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Sammon is mixed up. Quero is in no way a third tier prospect. He’s highly regarded. He must have goofed him up with Jose Sibrian.

Sammon is mixed up. Quero is in no way a third tier prospect. He’s highly regarded. He must have goofed him up with Jose Sibrian.

The recent upswing in stocks: counter rally in a bear market or we’ve already bottomed? I tend to think it’s the former.

Oil is trending lower and may continue to do so in the short term. And that might help bring a reading or two down for upcoming CPI prints. But, there is a long term supply issue and energy could go the other direction again. If so, some other inputs will need to come down, particularly housing, or else inflation could be choppy and a more protracted problem than people want to believe.

I’ve been going off the MLB write ups (just because I’ve followed their lists) and there is divergence from Frangraphs. For example, MLB has Locklear much lower (I think around 100). Will be interesting to see how it shakes out. I suspect Fangraphs will be closer to reality.

Regarding the first round, I’m hoping for one of the college pitchers. It’s hard to tell who might be available but going off MLB’s list there seems to be depth with college pitchers squarely where we are. The Alabama pitcher coming off injury, Connor Prielipp, might be my first choice. He’s from Wisconsin originally. High upside and reward could be tremendous. Also like Hughes, Tidwell, and Horton, in that order. I assume Rocker will be gone but if he’s there I would be interested. If all of those guys are gone, Hjerpe is interesting and his homer avoidance is super interesting. Ferris is an interesting high school pitcher but I would avoid prep guys this high unless they absolutely look overwhelmingly better than the college options because prep arms are a crapshoot. I’m fine with high school pitchers in the mid rounds but not this high unless it’s an unusual circumstance. (High school hitters are less risky IMO a la Turang who is developing nicely and was a steal where we got him. Just don’t compromise on hit tool. If you don’t have a hit tool as an amateur I just don’t like the profile and that seems obvious yet we have screwed that up in the more distant past like the Corey Rays of the world. Come on, if you can’t show a good hit tool as an amateur, against that level of competition, how on earth can you expect a good hitter as you go up the ladder? It’s a longshot to say the least. Turang was a high schooler and he looks good because he has a hit tool.) There are a couple of college outfielders who look ok in our range but none really seem to add much to where we already have great depth. Infielders in our range seem relatively weak. There is a catcher I like, Logan Tanner, but he’s rated lower (MLB has him at 41). Too bad our supp pick is after the second round this alternate year. I think the draft matches us at pitcher and that’s where I hope we go.

Very good article and well said. I like the term tendency and I suspect the main driver is identifying an under-appreciated asset more than anything. Whether it’s a Juco, or in Hawaii, or a player with value who is sliding, or a certain skill set, you might see the Brewers hiding in the shadows, waiting to pounce.

That’s a great story. I enjoyed it. I remember Riles. I am a tad older than you but I was a kid too. I remember the newspaper would carry stats for league leaders in the minors. I recall picking up on some Brewer prospects over the years. Bill Wegman at Stockton. Randy Ready. Dion James. Riles was one of those minor league stalwarts. This is off memory, but I remember Riles having phenomenal batting average numbers, probably at El Paso. So, I got excited about him as a prospect. Back then, that’s all I had to go on! But, in reality, he did have a decent hit tool. Staying healthy was an issue. That’s awesome how well he treated a couple of young kids. I wish all people had such grace.

Great post. Slaton was a mainstay in his time. He was on some teams in the earlier 70s that helped build the team for their run in the late 70s to early 80s. In 1982 he had a good comeback year. He was in long relief but he won 10 games and carried out some pivotal work for us keeping us in games that could have gone south.

Great post. Slaton was a mainstay in his time. He was on some teams in the earlier 70s that helped build the team for their run in the late 70s to early 80s. In 1982 he had a good comeback year. He was in long relief but he won 10 games and carried out some pivotal work for us keeping us in games that could have gone south.

I have been following Weston Wilson for awhile. We normally have someone with that profile almost any year. An unheralded guy without enormous tools but who is steady albeit without eye popping stats.. But he may be doing enough to get a shot. What’s hard to judge is his approach at the plate, whether he can stand in there against a diverse array of pitches, location, off speed, etc and have the juice to produce up here.

I have been following Weston Wilson for awhile. We normally have someone with that profile almost any year. An unheralded guy without enormous tools but who is steady albeit without eye popping stats.. But he may be doing enough to get a shot. What’s hard to judge is his approach at the plate, whether he can stand in there against a diverse array of pitches, location, off speed, etc and have the juice to produce up here.

I have been following Weston Wilson for awhile. We normally have someone with that profile almost any year. An unheralded guy without enormous tools but who is steady albeit without eye popping stats.. But he may be doing enough to get a shot. What’s hard to judge is his approach at the plate, whether he can stand in there against a diverse array of pitches, location, off speed, etc and have the juice to produce up here.

I have been following Weston Wilson for awhile. We normally have someone with that profile almost any year. An unheralded guy without enormous tools but who is steady albeit without eye popping stats.. But he may be doing enough to get a shot. What’s hard to judge is his approach at the plate, whether he can stand in there against a diverse array of pitches, location, off speed, etc and have the juice to produce up here.

Free agent after this season. 2 months. He's a free agent at the end of the year. Stearns is surely banking on Norris pitching better down the stretch but it seems like we could have gotten him cheaper than this. I assume we are picking up the rest of his contract ($2M+) so not cheap but reasonable. Thanks! Time flies. Seems like yesterday that he was first coming up as a starter.

How many years of control do we have on Norris?

I’m not sure I’m comfortable with Norris in high leverage situations, but he can have his place and even be a weapon. If the offense is coming up with a couple of lefty bats of consequence due up, he can be a good option to come in. Either he handles the lefty bats or you force their hand to pull at least one of them out of the game, and there’s a value to that. For the prospect nerds like me, Norris was once considered a solid prospect. Honestly, he’s the type of guy I’d have expected us to get.

Ditto. I love baseball and the Brewers and this sure is a fun day, especially with some more moves on the horizon.

Agree - I’m excited about Burnes. I thought he was a steal in that draft. For the right deal, I’m ok with dealing Peralta or even Woodruff, assuming a good pitcher is coming back, but Burnes is a guy I’d like to see play out in Milwaukee. Ortiz is another with good stuff and upside I’d rather not lose, but not to the same extent as Burnes. Burnes (and Ortiz) could both be Wily Peralta or Manny Parra but so be it. I’d like to see it play out. The other nice thing that keeps me positive is our really young guys have early signs of potential when you think of not just Lutz but also Carmona, Ernesto, Feliciano, and some others. Grisham and Ray can still develop at higher levels.

Well said. This is where I am. I’m surprised we lost Harrison on top of Brinson, but I still like where we are headed. I do hope we keep Phillips after the dust settles. Left handed bat, insane arm, etc. Now that Harrison is gone, my next great hope is Lutz.

Let me chime in with compliments to HighHeat. Thank you for the intel and your contributions. Money.