Ron Robinsons Beard

Today may be Shaw's swan song for awhile. I would guess that unless he has a big day with the bat, he'll be the one sent packing tomorrow to get a SS-capable middle infielder back up.

From what I've seen, he's plenty athletic enough to play CF, but doesn't have the arm to be anything other than a replacement-level defensive CF.

I think someone should ask clancyphile that question.

I know that the trade deadline has passed, and there are no more waiver trades, but can teams continue to trade players that are in DFA limbo? I would think that would be a way for teams to still make minor August-like moves to fill roster holes.

Saladino and T Williams optioned to make room for Grisham and Pomeranz. Still waiting on the corresponding 40-man move for Grisham. Jacob Barnes DFA'd. Just announced.

Looks like Arcia isn't getting a day off for awhile.......unless they really say to hell with it and throw Moose out there to start a game. I can't even imagine how bad a Shaw, Moose, Hiura and Braun infield would be defensively........lol. I have pretty much no doubt that Hernan Perez will be back up tomorrow.

Saladino.

Wow, Saladino optioned down. Moose is the backup SS. Let's get crazy indeed!

Faria has shown nothing in the majors or at AAA to suggest he is anything more than a Wilkerson type player. AAAA guy who has little upside. A low,low,low level move by Stearns. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fariaja01.shtml 2017 Faria says hello. Don't bother. This guy finds a way to hate everything the team does.

gross. more puking. Huh? Not sure what you're getting at here. Also, and it's been a huge pet peeve of mine with all your posts for awhile, but can you please, please hit the shift key to form capitalized letters once in a while?

1. Trent Grisham - OF - I have been skeptical all year, but sooner or later a small sample just isn't a small sample anymore. The kid has found something, and there's a solid chance that by the time we do this again, he isn't going to be eligible. 2. Brice Turang - SS - A slick-fielding middle infielder who runs well and gets on base? Yes please! He's young enough that the power should come around. 3. Aaron Ashby - SP - Upside, upside upside! A legit lefty with TOR potential who should move quickly through the system. 4. Antoine Kelly - SP/RP - I love this pack back in June, and Kelly hasn't done anything to dissuade me. Probably the most upside of any pitcher in the system. 5. Tristen Lutz - OF - Perhaps has't put it all together as hoped, but there is just so much raw material there to work with. He's the type of guy that will shoot up national prospect rankings when he figures it out. 6. Ethan Small - SP - Nice pick as a polished college starter who could theoretically jump up quickly through the system. Perhaps not a #1-2 type ceiling, but he's got a pretty high floor as well. 7. Trey Supak - SP - Why he wasn't promoted to AAA months ago is one of the bigger mysteries of this season. All the guy has done since coming over in the original Broxton deal is produce. Doesn't have the "premium pitcher" look of someone like Woodruff, but gets the same kind of results. 8. Corey Ray - OF - Obviously the Brewers saw enough in Ray last year to make him their offensive player of the year. He's battled injury and inconsistency again this year, and has been passed up on the prospect radar by Grisham, but the tools are still there. 9. Drew Rasmussen - SP/RP - Major bullpen upside with a blistering fastball. Has lost a bit of helium from his hue early season showing, but still in line to possibly make an impact at the major league level as early as next year. 10. Devin Williams - RP - Another pen arm with a blistering fastball and high K/9 numbers. The Brewers definitely have a type with their pen prospects. If he doesn't make his MLB debut this year, I imagine we'll see him in 2020. 11. Jacob Nottingham - C - The results haven't been there as consistently in AAA this season, but he still profiles as the team's catcher of the future in my opinion. Definitely looks the part. 12. Zach Brown - SP - Has scuffled in AAA this season, which has been surprising after his dominant run last year. Still, the stuff is there, and he's young enough to rebound and put himself in the spotlight again. 13. Joe Gray - OF - Another "raw material" type who could shoot up national boards with strong play. 14. Eduardo Garcia - SS - He's 17, so he's likely to stay on the team's prospect radar for a long, long time. Still, he's got the raw skills and athleticism to dream on. 15. Mario Feliciano - C - Has always been aggressively promoted, which is somewhat rare for a catcher. Obviously the Brewers love him. 16. Je'Von Ward - OF - The Brewers have a type with their developmental outfielders, too. Raw, toolsy, and uber-athletic. He's yet another guy who could rocket up prospect boards with a break-out. Call it the Monte Harrison effect. 17. Payton Henry - C - Young, strong all-around catcher. The Brewers have a very nice amount of quality catching depth in the system right now. It will be fun to see these guys (Nottingham, Feliciano, Henry, Fry) fight to see who gets to Milwaukee. 18. Jacob Gatewood - 1B/3B - Perhaps it's simply because I desperately want this team to develop a 1B prospect. The raw power has always been there. Still waiting on, well, everything else. 19. Micah Bello - OF - Ok, so maybe not the toolsy type this team typically goes for, but the production has been there. 20. Clayton Andrews - RP/OF - Andrews is just a fun guy to root for, but he's also been very productive with both the bat and on the mound. Is he a legit MLB prospect? It's starting to look that way. 21. Pablo Abreu - OF - Another raw tools type. It sure is fun to dream on some of these guys. 22. Tyrone Taylor - OF - The original in the Brewers' "grab every OF with raw tools" philosophy. Had a very nice season in AAA last year, but injury and ineffectiveness have plagued him this year. He may be in danger of losing his 40-man roster spot. I hope that doesn't happen, as all the tools are still evident. 23. Miguel Sanchez - RP - Was the talk of Spring Training and considered nearly a lock to see MLB time at some point in 2019. Well, that hasn't happened due to his inconsistency. Still, you can't teach upper 90s stuff. 24. Thomas Jankins - SP - Holding his own in a very tough pitching environment in the PCL. He just turned 24, and could very well slot in as a back-end rotational type at the MLB level. 25. Angel Perdomo - RP - 65 Ks in 39 IP is great. 31 BBs isn't. Still, if he can someday figure out where the ball is going, you'd have yourself one heck of a lefty relief option. 26. Lucas Erceg - 3B 27. Zoah Zavolas - SP 28. Adam Hill - SP 29. Phil Bickford - RP 30. David Fry - C

