MrTPlush

Correct, after the six years he is free to sign with anyone. I saw something about the Japanese team needing to post him...but I don't see why they wouldn't if that is the case.

Yup, you are probably thinking who Carter Stewart even is and you probably don't unless you follow the draft. Stewart was the #8 pick last year and was set for a big bonus until the Braves lowballed him after a wrist injury. He opted for junior college to go into the 2019 draft. His stock may have dropped, but he was still projected a bonus of around $2mil depending on where he would be drafted. However, he isn't going to the draft....nope, not back to college...JAPAN, the man is going to JAPAN. You may be wondering why on earth this man is going to Japan, $7mil...that is why. 6 years and $7mil. Now he will get paid $7mil (possibly more as there are value enhancers of some sort) to develop over the next 6 years and then have the opportunity to go to the MLB at 25 years old. This vastly different than the 3 years of toiling through the minors for nothing and then league minimum for another 3 years in pre-arby. JUST to be controlled another 3 years. Now coming over from Japan as a free agent isn't the most lucrative...at least not as lucrative as putting up stats stateside and then hitting free agency. However, with that being said Japanese players still get huge contracts if good and even Eric Thames proves you can get a big deal even if you may not be a superstar. Mind you he can hit FA at 25 instead of the 28+ he likely would have taking the MiLB route. And sure maybe living in Japan away from home for the next 6 years kills some vibes, but maybe that sounds fun to some, idk. This guy just went against history to go to Japan where he will double or even triple the earnings he would have made here his first six years...of which would have been all not guaranteed except his ~$2mil signing bonus from the draft. He could totally flop here and have only had the $2mil to his name. Dude could be a star in Japan, come back at 25, sign a contract north of $150mil easily, and still probably hit FA again in his low 30s if he wanted. I am trying to think of a reason why (barring living in Japan for 5+ years is okay to them) more guys shouldn't try and do this. It isn't a fool proof plan, but wow...considering how many guys flame out the fact he could secure $7mil is incredible. That is like Top 3 pick bonus money!

Oh my god Claudio

+1. Puke. A power right to boot.....why? Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd, he walked him. I guess better than giving up a run on one swing. So maybe a win?

Got a lead late. It is definitely time for Claudio to come in to start the inning against a RHB.

Whoever wins Game 5 is taking the series...which I am sure odds would agree with, so not that bold. I surely can’t see the Bucks losing that game at home and then expecting to go win two in a row. I just can’t see that. If they lose three in a row I think they are dead meat.

Brewers may be sucking it up tonight, but at least the Bucks aren’t choking away their series lead.

They have multiple comparable attributes. Care to disagree? Didn’t say he was going to be Rickie Weeks. No need to jump to conclusions And hard to call Weeks a bust. He was an above average player who without injuries likely would have been a multi AS player and one of the better 2Bs of his short peak. Prospects flame out at crazy high levels. Many guys, even in the Top 5, manage nothingburger careers.

Why is Woodruff our best pinch hitter.

The thing that really drives me nuts is it it wasn't addressed in the minors. There's a reason almost nobody in the big leagues lifts their front foot more than a few inches off the ground. I will have to watch again, but I looked up video from his college days and it seemed way less pronounced and high. I don’t get it.

Umm...the leg kick. The waggle was a great timing tool. That leg kick is a timing tool for bar league softball. Weeks had little leg kick and used his bat speed to his advantage. It was pretty impressive the power he got out of that.

Remember when Braun used his head? Yah...those were the days. This marks the third time I can recall this year where Braun made a mental mistake absolutely no one should make. Two throws to the wrong base that gave up runs and now that sad attempt to go to third. Mind you....I have not watched most games this year...

He is really similar to Rickie Weeks in a lot of ways. Not known for defense with a lightning fast bat. Past that the comparisons are take it for what it is worth. A lot of people preach Keston for elite ball on ball skills, but that actually translating to the MLB level is anyone’s guess. People forget Rickie Weeks hit a ridiculous .500 his last two years in college and was sporting some insane 7% K rate. Keston Hiura was double that in college. Not sure the talent comp for what they played against, but regardless crazy Weeks went from that in college to striking out a ton in the MLB. I do think Hiura ends up a better version of Rickie Weeks, but Hiura could end up something like Weeks or even worse and it wouldn’t exactly shock me. He is assumed to someday be great when it may never happen.

