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Scanning just a few of those SS. Minnesota has 2 top 50 SS. #31 Brooks Lee 8th pick last year. And Royce Lewis #1 overall 2017 at #45. So an example on a return I'd assume Woodruff as a Twins target and getting Lee Priellip 2nd rd pick, 1 of either Kirilloff(unlikely) or Jose Miranda(more likely) You'd never consider this trade if you extended Adames.

This. You need to consider where they may prefer putting 20-30Mil a year investment. Chourio, Wiemer, Frelick, Mitchell. You toss multiple 6-14M seasons on these guys over 7-8year time frame over a single 18-23M year SS. A position becoming loaded with talent. Everyone is starting out at SS. Chourio was signed as a SS and his talent/speed moved him into OF. When you think about future returns on trades. You're stacked at OF and if talented SS are growing left and right, that position could actually be one filled now vs blocked. There are 14 SS listed to start the season in top 50 ranks. 22 overall in top 100. In any Burnes/Wodruff/Adames trade you'll want at least 1 top 50 prospect. SSs occupy over 1/4 of that group.

Cleveland could be an interesting team that could use Burnes or Woodruff. They sit with 7 prospects in the MLB top 100. 3 of them pitchers. They also graduated former 40s-50s Nolan Jones as an OF displacing him from 3rd base with Ramirez locked in til 2028 there. Shane Bieber sits like Burnes and Woodruff with just another year remaining after 2023. Quantrill and Plesac another 2 years after this season. Gavin Williams, Nolan Jones, and Tanner Bibee. That's be current #42 and #65 with Jones as a former #50 roughly. Probably look to pry a RP in the making as well. I'm seeing a Joey Cantillo who looks the swingman RP part. Jones could take on the 3b role in the future and you get 2 solid looking SPs to call up around the time all our guys depart after 2024. Forgot to add why does Cleveland do this? because their staff isn't stout and could use the addition to go on a run. They don't really have the depth backup to maintain a full season. Their top guy Bieber as noted leaves after 2024 and without the future looking bright on their pitching prospects, they can shoot for what may be a weakened AL Championship. Jones being out of position and at a position Cleveland is good with and growing in the minors, easy to trade off.

Like seeing Junk with a clean 2IP. Really helped in this game keep the Brewers in it to make a comeback.

Pretty sure Mitchell is the better expected defender in cf than Frelick is expected. If both are starting a game you would expect this alignment. Remove Mitchell and Frelick takes over CF.

I think what playing catch meant was Acuna signed a quick extension as he only signed for 100k. Chourio and 1.8M. He may just sit through team control without an extension and wait for his FA monster payday. What gets me is that you see some of these extensions like Julio Rodriguez. 700k rookie. Extended. 2-6M. 3-12M. 4th through 8th year 20M per. Seattle essentially has 1 of Rodriquez FA years bought out. 118M to do that. 2years of pre Arb 18+M Super 2/ 4 years 80+M FA bought out year 20M. There are a whole lot of Player options but 18M vs for what he's going to see FAs getting in 7Years? There is no way you can look at the extension and think Seattle has saved money with it even with that 1 FA year guaranteed. It'll be tough to extend Chourio if that is what he is comparing his worth while playing his rookie season. 20M by year 4 is spilling in to Yelich still being paid contract. So I dunno like do you pick him or pick 2/3 of these other promising guys for extensions so you have more rounded investment to build around filling out your roster? Or maybe have a really high payday the last 1 or 2 years on extension with large buyout for a mutual option. That way Yelich contract would be over in year 6/7.

Bref 40man When I posted I had looked at the Baseball Reference 40 man link above. They must have had a mistake as looking now they don't have Ward but they also didn't list Alexander as #41 on 60day IL when I looked. I goofed on Perkins. Or my phone double posted his name and I didn't catch it. Maybe I meant another player. Interruptions aplenty right now in my life.

This is what I keep saying in terms of holding down prospects. If you're in the belief the prospect needs to be held down for the extra year, then you should expect to extend them through a 7year term offer immediately. Hold them down 2 months to avoid Super 2? After the 2weeks, you're holding the player down 40-45games or more to save money that ought to be earmarked towards a quick extension. You have 3 option years to see some back track on service time. That's really what Super 2 is for when a player starts a full year and see time back tracked to where that season started at 1.+ and doesn't leave that year 1.+ to qualify at 2.+ the following season.

