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  1. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Perhaps. But a top starting pitching prospect (and the team's #4 ranked guy according to MLB), and a very toolsy 19-year-old OF who has ripped apart A-ball pitching for the last month are not junk prospects. And I'm sure other teams know that as well.
  2. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Yeah ... the Marlins can ask all they want for Robles or Soto, but that deal hasn't happened yet, so no one really has any idea if the Nats would even do it. With the way Soto has mashed at the MLB level as a 19-year-old, I don't think he is on the table for anyone. Borderline insulting? Lutz is well on his way to being a top 100 prospect, if not top 50 at season's end. My goodness ... it seems like people here hate every single one of our prospects that aren't names Hiura, Burnes or Peralta. I'm just trying to find a way to for the team to improve the MLB roster without having to trade MLB assets or their sure-fire #1 prospect to do it.
  3. Ron Robinsons Beard
    You are giving them arguably our #2, #3 and #4 prospects, plus another top 10 guy in Nottingham. And all except Ray are on the MLB team. No thanks! If other teams can trade young guys for stars, we can to. This is the type of package I'd look to deal for Realmuto: Lutz Ortiz Diplan Gatewood Nottingham All are arguably Top 10 Brewer prospects, but you aren't harming the MLB squad this year or likely next year to make it happen. Edit: Also, none of these guys are the organizational soldier-types like what the Dodgers gave up for Machado. All are young for their league right now, all are playing pretty well, and all have extremely high ceilings.
  4. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I know catching can be tough on the body, but Salvador Perez just turned 28!
  5. Ron Robinsons Beard
    You may not have interest in Merrifield, but the Brewers have in the past, and it wouldn't surprise me in the least if they still do. He does seem to check a lot of the boxes that are missing from the current lineup. I too worry about the cost, though, as he doesn't exactly have a proven track record. Perez is a good catcher and seems like a great leader and locker room guy. Looking at his numbers, though, I think we already have the poor man's version of Perez in Pina. Plus, I really want to see what Nottingham can do in an extended look.
  6. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I would be torn because I think Ray could be on the verge of reestablishing himself as a top-flight OF prospect. If he gets promoted to Colorado Springs, it wouldn't surprise me to see his offensive numbers soar. I know the numbers would be aided by playing in Colorado, but if they are looking to maximize Ray's trade value, it wouldn't hurt.
  7. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Liriano was just released on Wednesday. Shaffer was released June 8, so he was out there awhile.
  8. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Yeah but when Braun and Thames come off the DL our MLB/AAA situation will look like this: Cain Yelich Braun Thames Phillips Broxton Taylor Santana Berry Liriano Shaffer Could just be a depth move, but I like to think its because we are trading someone because I over-analyze everything. I hear ya. I too have been guilty of making some leaps lately when it comes to the moves this team is making leading to something bigger. Unfortunately I've been disappointed nearly every time so far. I guess I'll look at this right now as "very cautiously optimistic".
  9. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Only 3 OFers on the AAA roster, and no OFers besides Ray playing well in Biloxi. I get it. Plus I'm betting Shaffer sees most of his time at 1B.
  10. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I don't know about that. The only OFers on the roster were Santana, Tyrone Taylor and Quentin Berry. I know Blanco, Moore and Opitz have been seeing OF time as well lately. Granted Broxton or Phillips (or both) will be back down at some point too. Ray could be pushing for a AAA promotion as well.
  11. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Prior to Melvin's arrival the Brewers had gone 10 years since their last winning season & 20 years since their last playoff season. They were already in the ground. Melvin (& Mark A) made the franchise relevant again & hopefully Stearns can take us to the next level. I certainly don't view his seeming refusal thus far to budge from what he feels is appropriate value in negotiations as a weakness. I would say that it is definitely fair to assess that Melvin both made the Brewers relevant and then attempted to hold on to an aging core too long before rebuilding. That could definitely be construed as running the franchise into the ground by some. Melvin and atanasio never wanted to have a rebuild or punt year, and that probably delayed the rebuild a bit too long. That's okay, he had some success..... it just feels like most folks tend to look at these things in very black and white manners. 2011 was a huge success, imo. While he gave up great talent to get Sabathia and Greinke, I would not consider those "running into the ground"-type moves. Greinke had an extra year of control when traded for (and they hoped to be able to resign him), and the return for Sabathia ended up being not all that great (Brantley was not a top prospect at the time). Heck, after what Brewer fans went through in the '90s and early 2000s, Doug Melvin should be canonized in Milwaukee. He brought a winner back, and even though they have had a couple down years since that run, this team has never been uninteresting.
