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  1. Jopal78
    I think you’re overvaluing the prospects, but that goes on around here so it’s not that surprising. Take a look at A+ clubs on Baseball Reference and see how many of a team’s draftees from a squad 4-5 years ago even went on to play in the major leagues. &nbsp The value in these trades is the player who has played in the major leagues, the minor league players overwhelmingly never contribute in the majors and that’s why it’s 2 or 3 of them for one major leaguer: quality over quantity, and hey sometimes a team ca get lucky.
  2. Jopal78
    I do not want to hijack the thread, but Erceg was drafted as a position player. Totally flamed out at 3B, then tried pitching had a ERA over 5 as a minor league pitcher. Erceg was Rule 5 eligible multiple times, was never selected then, went over to Oakland 3 months before he would’ve been a minor league free agent. It’s easy to criticize with hindsight, but there wasn’t some miss of an evaluation. Erceg was a non-prospect with poor stats but threw hard. . A non-contending team was willing to give him a shot based on that. Simple as that.
  3. Jopal78
    Hard to say Topa was a miss. He was hurt with the Brewers, had a nice season for Seattle then has been hurt with the Twins and is already 34 years old. Erceg was heading towards minor league free agency when they sent him to a club willing to add him to their 40 man roster, Pretty harsh to criticize them for doing a solid for a organizational soldier’s career who had no future with Milwaukee
  4. Jopal78
    Chad Patrick Tobias Meyers Trevor Megill Aaron Civale Bryan Hudson Nick Mears DL Hall more of a miss at this point due to injuries not talent. Nestor Cortes… same
  5. Jopal78
    Lets be clear about something: Daniel Norris did not make an impact with the Brewers, but Olson was a 13th round pick in A+ ball with an ERA over 4.50 across a total of 160 total pro-innings when he was traded. If that’s the type of player, you’re reluctant to trade at the deadline for major league veteran talent. It probably means one is not cut out to be a GM. Secondly, with respect to Priester, this front office group has been pretty good at identifying starting pitching talent like Chad Patrick and Tobias Meyers. May as well give them the benefit of the doubt for at least a couple of months.
  6. Jopal78
    First with Misiorowski, he’s not topped 100 innings in a season as a professional. He’s sitting at 35 innings right now, and no need for a SP in Milwaukee. Maybe he debuts as a reliever but unless they want to tax his arm if/when they need him he probably won’t have enough innings under his limit to make much impact as a starter. As for Patrick the Brewers have 4 SP heading to free agency this off-season. The last thing they should be doing is trading away a rookie SP like Patrick who has already shown some ability to go through a lineup 2+ tines.
  7. Jopal78
    Megill sucks. Like K-Rod all over again.
  8. Jopal78
    Me too, but I’d drop that in a second if he was on the Brewers.
  9. Jopal78
    I’d rather have PCA. When Chourio loses a tick of bat speed he’ll be finished. Swinging at everything is great when you can reach them all and hit some hard. But he’s not a complete player right now and has taken a huge step backwards
  10. Jopal78
    The Brewers are 16-18. What did people expect their record to be right now? 24-10? A bunch of grumbling due to heightened expectations is what it is. Part of those heightened expectations are because Murphy is a good manager and gets more out of less. If a team is .500 or a little better they’ll be in play for the post season until September, so give the Brewers a chance to have a couple hitters at least get hot (ex. the Cubs have started the year with 6 players on pace for 40+ homeruns none of whom have ever topped 30 in their careers) get back some of the premium arms that are injured then see what they have.
  11. Jopal78
    Sure, the change up has movement to it; that alone doesn’t make it a good pitch. In fact according to STF+ on Fangraphs, the change up has been his worst pitch so far in the majors. Without a fastball to blow by hitters, he’s got to land the off speed and breaking pitches for strikes, and/or fool batters into swinging at them out of the zone. Again, small sample but in the majors Yoho is not fooling anyone with his pitches. In the majors there has been just an 18% swing rate at Yoho’s pitches outside the zone, compared to 33% in the minors, and the contact rate when a batter swings at any pitch of his is 80%. So without a fastball and not fooling anyone nor being able to command his arsenal I questioned the basis of your opinion that Yoho has undeniably good stuff
  12. Jopal78
    “Undeniably good stuff” (your words) isn’t a 92 mph fastball. Sorry, and it does t matter how many times you e seen him pitch or what you've read. Yoho is a finesse pitcher who needs to command his stuff to have any chance in the major leagues. In time, maybe Yoho will figure out how to paint major league corners and get batters to chase, but right now he’s Wayne Franklin.
  13. Jopal78
    Where are you getting this from? He doesn’t throw hard and can’t land his off speed and breaking pitches for strikes. That doesn’t scream “undeniably good stuff”. Rather it screams a deception style pitcher who hasn’t been able to fool major league hitters as he did the lesser competition in the minors. Air bender part 2…. Ha!
  14. Jopal78
    Indeed, and as a result he has had trouble pitching clean innings so far in the majors.
  15. Jopal78
    Which would be what? A 92 mph fastball or a change up and cutter he can’t land for strikes against major league hitters ?
  16. Jopal78
    Yep, he sucks. No command and a pedestrian fastball = no margin for error
  17. Jopal78
    I’ll go ahead and say it. Yoho is not anything special, another mediocre arm in a bad bullpen. His changeup isn’t anything. He can’t command it consistently so it gets hit or batters lay off it.
  18. Jopal78
    Tobias Myers likely would be going to AAA than Patrick
  19. Jopal78
    Sadly, he’s not the worst of their problems. The offensive bar for shortstop is set so low. He’s merely below average for his position whereas players like Capra and Yelich are much worse for their respective positions.
  20. Jopal78
    Classic Brewers game. Getting dominated by a starter with an ERA of 6.00
  21. Jopal78
    Why wouldn’t the Orioles just move him at the deadline in a trade for players that help their team in the long run or if they get back in the race—veterans for a playoff push? Thats what teams do when they have surplus players in their system, teams don’t move minor league talent simply because they’re blocked and in exchange for spare parts.
  22. Jopal78
    5ip, 6H, 3BB, 80 pitches. Some bad defense behind Smith will keep the era sparkling, but had a WHIP against the Brewers offense of 1.80 and a K:BB ratio of slightly better than 1:1. Smith is also the AL leader in HBP.
  23. Jopal78
    Yelich 0-8 in the series with 5Ks. Probably still has to play tomorrow with Turang sick and Collins injured.
  24. Jopal78
    How can there be nobody on the waiver wire or a non-40 man player in another organization superior to Capra. The bar literally could not be set lower. Carla’s numbers are making Monasterio look like a slugger
  25. Jopal78
    Brewers might find a way to lose to Sox
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