Naquin isn't on the 40 man. Damn sure hope they don't jettison a player on the 40man for Naquin over doing so for Frelick. I will say this though. Joey Wiemer is legit competition on Frelick being the prospect chosen to play opening day. Scanning the 40man position players to remove, Je'Von Ward, Blake Perkins, Payton Henry, Owen Miller, and Blake Perkins are probably an easy removal. I mean looking at those 5 it is reasonable to choose Naquin to maintain service time. Though the ROY voting could ruin that manipulation in first place. Experience is the best option if the front office intends to trade any of the big 3 this offseason. If they only want 1 more shot with those guys seeing ML pitching vs AAA pitching will have these guys be more helpful on a playoff run. Now if the front office has the QO plan keeping the talent for 1 extra year to come together, it's understandable to hold back a couple weeks or 2months. They will still have over 1 year experience.

20HRs in 99games at 18. Not pedestrian. In game power shown off vs the hope will produce 20+HRs. Easy projection to 148games of 30HRs. Currently pegged for CF. He has 7-10 years to just get to that peak performance age 26-29. CF defense plus offense. Taylor has achieved 3.6BWAR the last 2 seasons with his defense and so-so bat. You can start to see Chourio is going post some very high WAR years when playing full seasons. That is all.

Well initially was thinking Chourio willingness to sign an extension could have been influenced on a lower signing but while I thought below 1Mil he signed for 1.9Mil. Wise enough with his money he could pass through 3 pre-Arb paydays and get to the Million dollar paydays in due time. Maybe he's not good with spending money and needs 100ks more upfront, his willingness to sign the 6-7yr buyout and option FA years will be easier to negotiate.

Arcia was considered a sure fire GG SS and had some bat skills that should his frame filled out was going to do enough on offense to post high WAR seasons with his defense. That frame just never really came to be. A wall scraper power didn't change. A body changes growth a lot between ages 17-24. The closer you are to 17&18 the higher ceiling projection you'll see. In Arcia's case he must not have wanted to alter his frame and stayed lean. I do have little issues with ranking glove first prospects in the top 25 regardless of age or reaching A+/AA when glove first title still sticks. You can always argue at least 10 guys in top 40 don't appear worthy of even being top 100 prospects.

Watched a Dodger suggested YouTube discussing a trade for Burnes, pro/cons. Their final offer on btv had them sending 63.3M value while Burnes had 78.5M or near. Definitely started 78.M Think it was like #2&4 team prospect rank with added below 10s team ranks. Or one of the 2 and Tony Gonsolin and spare parts. I would think Vargas who's #3 and one of their top SPs before even beginning added parts. Another 1 had Toronto saying he'd be a great fit for them but didn't think they could work out a deal. One of the minor things on taking lotto tickets right now is the depth and international signings in the system. Rule 5 protecting. There is bound to be a point where the unprotected lotto tickets are drafted due to sheer number of talents that are growing in the Brewers system. So with the amount of potential trades between the big 2 SPs, Lauer, Tellez, and Adames. You have to believe the targets are like Contreras a 1+year into their ML career.

That's how I was pronouncing. All the annunciations I've been hearing his named pronounced as F-relic. Dodgers replay of the game. Watching video of on people discussing the Brewers OF prospects. I prefer Freelick version vs Frelic version. Same with Wie-mer over We-mer. Maybe that's from Michelle Wie annunciation to say Wiemer that way?

The contract is guaranteed. Money still owed when cut(waived). Retiring would save cash but why would they want to retire? I'm not even sure buying out is an option. The contract would need to have the option year in it to buy out from that season forward. Usually when they state what a contract yr&money total that includes all the guaranteed money with buyout. They would term it it could increase to X amount of dollars if option/s were picked up.

2 games. 2 SBs by Wiemer and 2 SB attempts by Frelick(1 successful other I'd have replayed it) games are going to be so much more active with the trio of OFs on the basebaths on top of at the plate. Wiemer had an 8pitch AB for a single I believe before the SB. Turang with a RISP single and RBI.

That after game 1 I come to realize I was pronouncing both Frelick and Wiemer last names wrong. Frelick like relic and not free. Wiemer like we and not die or lie. 😅

What I'm suggesting is the minors are children level being asked to abide by this new rule. MLB players are the adults being told to abide by this new rule. Remember some of the reactions and freak out displays from the pitchers substance checking. Scherzer? I think? undressing himself to be checked walking off the mound. To believe this change will just go smoothly without a hitch in a sport where superstitious players exist? There will be drama at points this season. Players and managers will be interviewed after games when the drama occurs and you'll hear arguments how the pitch clock needs to be better. Minor Leaguers and managers aren't going to have the post game following if they say the kind of things when major league players and managers do following post game. It'll turn in to talking topics on ESPN and other sports shows seeking the opinion on what was said following the game that included drama due the pitch clock affecting. Does that explain my thoughts? Or do you have another question?

