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  1. Jopal78
    A sub .350 slugging percentage will and should raise questions about the future potential of the bat.
  2. Jopal78
    They’re not going to have their 3rd best prospect (Williams) debut in the majors as bench player. Mitchell and Ortiz are going to get another chance in CF and SS if for no other reason to try to rebuild value before the organization moves on. As such, they’ll likely play Williams in ST everyday then option him to AAA to get regular playing time in CF. Lockridge moves to RF in Nashville
  3. Jopal78
    How about better players. Perkins and Koenig are major leaguers but of the “nice to have” kind and definitely not the type where someone is trading major league assets to get them.
  4. Jopal78
    It could be simply that Montgomery is waiting to see what his last best offer is. He was terrible in 2024 before hurting his elbow in 2025 so the suitors and terms maybe limited. Zack Littel and Chris Bassit would be 2nd tier free agents who could make sense for a veteran starter for the Brewers, but both are probably out of Milwaukee’s price range. They’re probably better off trying to get a veteran bat or two on a one year deal than more starting pitching.
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    Fan puffery to the extent of calling one team’s “lab” better than the others or ‘the best’. For example, Seattle has the same type of system and reputation for cranking out quality pitchers and improving pitchers who come to their organization, besides due to bias how can anyone objectively say Milwaukee’s “lab” is better? Which isn’t to say compared to a team like the Angels (who reportedly are less invested in biomechanics and motion capture) the Brewers are cutting edge. And for a franchise that’s not going to have multiple 30 million dollar AAV contracts, the biomechanics/motion capture pitching “lab” is kind of table stakes if the franchise wants to be competitive.
  6. Jopal78
    Right, and pro sports are copy cat leagues. If the Brewers had some sort of culture which was known to give them an edge, teams would identify someone who is a part of that culture, hire them away to build their own culture for a new team. It happens all the time, other teams catch up and you have to find the next angle for that edge.
  7. Jopal78
    If you say so. If there was a “proven method” that the Brewers utilized or had more skilled people in the lab than other team, are you telling us thier lab folks are just plugging away year after year and no attempts have been made to poach them by other teams for more money, professional advancement etc? The more likely is the haves (who have the equipment and know how to use it) and the haves nots, and there isn’t a quantifiable way you can rank the haves.
  8. Jopal78
    It’s fan puffery to an extent. A pitching lab has high speed cameras, biomechanics equipment and software to evaluate spin, axis and movement to help work with a pitcher to develop, refine or discard pitches based on the data captured and recorded. 8-10 teams have one now, and it’s impossible to quantify if one is better than another. (Milwaukee’s lab is better than Seattle’s or Houston’s etc.)
  9. Jopal78
    Mickey Mantle. None of us are privy to what they were offered or by whom or even what teams were truly interested.. If the implication in your question is: this return was the best they were going to do, then making their division winning roster from 2025 worse in the short run for “potential“ gains in the future is a risky move, and perhaps they should have held on to Peralta for awhile longer. But like I said, the Brewers seem to know what they’re doing so they’re gonna get the benefit of the doubt.
  10. Jopal78
    Keyword “potentially”. It’s fine, they got 2 players they really like for their best trade chip They’re not going to say anything other than how excited they are. I think objectively it makes the 2026 team less talented, while it potentially makes the 2027 and beyond teams better. I had hoped they’d get someone for Peralta that was plug and play at a position of need, but the front office seems to know what they’re doing so they get the benefit of the doubt.
  11. Jopal78
    Sproat maybe as a 5th starter. Most of the linked publications in this thread mention he struggles with command. I’d imagine he’ll compete with Gasser, Henderson, Carlos Rodriguez, DL Hall etc. but with the most options remaining will likely windup in AAA to start ‘26. Have yet to see any pundit or writer linked in this thread say Williams is MLB ready now.
  12. Jopal78
    They’re not so hot for Williams: markers suggesting a below average hit tool and utility role
  13. Jopal78
    First it’s the minor leagues, and most of his experience is in the lower levels, it’s not even close to the level of pitching he’d see in Milwaukee. More importantly smaller humans don’t have the same extension and mass as taller players do, and the pitch plane mismatch is more significant. Thus, the margin for error is that much smaller and he’ll need near perfect mechanics. Can a small player hit for power in the major leagues, sure. Is it likely, no. They were always going to trade Peralta, I just would've preferred someone who’s ready to play now at a position of need.
