I remember being very excited for Ben Hendrickson‘s major league debut 21 years ago. I learned not every 2 ERA in AAA translates to the bigs 🙂
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Civale is an above replacement level starting pitcher for a major league team, somewhere. He has been a good starting pitcher for half of his career. Probably not ever excellent but definitely good.
Civale is capable of being useful. He was productive in 2019, 2021 and 2023. I tend to agree that Civale is not a major liability in Milwaukee nor has he been an irreplaceable asset either. Civale was fine last year, too.
Ramon Urias of Baltimore?
Jonathan India is below replacement level this year but has some time at 3B
Will Gio Urshela (rehabbing soon) or Miguel Andujar (oblique injury) from Athletics? Luis Urias?
Everyone else is on contenders. Even the Royals are closer to wild card than Brewers.
Not saying anyone for Chad Patrick. Just finding available ML ready 3B.
If Priester were sent down he essentially would become out of options. Milwaukee will do everything it can to avoid that. Plus, Priester has been pretty good for a month now.
I was worried Milwaukee didn’t notice Misiorowski in Nashville but it probably was just old fashioned service time manipulation and getting walk rate down a smidge.
I remember the 2002 Brewers having some offense with Sexson, Jenkins, Houston and Hernandez. It was likely a different offensive era 20+ years ago, though.
Pitching was bad for quite awhile back then for Brewers.
I completely agree that Milwaukee does not sign Hoskins without trading Burnes.
Hoskins is 1 WAR this year and -0.2 last year. 0.8 in total.
Conclusion: Brewers already won the trades.
Rea, Brown, Taillon, Boyd and Horton doesn’t seem like a rotation that will run away with the division. I suppose the same could be said about our rotation, too.
Brewers bullpen should outperform Chicago.