Jopal78
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Those type of deals are hard to line up especially with America players who were drafted in the early rounds and already have one a payday under their belt. If there is value to the team in doing that kind of extension it usually means the player is selling themselves short financially, and the converse is true if there is value to the player to extend it usually carries greater risk for the team.
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TOS is increasingly common, resolution of the condition without surgery remains quite uncommon. In Priester’s case a nerve is being compressed by his pitching motion. Perhaps the nerve is simply irritated and rest to let the nerve calm down and some therapy to strengthen the area can resolve the issue. However it doesn’t sound to good if the motion of his arm itself when throwing the ball compresses the nerve. That sounds like a surgeon will have to do something to ensure his throwing motion doesn’t compress the nerve. If you watch the entire clip above, Priester says he’s being an optimist focus in on the best case scenario on being back late April/early May. Let’s hope so.
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Reading between the lines, sounds like corrective surgery is typically needed. Priester has nothing to lose by trying to rest and rehab it first because TOR surgery means his 2026 season is already over and his career trajectory changes completely.
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With 1.102 years of service time, there is a way to option Kyle Harrison so he will not reach 2 years service time by the end of 2026. Seems unfair but probably not a bad move in the long run to know they control Misiorowski, Harrison and Sproat at least for the next 5 seasons. So Woodruff, Patrick, Misiorowski, Gasser, Henderson with four off days across the first 16 games of the season. -
If there was no tissue damage visible in an MRI, it’s probably a nerve issue
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That IF is why he’s with the Brewers. He’s 27, and has been pitching professionally since 2021 with less than 500 pro innings under his belt. Like the pitching version of Garrett Mitchell. There’s talent there but an inability to stay healthy makes a projection nearly impossible.
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You have omitted the fact Bauers has a $2.7 million guarantee for 2026 and is out of minor league options. The contract is outcome determinative that he will open the season on the roster. For a dark horse, the likeliest scenario is someone beats out Chad Patrick for a rotation spot.
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It an interesting concept. With Woodruff the only starting pitcher heading to free agency after ‘26, even in ‘27 the Brewers will likely have more arms than major league roster spots, so trading some starting pitching for an established major league hitter makes a lot of sense, just not Bohm.
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Who else would you get for $22 million total? You are not going to sign any premier free agent to a multi year deal at that price. There is a reason Littel is sitting home, nobody wants to give him the guarantee he is looking for. Further any free agent who signed a one year free agent deal this offseason for big dollars has an equal set of question marks about them, and yes, I mean, Suarez too.
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Does it really matter if he pitches the first game of the year, or the 5th game of the year six days later. Until he’s not healthy it’s a non-story.
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I think he knows they’re shopping him, but as the article notes he had a flexor strain last season, rehabbed, then received a PRP injection in the offseason suggesting the muscles and/or ligaments weren’t completely healthy after the 2025 season. Most likely teams are wary of putting up much value where his medicals are questionable.
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2025-26 Offseason Around the League Thread
Jopal78 replied to sveumrules's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Corresponds with a precipitous decline in ability and increasing injuries. Doesn’t run well, does not play defense well and maybe is a league average bat. -
With incentives tied to plate appearances, it looks like St. Louis views him as a utility infielder not a starter. A view that likely explains why he was a free agent until after camp opened and signed a 2 million dollar guarantee.
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I get your point those starters mostly were no good. I don’t disagree. Jamey Wright, however, is interesting. He averaged more than 6 innings per start in the 77 starts he made as a Brewer. He also induced ground balls at a slightly better than average pace in an era before analytics and defense were stressed. Maybe his command would still doom him, but if he came up in today’s era, I bet he’d have a much better stat line.
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2025-26 Offseason Around the League Thread
Jopal78 replied to sveumrules's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Probably none of it. Bryant didn’t have a significant injury history prior to signing with Colorado, so it’s unlikely the Rockies would have taken on the kind of premium necessary when the loss they’re seeking to protect against is 180+ million dollars. After he was diagnosed with a degenerative disc condition, no insurance company would write Colorado a policy to protect against long term disability of a player who has that large of a guarantee. It’s a messy situation where the team can require Bryant to submit to exams, imaging, participate in rehab, etc. and he may not want to do that for the next 3 years, so like Strasberg with the Nats and Rendon with the Angels, they’ll likely workout an amended contract and he’ll retire. -
So if they all decamped to the NPB, that league would become the preeminent baseball league in the world, and Major league baseball fans would suddenly be tuning in during the middle of the night to catch the Toyo Carp or Yakult Swallows? Or is it just what the players union’s messaging wants you to believe? The reality is the franchise outlives every generation, loyalty to a team doesn’t end because players leave. Baseball players are more like actors in a very long running play, the stage and the story (rivalries, team heritage collective history etc.) matters more than the cast.
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My point is, the 40 man roster is full, there is not a lot of chaff there to begin with, yet there are other non-roster players likely to see Milwaukee before Wilken. So it could be a numbers/opportunity thing with him. Verbosity aside, I do not think you’re saying anything different; so I don’t know what I’m seriously misinterpreting.
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Easton McGee.
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No. The 40 man roster primarily defines who can be called up to the major leagues. Wilken wouldn’t even be Rule 5 eligible until after the conclusion of the ‘26 season so I’m not sure what the Rule 5 draft has to do with anything.
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That’s where we disagree. Sure anything is possible, but he‘s not on the 40 man roster. With plenty of players the Brewers need and/or like ahead of Wilken it could very well be the end of the discussion for ‘26. He necessarily is going to have to force their hand with his play, and keep his contact rate up as he faces better pitching. Time will tell if he can do it,
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I didn’t say he was old. Someone argued he was “young” for AA last season. That argument is flawed. Sure a high school draftee or 17 year old kid can be overmatched playing against fully grown men. But a college draftee who turned pro 3 years ago in AA; where a 1/3 of the players on his own team were younger than he was? Sorry no. Adding up all the ages of every player and dividing that by the total number of players in a league doesn’t tell us anything useful in this context.
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I was wondering when someone was going to say “he was young for the league” the oldest cliché in talking about minor league players. He’s a college player, and there were 9 players younger on Biloxi last season. Nice tone by the way…..
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I hope you’re right, but remember even when the Brewers had Hart, Hardy, Weeks, Braun, Fielder, there were still “meh” players brought aboard every year
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Time will tell. He’s not on the 40 man roster and as you alluded to there’s a lot of talent nearing major league ready, so Wilken’s performance will need to force the issue. Metrics aside, Frelick was a college bat and put up .844 OPS in AA, Braun was .956, So he’s behind a couple of Brewer college draftees who developed into everyday contributors. Keston Hiura was .755 in AA and Garrett Mitchell was, like Wilken, injured a bunch and put up a .681 there.
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Right. Wilken hasn’t played a full season since turning pro because of injuries, and has a .784 OPS in A and AA as a college age player. Nothing there suggests he sees the majors anytime soon.
