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  1. MadThinker88
    Tonight (8/8/17) will be the 3rd time this season Carolina sees Indians top pitching prospect Triston McKenzie. In the previous 2 meetings (each won by McKenzie), Triston has gone 5 innings (giving up 1 run (unearned) on 3 hits, 2 walks and 8 ks) and 6 innings (allowing 1 hit & 1 walk with 14 ks). It will be interesting to see if Carolina has made any adjustments & if so, if Triston can respond quickly enough & adjust as well.
  2. MadThinker88
    Curious why Pittsburgh would want to deal him. Personally - I don't think they want to....
  3. MadThinker88
    Agreed.. 0 votes. Next candidate..
  4. MadThinker88
    He (Hader) should be a starter until he proves to be ineffective in that role or unable to remain healthy enough to be in that role. Individuals that prove to be unable to start but have 1 or 2 exceptional skills over shorter periods are the ones that get converted to bullpen roles (situational ace or closer)...
  5. MadThinker88
    only if it stays at 9 innings. Toronto/ Cleveland had an extra inning 7 hour game last season (7/1/16 I think) that ended 2-1..
  6. MadThinker88
    I think many people are happy for Jeremy. At this point there is enough of a track record for Jeremy that he & the Brewers need to figure out a way to keep him pitching with the Milwaukee organization until his career ends.
  7. MadThinker88
    Update time.. For the games as of the end of 7/29/2107 Franchise........................W.......L........Pct 1 New York Yankees..........255....160....0.6145 2 Minnesota Twins.............236....179....0.5687 3 St. Louis Cardinals..........233....181....0.5628 4 Houston Astros...............233....185....0.5574 5 Philadelphia Phillies.........228....189....0.5468 6 Arizona Diamondbacks....226....190....0.5433 7 Tampa Bay Rays.............222....190....0.5388 8 Pittsburgh Pirates............215....192....0.5283 9 Los Angeles Dodgers.......220....197....0.5276 10 Detroit Tigers.................212....190....0.5274 ... 26 Atlanta Braves...............183....221....0.4530 27 Washington Nationals.....182....227....0.4450 28 Texas Rangers...............180....239....0.4296 29 Chicago White Sox.........177....236....0.4286 30 San Francisco Giants......168....244....0.4078 Others in NL Central 12 Chicago Cubs..............210....202....0.5097 14 Milwaukee Brewers......205....205....0.5000 23 Cincinnati Reds...........194....219....0.4697
  8. MadThinker88
    Pretty easy to outright him to AAA as he will clear waivers and is already a sunk cost, so I'm guessing that's what they will do. I think its better to completely move on.. Every opportunity he pitches in the rotation or bullpen (in MLB or MiLB) is 1 less for a prospect to develop or show what they could do.. I'd rather the chances go to others..
  9. MadThinker88
    Now comes the big question (as its very unlikely someone would trade for or put in a claim for Free Wily) - will the Crew try to retain Peralta in the minors??
  10. MadThinker88
    Which is the bigger head scratcher- Hellickson to the O's or Ramos to the Mets??? To me I think this one is more twilight zone than the Mets getting Ramos...
  11. MadThinker88
    Perhaps there is a bigger issue w/ Familia that will impact next season. Now the Mets have some coverage for next year if Familia is not back... If he is back, then they have a good 1-2 in the pen..
  12. MadThinker88
    Short answer .. no. Tigers have few assets that could bring back prospect packages of good value. Think back to last summer, if someone offered few (& unranked) low A guys for Garza and Lucroy, would that have been enough?? If you suggest Zimmerman and KINSLER, I think there might be a better chance...
  13. MadThinker88
    Saw someone comment on MLB Trade Rumors to send "Free" Wily Peralta for JJ. Might as well try.. JJ has a track record of success for the Brewers and issues playing for anyone else. Wily just needs to go. A change of scenery might do both some good.
  14. MadThinker88
    Update time with games thru 7/22/17 Franchise...................W......L......Pct 1......New York Yankees......238...155...0.6056 2......Minnesota Twins.........225...168...0.5725 3......Philadelphia Phillies.....221...172...0.5623 4......Houston Astros...........221...173...0.5609 5......St. Louis Cardinals......219...172...0.5601 6......Arizona Dbacks...........212...182...0.5381 7......Boston Red Sox..........208...182...0.5333 8......Detroit Tigers.............202...177...0.5330 9......Tampa Bay Rays.........207...183...0.5308 10.....Chicago Cubs.............205...186...0.5243 ... 26.....Toronto Blue Jays.......179...213....0.4566 27.....Washington Nationals..168...220....0.4330 28.....Chicago White Sox......166...226....0.4235 29.....Texas Rangers............167...229....0.4217 30.....San Francisco Giants...156...233....0.4010 ... Others in NL Central 11....Pittsburgh Pirates.......200...185....0.5195 17....Milwaukee Brewers.....193...196....0.4961 23....Cincinnati Reds..........183...207....0.4692 Notes: - Rough week for Brewers (8-18) as it drops under an overall .500 record for the top 4 affiliates. It also has a sub .500 record (242-243) for the composite of the 7 affiliates. Only AAA Colorado Springs & the Rookie ball Arizona league team have winning records. - The top 16 organizations have .500 or better records - Yankee affiliates keep rolling along. Another winning week (19-9). Move than 100 games over .500 across the full organization. Only their Dominican Summer League team is sub .500
  15. MadThinker88
    IIRC he has a no trade clause/rights... He refused a deal to the dodgers this past offseason unless they picked up his option year..
