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I love our depth because they are all controlled, so no reason to move them. Guys like DL Hall haven't shown they can stay healthy, so even in the pen, Gasser could instantly fill that role if Hall were to go down. Sproat stuff is there, but if you ever need to flip him to AAA and give Henderson starts, I don't think you'll hesitate. I think there is a path for every young arm to have an impact this season. Wouldn't be shocked to see one of Gasser/Crow to start on Wednesday (edit: they just called up Drohan so maybe not). There will always be injuries, unfortunately, and it wouldn't shock me to see Murph move to a 6-man rotation in the second half of the season if that luxury is there to try to get some length out of these guys in a hypothetical post-season run. All this being said, come deadline time, if there is a move to make, we have the ammo to make it.

The hat for those interested

That's a big show of confidence, but time will tell on it. Still love taking this approach with any young prospect. Wish they would have done it with Turang, but he is priced out already and Made's number to do this is well above Chourio's.

Still only 24 and 3 (partial) years of MLB experience already. Pretty good get for nothing for an OF lacking depth right now. Might see a corresponding move on Perk/Lockridge, though.

I think we need a higher-quality image here before I fully judge. The gradient on the Wisco font and numbers has me intrigued a bit, but it doesn't come through at all in this image. Definitely a downgrade to the Brew Crew ones, might grow on me. Not a fan of the orange name plate, but I guess if they are trying to play into some "blaze orange" hunting aspect.

Yeah I get the backlash when the original report was it was $70 for free refills to *one* game, but honestly, $70 and free refills for a season is an absolute steal if you go to even 4 games and refill it twice a game. There are plenty of fans who are going to 10+ and probably refilling it 3-4 times a game. I think I spent $40 for two (alcoholic) drinks on Opening Day. Plus, you get a cool cup. Feel like the Dodgers fumbled the PR here or the casual base really overreacted because this should have been praised as a great deal (by conventional ballpark standards).

Not relevant to this discussion, but I was at the Red Sox/Twins game in Boston, sitting first baseline when Casas got injured rolling over the bag. Would only feel right for his last game he played for me to be at and his next game he played to be in a Brewers jersey 😄

I don't see any harm in this. It just puts the pressure on Garrett Mitchell to stay healthy (lol). Baddoo was an MLB signing, so kinda figured this was coming. Mears being left off the NLCS roster too kinda showed Murph's hand in maybe his trust level. That Zerpa GB% is nice too and plays well with our defense.

With Montgomery out with TJ - seems we basically just bought Shelby Miller by taking on the Montgomery contract, with no prospect changing hands.

Take for what it is worth:

Agreed here. Cortes was a 4.4 WAR in '22 and 2.6 WAR in '24. He had an injury-shortened '23. He made two starts for us, one was *very* bad, one was *very* good. You can't fault Cortes for being injured and he has looked strong in his rehab outings. If they don't move Nestor, he is likely to play a large role down the stretch. If they do move him, there is absolutely more value to him than people are assessing. Starting Pitching is a lot of teams main need, it just isn't ours. In terms of Quintana, I don't think by any means he has been "great" outside of an ERA that looks nice on paper. He has the highest WHIP of any active pitcher on the Brewers staff, and ranks in the bottom 20% of xERA, xBA, velo, and Whiff%. He is bailed out by a higher than average GB% and is just good at limiting barrels, but his expected ERA is pushing 5 (though it has been this way his entire career). He also has been putrid in Milwaukee, with a 4.91 ERA at home that we don't really talk about. I know this is nit-picky, but with as deep of a SP staff we currently have, the argument for Cortes vs, Quintana is one to have.

I liked Haase, but he even in his limited at bats he hasn't flashed the power and he is striking out 40.3% of the time. I am perfectly fine with this swap. Best of luck to Haase and hope there is a way to keep him at AAA for depth.

Welcome to rumor season.

Quero pulled from AAA tonight with no real reason as to why. For the record, that would be an insaneo overpay for Suarez, but just noting it.