BlazingGunz

1 Hiura K 2 Ray C 3 Brown Z 4 Turang B 5 Lutz T 6 Erceg L 7 Dubon M 8 Ashby A 9 Supak T 10 Nottingham J 11 Henry P 12 Webb B 13 Houser A 14 Stokes T 15 Taylor T 16 Gray J 17 Grisham T 18 Diplan M 19 Gatewood J 20 Feliciano M 21 Ward J 22 Rodriguez C 23 Abreu P 24 Bello M 25 McClanahan C 26 Lemons K 27 Rasmussen D 28 Sanchez M 29 Hill A 30 Kirby N 31 Ponce C 32 Zhao Lun 33 Wilson W 34 Castillo LG 35 Ernesto L

I like it, keep posting this!

I don't think his comments are about the top end of the market...Machado, Harper, Corbin they are all going to get paid. It's the middle of the market. Why are players like Moustakas having to sign 1 year deals? Why did Grandal not get a similar deals than catchers did 4 years ago? I don't know if it's collusion or market correction or owners just taking advantage of a bad CBA. But the hallmarks are similar to what happened in the 80's to suppress salaries (stars not finding deals, 1 year contracts, etc) that led to the biggest labor disruption that we have seen in the sport. Regardless of the cause, history seems doomed to repeat itself in this case. I do tend to agree with him though, that teams should be trying to win and getting the best players on their teams. If that is free agency...great, if that is trades...great, if that is promoting talent faster...great. The National League for the most part is primed to be exciting this year...because those teams bought or traded for good players (and contracts). The American League not so much and that hurts the game overall (and thus drives down player salaries in the process). Another solution potentially could be expansion....if there are too many good young players...and too many still decent veterans, then maybe we need more spots to put that talent. (Hence the reason the MLBPA is insisting on a DH in the NL...equals more jobs).

I don't see how Neil Walker is getting more than a 1 year deal for very cheap $1.5 - $2 million tops. He had a horrible year and is coming off of a 1 year $5 million dollar contract. That being said, would rather just roll with Spangy and Perez and wait for Hiura or Dubon.

Franco most likely to the Padres...they are looking for a 3B and have had interest in him in the past.

In Rosenthal's piece on the Athletic today he mentioned the Marlins as looking at Thames possibly. Seems to be some interesting matchup possibilities to fit within our budget. My thoughts: Thames for Starlin Castro (sheds salary for Marlins, gives us our 2B within our budget range) Thames for Caleb Smith (LH starter with potential) Thames and Albers for Dan Straily and Adam Conley (RH starter and LH reliever, salaries would be a close match, Marlins shopping Straily) or just move Thames and get some lottery tickets if the Marlins really want him

Isn't he (Valencia) a club house cancer though? I believe he has gotten into multiple fights with team mates and even put Billy Butler in the hospital with a concussion. I think he is known to be a hot head and not much fun to be around...no thanks.

They just sent Diplan to the rookie academy (along with Freddy, Zach Brown, and Tyrone Taylor)...so I don't see him just getting dropped from the 40-man. Traded maybe... Houser is going to get dealt or dropped though...no options...no shuttle...no roster spot.

Bumping to the top for discussion....he has until January 2nd to sign, otherwise goes back to Japan. Have to think he is holding of the starting pitching market up somewhat as teams wait his decision. I really like him as a fit for the Brewers, left handed, age, cost...makes a lot sense. As long he isn't stuck on a West Coast team, would be a good fit.

Tweet came out the same day as this, more smoke?? https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2018/11/21/bryce-harper-brewers-free-agent/2077834002/

One thing I didn't like with the fangraphs projections, is that they used a different number of prospects for different teams....thus teams that had more prospects rated got a higher value. I get that they probably have more/better quality, but at least give the Brewers depth options some value as well, might make this a better representation...instead of just the prospects that fangraphs decided to scout and write about. My 2 cents...

1 Keston Hiura 2 Corey Ray 3 Tristen Lutz 4 Brice Turang 5 Zack Brown 6 Lucas Erceg 7 Mauricio Dubon 8 Trey Supak 9 Aaron Ashby 10 Jacob Nottingham 11 Adrian Houser 12 Marcos Diplan 13 Troy Stokes Jr 14 Joe Gray 15 Carlos Rodriguez 16 Jake Gatewood 17 Payton Henry 18 Chad McClanahan 19 Je’Von Ward 20 Trent Grisham 21 Pablo Abreu 22 Braden Webb 23 Cody Ponce 24 Tyrone Taylor 25 Mario Feliciano 26 Caden Lemons 27 Justin Jarvis 28 Max Lazar 29 Micah Bello 30 Wes Wilson 31 Branlyn Jaraba 32 Joey Matulovich 33 Michael Mediavilla 34 Yeison Coca 35 LG Castillo 36 Eddie Silva 37 Michelle Vassalotti 38 Jolon Lun 39 Eduarqui Fernandez 40 Larry Ernesto 41 Jon Olczak 42 Bubba Derby 43 Thomas Jankins 44 Jake Hager 45 Antonio Pinero 46 Devin Williams 47 Drew Rasmussen 48 Nathan Kirby 49 Brendan Murphy 50 Phil Bickford

I had OBS view for Game 2 of NLDS, Club Level. It was 3rd row, right behind camera guy...but no camera guy in front of me, so perfect front row seats with a foot rest!

Any idea why FSWI would be blacked out on Sling TV? I have watched every game all year on this....