  12. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Yeah, they are giving up. No use even showing up anymore. Sheesh! I get that it hasn't been a great week for Brewer baseball, but the Debbie Downers are starting to get a little overpowering around here.
  13. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I totally understand why Jacob Nottingham may be ahead of Bethancourt on the depth chart. I 100% do not understand why Erik Kratz is.
  14. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Cost would be extremely prohibitive. Arenado is a better player, but even though they are roughly the same age, Shaw is cost controlled for the next several years. I wouldn't touch 3B.
  15. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Man, the Orioles are stupid. They held out for Burnes, and Stearns held his ground, and the Orioles refused to pivot. Then they basically traded Machado to the Dodgers for the 2017 version of Brett Phillips and a bunch of filler. I'm guessing they could have had a very good starting pitching prospect from the Brewers too (Woodruff or Ortiz is my guess). I kinda hope all those guys they got from the Dodgers bust now.
  16. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I know there are holes, but is there really that much urgency? This team was 18 over up until a week and a half ago. Despite a bad week, the team does all of a sudden suck.
  17. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I don't see him as any better than what we currently have. So what would be the point?
  18. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I must have missed that rumor. Got a link? Rumor? There wasn't any rumor, the Brewers were buyers last year (sort of), not sellers. So you are completely speculating that Mejia would have been on the table for Knebel last year. Gotcha.
  19. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I must have missed that rumor. Got a link?
  20. Ron Robinsons Beard
    He got optioned back down yesterday.
  21. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I just don't think continuing to play the "bullpen game" is sustainable. We saw it last week. The pen was gassed, and we were left shorthanded there due to a bunch of short starts in a row. Now perhaps if some of our starters come back, we can perhaps shift Peralta and Suter to bullpen roles. I just think having a starter that can provide a consistent 6+ innings nearly every time out would be a huge help. The pen can get gassed here and there, but we're almost to September where it won't be an issue. It also shouldn't be in the playoffs. You do need some longer starts from starters, but the Brewers were fine until last week. You can have Chacin go 7 innings when you're winning 8-2 in the 6th. In general, they found ways to string the bullpen along. 15 games in 14 days or whatever it was can tax any team. Welcome to baseball in 2018. This is a smart strategy. If the Brewers had Kluber or deGrom they'd be a bit better than they are, but they're making the best of what they have and I don't think Archer is an upgrade. Give me 5 innings of Chacin and 2 innings of Burnes and that's just as good as Archer. I'd much rather have Burnes pitch the 8th after a 7-inning Archer start, because Hader is unavailable due to going 3 innings in Guerra's short start two days earlier.
  22. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I'm just happy we won't have to read anymore fawning over Mejia here, at least for awhile. Two good controllable relievers for an unproven catching prospect is an odd trade. I know Mejia is a good prospect, but I have concerns over his ability to hit for much if any power, injury concerns and concerns over his ability to stay at catcher.
  23. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Revisiting this thread with Duquette now saying that the Orioles are in a full rebuild. Schoop has not put up great numbers this year, but was terrific last year and is controlled through 2019, which would line up quite nicely with Hiura's realistic timeline. Plus he's only 26. Has some versatility at 3B and a little at SS as well. Thoughts?
  24. Ron Robinsons Beard
    That echos my thoughts as well.
  25. Ron Robinsons Beard
    To play devil's advocate, his value is likely at an all-time high. I like the kid too, but if he's needed as a centerpiece for an established ace, I'm thinking long and hard on it.
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