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  1. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I could have sworn I read recently that McCaffrey has been getting quite a bit of time in the slot. McCaffrey does strike me as more slippery and sure-handed than a speed burner, though. I think he'll be on someone's 53-man this year.
  2. Ron Robinsons Beard
    These awards typically go to prospect types, rather than those who most would consider organizational filler. That's why I think Burnes is probably a shoo-in for Pitcher of the Year. Otherwise Wilkerson or Jungmann or even Scahill would be in the running. As for Player of the Year, Monte Harrison is an exciting player who is putting things together this year. I think it goes to either him or Phillips, although Gatewood, Gideon, Brinson and even Dubon should be in the running. I just hope whoever wins it doesn't follow it up like Isan Diaz has.
  3. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I didn't expect much from Pina coming into the season, but he has pleasantly surprised. There really isn't a "Catcher of the Future" anywhere close to Major-League ready as of right now, so the job is probably Pina's to lose for the next few seasons. I won't say there hasn't been a downgrade from Lucroy, but it hasn't been nearly as sizable as what was feared. In fact, it could be argued that Pina has come very close to matching Luc's production from the last few years. Bandy and Susac have disappointed, though. I was hoping one of those two would come through as a decent #2. They aren't ancient, though so maybe one still will.
  4. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Limited upside, but younger than Paolo Espino. For now he fills out the AAA rotation, possibly with a chance as a swing/long man in the future. Several other Brewer pitchers have added a few ticks to their fastballs, and if Brooks can do that too, who knows? There may be something there.
  5. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I think McCarthy and Rodgers really like the comfort level Cobb provides. Although it seems like he's been around forever, he just turned 27, so he's not old by any means. And as primarily a slot guy, smarts and craftiness typically trumps speed. That being said, the skillsets that Nelson and McCaffrey provide do make Cobb somewhat redundant. Would Thompson bite if a WR-needy team offered him a young talented guard or a pass rusher for Cobb? I would hate to dump Cobb outright, as I think he's still got quite a bit of value, but the Packers are definitely playing from a position of strength with the WR corps. I also don't see any way Janis doesn't make the team at this point. He makes it on special teams value alone, and with his ability to be a lid-lifter on offense has value, even if he hasn't managed to turn himself into the complete WR everyone wants him to be. I also really like the potential Clark brings to the table. The Packers have never really had a WR that brings that type of Red Zone ability to the table. I think both he and Dupre make the practice squad if they aren't claimed off waivers.
  6. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I would say this is actually a pretty good bet. If he gets hot again before the end of the season, .300, 40 HRs and 110 RBIs isn't out of the question. Even if he doesn't, I imagine he'll pop another 8 HRs before the end of the year. I think it's safe to say that Shaw has been the team's MVP this year. And while Arcia and Santana have been good as well, it's not even really that close.
  7. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Gah! We already have Chacin in our system with guys like Paolo Espino. Finally the Brewers have the talent in the system where they don't need to go out and overpay for guys like Braden Looper, Jeff Suppan, Kyle Lohse and Matt Garza. I'd prefer not to go back to those times.
  8. Ron Robinsons Beard
    It sure is nice having an abundance of quality rotation options in August. That should keep the Espinos of the world from ever having to make starts for this team. I have to admit, though, that it would be nice to see Jungmann up and making starts with the big club, just to see what, if anything, they have in him for the future. Even if he only tops out as a serviceable #4, there is still value there, especially when you consider the injuries that a typical starting rotation faces in a given season.
  9. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Wow, there's a team that could really use a versatile veteran infielder like Neil Wal ... oh wait
  10. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Wow, there's a team that could really use a versatile veteran infielder like Neil Wal ... oh wait
  11. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Did Colorado Springs make the playoffs in 2016? 2015? I don't know, and I don't care, as do 99.9% of most other Brewer fans. Minor league teams exist for one reason, and one reason alone - to funnel out players talented enough to help the big club. If Phillips can help the big club starting Sept. 1, he should be up. If the Sy Sox need a CF, Michael Reed should be ready to roll in.
