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Why should we as fans care anything about that? The owners/front offices collude to set standards for player salaries in arbitration, and we're supposed to just throw our hands up and say "welp, it's just the system!" when our favorite team pisses off our best player?

100% agree. Almost the entire front page here now is "ARTICLE: ...", and I've just stopped clicking on them pretty much.

I'm most excited to see our prospects in this thing, pretty cool for Frelick, Vassalotti, Rodriguez and Hall.

Spring Training MVP: Sal Frelick Surprise OD roster inclusion(s): Sal Frelick Surprise OD roster omission(s): Owen Miller Breakout(s): Joey Wiemer, Peter Strzelecki (becomes our 7th-8th inning guy) Disappointment(s): Aaron Ashby Bounceback(s): Christian Yelich, Abraham Toro, Freddie Peralta Season MVP: Christian Yelich Cy Young: Corbin Burnes Reliever of the Year: Devin Williams Rookie of the Year: Joey Wiemer Bold Prediction: Joey Wiemer is up earlier than planned, ends up as the everyday RF Brewers Record: 93-69 Postseason? Yes (Division champs)

1. Jackson Chourio (OF) 2. Sal Frelick (OF) 3. Joey Wiemer (OF) 4. Brice Turang (SS/2B) 5. Garrett Mitchell (OF) 6. Jeferson Quero (C) 7. Tyler Black (2B/3B) 8. Robert Gasser (P) 9. Jacob Misiorowski (P) 10. Eric Brown Jr. (SS) 11. Hendry Mendez (OF) 12. Stiven Cruz (P) 13. Justin Jarvis (P) 14. Carlos F. Rodriguez (P) 15. Robert Moore (SS/2B) 16. Jace Avina (OF) 17. Eduardo Garcia (SS) 18. Alexander Cornielle (P) 19. Jadher Areinamo (SS/3B/2B) 20. Abner Uribe (P) 21. Logan Henderson (P) 22. Hedbert Perez (OF) 23. Luis Lara (OF) 24. Daniel Guilarte (SS) 25. Luke Adams (3B) 26. Cameron Wagoner (P) 27. Cam Robinson (P) 28. Ethan Small (P) 29. Freddy Zamora (SS) 30. Janson Junk (P)

If you're living on or staying near the East Side, Jack's American Pub on Brady St. is (as far as I know) the only game in town for shuttles to the stadium. Not my favorite spot personally, but the shuttle is a very useful option.

Textbook collusion if true.

NO

Pretty glad the Brewers didn't sign Turner. At 38 I think he could fall off a cliff very quickly - and he's already probably slated for a DH role more often than 3B at this stage. I'd rather take a chance on Drury, or Brian Anderson for a lesser deal.

Good for Omar!

Matt F. Arnold!

Which is exactly why I said "If Willy was open to it..." Sorry to have offended you by speculating on the Brewers 2023 defensive alignment on a Brewers fan message board.

You really have no clue if it's been discussed with Adames. Regardless, this is a message board - speculation is what we do. IMO, Willy has the potential to also be a plus 3B, while I don't really see Turang having the build for that. If Willy was open to it, this might make a ton of sense.

Not sure why this is such an outrageous suggestion to some. Our best defensive alignment might have Willy playing 3B with Turang at SS and Urias at 2B. The weak link here defensively is Urias. He's a much better 2B than 3B/SS, so if it makes our defense much better overall to have him at 2B, why shouldn't it be considered as a potential option?

I don't think Turang figuring out how to play 2B matters much in this scenario. It's more a question of "would Adames at 3B, Turang at SS, and Urias at 2B give us the best chance to win with our everyday lineup?"

We'll see how this plays out of course, but on paper I feel like this is a pretty great move for the Brewers. If Winker is healthy, having him in your lineup at AmFam in a contract year could be pretty savvy. Toro is a guy I've had my eye on for awhile now. He hasn't found success at the big league level quite yet, but he's only 25 years old. A switch-hitting utility guy (his floor) is still valuable, especially for a team like the Brewers that likes to platoon and rotate players often. We've got 4 years of team control for him as he enters his prime years. This is the exactly the type of move the Brewers need to take chances on. On top of all of that, there's also now a bit more of a path for Brice Turang to establish himself in the big leagues this season.

Owning a professional sports team is quite possibly the least risky thing any of these pampered billionaire owners ever partake in. Especially in Major League Baseball. A guy like Bob Nutting can own a miserable franchise for years and years, never spend on payroll, and rake in big time profits even with bottom of the barrel attendance. This kind of worship and admiration for billionaires is always mind-boggling to me, but especially when it's for owners of MLB teams.

Season opener tonight vs. South Dakota. Excited to see the post-Johnny era get underway, if the big 3 of Hepburn, Wahl and Crowl stay healthy they will surprise some folks in the B1G once again.

Might be the most moronic and chauvinistic post on this board. Well done, Axman.

The prospects I'm naming are really just starting points, as none of us truly have a clue how GMs value anyone and this is purely for fun. My point is that the Brewers should make some more aggressive moves this offseason and be willing to part with some valued prospects to do it. Murphy is a great defensive catcher with a consistently improving, above-average bat (on a bad team no less), entering his prime and controlled for 3 more years. I'm high on Quero too but I don't see the org entrusting catching duties to a ~22 year old in 2024, we'll see though. Either way, if he's knocking on the door and they believe he's ready to start then, you can always trade Murphy for his last year or two.

