the right side. Abreu solves all that Rowdy lacks. That’s worth the money difference. It’s precisely why Abreu gets paid. It’s precisely why other teams will be all over him. He may get priced outside of Milwaukee but it’s because he’s worth it.
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Tellez may do better without the shift but I’d love to see us get Abreu or even Bell. We need a middle of the order bat especially to improve against LH pitching. Tellez is essentially Chris Carter. I am not saying he’s totally dumped like that but I doubt the FO sees him as a mainstay. If we trade a pitcher, perhaps Houser, I’d be all for signing Quintana. We have some good prospects. But there will be growing pains for sure no matter how good they will be in the end. I suspect the plan is to ease them in over the next couple of years while trying to stay in the race with a mix of vets leading young guys. Gradually, the young guys will get in place as regulars over a couple of year period. Re-upping with Wong signals that plan IMO. But by 2025 you might be looking at half a dozen regulars from our farm system. Guys that have been eased in. As an example, maybe Turang starts with 250 AB’s next year.
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Tellez may do better without the shift but I’d love to see us get Abreu or even Bell. We need a middle of the order bat especially to improve against LH pitching. Tellez is essentially Chris Carter. I am not saying he’s totally dumped like that but I doubt the FO sees him as a mainstay. If we trade a pitcher, perhaps Houser, I’d be all for signing Quintana. We have some good prospects. But there will be growing pains for sure no matter how good they will be in the end. I suspect the plan is to ease them in over the next couple of years while trying to stay in the race with a mix of vets leading young guys. Gradually, the young guys will get in place as regulars over a couple of year period. Re-upping with Wong signals that plan IMO. But by 2025 you might be looking at half a dozen regulars from our farm system. Guys that have been eased in. As an example, maybe Turang starts with 250 AB’s next year.
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Travers pitched when I was a kid. He was definitely a guy I would always hope on but injuries derailed him. I didn’t give up on him for years. Must have been 79 or 80, I remember him getting on a role and winning at a good clip. He was still young and I thought there was a lot more potential. If turned out that those years constituted his last hurrah. He might have had a different career today, the way pitching is handled more delicately.
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Travers pitched when I was a kid. He was definitely a guy I would always hope on but injuries derailed him. I didn’t give up on him for years. Must have been 79 or 80, I remember him getting on a role and winning at a good clip. He was still young and I thought there was a lot more potential. If turned out that those years constituted his last hurrah. He might have had a different career today, the way pitching is handled more delicately.
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There’s no way I’d trade Turang for a rental. Not a chance. And I don’t think Stearns is stupid enough to do so either. It’s not in his history. Turang is an ascending player who is improving and has more room to get better. The Brewers may be more apt to deal a resurgent Tristen Lutz or Joe Gray. Maybe a SS like Zamora or even Garcia although I wouldn’t be inclined to move the latter. The Brewers system doesn’t have super depth but their top ten list includes attractive prospects. You aren’t cavalierly dealing them for rentals or patchwork.
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There’s no way I’d trade Turang for a rental. Not a chance. And I don’t think Stearns is stupid enough to do so either. It’s not in his history. Turang is an ascending player who is improving and has more room to get better. The Brewers may be more apt to deal a resurgent Tristen Lutz or Joe Gray. Maybe a SS like Zamora or even Garcia although I wouldn’t be inclined to move the latter. The Brewers system doesn’t have super depth but their top ten list includes attractive prospects. You aren’t cavalierly dealing them for rentals or patchwork.