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  1. CheeseheadInQC
    Full disclosure, late career Gantner was my favorite player during my youth baseball and early little league days because I too played second base and couldn’t hit for any power. He was also one of the last links to those early 80s teams that my dad would tell me about. He was a role player, but they have a tendency to become beloved beyond their stat line if they stick around long enough.
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    I think initially, if I remember correctly, you would have gotten picks in the international draft for second or third, but I think when the international draft didn’t become a thing, that part went away.
  3. CheeseheadInQC
    The bizarre exception to the talk about teams eating up the softer zone schemes are the Cowboys. I saw one writer point out early the week of the Wild Card round that the Cowboys feasted against every defense except the zone alignments that Barry favored, that for all the mismatch talk, this was a bad draw for the Cowboys offense. Then I didn’t see anyone mention it again until after the Packers won.
  4. CheeseheadInQC
    I think that is a bit harsh. Many of those years from 85-91 he was 4th or 5th among Brewers position players in WAR. He fell squarely into the “could be improved upon but hardly the biggest problem” category.
  5. CheeseheadInQC
    It depends on if you think he can either rebound or keep doing it with smoke and mirrors. His StatCast metrics appear to be worse than Turang’s last season and nearly as bad as Arroyo.
  6. CheeseheadInQC
    Except you are assuming he remains that guy. Take a look at the guys who signed for 4+ years in the $60 million to $100 million range that Hoskins would be in from 2017 to 2021. The most successful ones accumulated nearly all of their value in the first two years (or in the case of Nathan Eovaldi, the middle two years): Cain, LeMahieu, Ryu, Grandal. These were the success stories from that group, averaging between 2.2 and 1.9 WAR per season of their contracts so far (and yes, I multiplied the 2020 totals by 2.7 to adjust). Donaldson, Bumgarner and Moustakas didn't even see the end of their deals, and neither did Justin Upton, who barely topped the $100 million mark. I love this signing, I was calling for this signing. I wouldn't give him 4-5 years, though. This works out perfectly for all involved. The Brewers get a solid fit at first. Hoskins gets to rehabilitate his value in a hitter-friendly park. And some other team gets to take the risk of signing him to a long-term deal at year's end.
  7. CheeseheadInQC
    Yasmani Grandal Brewers: 1 year, $20.5 million White Sox: 4 years, $73 million Mike Moustakas Brewers: 1 year, $10 million Reds: 4 years, $64 million Milwaukee has fared well with these contracts
  8. CheeseheadInQC
    I do think Nathan’s totals would have grown a bit if he had stayed on the ballot. His case is better than he gets credit for, and he probably will inherit the title of the best modern reliever not in if Wagner is elected next year (I have him over K-Rod). Getting past that first year can be a hurdle for a lot of underrated players, though (see Whitaker, Lou).
  9. CheeseheadInQC
    As soon as the Brewers were mentioned twice I figured there was a decent chance something was imminent. That seems to be the way it goes with Milwaukee.
  10. CheeseheadInQC
    Bingo
  11. CheeseheadInQC
    I’ve got Carter lower than Hiura, but I am using K% not K/9. Not Branyan either, but he was up there. This player played for five teams, but his only full seasons with one team came in Milwaukee. He was also known as a plus defender.
  12. CheeseheadInQC
    Wrong Ex-Brewer. Hiura was 5th.
  13. CheeseheadInQC
    As far as I can tell, Gallo has the second highest career strikeout rate among non-pitchers with at least 1,000 plate appearances. Anyone care to guess who is No. 1?
  14. CheeseheadInQC
    No huge shocks, but seeming confirmation the Brewers are at least somewhat high on Clarke and Myers.
  15. CheeseheadInQC
    Not shocked if this is true for the Orioles. Always felt their offers would start with Ortiz or Norby depending on how you have them ranked. Taking the top five off the board is extreme, but part of that is they have five top 50 prospects. How many teams are dangling top 50 guys? The Orioles just have more of them.