Random tidbit, Barry Bonds hit 50+ homers, once. Hank Aaron, zero. Slow and steady wins the race. Kinda amazing the two HR hitters of all time have one single 50+ homer season.

Yes there is ... but it means dropping a reliever and going with a bigger bench and 12 man pitching staff. Not an option. Why would they do that? So Shaw or Hiura can rot on the bench? So Thames can get a one AB a week? They aren't going to short their pitching staff. They could do it, but they won't...would be quite shocking and honestly wouldn't make much sense.

"Milwaukee Brewers: Mauricio Dubon (2047). In one of the great heists in trade history, Dubon came over from the Red Sox as part of the Tyler Thornburg trade in 2016 and ends up winning four batting titles, stealing more than 300 bases and playing good shortstop for more than a decade with the Brewers."

As I have mentioned before you can't get rid of Perez. He is the back up for the infield and most notably at SS. Get rid of him and Arcia is literally the only person to man SS. You would have to replace him with a SS and Hiura isn't that nor is Shaw. We have another Perez in Dubon waiting in AAA. Not as versatile, but with Gamel/Thames, Moose/Shaw Dubon's ability at SS or 2b makes Perez a target to be traded sooner than later. That doesn't help the problem at all. Go ahead and swap Perez for Dubon...okay, now who are you dropping to make room for Shaw? Nope, can't be Dubon because once again someone has to back up SS. What I am saying is that roster spot is concrete. Perez, Dubon, Yuni...doesn't matter. No one in that roster spot can be subtracted to keep Shaw/Hiura/Thames on the same roster. Either Hiura goes or Thames goes. There quite literally is no other possible option when Shaw comes back with the current roster.

As I have mentioned before you can't get rid of Perez. He is the back up for the infield and most notably at SS. Get rid of him and Arcia is literally the only person to man SS. You would have to replace him with a SS and Hiura isn't that nor is Shaw.

If they used Claudio like he is actually a left handed reliever they wouldn't have a problem. He is great against lefties...however they like to think he is more than what he is.

Okay so we didn’t bring back Jordan Lyles, so what. We ended up with Gio Gonzalez who is doing essentially the same thing. We can’t use hindsight to regret all 10 overachievers we should have signed to be in our 15 man rotation. We got Gio Gonzalez for the same price and I think I would bet on him to be better than Lyles.

Christian Yelich - Lock Josh Hader - Almost a Lock (name recognition and he is widely considered one of the best relievers) Yasmani Grandal - Likely (He is good, catchers suck...some name recognition) Zach Davies - If He Can Keep it Up (He only gets there if he keeps his ERA crazy low, his stats are way too boring after inevitable regression) Lorenzo Cain - Needs a Hot Streak Mike Moustakas - Probably Should (I just don't see it for some reason) Brandon Woodruff - Long Shot (Started off way too rough stats wise) Moose, Davies, and Woodruff are all interesting cases. Davies and Woodruff would obviously need to continue to light the world on fire and Moustakas may depend on being taken seriously as a 2B. He definitely is one this year, but I could see the manager not seriously considering him.

Ahhhhhhh, I forgot he missed all that time. Yes, you would be correct.

70...he is on pace for 70.

Yelich has progressively pulled it more on the ground the last few years when hitting grounders. The notable thing this year is the LD% is way down, but his FB% is way up compared to 2018. So yah, if that stays true then I would expect him to get past 50 homers. Also while a notable regression in LD% may sound bad his hard hit contact is still up so obviously he is hitting his fly balls pretty darn hard. Pretty small sample size to really get into advanced stats though. Kind of fluky at this stage in the year.

Well seeing as he hit the homer today opposite field and is hitting better than last year I think he will be fine. I don’t care where he hits it, I just want results.