Ron Robinsons Beard

The crew’s braintrust apparently thinks at least right now, he should be working on getting big league hitters out, and not in AAA pitching to overmatched hitters. Yes, this is apparently correct. I can't imagine the leash is going to be very long, though. They are finally to the point where they have some stability in the rotation. It would be nice to see that continue. I really want Peralta to succeed, and the best chance of that happening is to make sure opposing hitters aren't sitting on his fastball. I guess you go to a 6-man rotation, as there is no easy answer on who to remove to insert Freddy. Chacin has been scuffling, but removing a guy coming off a career year and one known for starting a little slow doesn't seem like the best answer. Woodruff has been pitching much better of late, Anderson has been solid, Gio is Gio, and Davies has been terrific. It's a good problem to have, and I'm happy I'm not the one who has to make the decision.

I know its a different scenario, but Freddy's penchant for wildness and giving up multiple runs in his first inning of work really scares me with regards to moving him to the pen. If I were making the call, I'd send him to San Antonio and keep throwing him out there every 5th day, with the idea of developing his multiple pitch arsenal. Both Woodruff and Burnes profile better in the pen, and have a much larger track record of success there.

This is how I feel about the draft. I'm not angry as someone mentioned, just upset how it transpired. The first 5 picks look like they'll contribute this season. The RB maybe as well. The CB/LB picks I'll just assume as Special Teams help at best. I just said the value side in the draft wasn't there. If you take the trade value points it'd go something like this: Gary 1200-Even to -200 Savage 924- Even to -124 Jenkins 460- Even to -60 Sternberger 215- +50 to Even Kiki 31 +35 to Even -88 for 4th round loss. Riley Ridley went to the Bears after what would have been the Packers selection. He was a 3rd round type projection. All told thats -3 to -384 The equivalent of a late 2nd round pick to late 3rd round pick. Which is probably what the value you would have been looking at on trading down from 12 a few spots. Draft Grade C- I’d bet a years salary that Gute is quite convinced he got immense surplus value from his picks, at least compared to the above self-serving analysis. No kidding! My only response after reading that was WOW.

Wow ... is it possible that Hart might be useful?

nope, CC tempting fate... He is really trying to shoehorn Claudio into a multi-inning role, and I'm just not sure that's who he is. He's excellent against lefties, though, and that has a lot of value. Ok, well, I'm happy this didn't age well.

nope, CC tempting fate... He is really trying to shoehorn Claudio into a multi-inning role, and I'm just not sure that's who he is. He's excellent against lefties, though, and that has a lot of value.

Great Scott ... you are right #BadPopCultureReferenceAlert

Part of me feels a little bad for Wilson, as he just had a kid. But professional baseball isn't a right. You need to perform, especially as a limited ceiling middle reliever. I too am interested in seeing what Jackson can do. Numbers in AAA have been good so far. Agree on Hart. I'm sure he's pretty low on the potential DFA list.

Well, that's sports. Why predict the Brewers' record this year, or how any players will do? Just let it play out and then discuss. If someone believes, today, the Gary pick was horrible why is it silly to say so? Obviously as time goes on it will become more obvious what kind of player any of these guys will become. But following the draft in various sports and reacting to it is as old as the sport itself. Most predictions are stated as such ... predictions. I think what people are disagreeing with in this case is that the idea that Gary won't live up to the #12 draft position was being presented as a straight out fact.

Per team's Twitter account. I give them credit for at least trying to right the bullpen ship.

I wonder how long its going to be before Wilson is kicked up to San Antonio to play 1B? He has turned himself into a fully legit prospect.

I'm taking my 10-year-old to see it tomorrow night. We've been watching one Marvel movie every weekend (in chronological order) since before Christmas. He is pretty emotionally invested in the universe now. We watched Infinity War last weekend, and when it ended, he turned to me and, almost in a mad tone, said "That did NOT go how I imagined it would!" It was kinda funny. To tell you the truth, I'm pretty emotionally invested in these too. I went to go see Iron Man 1 back in 2008 not expecting much, and was very pleasantly surprised. I'm been a huge nerd for them ever since. Like you mentioned OSS, it is truly fun escapism.

You have a pretty serious discrepancy between what you know as fact and what you state as such. Here's a fact. Gary wasn't even listed in our poll for #12. Complete afterthought. Not a single soul would say that's because he was going top 3 or 5. Murray, Bosa, Allen, and Williams were clear top 5 predicts. Prior to Gary being picked: 0 times you seen his name in the thread. Peavey you participated in the poll. Never mentioned Gary being a top 12 choice nor question why he wasn't an option to vote for. Just keep sitting there telling yourself Gary was worth the pick at 12. I'll maintain my questioning of his selection as a fact he won't live up to a #12 selection. This statement is so wrong on so many levels. I totally get questioning the Gary selection, as it is totally open to scrutiny whether adding another edge rusher with a premium pick was really a need, given the signing of two young-ish ones to big money deals, and having another coming off a 10.5 sack season. But not having Gary listed on our poll here was probably an afterthought, as I personally saw him connected to the area where the Packers drafted in many stories and mocks. He certainly wasn't my top choice in that spot, but the guy was a pretty much a top 10 guy in nearly every mock, some early ones even top 5. Was he worth the pick at #12? I'd say yeah, simply because that was the range he was predicted to go at, if not a little earlier (McGinn had him going to Cincy at #11). Drafting him at #12 wasn't a reach at all. But saying that he won't live up to the #12 selection is a straight up fool's errand right now. I think you need to get over the perceived insult that the Packers' draft board didn't line up with yours, because they took who they took, and if we want this team to win, they need several of these guys to show up in a big way.

The Ks are a slight concern, but yeah, he's doing exactly what a top hitting prospect should be doing. It's been a long time since this team has had a bat like that on the cusp of the majors.

I'd argue that David Freitas hangs lower than any of those guys.

LOL ... my mock was Burns at #12, Risner at #30, Thornhill at #44 and Sternberger at #75. At least I got the positions right

Sternberger is a tremendous pick here. I love that pick. LOVE IT!

The Bears are replacing Jordan Howard with a clone of Jordan Howard. That's ... odd.

Or ... they don't like Irv Smith.

So far they have filled perceived holes at pass rusher, safety and guard. Makes me think they will go slot WR or TE in the 3rd. I'm guessing TE, and my guess is Jace Sternberger or Dawson Knox.

Or maybe, just maybe, their board is different than yours. Exactly! Just because you like a guy, or he may be rated higher than the guy they picked on someone's board, doesn't mean they made a bad selection or reached. I really liked Risner, but it doesn't mean the Packers were necessarily as high on him.

Greedy Williams maybe? Hmmmm?

Dang, there goes Risner. Denver obviously trading up to get ahead of GB

As much as I'm not a fan, we're getting into "Hey, what about D.K. Metcalf?" territory. Or his teammate, A.J. Brown.

I think Dalton Risner is going to the Pack at #44. That is good value there.