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1. Keston Hiura - 2B 2. Corbin Burnes - SP 3. Tristen Lutz - OF 4. Corey Ray - OF 5. Brice Turang - SS 6. Lucas Erceg - 3B 7. Zach Brown - SP 8. Caden Lemons - SP 9. Carlos Rodriguez - OF 10. Trey Supek - SP 11. Mauricio Dubon - SS 12. Jake Gatewood - 1B 13. Mario Feliciano - C 14. Jacob Knottingham - C 15. Payton Henry - C 16. David Fry - C 17. Micah Bello - OF 18. Larry Ernesto - OF 19. Chad McClannahan - 3B 20. Joe Gray - OF 21. Troy Stokes Jr - OF 22. Marcos Diplan - SP 23. Aaron Ashby - SP 24. Eduarqui Fernandez - OF 25. Michele Vassalotti - SP 26. Trent Grisham - OF 27. Joantgel Segovia - OF 28. Je'Von Ward - OF 29. Quintin Torres-Costa - RP 30. Leugim Castillo - OF

Arcia has regressed to be arguably the worst hitter in the MLB not named Chris Davis or Kole Calhoun (or maybe Lewis Brinson). At nearly 1,000 plate appearances it seems the sample size is large enough to question if he'll ever be a MLB caliber hitter. His advanced stats are horrifying: - 13.4% Line Drive rate, 3rd lowest in baseball - 59.8% Ground Ball rate, 4th most in baseball (Villar #2, in fact 5 Brewers rank in the top 27 here, major issue with this offense). - 24.4% Soft Contact rate, 13th highest in baseball - 24.4% Hard Contact rate as well, 7th weakest in baseball - wRC+ 34, 3rd lowest in baseball - .65 ISO, 3rd lowest in baseball - .506 OPS, 3rd lowest in baseball - -14.2 Offensive WAR (fangraphs), 4th worst in baseball Toss in a 4.5% BB rate and 23.3% K rate and you have yourselves a hitter that is clearly over-matched in the batters box.

Heyman says we gave up Brinson and Diaz

The Brewer's biggest issue moving forward is their lack of true "superstars", which I would qualify as 4+ WAR guys. Based on Fangraphs WAR, we had 1 of those - Jimmy Nelson - and he'll be on the DL to open the season. To compare, the Astros had 5 last year (Altuve, Verlander, Springer, Gonzalez, Correa). If the Brewers want to be legit contenders, and at 86 wins last year they aren't far off, they need to add some "superstars". Maybe Brinson, or Burnes, or Harrison, or Ortiz, etc, become 4+ WAR guys, but that is a complete crap-shoot. Guys who are 4+ WAR players (not to mention in their primes and under control for years on friendly terms) - Chris Archer (4.6), Christian Yelich (4.5). Adding these players would be a huge boast to their chances at winning the NL. At some point fans have to move beyond the world of prospects and farm-system rankings and realize this team isn't rebuilding anymore. The Crew isn't going to be drafting in the top 3-5 anytime soon to acquire the Kris Bryant/Bryce Harper/etc of the world, they're competing and our strong farm system depth needs to be used to acquire legit MLB talent. Even if they surrender Brinson, Phillips, Burnes, Ortiz, Diaz, Harrison to add Archer and Yelich they still have Huira, Peralta, Lutz, Grisham, Ray, Ponce, etc, etc, left. With their payroll flexibility, current roster, and deep farm system, they are in a perfect position to use some of their prospects to make a run at "superstar" talent for the next few years without killing their future outlook.

1. Lewis Brinson 2. Josh Hader 3. Corbin Burnes 4. Freddy Peralta 5. Luis Ortiz 6. Keston Huira 7. Brandon Woodruff 8. Isan Diaz 9. Mauricio Dubon 10. Monte Harrison 11. Tristen Lutz 12. Trent Clark 13. Jake Gatewood 14. Brett Phillips 15. Lucas Erceg 16. Trey Stokes 17. Carlos Herrera 18. KJ Harrison 19. Caden Lemons 20. Corey Ray 21. Jordan Yamamoto 22. Phil Bickford 23. Mario Feliciano 24. Trey Supak 25. Jacob Nottingham

Is anyone aware of when Josh Pennington and Phil Bickford are expected back from their injuries and/or where they will be assigned (MiLB shows Appleton and Carolina respectively but not sure how accurate that is)? Easy to forget we still have those two quality arms in the system.

1. Orlando Arcia - SS 2. Lewis Brinson - CF 3. Josh Hader - LHP 4. Isan Diaz - 2B 5. Luis Ortiz - RHP 6. Trent Clark - CF 7. Corey Ray - CF 8. Phil Bickford - RHP 9. Maverick Phillips - CF 10. Marcos Diplan - RHP 11. Freddy Peralta - RHP 12. Lucas Erceg - 3B 13. Cody Ponce - RHP 14. Gilbert Lara - SS/3B 15. Demi Orimoloye - 1B/OF 16. Brandon Woodruff - RHP 17. Kodi Medeiros - LHP 18. Jacob Nottingham - C 19. Corbin Burnes - RHP 20. Devin Williams - RHP 21. Jake Gatewood - 3B/1B/SS 22. Braden Webb - RHP 23. Chad McClanahan - 3B 24. Troy Stokes - LF 25. Mario Feliciano - C