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  1. Jopal78
    Yep, and the Brewers traded him to the Giants, who later traded him to the Rays who subsequently sold his contract to the White Sox last December. Fluky stuff happens for sure.
  2. Jopal78
    Good on you. You could say Peralta is effectively wild, and Sproat is just wild. But to suggest they’re substantially similar is false, plain and simple.
  3. Jopal78
    You’re giving Sproat too much credit. He’s 26. Peralta was a 22 and 23 year old kid 22 the last time he turned in an ERA over 5 or walked more than 4 batters per 9. Peralta struck out more batters per 9 and kept the ball in the park better too. Sproat has a live arm, but he has sucked for the Brewers. He’d probably be working on his game at AAA had the other starters stayed healthy.
  4. Jopal78
    I’m curious who you would identify as a top of the rotation controllable starter? I’m not saying you’re wrong to hold Mitchell in a high regard (I’m with you, I was convinced he would come into this season and either get hurt or suck because of all the injuries), but still I’m not sure any team trading significant assets to get him with 3+ years of service time and only 224 games played. Foreseeably, if Mitchell stayed completely healthy this season and continues to be an above average bat while playing premium defense in CF, it may make sense for both Milwaukee and Mitchell to come to some sort of agreement on an extension. His injuries will limit his earning capacity between now and 2029. So perhaps he can get a guarantee for more money than he’ll likely make in arbitration in exchange for an extra year of control or club options.
  5. Jopal78
    What’s a worse look: Chourio batting lefty against a position player or Dansby Swanson taking a monster rip from the shoe tops against a position player lobbing them in there for a grand slam.
  6. Jopal78
    Auto correct from Pena. Fixed
  7. Jopal78
    The Brewers had a ‘silent’ pitching problem before Woodruff’s injury: there was nobody on the roster who threw >150 innings last year. Further several of the arms they will need to count on with Woodruff likely done for the season (Henderson, Drohan, Gasser, Crow) pitched 100 or less innings in 2025z More than they need hitters or bullpen arms, the Brewers probably need two starting pitchers now if they realistically intend to stay in the race while protecting their young arms.
  8. Jopal78
    Sure, but it would cost Made or Pena types etc. The remaining team control means the Twins do not need to trade Ryan unless an offer blows them away.
  9. Jopal78
    I would assume it’s bad news. The team doctors likely said, “it looks like X to us, or there’s definitely an abnormality but you may want to go talk to your surgeon and see what he thinks or how severe it is”. Oh, well, good career.
  10. Jopal78
    I mean more normal to select a picture to the 26 man roster who is stretched out and capable of going multiple innings. Then DFA’ing that pitcher to select another arm. Cards did it with Bruce Zimmerman and they’ll likely DFA Schuster for another arm. Cubs did it with Bryce Wilson last week. The Braves do it with Carlos Carrasco too, but apparently with his blessing. MLBPA may make that a sticking point in their next round of negotiations, this kind of roster churn manipulates pay and service time.
  11. Jopal78
    That’s kind of the point. If the thread title is what prospects would you be willing to deal, the honest answer I think is any of them if it’s the right deal. …. although Turning2 would keep Made seemingly no matter what. 😃
  12. Jopal78
    Maybe he takes Sal’s job.
  13. Jopal78
    Yep, complaining about a back up catcher with an .815 OPS…. Life is good for Brewers fans
  14. Jopal78
    Did Bauers come limping after that play?
  15. Jopal78
    He’s a former Top 100 prospect! MLB Pipeline 2021, 2022. FanGraphs 2022. You don’t make those lists then suck in the majors….
  16. Jopal78
    Six years of Made straight up for 3.5 years of Skenes. Who says no?
  17. Jopal78
    It’s rough. He’s got a good eye but no pop and teams are going to pitch around guys to get to him. It’s a testament to the quality of the roster that they’re in games where they’ve got 2 automatic outs in the line up, and another who’s close to that
  18. Jopal78
    Nah, he’d have a couple weeks before teams diagnosed video on where they could pitch him where he couldn’t hit it yet not lay off it. The, he would see nothing but that until he made a counter adjustment Hiura got 1057 PAs with the Brewers, struck out 36% of the time and hit only 50 homers in those 1057 PAs. And that’s after playing all levels of the minor leagues.
  19. Jopal78
    The little man platoon in RF Lara and Frelick.
  20. Jopal78
    But you don’t hate it…..😁 He shouldn’t have thrown the helmet, but I think most of his antics are an act. He crowds the plate and knows he’s going to get hit doing it, so he puts on a huge intimidation game to try to get pitchers not to hit him. At the end of the day, I want to see the team win and don’t mind much is a player is abrasive, but I’d imagine off the field they realize they’re all members of the same ultra elite club and probably get along fine “at work”.
  21. Jopal78
    Say the Red Sox collapse and throw in the towel. Willson Contreras to Milwaukee for Andrew Vaughn, Jett Williams and one of Jaron DeBerry, Tyson Hardin, Coleman Crow. Red Sox get Vaughn so they are not left naked at first base DH while Casas rehabs. Jett Williams a Top 100ish prospect who is completely blocked in Milwaukee, and a young pitching prospect, and may be able to get under the luxury tax threshold with more sales. Contreras would add balance as a right handed power bat could primarily play 1B plus DH against lefties in place of Yelich. Bauers moves into a full-time role in right field bumping Frelick to 4th outfielder. When Bauers leaves as a free agent this winter the Brewers aren’t left naked at 1B. Contreras under contract through 2027 by which time one of the Brewers first base prospects should be ready to take the baton. Contreras is owed $30 million approximately from now through the end of 2027 including buy out on option. Vaughn making $7+M this year and likely $10M if retained for 2027, so the net spend for the Brewers is about $13M which is steep and the biggest wrinkle The next biggest wrinkle would be Contreras’s no trade clause, but I think he’d probably wanna play with his brother despite all the alleged bad blood business with Milwaukee
  22. Jopal78
    They’re not going trade their #3/#4 hitter in a season where they have the second best record in the league and are within striking distance of the number one seed. Not to mention in a pitching rotation filled with young arms a quality veteran catcher to handle them is gold. Maybe they’ll trade Contreras in the off-season if there was an offer too good to be true, but again it would be antithetical to what they’re trying to do, not to mention the dearth of catching depth in the organization. So what is most likely is if the team remains competitive Wild Bill will play out his six seasons in Milwaukee and leave as a free agent.
  23. Jopal78
    I get that. You said Pena would require a stud himself. So I’m trying to figure out hypothetically who that would be. Doesn’t have to be someone available at the deadline.
  24. Jopal78
    Then you probably should throw add Cooper Pratt to your proposed trade. You know, the shortstop the Brewers gave an 8 year contract to.
  25. Jopal78
    Yeah, Toronto may move Gausman because he is an impending free agent and that’s an interesting idea for Milwaukee. But, there would be many teams interested in adding a front of the rotation SP with playoff experience for the stretch run; so the Jays are not going to trade him for a collection of crap. Probably would have to dip into that Top 10 prospect list to have a realistic shot. Finally, Gausman has 10/5 rights, so if the Jays decide to break up their team, he will have some say where he is traded.
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