Jopal78

Most roster spots are earned. .269/.327/.411 across thousands of minor league at bats tells us Taylor hasn’t forced his way on to the big league roster. It’s great he’s a 2nd round pick that made it to the big leagues and if he develops into a 4th OFer like Ben Gamel that would also be great. There’s nothing about his skills set or number, except the 90 at bats he’s gotten in his thee cups of coffee in the majors that warrants making him part of the future plans going forward Looking at minor league numbers as a whole are completely meaningless, especially across such a large number of seasons. How is it relevant that in 2015 he posted a 640 OPS at AA at age 21? Looking at the last 3 seasons is going to tell you way more than those early years. 2017 he posted 865 OPS, 2018 he posted 825 OPS, 2019 he posted 804 OPS...worth noting in 2019 we had moved to San Antonio, so the whole Colorado Springs thing is no longer a thing that year. All that while being a very good athlete and very solid in the field. Based on your thought process, probably would have been stupid to make Manny Pina a part of the future plans. After all, he posted a 714 career OPS in the minors. Or maybe the Brewers looked at his prior 2 seasons of 850+ OPS combined and saw his very solid defense and realized he could be a solid piece. Solid piece? Like another poster mentioned, Pina is the #2 catcher. Plus, they replaced him as their starter three years ago. He very well amy be the best #2 catcher in baseball, but it still means he's just a guy. As for Taylor, he was a 2nd round pick. The fact he made the majors at all is a huge success for the Brewers player development team. However, there is a reason Taylor was drafted out of high school in 2012 and is got his first at bats in the majors in '19, '20 and '21. He should have been knocking on the door of the big leagues in 2016 yet that year Kirk Nieuwenhius, Ramon Flores, and Alex Presley soaked up nearly 700 at bats in the Brewer outfield. In 2017 Keon Broxton, Hernan Perez, Nick Franklin and Niewenhuis soaked up another 800 at bats in the big league outfield. Similar to Jacob Nottingham at catcher, the door was wide open for Taylor to step into the CF role with the Brewers and the organization was very patient. You could also argue that Taylor's inability to play his way onto the major league roster before 2019 is one of the reasons Lorenzo Cain is on the Brewers today. I do hope the Taylor we've seen in his first 79 big league at bats is the same hitter he'll be over his next 3500 at bats, but all we can judge him by is his history and that leaves me skeptical.

First of all, the Brewers aren't simply going to give either of those players away. It doesn't help them in the short run, and the thought of removing struggling but established veterans from the lineup and replacing them players who've performed better albeit in a small sample but remain unknown commodities is inconsistent with the patience given by this front office (Shaw in '19, Hiura '20-'21, Smoak et al.), and making their roster less talented is inconsistent with where they want to be as a team (competing for the playoffs in 2021). Secondly, both those players are scuffling and making decent money their value in a trade is zero. No GM is going to take on 10+ million in salary for one of those players (not to mention give something in return) when a journeyman like Brian Goodwin (career .250/.317/.455) was just released and is freely available. In fact, the White Sox already have journeyman Billy Hamilton in their organization. Freeing up cash for a "potential" deadline deal isn't a reason to trade a player in May. Not only is it more probably true than not that additional room for acquisitions is already built in, but its doubtful after just 30 games any GM would be that brash to start "freeing up cash". As for Taylor he's no doubt been hot in limited at bats in the majors. However, his minor league numbers suggest its a matter of time until advanced scouting and video catch up with him. Taylor is not comparable to a Trent Grisham situation where the light goes on one year, he destroys the pitching in the minor leagues and forces his way on to the major league roster. Taylor has always been the same player, average numbers for a CFer but his bat has been too weak across 3400 minor league at bats, to ever profile as an every day corner outfielder in the majors.

Nola is certainly underrated. He’s about as tough as they come in the NL which is why it stings to let Velasquez wiggle off the hook all night long as he’s about as mediocre as they come in the NL.

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Most roster spots are earned. .269/.327/.411 across thousands of minor league at bats tells us Taylor hasn’t forced his way on to the big league roster. It’s great he’s a 2nd round pick that made it to the big leagues and if he develops into a 4th OFer like Ben Gamel that would also be great. There’s nothing about his skills set or number, except the 90 at bats he’s gotten in his thee cups of coffee in the majors that warrants making him part of the future plans going forward

Let’s not forget Bryan LaHair. Like Taylor he came out of nowhere and blistered the ball for the Cubs in April of 2012.

