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Cal Eldred did it August 1992 and Jerry Ball September 1972. Minimum 25 IP in a month for Milwaukee. source More recently, Chris Young for Padres in June 2007 then Pedro Martinez in July 1993 as reliever. minimum 20 IP source

28-year-old right-hander Dustin May gets the start for the Cardinals. I wasn't aware of the life-threatening injury he suffered in 2024 from an errant bite of salad. I'm glad he's okay. On the baseball front, May is allowing a 49.1% hard-hit rate this season. His fastball averages 96.8 mph, but his breaking stuff hasn't been effective. Milwaukee is still TBD. Maybe Patrick or Hall?

Cubs were in first place seven days ago.

If Quero isn’t perceived as a starter in Milwaukee yet, I think Contreras is back next year.

Who is second baseman, JJ Wetherholt?

My biggest complaint against Rengifo would be if his erratic throws to first get Bauers or Vaughn injured. There have been too many acrobatic picks at first base.

In spite of the jarring futility with the bat, Hayes is nearly replacement level this season. Faint praise. It looks like Hayes is going on the disabled list and Cincinnati is activating Eugenio Suarez. Suarez has not moved the needle, at zero bWAR this season.

Would we even trade Drohan for Durbin today?

William’s power was waiting for Wisco jerseys…

Roki Sasaki starts for Los Angeles. The 24-year-old right-hander carries a 5.09 ERA and an xERA of 5.12, meaning the underlying numbers confirm he's been exactly as hittable as the results suggest. Sasaki has already surrendered nine home runs over 40.2 innings, identical to Brandon Sproat. Worth noting: he had the best start of his career last time out, holding the Angels to just one run over seven innings. Robert Gasser makes his second start of the season for Milwaukee. Last time out, Gasser went 4 IP allowing 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB and 3 HBP with 3 K against Minnesota.

Dodgers have 5.27 times the salary commitments compared to the Brewers. # Player Pos Contract Total Years 1 Chourio CF $82M 8 yrs 2 Turang 2B $4.15M 1 yr 3 Contreras C $9.4M 1 yr 4 Yelich DH $215M 9 yrs 5 Vaughn 1B $7.65M 1 yr 6 Bauers LF $2.7M 1 yr 7 Rengifo 3B $2.78M 1 yr 8 Frelick RF $0.78M 1 yr 9 Ortiz SS $0.78M 1 yr P Henderson SP $0.78M 1 yr Total $325.82M

Today’s Dodgers starting lineup has over $1.7 billion in contract commitments. Last season, Los Angeles paid nearly $170 million in luxury tax penalties. Go Brewers! # Player Pos Contract Total Years 1 Ohtani DH $700M 10 yrs 2 Betts SS $365M 12 yrs 3 Freeman 1B $162M 6 yrs 4 Tucker RF $240M 4 yrs 5 Pages CF $0.8M 1 yr 6 Muncy 3B $10M 1 yr 7 Hernandez, T. LF $66M 3 yrs 8 Rushing C $0.79M 1 yr 9 Kim 2B $12.5M 3 yrs P Wrobleski SP $0.79M 1 yr Total $1,717.88M

Milwaukee has been an equal or better regular season team since 2024

The Dodgers send a tough lefty in Justin Wrobleski, whose 2.49 ERA and 1.03 WHIP look intimidating until you notice he rarely misses bats. Wrobleski posted zero strikeouts over six innings against St. Louis earlier this month and is sitting at 4.8 K/9 on the season. He's been allowing plenty of loud contact and is due for regression. Logan Henderson gets the ball for Milwaukee. Henderson has done a terrific job limiting walks and striking out batters this season. Interestingly, his ground ball rate is among the worst in baseball at 17.8%.

Fair. At the same time, if the lazy bottom feeding teams also get a leg up and keep their talent longer it might end up being a wash. Milwaukee is excellent at optimizing the quirks of the current system.

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If the system were even, would Milwaukee be better or worse off? I agree with all your points.

In most cases, Milwaukee should enjoy the ride for up to six seasons for young players. Get peak performance at affordable prices then let another team pay exorbitant salaries when they are aging veterans in their 30's.

Ashby’s contract includes incentives based on innings pitched and receiving Cy Young votes. We can only assume Attanasio has given instructions to limit Ashby’s effectiveness, in the near term.