This was tough just to narrow down to the top 50. Lot's of similar ranked players in my eyes...but very very deep...and very interesting at the lower levels with guys with high ceilings. Rank Player Position Affiliate 1 Keston Hiura 2B Biloxi 2 Corbin Burnes RHSP Milwaukee 3 Corey Ray OF Biloxi 4 Tristen Lutz RF Wisconsin 5 Lucas Erceg 3B Biloxi 6 Brice Turang SS AZL 7 Zack Brown RHSP Biloxi 8 Marcos Diplan RHSP Biloxi 9 Mauricio Dubon SS Colorado Springs 10 Jacob Nottingham C Colorado Springs 11 Troy Stokes Jr LF Biloxi 12 Adrian Houser RHSP Colorado Springs 13 Trey Supak RHSP Biloxi 14 Jake Gatewood 1B Biloxi 15 Trent Grisham OF Biloxi 16 Joe Gray CF AZL 17 Carlos Rodriguez CF DSL 18 Micah Bello CF AZL 19 Cody Ponce RHSP Biloxi 20 Aaron Ashby LHSP Wisconsin 21 Chad McClanahan 1B/3B Helena 22 Caden Lemons RHSP AZL 23 Payton Henry C Wisconsin 24 Mario Feliciano C Carolina 25 Quintin Torres-Costa LHRP Colorado Springs 26 Michele Vassalotti RHSP AZL 27 Pablo Abreu CF Helena 28 Justin Jarvis RHSP AZL 29 Max Lazar RHSP Helena 30 Demi Orimoloye CF Carolina 31 Larry Ernesto OF DSL 32 Zach Clark CF Wisconsin 33 Tom Jankins RHSP Biloxi 34 KJ Harrison C Wisconsin 35 Nick Egnatuk 3B Helena 36 LG Castillo OF Helena 37 Yeison Coca 2B/SS Helena 38 Je'Von Ward OF Helena 39 Nate Kirby LHSP Carolina 40 Devin Williams RHSP Carolina 41 Tyrone Taylor CF Colorado Springs 42 Drew Rasmussen RHRP AZL 43 Nick Ramirez LHRP Colorado Springs 44 Braden Webb RHSP Carolina 45 Max McDowell C Biloxi 46 Clayton Andrews LHRP Wisconsin 47 Joantgel Segovia OF Carolina 48 Wes Wilson INF Carolina 49 Tucker Neuhaus INF Carolina 50 Phil Bickford RHRP Carolina

Bring the pride of Auberndale, WI home (J. Zimmerman). Have the Tigers eat 75% of that contract and send them some lower level prospects in return. I think he is better this year...k's are up...get him back to the National League where he was pretty dominant for a while. He will for sure clear waivers too.

He called the exact players going back to KC for Moose...Phillips and Lopez....about 3 hours before it actually broke. That seemed pretty impressive. Also had some dialogue with Agent 39 about it as well.

Strange that we acquired another lefty hitter too....going to be interesting against LH pitching, and the Cubs have more of it

Maybe he is getting better, not an inaccurate headline: More Milwaukee Brewers reportedly in ongoing talks to acquire Matt Harvey https://www.brewcrewball.com/2018/7/26/17620684/report-milwaukee-brewers-trade-in-ongoing-talks-to-acquire-cincinnati-reds-matt-harvey?utm_campaign=brewcrewblue&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …

Wouldn't mind dealing Santana and/or Broxton but not for Diaz - just zero power to help us (how do you have gigantic arms and no power!) Maybe restock the farm for other buyer deals....something like Chang, Hentges, Oviedo should do the trick.

It's LSU vs. the Brewers. This article seems to imply that Turang has been looking for an $8m bonus (that's Casey Mize territory!)....Brewers don't even have that in their entire pool. LSU did give up on Elijah Cabell (Brewers 14th rounder) though...it says he is signing with the Brewers. Not sure where all of this overslot money is going to come from. Should be interesting to see how we sign our guys... http://sports.usatoday.com/2018/06/07/omaha-in-the-front-view-lsu-looks-to-rebound-big-time-from-season-of-missing-players/

I will have to check this out on Podcast Addict if it's available there...

1.K.Hiura 2.C.Burnes 3.B.Woodruff 4.L.Ortiz 5.B.Phillips 6.T.Grisham 7.F.Peralta 8.C.Ray 9.L.Erceg 10.T.Lutz 11.M.Dubon 12.T. Williams 13.C.Ponce 14.M.Feliciano 15.K.Medieros 16.J.Nottingham 17.T.Stokes 18.A.Houser 19.M.Diplan 20.J.Pennington 21.T.Supak 22.KJ Harrison 23.Z.Brown 24.J.Gatewood 25.J.Carmona

D-Train Spring Training Game Used is my favorite

1. Lewis Brinson 2. Keston Hiura 3. Corbin Burnes 4. Luis Ortiz 5. Brandon Woodruff 6. Brett Phillips 7. Monte Harrison 8. Lucas Erceg 9. Isan Diaz 10. Freddy Peralta 11. Trent Clark 12. Corey Ray 13. Troy Stokes 14. Tristen Lutz 15. Mauricio Dubon 16. Mario Feliciano 17. Trey Supak 18. Marcos Diplan 19. Jacob Nottingham 20. Jake Gatewood 21. Cody Ponce 22. Josh Pennington 23. Kodi Medeiros 24. Phil Bickford 25. Jordan Yamamoto 26. Zack Brown 27. Demi Orimoloye 28. Taylor Williams 29. KJ Harrison 30. Bubba Derby