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Pretty good breakdown at FanGraphs from when he originally signed with the White Sox after winning MVP and Cy Young in Korea last year. Long story short, "Fedde went to Push Athletic in Scottsdale and remade his body, mechanics, and the shape of his three most-used pitches." and "Perhaps the biggest leap in Fedde’s skill set is evident in his command. His 2023 walk rate with the Dinos (4.9%) was roughly half his MLB career walk rate with Washington."

DSL Dos is currently leading 5 to 2 over Cleveland Mendoza in a game that appears to be suspended bottom of four. Luis Corobo has doubled while Frandy LaFond has doubled and walked in the early going.

Looks like DSL Uno was called after five innings with a 4 to 1 victory over the Rojos. Luis Pena (2 for 3, two stolen bases), Engel Paulino (2 for 2, double) and Kevin Garcia (1 for 2, triple) had the big days at the plate. Gabriel Colmenarez limited the Rojos to one unearned runs over four frames (3 H | 2 BB | 1 HBP | 3 K) while Saul Sanchez worked a one two three fifth inning (1 K).

Luke Adams with a productive oh for oh game today - two walks, two HBP, one stolen bag, two runs scored.

Obviously lotsa good stuff amidst the carnage of the Biloxi box but extra nice to see Eric Brown Jr. (double, home run) and Dylan O’Rae (single, double, walk, stolen bag) contributing big.

Tyler Rodriguez was hit by pitch three times for the Zona Crew (came around to score the first times and stole two bags) before being lifted for a pinch runner after his third drilling.

Freddy was at a 107 ERA- | 104 FIP- at the break last year, a notch worse than his current 100 ERA- | 91 FIP-. He followed that up with a monster 64 ERA- | 66 FIP- in the second half last year, so I’ll hope he has something like that in him again this year.

Thanks for posting, really interesting stuff. The spread on team DRS went from +85 to -79 last year versus only +44 to -47 for StatCast’s FRV. Seems to me like the larger range of DRS outcomes is a better representation of the potential runs to be saved (or lost) than the narrower StatCast spread. Based on how much the Brewers FO has emphasized defense (& to great effect), I’d imagine their own internal metrics or models align more closely with DRS on the whole as well.

Wisco loses 2 to 1. Luis Lara and Jadher Areinamo both singled and stole a bag. Matthew Wood doubled. Eduarqui Fernandez had the sole RBI. Stiven Cruz (2 H | 1 HBP) and Tyler Wehrle (3 H | 2 HBP) each threw three scoreless frames without walking or striking anybody out.

Pretty fun Sounds box despite the outcome and Ross/White duds. Tyler Black: double, walk, made his third error in three games as a third baseman. Isaac Collins: two doubles and a single. Brewer Hicklen: tripled and singled. Joey Wiemer: singled thrice, gunned out a runner at the plate. Chris Roller: three run bomb and a single. Jared Koenig: one inning, one hit, one K.

Because nobody claimed him when he got DFA’d.

FanGraphs uses StatCast for their fielding input & for whatever reason Turang hasn’t graded out as highly by their methodology (+6 OAA | +5 FRV career) as he does by DRS with +27 career. Just spitballing, but my first guess would be that he is well positioned so StatCast doesn’t think the plays he makes are necessarily as difficult as they look?

FanGraphs Day Two and Three Draft Roundup had a blurb on the Brewers approach... "The Brewers followed up on their high school-heavy 2023 draft with an even younger group this year, and it reveals an interesting strategy. Their first round pick, Braylon Payne, was generally seen as a second-round prospect. His bonus is likely to be well below the $4.5 million slot value of his pick, with some amount of the excess pool space diverted to the high school pitching prospects they selected in the second and Comp B rounds, New Jersey high schoolers Bryce Meccage and Chris Levonas. They also popped high schoolers in rounds nine and 10, and then took several on Day Three. Not all of these guys are going to sign but several of them will. Recall last year that Brewers got Cooper Pratt’s deal done for $1.3 million in the sixth round and then also signed multiple high schoolers for between $250,000-$550,000 on Day Three of the draft. Day Three picks don’t have bonus slots that reduce your team’s pool if the player doesn’t sign, so aside from a little opportunity cost (the college guy they’d have otherwise taken in round 14 or whatever), the Brewers can now negotiate with a bunch of higher-upside high school players between now and the signing deadline and decide what combination of bonuses and players gives them the best overall class. Several teams do a version of this every year, but nobody does it to this degree. Whether it was precipitated by the nature of this particular draft class or just how the board fell in the first round (i.e. the Brewers didn’t like who was left on the board, so they pivoted to this strategy), we just don’t know."

Don't believe the Sox would sell Crochet for anything less than two Top 100 type guys, and with his years of control remaining and being the best SP on the market they might hold out for three. Any proposal without at least two of Misio, Quero, Black and Pratt for Crochet alone probably doesn't get anywhere with Chicago.

Hoskins had a 129 wRC+ before getting injured. Guessing they'll give him plenty of chances to regain that form down the stretch, especially since they are likely on the hook for him next year too at this point. Small sample, but he was starting to put it together before the break with 3 home runs and a 141 wRC+ over 29 PA since July 5th. Bauers hasn't been anything special either, but he is the best defensive 1B on the roster and has been the club's primary pinch hitter with 18 PAs of 273/556/455 which makes him the 5th best PHer in MLB with at least 10 PAs this year. Would imagine they would just roll with Black (assuming he isn't traded himself) before trading for someone at the deadline.

A player from Wichita State?

Chris Roller was already DFA’d on June 29th.

Welcome to the board and thanks for the nugget. Hopefully we’ll see them both in Milwaukee soon.

Griffin Tobias RHP from Lake Central High School in Indiana.

Molina struck out 260 batters versus 100 walks over his three year collegiate career (199 IP). First two years at Texas Tech before transferring to Arkansas.

Mason Molina LHP Arkansas

Tate Kuehner (7th round) $72,500 Craig Yoho (8th round) $10,000 Mark Manfredi (9th round) $27,500 Morris Austin (10th round) $17,500 Pretty sure Woodward ($247,500 at #119) and Birchard ($322,500 at #155) were underslot last year on Day 2 as well.

Looks like a nice vertical approach angle from that clip.

Welch had 150 K versus only 41 BB over his soph/junior seasons (147 IP).

Chandler Welch RHP from Tulane