JoeyWiemerTruther

Shame cause before that knee injury last year he was leading the ENTIRE minor leagues across all levels in HRs with 17-18 in 50 games or so. I bet he’d be better if he repeated AAA next year but not sure MIL wants to be patient anymore considering he’d have to take up a 40 man spot next year.

Shame if so but I’d get it, big Brocket Launcher fan but he’s gotta get those #s up. In the midst of his 31 game on base streak I thought he was turning a corner after he started the season I think 1-31 but now cooled off again. I believe Lara, Jett, Wilken, L. Adams and maybe a few others (Kuehner? Wichrowski?) all have to be added to the 40 man by this winter to avoid rule 5 eligibility, so could see Wilken and/or Adams as a trade throw in next month which would suck for me as a fan of them but I could see it. Depends what their plan at 1B is next year (if there is a season). Bauers might be working towards being paid too much by someone who’s not the Brewers this offseason, Vaughn will cost around $9-10 mil in his final arb year next season before FA. Then you still have Tyler Black who probably doesn’t have a future but has a small chance at being the Bauers replacement LHB 1B 2027 platooner. Unlikely due to his lack of power though. Blake Burke also getting closer to the MLB. Some decisions will have to be made.

I’d be all in on that MLB Network package of Lara/Jett/Letson for Skubal if that’s what it took. Not having to include any of Made/Pena/Pratt/Fischer would be great. They’ll have other OFers really popping on the scene soon and some already are (Adamczewski, Payne, Frias, Encarnacion, Antunez, Ragsdale, etc). In terms of the OF outlook: You already have Chourio locked down into the 2030s. Sal and Mitchell could be on their way out after this year if they keep playing bad but I could stomach giving Sal another chance next year. Lockridge could be flipped as part of a trade if he does well to end the year otherwise can bring him back as 5th OFer. Mitchell especially if he does well to end the year is an easy sell high trade candidate since his body is always a ticking time bomb. Otherwise still a decent 3rd/4th OFer option next year. Hypothetically Lara should take Mitchell’s CF starting spot for opening day next year but I’m still fine trading Lara for Skubal. Also if this lockout does happen, they have the 2026 and 2027 drafts (assuming there’s still a draft then?) in the downtime if they want to replace Jett and Lara with a few college OFers ready to debut maybe already in 2028. Adamczewski and Payne should be ready to debut in 2028 after a lockout. So even if you trade Lara and Jett, OF depth shouldn’t be any issue.

Why hasn’t Brock Wilken been in the Sounds lineup for 4-5 days? Cant find anything on it