With Matt Arnold taking over Baseball Ops, I'm very interested to see the direction he takes with all of the arbitration eligible players. 2 years left with Burnes and Woody, so I'd really like to take a slightly larger bite of the apple next season... Red Sox/Devers seem to be pretty far apart on extension negotiations, I'd try to pry him away in a deal. Urias + prospects (E. Ruiz?/H. Perez?/Valerio? etc). Trade Frelick/Black/E. Garcia/Brown, Jr. to OAK for Sean Murphy. Try to extend Burnes and Woody, hope to keep one of them, and assess after the 2023 season. Make any trades then, unless we're way out of it by the deadline next season. Slightly over budget, but now's the time. C: Sean Murphy ($3.50M) 1B: Rowdy Tellez ($5.30M) 2B: Brice Turang ($0.70M) 3B: Rafael Devers ($16.90M) SS: Willy Adames ($9.20M) LF: Christian Yelich ($26.00M) CF: Garrett Mitchell ($0.70M) RF: Hunter Renfroe ($11.20M) DH: Keston Hiura ($2.00M) Bench OF: Tyrone Taylor ($0.70M) Utility: Mike Brosseau ($1.20M) Utility: Jace Peterson ($2.50M) Backup C: Victor Caratini ($2.80M) SP1: Corbin Burnes ($11.40M) SP2: Brandon Woodruff ($11.00M) SP3: Freddy Peralta ($3.50M) SP4: Eric Lauer ($5.20M) SP5: Adrian Houser ($3.60M) CL: Devin Williams ($3.20M) RP: Jake Cousins ($0.70M) RP: Matt Bush ($2.00M) RP: Peter Strzelecki ($0.70M) RP: Hoby Milner ($1.10M) RP: JC Mejia ($0.70M) RP: Aaron Ashby ($1.00M) RP: Trevor Kelley ($0.70M) Payroll is 1.92% under budget

That was a fun win. Liked what I saw from Jevon, thought Grayson played ok and Lopez was great. Giannis is obviously Giannis. Jrue's defense as usual, was just excellent. What a putrid offensive performance though, he'll have to improve that. Bobby struggled as well. I think Joel Embiid is the most overrated player in the NBA, and he really showed why last night. He was abysmal.

Could be auditioning him as a trade piece. Either way, I don't think it hurts to try to expand a guy's positional versatility, like Turang getting some action in CF.

WR Stephan Bracey also entering the transfer portal.

Trade Houser, Ruiz, and Small to Tampa Bay for Yandy Diaz and Shawn Armstrong. Yandy to 1B vs. LHP and 3B/DH otherwise. Move Urias to 2B, but he will still play a good amount at 3B (especially days where Rowdy sits and Yandy moves to 1B or DH). Turang is listed at Utility, but he will get lots of AB's at 2B, and at SS on days where Willy sits or gets a DH day. Love Willy's enthusiasm to play every day, but it might be helpful to mix in a few more off days for him next season. I have Frelick listed as the 4th OF, but he will play lots of LF and CF. May end up being the everyday LF before too long. Wiemer is waiting in the wings in AAA as some right-handed thump in case of injury or under-performance by Taylor/Renfroe. Sign Tucker Barnhart to a 1 year/$4.00m contract. He's coming off a rough offensive year with Detroit where his ISO really nosedived, but that team around him was also dreadful. Solid defensive catcher, and a switch hitter with some history of having a decent bat. Would expect some sort of bounceback year from him. Sign Sean Doolittle to a 1 year/$1.5 mil deal, which is what he took last year with Washington before his injury. He wants to return to the Nats next year, but we'll see what happens there. If he's able to stay healthy he'd be a nice higher-leverage LHP option than Milner. Sign Tommy Kahnle to a 1 year/$3.5 mil deal. Another guy coming off of a lengthy injury. Pitched very limited innings for LA late in the season and looked sharp aside from his Game 4 outing. Nasty changeup. 6.31% under budget. C: Tucker Barnhart ($4.00M) 1B: Rowdy Tellez ($5.50M) 2B: Luis Urias ($4.50M) 3B: Yandy Diaz ($5.50M) SS: Willy Adames ($9.50M) LF: Tyrone Taylor ($1.00M) CF: Garrett Mitchell ($0.70M) RF: Hunter Renfroe ($11.00M) DH: Christian Yelich ($22.00M) 4th OF: Sal Frelick ($0.70M) Utility: Mike Brosseau ($1.00M) Utility: Brice Turang ($0.70M) Backup C: Victor Caratini ($2.80M) SP1: Corbin Burnes ($11.50M) SP2: Brandon Woodruff ($11.00M) SP3: Freddy Peralta ($3.50M) SP4: Eric Lauer ($5.00M) SP5: Aaron Ashby ($1.2M) RP: Shawn Armstrong ($2.00M) RP: Jake Cousins ($0.70M) RP: Matt Bush ($2.00M) RP: Sean Doolittle ($1.50M) RP: Hoby Milner ($1.00M) RP: Devin Williams ($4.00M) RP: Tommy Kahnle ($3.50M) RP: Peter Strzelecki ($0.70M) Payroll is 10.38% under budget