  16. MadThinker88
    I don't believe that is the reason. Teams acquiring players during their final contract year haven't been getting draft pick compensation since the prior CA agreement (4+ years ago). The current CBA made 2 changes to the qualifying offers: 1) players can only be extend a QA 1 time during their career & 2) If the QA is rejected, the team signing the player does not lose its 1st round pick & the team losing the player does not get a pick between rounds 1 & 2 of the next draft.
  17. MadThinker88
    I think your crossing items here. Yes as a small market team, the Brewers will get a supplemental pick between rounds 2 & 3 this coming season. By getting a group B pick, they will also get an additional 500K in their international signing pool. The Brewers would not get a pick for Darvish departing as a Free Agent. a) for a player to be eligible for a qualifying offer, the player needs to be in that organization the entire system. Hence by not dealing Darvish, the Rangers would have the opportunity to extend a qualifying offer. Anyone else... no dice.
  18. MadThinker88
    Update time with games thru 7/15/17.. Franchise................ W .....L .....Pct 1 New York Yankees.....219 146 0.6000 2 Minnesota Twins........209 157 0.5710 3 Philadelphia Phillies....206 160 0.5628 4 St. Louis Cardinals.....202 163 0.5534 5 Houston Astros..........204 165 0.5528 6 Arizona Dbacks..........200 169 0.5420 7 Boston Red Sox.........196 167 0.5399 8 Detroit Tigers............192 165 0.5378 9 Tampa Bay Rays........192 171 0.5289 10 Chicago Cubs............193 172 0.5288 .... 26 Toronto Blue Jays.......163 202 0.4466 27 Washington Nationals.158 203 0.4377 28 Chicago White Sox.....157 209 0.4290 29 Texas Rangers...........156 213 0.4228 30 San Francisco Giants...146 217 0.4022 Others in the NL Central: 11 Pittsburgh Pirates.......188 170 0.5251 15 Milwaukee Brewers.....185 178 0.5096 23 Cincinnati Reds...........171 194 0.4685 Edit: doing some editting work to see if I can get these items to read better moving forward.. Edit 2: seems better than the prior postings...
  19. MadThinker88
    It would be natural for those fans to come over here for a look as the Brewers are ahead of the Cubs in the standings. Get the temp & feel type of thing. Strange would by those same fans checking a Reds or Tigers board.
  20. MadThinker88
    If Rob Kaminsky could ever stay healthy he might develop into a solid starter some day. This year he made 1 start at the beginning & went on the DL. Rob's up for Rule 5 this year. Considering other players/ talents on the Cleveland 40 man, Rob might be left off & exposed to that draft.. I'm guessing the Orioles will draft Rob if given the chance..
  21. MadThinker88
    Whenever a deal is made it takes at least 2 sides.. Try to remember that the current leadership in Toronto is Mark Shapiro & Ross Atkins, formerly in Cleveland until 2016.. You can look at their trade history in Cleveland to get a sense how they look at things. Two words I would use to describe them: slow, methodical
  22. MadThinker88
    For his performances as a player, how about the now GM Billy Beane ???
  23. MadThinker88
    Always a chance the Brewers requested that Corey not be pitched....
  24. MadThinker88
    Update time. As of the end of 7/8/17 Franchise W L Pct 1 New York Yankees 206 140 0.5954 2 Philadelphia Phillies 198 149 0.5706 3 Minnesota Twins 195 148 0.5685 4 St. Louis Cardinals 189 154 0.5510 5 Arizona Dbacks 187 160 0.5389 6 Houston Astros 187 161 0.5374 7 Detroit Tigers 181 157 0.5355 8 Pittsburgh Pirates 180 159 0.5310 9 Tampa Bay Rays 180 160 0.5294 10 Boston Red Sox 180 162 0.5263 ... 26 Baltimore Orioles 157 189 0.4538 27 Washington Nationals 154 187 0.4516 28 Chicago White Sox 148 195 0.4315 29 Texas Rangers 149 198 0.4294 30 San Francisco Giants 138 205 0.4023 Others in NL Central 12 Chicago Cubs 181 165 0.5231 14 Milwaukee Brewers 176 167 0.5131 20 Cincinnati Reds 164 178 0.4795
  25. MadThinker88
    Doubt Seattle bites on the deal. Rumblings of Carlos Santana going to Seattle this coming off season as a FA to play with a couple of his friends from the DR World Baseball Classic team (Robinson Cano & Nelson Cruz).
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