  12. Ron Robinsons Beard
    How do you know Broxton was going to be so much better? You are just hating to hate. Why? Can't you like...be positive? 1. I know broxton won't lead off. That makes him better. 2. No I'm hating because this was a bad decision. Didn't bite mke in the butt thank god but it was still a dumb decision. Want a lefty bat... not enough reason to start a dude in CF who hasn't even been shagging balls there (per his words) all year. This was 4 day sample size generated wing it foolishness. That is desperate management. 1 ball was hit to villar... I'm grateful it was boring out there. His bat cooled off... stunning! He got fat on the reds. Don't care. 4 games, don't care. This was a bad decision and bad decisions bite you in the butt more often than not. Throwing a guy out there in CF vs flare hitting pitt and soft tossing davies. Making sure you keep villars season long slumping high K bat in the lineup at leadoff. Think of that and tell me its wise. At least we know broxton can field the position at CF caliber. Walker can lead off... he doesn't swing at crap. I honestly think there hasn't been this much hate for a Brewer player since Jose Hernandez or Jose Valentin. Betancourt came close, but the sheer hate many fans have whenever Villar is in the line-up is almost deafening. Come on guys, he's a Brewer, he's young, and he put up superstar-level numbers last year. Give the guy a chance to be a contributor to what is turning out to be a pretty dang interesting team this year!
  13. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Stokes is always going to get downgraded in the eyes of national scouts because of his Caleb Gindl-like size. But if you look it up, as a 21-year-old, Stokes is putting up very similar numbers to what a young Kirby Puckett did in A Ball as a 23-year-old (young Kirby was a threat on the basepaths as well). The measureables are very similar. Granted that's shooting for the moon, but if Stokes ends up being even 75% of Kirby Puckett, you have yourself a valuable major league outfielder. I don't know about comparing Stokes to Kirby Puckett in any way. Kirby Puckett had a .314 Batting Average in A ball and career MLB batting average of .318. Stokes hasn't even sniffed .300 as a professional. If Stokes played second base I would get excited about him. However, at this point I view him as a small version of Ryan Cordell. Very run of the mill type prospect. Kirby was also a couple years older than Stokes is now when he put up those A ball numbers. Stokes is only 21, and is holding his own at AA. He may not be a top 10-type prospect, but he's no slouch either.
  14. Ron Robinsons Beard
    At least the Packers start their preseason schedule tonight. Enjoy the game!
  15. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Perhaps we should start searching out teams that need rotation depth and have a "needs a change of scenery" 2B option?
  16. Ron Robinsons Beard
    This! This is 100% correct. The Brewers came into this season with huge expectations for Villar to be an exciting table-setter at the top of the line-up, and his struggles have been the biggest culprit for the offensive inconsistency. It is great to see Arcia starting to find his stroke, but he's first and foremost in there for his defense. With their skillsets, Broxton and Brinson/Phillips should be top-of-the-order-type bats as well, but for whatever reason, each has failed miserably when given opportunities leading off. Sogard's hot hitting when first called up is the only thing keeping the lead-off spot from being a black-hole all season. Heck, of the regular batters in the line-up, Braun's skillset probably lends itself most to the lead-off spot. It would be nice if he'd volunteer to do it until Villar/Sogard/Broxton get into a hot streak.
  17. Ron Robinsons Beard
    If I can get a starter who's giving me a 3.7 ERA and 6 innings, I'll gladly pay $5 million. Just look at some of the junk that even decent teams are rolling out there in their rotations. Granted Garza isn't going to fetch a great return from a contender at the trading deadline, but you're telling me you couldn't flip him in the offseason to a team that has playoff hopes but is short in the rotation?
  18. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Phillips had 10/5 rights with Cincy. He does not currently have a no-trade provision. Seems like only yesterday that Cleveland turned down Doug Melvin's offer of a young Jorge De La Rosa for Phillips before they dealt him to the Reds. Boy that would have been something. Would we have seen Rickie Weeks patrolling CF for those exciting late 2000s Brewer teams?
