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I think that both are defensible. Rodriguez was ranked highly coming into the year because of his defensive upside more than his offensive ability. Until his recent slump, he was having a good offensive season, too. Some people were really high on Cairone before the accident. Given the circumstances I have no problem with them essentially holding his place until next season. Both were in the 31-40 range for me, but I don’t view either inclusion as egregious.

Wasn’t Baez initially signed as a catcher?

Jesus MadeLuis PenaLuis LaraJosh AdamczewskiBrady EbelBishop LetsonJosh KnothBlake BurkeBraylon PayneRicki MoneysJett WilliamsTyson HardinAndrew FischerJeferson QueroLuke AdamsTrey EbelMarco DingesJaron DeBerrySawyer StrosniderColeman Crow Next dozen in no particular order: Matos, Frontado, Encarnacion, Mills, Bitonti, Dubanewicz, Garcia, Thompson, Dorchies, Torres, Mayorquin, Meccage

Ortuno is probably one of the top 30 performing hitters from that signing class and, now that Angel Arredondo got talked about because he was traded, probably the most anonymous. Ton of top 5 prospects in their systems, a few top 10s, a couple Handelfry Encarnacion types, and then Ortuno.

You keep trying to denigrate Ryan without giving thought that the Tigers might just be that high on him where the number of pitcher comps they would prefer is small and mostly either guys like Henderson who are valuable already on contenders, guys contenders were using in other trades or prospects on teams with significant pitching needs themselves. You could argue that maybe more options open up in the offseason, but there is no guarantee.

Fangraphs has Ryan top 25, MLB pipeline top 75. If these are close to accurate, the list of possibilities is short, especially when you eliminate the guys who would definitely require Made (Anderson, Sloan, Hernandez, possibly White), guys whose organization needs pitching a lot more than hitting (Susana, Sykora, Eyanson post-trade), and the other Dodger (Zazueta).

Not sure about the complex leagues, but I guess I was under the assumption it was all the AA through low-A leagues. But, yah, the EVs show Frias’ power is legit.

I still don’t like this deal, but seeing the totality of the deadline deals, I wonder if prospect lists are lagging behind team evaluations in one bigger picture regard. Outside of the Red Sox going full Padres, it generally felt like the packages that felt light contained pitchers and the ones that felt like overpays contained hitters. I wonder if Hardin, Letson and Knoth are the most valuable Brewers minor leaguers not named Made or Pena. Or, that could just be the cold medicine talking.

Yah, I am a big Martinez fan, but they have so many young infielders. Heck, Ortuno from that same signing class put up similar stats to Martinez a year earlier in their development.

Can’t say I am a fan. Was hoping that if there was a top-15 headliner it was going to be one of the first base types. The only way this makes sense is if the Brewers view Ragsdale as a tweener (not ideal defense for center, unlikely to hit enough for a starting corner spot) and don’t think Frias will be able to elevate the ball enough to reach his ceiling.

Sadly probably wouldn’t be much different than some of the Brewers deadline bullpen additions over the years.

I wonder if they would now be flipped in the rankings. Smith has struggled this year, Hill has seen his K rate drop. Pitre has been playing well, though.

They went deeper into Fischer in their recent Brewers specific write-up. They have been more impressed by Burke and Adams at the plate this year. I am guessing Fischer is probably one of the more polarizing guys in the system, and I can understand that. A guy like Payne has the swing and miss but also has more value besides his bat.

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Good for him! I am claiming this justifies that one Top 25 ballot where I ranked him No. 1.