SomewhereInTime

I'm finally not worried about the future of this franchise. This pitching staff is exactly what I expected, terrible. I didn't in any way expect them to build around Peralta or Jungmann, I just hope Peralta can maybe turn it around a bit and we can flip him for some prospects. It's a rebuild, we're basically in year 1 of a minimum of a 4 year process. Losing a lot of games in the next two years gives us three very high draft picks in a row and that will be huge for the future of this franchise.

His .053/.333/.105 slash line is hilarious a couple more walks and he'll have that OBP over .400!

3 starts and under 20 innings for most guys is SSS.

Suter has a 12:1 K:BB ratio and has only allowed 1 HR in his 4 starts 19.1 Innings, Lopez has just had some problems with walks. I'm not too worried with the AAA rotation yet.

We scored a run!

This is gonna be a fun one today

Santana really has been struggling out in RF this season.

I find it a little interesting the way Counsel used Blazek there. Blazek has been the primary setup man (8th inning guy) but here we have a situation in the 6th with 2 on and no one out in a 3 run game, a high leverage spot, and Counsel uses Blazek instead of a (6th inning guy) like Torres or Boyer. I like the direction this team is going in, I really do. Decision making and approach has come a long way since the Yost, Macha, Roenicke days.

And then all of the sudden, Wily has found his fastball command again!

That's a really bad shift idea when the bases are loaded and you don't have a way of turning a double play because your second baseman is so far out of position.

They saved the bullpen a couple extra innings tonight by the rains coming! Now most of the pen should be well rested for Wily's start later today!

Braun hits 2 homers, Brewers as a team draw 10!!! walks and it's back to .500!

His velocity seemed to be down a little bit today, his fastball was only hitting 92-93

I'm thrilled with what seems like a better overall team approach at the plate. They've done a great job all series working the count and getting on base, the big hits with runners on will come, just a few unlucky cases of double plays and the human windmill at 3rd base cutting down what would have been a high scoring series.

The guy is a complete non-prospect and this will only make the Brewers look bad when they cut him next year.

It took one pitch, welcome back Mr. Broxton.

The entire thing was an embarrassment. I won't miss the baserunning mistakes after he's traded.

Gonna be a long day for the bullpen

35% starting pitching 20% bullpen 30% hitting 15% defense

Was at a Timber Rattlers game a week ago. Sat a few rows behind home plate and right behind Kodi Medroios and another starter I didn't recognize on an off day charting pitches. Zach Hirsch was on the mound for the rattlers, he's put together a nice season but right now is a pitch to contact type, didn't top 86 on the gun all night. Blake Allemond made his debut, didn't have a hit, popped out to 2nd a couple of times, looked good with the glove though Brandon Diaz had a nice day at the plate, ripping a liner down the left field line to tie the game in the 8th.

I kind of weighted my list in favor of the more established prospects, didn't really include any guys we just drafted this year, next year I'm sure some of them will be included.

1. Orlando Arcia - one of the best SS prospects in all of baseball 2. Jorge Lopez - He's higher on my list than most, in the midst of a breakout season in AA, only 22 years old 3. Michael Reed - He's young, gets on base at a very high clip, solid corner OF defender 4. Clint Coulter - solid power bat, gets on base, can hit for average, just 21 5. Taylor Jungmann - former first round pick, off to a great start in Milwaukee 6. Kodi Medroios - top draft pick from last year, doing fairly well in Appleton 7. Tyler Cravy - late draft pick, rose up through the ranks, solid start to the major league career 8. Tyrone Taylor - only 21 and hanging in there in AA, lots of raw talent, average to below average power CF 9. Gilbert Lara - could shoot up the prospect list in the next few years, loads of potential 10. Wei-Chung Wang - he's got a good fastball, shown some control issues this year, I still think he's a major league starter potential 11. Devin Williams 12. Monte Harrison 13. Jacob Gatewood 14. Corey Knebel 15. Luis Sardinas 16. Kyle Wren 17. Cy Sneed 18. Victor Roache 19. Yadial Rivera 20. Brent Suter 21. Damian Magnifico 22. Nathan Orf 23. Carlos Leal 24. Marcos Diplan 25. Brooks Hall

It's surprising to me to hear a player talk about the organization's past drafts and trading away of prospects. It's not to say the players are usually dumb, I think most know what goes on in the organization and whether their team is in a "going for it" strategy, a complete rebuild type of strategy, or somewhere in between. You're just not often going to hear things like this voiced, there's a lot more of the recent comments by Ryan Braun.

I think he's just making the simple comparison that they are both pitchers that were once very good, went through rough patches, Liriano turned it around. Hopefully Garza can too. But yes, Garza is owed a lot more money and is older. Either way, we've got to hold onto Garza and hope for a rebound, don't trade him now when his value is at it's lowest point.

Also in response to this, "And I no longer buy this cop out that it's so much harder for small market teams. Let's look at some teams with metro less than 3 mil, like Milwaukee. St. Louis 43-21 Pittsburgh 37-27 Kansas City 36-25 Tampa Bay 36-30 Minnesota 34-30 San Diego 32-35 Cleveland 30-33 Cincinnati 29-35 Colorado 28-36 Milwaukee 24-42 I see several small market teams that will make the playoffs, and have at least a decent chance of winning it all. Of the ten markets below 3 million people, half are well above .500. Two others are within 3 games of .500, and then you have the three bottom feeders, of which we are the worst. And if you look at those top five teams, what do they share in common? Some of the best minor league systems in the game." What did it take for these teams to be where they are? Pittsburgh: Decades of losing seasons, and failed rebuild attempts Kansas City: Same thing Tampa Bay: lots of losing seasons Minnesota: four straight 90+ loss seasons to rebuild a farm system San Diego: four straight losing seasons and no post season since '06 Cleveland: still in a rebuild and will probably still be a losing team Cincy: A decade+ of losing seasons built them a small window and now it may be closed Colorado: still rebuilding and almost certainly heading for another losing season St. Louis is the outlier, yeah everyone wishes their team was ran as well as St. Louis. It's laughable to say it's not harder for small market teams to compete. Big market teams not only have access to the top free agents on the market to lead their rotations and fill the middle of their lineups, but they also get the chance to sign the best international players (Puig, Tanaka, etc.) It's simple economics.