Just curious what you don't like about Houser? He seems like a guy with a plus-fastball and a decent curveball, which at the very least should put him in consideration for an important bullpen role for the next several years for the league minimum salary. He also, like Woodruff, gets a lot of groundballs and even though it seems like he's been around forever, he's still only 26. At this point, he seems like his floor is solid middle reliever, but his ceiling could be great setup man or solid mid-rotation starter. What's not to like? I didn't read Brew4U's response as that he doesn't like Houser ... just that he sees him strictly as a reliever. As we've seen this year, those are important I've always been a little more bullish on Houser, as I see a similar skillset to Woodruff and Jimmy Nelson there. That's why I'm excited about Jacob Faria too. He's pretty much a carbon copy of Houser.

Brewcrewin07 went from shooting for the moon (Syndergaard), to shooting for an airplane (Ray), to shooting for a sparrow (Roark). He got to the point with his "grass is always greener" philosophy that he literally wanted to grab anyone that wasn't familiar. All he cared about was wanting a big name guy at first, damned the current results or price. At the end, he simply wanted anyone, yet at the same time he knocked Jordan Lyles and Jacob Faria because he self-appointingly called them "non needle-movers". The guy was all over the map in his disgust.

I would understand it if he was better as a right-handed batter as a way to diversify a line-up that is going to get even more lefty-heavy with Grisham's addition, but like most switch hitters, he's substantially better from the left side.

I brought this up last night in the IGT, but it got lost in the wash. Or maybe things like this interest only me ... but as of right now, the four current members the the Brewers starting rotation were on the roster at the end of last season. Three of them (Anderson, Davies and Lyles) weren't deemed good enough to make the playoff roster, while the 4th (Houser), didn't even warrant a call-up during roster expansion despite being on the 40 man. How awesome would it be if these four led the team back to the playoffs? My how times have changed.

Game is at 2 p.m. this afternoon

Or maybe they were actually telling the truth that the Hiura demotion wasn't Super 2 related, and the full reason was they were actually trying to get Shaw going again. That seems like a stretch to me considering the timing of it all and the way Hiura was hitting when demoted, but of course I can't know for sure what they were thinking. Yeah ...trying to make sense of several of the personnel moves this team has made this year has been "A Beautiful Mind"-level complicated. And all we can do as fans is speculate, because you're never going to get the full story out of the team.

Doesn't matter when he was drafted. It's all about major league service time relative to age. Gotcha. I thought it had to do with how long he was a pro ball player. It comes down to whether the production they would get from a young player trumps an extra year of control and the extra arbitration cost for that player 6 years from now. It may end up being a moot point, though, as the CBA is likely to change by that point.

Doesn't matter when he was drafted. It's all about major league service time relative to age.

Or maybe they were actually telling the truth that the Hiura demotion wasn't Super 2 related, and the full reason was they were actually trying to get Shaw going again.

I could see Jacob Barnes possibly DFA'd as well, especially with the influx of pitching from yesterday's deals. Taylor has been hitting better lately and finally starting to put his injuries this year behind him.

I don't know that anyone can expect Grisham to come up and hit like Hiura has. But one thing that Grisham has done across all levels is consistently get on base. I think that's going to be his biggest value. Turning solo HRs into 2 runs can make a big difference.

At least the Brewers can't claim unfamiliarity with the pitcher if the bats don't get going. Bailey has faced them upwards of 30 times over the years. This is the first time in awhile where the pitching matchup looks better for the Brewers on paper.

Burnes wasn't on the 25-man while on the IL. Lyles took Aguilar's spot on the roster. Just to be technical, but players on the IL count as on the active roster, since they accrue service time. on the 40-man, not the 25-man

There won't be until the move is official tomorrow. They'll have to make room for Pomeranz too. My guess is Taylor Williams and probably Shaw are optioned.