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Love Willy and he didn’t do anything wrong toward Milwaukee. He got an offer elsewhere that was way beyond anything Milwaukee has the wherewithal to do. That’s not his fault.

I’m not going to defend Arnold because it would be laughable to do so. But at the same time, I’m glad they have largely not panicked and stayed the course. There’s a bit of a gap between the complement of talent at the MLB level and the readiness of the reinforcements coming. The injury to Boeve hurt but Wilken has reemerged. The problem is that they can’t help up here yet. Pratt at short is super young and is in AA even though he’s not that far removed from high school. There’s no world where we could have expected them in 2025. Losing Adames and not replacing his production and the overall imbalance in lack of power have been pathetic. While the FO looks hopelessly naive in these respects, there weren’t that many obvious options. But I think the Brewers got caught up in the concept of perfection being the enemy of good. They could critique whatever choices they could have made but unfortunately that paralyzed them from having even basic MLB play on the left side of the infield. The Priester trade may pan out. But they gave up a lot to get him and those assets would have been much more logically moved for 3B. It was a strange trade when they have an absolute emergency at third and short that are causing an entire year to be squandered. Stearns did a great job establishing a vision and infrastructure in the organization. Mark has done a good job keeping it alive by keeping the Tod Johnson and Flanagan types. Arnold is now the steward of that structure. They’ve done an outstanding job with the draft and getting Latin American players. The numbers of potential quality prospects is so high that you’d expect a good number of them to bubble up and become good major leaguers even if many of them don’t. That’s all a credit to the front office.

Nice to see Jaron DeBerry continue to be lights out at Carolina. He was the third round pick last year so he’s got a pretty good pedigree. 8.2 innings on the year with only one ER. Same thing with Tyson Hardin who was an 11th or 12th rounder from Mississippi State. Good production at Wisconsin.

I really don’t think Ortiz is as bad as he looks right now. The poor guy needs to re-set at Nashville but unfortunately there’s no solution right now to allow for that.

Fans definitely sounded upset there.

Brock Wilken is getting everyone’s attention with how bad the big club needs power especially at 3B.

Won’t be surprised if we trade from a surplus of pitching tor a power hitter, perhaps for the corner infield. But Ortiz with his automatic o- fer is as big of an issue as any. Not giving up on him but the poor guy needs a reset at AAA. I suppose we can wait for Boeve and Pratt and sacrifice the season.

Jack does great work and is a natural in podcasts and on the radio. I just heard him on WSSP, and he’s good.

Must reading, as always, Spencer ! Just like your podcasts.

Capra needs a blooper. He’s got the lowest batting average and OPS that I can ever remember. You’ve got to feel sorry for him as a person.

It’s too early to judge but what you’re seeing is posters going on record before it’s all settled. From a discussion standpoint, I like it that people are taking a position based on their own analysis ahead of time. Anybody can state the obvious after the fact. Good for those willing to give their views. Priester may very well get it together and everyone hopes for that. But I’m with the majority here that the tools and profile do not suggest this was a good trade. The FO has goofed up a few things lately. They needed to get more help at 3B AND SS. Even if you think we are waiting on Pratt and Boeve, and later the studs at Carolina, they could have made some stopgap moves. Even if they want to be cautious with their system, it’s then odd and out of character to panic on the Priester deal. It’s incongruous. Now we have a starting SS who should be at AAA trying to gather himself and no legitimate 3B yet they panicked in the Priester deal. They gave up 3 nice pieces.

They obviously gave Yoho a game plan to work on at AAA and I’m fine with it. He got a taste and now has seen what he needs to do to adjust. I’m still confident in his ability.

Yelich looking really ugly up there. It won’t last forever but really hurts the team. Ortiz should be in triple A but they didn’t hedge for that at all. Capra is wasting space in the organization. Durbin isn’t a third baseman. We can wait for Boeve and Pratt, and longer term Made and Pena, but it didn’t line up well for this year. I won’t be surprised if Peralta is moved for a power bat. It is what it is, this team isn’t good enough and the timing is out of synch with the promising minor leaguers on the way.

That’s an insightful list but hopefully Letson gets on there for him soon. The evaluator knows what’s he’s looking at.

Lot of pitching kudos. Henderson and Letson - looking great. Letson is as exciting as some of our young hitters and looks very projectable. Cornielle has always been solid but he’s been lights out. Anyone know if he’s made any kind of change? More velo? New pitch? Adjustment? Lefty Bryan Fitzpatrick, the 10th round pick from a couple of years ago, has also been showing eye popping numbers. Melvin Hernandez. Tiny guy IIRC (140 lb) but all he does is produce at age 18.

Poor Capra can’t play even a lick, but the poor guy needs a fluke blooper or check swing single or a seeing eye grounder.

It’s not whining when you make observations about a team losing 0-9.

Ortiz seems to be hitting the ball harder but this is a big month for him. You can’t keep having sub .200 months with an appalling 0 HR and 5 rbis and anemic OPS.

Jesus MadeCooper PrattJeferson QueroLuis PenaBraylon PayneMike BoeveJacob MisiorowskiRobert GasserLogan HendersonTyler BlackEric BitontiBishop LetsonJosh AdamczewskiJadher AreinamoJosh KnothBryce MeccageErnesto MartinezKenny FenelonBrailyn AntunezManuel Rodriguez

How do you feel about Dinges defensively as a catcher? Good receiving and throwing ability? He definitely gets your attention offensively. If he’s a legit catcher, and that’s a demanding position as we all know, he’s another prospect to really be excited about it.

There is nothing in Capra’s history that says he’s a MLB player. We painted ourselves in a corner on the left side of the infield.

Capra can’t go 0-100 can he?

Garrett Mitchell is another guy. The guy has immense talent but sure looks like he needs a reset at AAA. He’s just as lost and baffled as Ortiz is.

When you pitch one inning and give up a run and your ERA goes down substantially, you’ve got issues.

I was working late so couldn’t see it but Jeez Louise Priester!