  14. Jopal78
    Maybe that’s the cautionary tale. DL Hall with injuries and diminished velocity is shaping up to be a bust, and almost everyone wants to dump Ortiz after he was the worst hitter in the NL. 2 years later those players haven’t definitively made the Brewers better.
  15. Jopal78
    They traded a player whose absence makes the 2026 team worse, for 2 players who may or may not help them this year.
  16. Jopal78
    He’s got 700 career at bats above A-ball with a sub .800 OPS. Those are facts, you can look it up. I don’t really care what the metrics say for 34 games last summer in AAA, and I would hope the Brewers front office doesn’t draw any conclusions based on it either because it is the definition of a small sample. EDIT: I guess they did…
  17. Jopal78
    It’s playing the percentages. Peralta is the best chip the Brewers have to improve their talent level. Jett Williams hit well in the low level of minor leagues. It’s not known how well he will hit in the upper levels. There are very few MLB players that short who hit for power consistently in the last 40 years. I’d prefer the Brewers to hang on to Peralta unless someone is willing to fork over a blue chipper who is ready for the major leagues.
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    Ok, and in 700+ PAs since leaving A ball it’s under .800, so you’ve got some sample size issues there. Like I said, being under 5’9” makes the physics of hitting for power that much harder. Which why in the last 40 years the short guys that have are a class of 2.
  19. Jopal78
    And more starts in AAA than Burnes, Woodruff and Peralta. And all the while toiling away in AAA as the Mets gave 27 starts to pitchers with a collective era over 5.00; so it’s not like Sproat was in AAA for lack of need in New York. As for Williams, the list of 5’9” and shorter MLB hitters with power in the modern era is: Puckett and Altuve, so take Willaims’ mashing in A-ball with a grain of salt. In fact you can already see it playing out that his OPS after leaving A-ball is under .800. A short, speedy contact hitter with defensive versatility….. sounds like Caleb Durbin to me. Plus, as the Mets pay over 40 million dollars (salary + luxury tax) to acquire Luis Robert Jr., Peralta is worth his weight in gold to the big boys paying the CBT because his salary is only 8 million.
  20. Jopal78
    Sproat spent considerable time at AAA (relative to how long most prospects pitch there) and didn’t dominate. If the return for Peralta is a middling major league ready prospect (Sproat) and a diminutive prospect/Caleb Durbin clone, I would just hang on to Peralta and take the comp pick when he rejects a QO next winter.
  21. Jopal78
    Thats the NFL. There isn’t a “prove it” year for coaches, unless they fail. Because if they win they’ll have sour grapes and the freedom go anywhere. Had the Packers wanted to retool and fired LaFleur and Gutekunst to stat fresh, I would not have cared, but firing just LaFleur because they thought their talent level, especially after Parsons was hurt, warranted more victories would’ve been dumb.
  22. Jopal78
    Again, you’re complaining about talent: ie. Another team’s players out performing/out executing the Packers’ players. It’s not as if LaFleur is less sophisticated than the other coaches in terms of concept and play calling. What’s LaFleur and Bisaccia supposed to do when, for example I know jt was the regular season but, they have Doubs (perhaps the most reliable pair of hands on the roster) positioned perfectly on their onside kick team and he blows the recovery? Same thing with McManus. Positioned on the hash correctly, snap comes to holder correctly, and he misses the kick? Trying to go for the knockout punch by trying to throw deep against the blitz? LaFleur knows if he hits it he’s a genius and if it doesn’t work he’s a goat, and he had the Fire in his belly to do it.
  23. Jopal78
    No it’s not scared of change. They dropped a HoF QB for a guy they got in the back half of the first round. Clearly the organization isn’t afraid of change. Rather the difference is the Packers have B- talent, they went 9-6-1 with LaFleur. There isn’t a screaming reason to change based on that (unless the thought is they have A/A- talent and LaFleur is holding them back). If there is someone readily available who you believe can get more out of the talent they have, then you make a change. Otherwise it’s change for change’s sake.
  24. Jopal78
    Given how vital it is for teams, let alone ones that are outmanned financially, why would the Brewers trade controllable starting pitching for anything less than a “sure thing” which isn’t Mayo or Kjerstad.
  25. Jopal78
    If at your job if everyone else with your title and similar experience was getting paid more, I’m betting you’d think you deserve a raise as well, especially if some workers of the same title with even less experience were making more. I’d further wager that if your employer wasn’t positive they could find someone better when they have an immediate essential need at your role, they’d give you a raise instead of letting you walk. Pretty simple stuff.
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