Sure it probably is an overreaction. But I'd argue the test level was the minors. Players who don't need ill-will as they try to climb to the Majors. Say a prospect makes the comment I believe seen on Machado. Who supposedly said he'll probably start out his at bats down 0-1 in counts, meaning he's going to do what he wants opposing that pitch clock. Do teams want to call up prospects who are reluctant on a pitch clock rule? Their good behavior and promotion is their golden ticket. MLB players already on teams or paid tens of millions of dollars a year? What's to prevent them from being reluctant on adjusting to the pitch clock? I also thought I'd make a little idea on the Vegas idea. Over/unders. Rather than an ump being chastised on a missed call, they are able to throw a strike 3 or ball 4 on a situation that maybe hinders a superstar from coming to the plate with runners on. Take the bases loaded situation, strike 3 eliminates huge potential of runs scored helping the under potentially win that game. The ump meanwhile is just following the rules. Remember umps are being graded and talks of automated strike/ball zone calling. There are a number that are petty and this could provide them a platform how changing the game looks bad when enforcing these new rules. You also going to see bad beat flak from bettors whose bet may have direct impact from that violation called at the moments in games. Strike out or walk with base loaded. I enjoy the fact that it seems games could be done in 2hrs and 30mins consistently. Just tossing out what 1st uear hiccups could be as I never really thought a game would end by an ump enforcing a 3rd strike on clock violation.

Reading the inning play by play. Braves down 6-3, scored 3 runs, had the bases loaded with 1 out. 5 straight strikes left the batter 0-2 bases loaded with 2outs. Ump calls the auto strike for time ends the game. Does the pitcher get the strikeout for his stats? The save? Immediately brought to mind on Vegas and ending a comeback this way. So in the 9th inning and later in games, there maybe needs to add seconds to not see a game be determined this way. Or remove the pitch clock? Though a closer blowing up walking batters makes for a very long inning. I'm just wondering if they have sped the game up through 8innings, how bad is it to allow the 9th leeway on the rules? How about giving a SP who reaches the 8th and 9th innings an added 2secs in each of those innings? Complete game performance, no hitter going, or perfect game going? Maybe that's all the adjustment is needed. Add 2 secs for 8th inning for both sides. Make it a total 4secs added in 9th inning. So it becomes clear when an infraction happens, you can't get upset with the ump.

Love to hear it. In game power was his knock. Never that he didn't have power. Yelich Jr.

Mlb has the ghost runner in extra innings. Games should be over consistently sooner. RPs should be pitching in games and not "saved" we learned awhile ago with Hader the best RP should be pitching the most important time for him out there. 7th, 8th, or 9th. Teams need to have 2 closer quality RPs, 2 Setup quality pitchers and 2 long men less quality pitchers. The rest are the shuttlers up and down through the minors and back. A team should have the next days Starter on Standby in case that day's Starter suffers an injury or ejection in 1st or 2nd inning. Team would call up an emergency starter for the next game. Would be a great rule to allow teams the bonus SP in that situation like an extra player for double headers. The jist of this is 3 batter minimum, shorter extra inning games. RPs and babying their workload needs to go away. Multiple position players pitching innings for teams vs one who can duo like Ohtani. Not helping the game move along. Maybe the game needs a SP rule where Starters are pushed to pitch at least a 3rd time through the top 4 hitters in a lineup before allowed to be pulled by a manager. Or the SP has thrown 100+pitches. Team needs to declare the SP that is limited to below 100 pitches before game is started and removed at the teams declared limit. The way to bring back hitting to Baseball.

Taylor is the OF with plus defense. Anderson shouldn't see playing time in the OF. Then you mention Toro and Perkins, and Miller. These guys are the AAAA replacements for serious injury bugs. If any of them got more than 60PAs I'll be surprised. We can't fill the 26man roster with 20 position players.

This always comes back to what player signing in this offseason would you want the team to have done to improve it? Sometimes I see moves like, "I would have done that FA signing." While I look at the signing relieved it wasn't Milwaukee. We got 2 good years from the Cain signing. Wondering if we'll get any good years from the Yelich extension. I'd probably want to be a little gun shy on the next big investment as it could be a third in a row failure. Not to mention McCutchen and JBJ failures on return. There's also the fact that say they brought someone in on a $20s M a year deal. Based on the payroll history line, that signing immediately ends any potential extension with any player fans wish to see extended. As it stands almost none here believe the team could extend Burnes, Woodruff, or Adames. That's with where the current&future payroll stands stopping it from happening. As to the topic. I wouldnt blame Mark A.&co towards setting up to sell the team. Evers gets that funding to keep the team here 20years supposedly to fix and maintain the Stadium. Gotta be a high side time for selling and ridding what headache that will be the future Stadium upkeep/new Stadium request. Chourio's success getting here and showing the hype is real is where I'd honestly think you'll see a decision on selling. You want the buyers coming in to a good situation being fans filling the seats. Maybe Mark missed with Yelich.

How have the Brewers not placed him on the 60day IL?