  19. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Neftali Feliz was a pretty big waste of $5 million as well. Knebel should have been handed the closer's role from the get-go. The fact that they just dumped Scooter puzzled me as well, especially when you look at the kind of junk middle infielders out there that teams regularly give up value for.
  20. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Wrong! Scooter's 2016 OPS was .728. No one, and I mean NO ONE could have seen the kind of numbers he's putting up this year. Hindsight is 20/20 though, I guess. No one? So our management team is off the hook for begging Villar to take $20M and dumping the better player who was making $2M. How do you reconcile those two decisions? This wasn't hindsight by Briggs and me. This was a really bad decision and one that has cost the Brewers dearly. The argument was he couldn't be a run producer and could only play 2nd Base. So now to make up for a ridiculous move, the Brewers will have to trade a prospect and pick up a much larger contract for a guy who can only play 2nd base. Villar, for all his bonehead baserunning errors and shoddy fielding at SS, had the look of a future superstar last year. I suppose the argument could be made that the Brewers should have sold Villar high and stuck with Scooter at 2B, but I doubt that you'd find many front office folks that considered Gennett the better of the two players. Now maybe, but in March/April of this year? No way.
  21. Ron Robinsons Beard
    This is spot on. It would be the equivalant of the Brewers giving Ryan Braun to the Tigers (or another contending team) for basically free last August, just to rid the team of his contract. Just like Brewer fans still do, Tiger fans think Justin Verlander has more surplus value than he does and will expect something valuable in return if the Tigers trade him or else they would rather just keep him for nostalgic purposes. Except the proposed Braun trade was for Puig, who the Dodgers and their fanbase had soured on, and McCarthy, who was basically a throw-in to wash salaries. I know it is speculated that it broke down due to the Brewers wanting prospects back, though, so who knows? Of course, the Brewers really don't have a high-salaried throw-in type player, so its tough to draw comparisons. Maybe Villar and Garza for Verlander? Villar may be dirt to Brewer fans, but I wouldn't doubt that he still has value around MLB.
  22. Ron Robinsons Beard
    If Suter continues to pitch like he has been, he'll have a spot in the rotation. Counsell really seems to trust him, and it is nice having a lefty to break things up a bit. Having a bit of a rotation back-up once Anderson returns is a great situation to be in. You figure it out when it comes. A lot can happen between now and the end of August when Anderson is set to come back.
  23. Ron Robinsons Beard
    If Hiura can even play a Rickie Weeks-level 2B, it appears his bat is going to play. I like that pick more and more. A high-OBP table setter in the #2 hole in the line-up is exactly what this line-up needs. If he continues to hit, and gets his defense squared away, it wouldn't surprise me at all to see him in Milwaukee sometime in 2018. His early production is what Corey Ray should be doing.
  24. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Between Neil Walker, Ian Kinsler, and Brandon Phillips, I do prefer Walker and I think he makes the most sense. But then again that also requires dealing with the Mets. But Walker has cleared waivers. The sour grapes with the Mets was a Doug Melvin thing. I know Melvin is still involved as an advisor, but I can't imagine he's going to let his ego get in the way of letting Sterns improve the line-up. Plus, that non-deal was a blessing. Weaver is still an injury-prone "what could be" and Wilmer Flores is basically a rich man's Hernan Perez. That deal would have meant no Santana/Hader/Phillips and a rehabbing Adrian Houser (who I'm still really high on).
  25. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Stokes is always going to get downgraded in the eyes of national scouts because of his Caleb Gindl-like size. But if you look it up, as a 21-year-old, Stokes is putting up very similar numbers to what a young Kirby Puckett did in A Ball as a 23-year-old (young Kirby was a threat on the basepaths as well). The measureables are very similar. Granted that's shooting for the moon, but if Stokes ends up being even 75% of Kirby Puckett, you have yourself a valuable major league outfielder.
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