  16. CheeseheadInQC
    I’m still skeptical that he will make enough contact, but man Martinez was fun to watch in person when Wisconsin came to the Quad-Cities. He had one mishit with absurd spin on it that was still probably traveling faster off the bat than 80-90% of the contact the Rattlers made that day.
  17. CheeseheadInQC
    Toledo and King are the two oldest members of the signing class I believe. I wonder if the fact they were likely eligible to sign last season led to them being reported differently.
  18. CheeseheadInQC
    At least I still don’t think DSL rosters count toward the total, but it does kind of create a chain reaction that places a higher premium on immediate production.
  19. CheeseheadInQC
    I think a few of those guys listed are out of options and would have to be exposed to waivers (Vieira, Bukauskas, Jones. Contreras signed elsewhere I believe as a free agent. A few will be back in Double-A (Warren, Valerio, Sparks, Rodriguez (OF), at least one of Murray and Zamora, and probably a couple of the pitchers as well). I've got 14 hitters and 17 pitchers slated there right now, figuring injuries and opt-outs will drop it to 13/15 by the time the season starts. Apologies if I am forgetting someone. C: Quero, Nola, Navarreto IF: Clarke, Dunn, Zamora, Capra, Dorrian, Hernandez OF: Wiemer, Roller, Hicklin, Campbell, Collins SP: Gasser, Rodriguez, Junk, McKendry, McGee RP: Hudson, Clarke, Small, Andrews, Koenig, Chirino, Meeker, Myers, Paredes, Patrick, Thompson, Zastryzny It is a deep bullpen, especially seeing as there are seven guys I've got slated for the Biloxi bullpen who have at least a mildly intriguing case to be on the Nashville roster as well. The Brewers are also so ridiculously thin at the outfield spots at AA that it wouldn't shock me if Campbell or Collins starts in Biloxi, even though they should be in AAA, just to get more at-bats.
  20. CheeseheadInQC
    14 pitchers doesn't surprise me (I think it was 13 last year). 21 position players does. Last year they had 34 players get at bats between the two teams. Even with a moderately aggressive promotion schedule (the obvious ones, Ereu because of his bonus, and a few guys like Tyler Rodriguez and Danny Puerta), I've got 39 position players right now in the DSL. Obviously there could be a few more cuts coming before DSL play starts. It is going to be tough for some of the guys repeating. Roderick Flores got a ton of playing time at short last year, usually a sign that the organization is fairly high on him. Unless he gets a surprise promotion to the ACL, however, it looks like he is going to have to go full on Demetrio Nadal to earn consistent playing time next season with all the new infielders they are bringing in. Also, it does seem like the Brewers leaned in to the "All international position player signings are either shortstops, center fielders or catchers" joke.
  21. CheeseheadInQC
    Yep, definitely not 5-8 like in the Fangraphs write up.
  22. CheeseheadInQC
    Last I looked there was a Jonathan Rangel signing with both teams, one a shortstop and one an outfielder. Might legitimately be two signings with that name.
  23. CheeseheadInQC
    Yah, I'm guessing with Black the truth is somewhere in between. I could see him slouching a bit to take advantage of a smaller automated strike zone. Different sport, but I seem to remember some stories from the NBA combine where prospects were sacrificing an inch or two on their standing reach measurement by not fully extending in order to add that amount to their jumping measurement.
  24. CheeseheadInQC
    Fangraphs has Quintana 11th, Pena 23rd and Made 34th. In the short writeups on their prospect board, they referred to Pena as "straight out of Brewers' infield prospect central casting," describing him as an Eric Brown clone. Made is also listed at 6-1 in the chart but the writeup has him 5-8. Either he had a growth spurt after the writeup was done or some notes got mixed up.
  25. CheeseheadInQC
    I wonder if they thought last year’s debut performance was a sign of things to come.
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