Can close the book on the Will Smith trade if ‘16. Brewers ended up getting squat. Which I suppose illustrates the risk trading veterans for prospects. Bickford did not impress but probably was better than Zimm

Or giving someone a hook to the mouth.

When preferred players get healthy. For now, the Brewers don’t have anyone else so he’ll need to come in and try to compete if for no other point than to eat innings until their other pitchers start getting healthy

The #1 highlight for all of major league baseball on MLB.com this morning after last night's incredible rollercoaster win for the Brewers was.... Betts hitting a normal HR in the first inning. Not saying you have to put a Brewers highlight first, but yes there is zero question that they go hard to tailor their coverage for the Dodgers bandwagon viewership. Most of their viewers are on the coasts, the vast majority are not Brewers fans. Easy to see why they do what they do.

Lucroy. You heard it here first

Well, we can all root that the Nationals get buried between now and July so they sell off Scherzer, Joe Ross and Jon Lester.

I don't know, even excluding Godley's best seasons, since opening day 2018, he has a 1.52 WHIP, 2:1 Strikeout to walk ratio, and nearly a K per inning. Those are #5 starter stats, and he's pitching like one today. Hopefully, Anderson will be back soon.

My point would be the Brewers likely already know if Nottingham is leaving the organization or not. Hypothetically if they wanted him in the major leagues it would involve moving one of the other players like Bettinger, File, Fisher to the 60 day DL, adding Nottingham back and calling him up. Maybe the DFA rules are hard and fast to prevent roster manipulation, but as applied to this hypothetical it only harms the player which given the strength of their union and the breadth of their rights in the CBA it is surprising (...as an example of the scope of rights in the CBA, Lucroy was DFA'd off the major league roster in Washington and continued to accrue service time while waiting to be released which those few days resulted in him hitting 10 years of service time and becoming fully vested in the pension plan).

He’s got less than 70 at bats in his career. There’s no reason to not go with the hot hand with their injuries and offensive scuffling. It would be a great Cinderella story, but advance scouting and game film tend to be the great equalizers. Hiura looked invincible after 70 at bats too.

Fun fact, the Brewers actually drafted Patrick Weigel in 2014 but couldn't get him to sign, he's likely to get the start tomorrow.

If Urias can get his average up to .250 they might just have a player.

At 28 years old, he's got a career FIP of 4.22 and WHIP of 1.35 with nearly a strike out per inning and 2:1 strike out to walk ratio. If this is his ceiling he's a 4/5 starter and will pitch all six years with Milwaukee and leave as a free agent. What's not to like?

Still too early to call TT a hit on a draft pick. He's in the major leagues, that is a hit. Regardless of what he does in the majors, a 2nd round pick making it to the majors already means he beat the odds.

I'll go a step further; some late era Doug Melvin picks have blossomed which in turn have really improved his legacy. After completely whiffing on two of his three first round picks in 2012 with Victor Roache and Clint Coulter, he hit on Mitch Haniger, Tyrone Taylor, and Suter. Devin Williams was a late bloomer, and he hit on Garret Cooper. He missed on Medeiros and Gatwood in 2014, but landed Woodruff along with Monte Harrison and Jordan Yamamoto, and Grisham was a late bloomer from 2015.

He's hot, no question.

There was a short sighted move from Stearns, no doubt. .284 average since he was traded,17 doubles and 17 homers in 352 at bats since he was traded. Meanwhile, they still have a hole at first base and Jake Faria gave them zip before being let go.

Within seven days of the transaction, he can either be traded, reassigned (if he clears) or placed on irrevocable outright waivers. This transaction was announced on April 22, so I believe he is still in DFA limbo. You very well could be right, but if nobody claimed him by now and the team wanted him back in the majors, Nottingham is the one losing MLB service time and 40 man roster benefits; which given the strength of the Union leads me to think there’s likely a work around.

Right. I realize he was DFA’d because no options. I meant now, Nottingham obviously cleared waivers or he’d be gone already. He’s literally waiting to be released, or outrighted to AAA. Thus, if they truly wanted him tonight instead of Maille it’s basically just a function of executing paperwork.

These are back up catchers, if they preferred Nottingham they could simply have DFA’d Maille and added Nottingham and brought him to the majors.