JoeyWiemerTruther

Rotation: Miz, Henderson, Gasser, Priester (?), Harrison Long relief bullpen: Ashby, Hall, Patrick 6th rotation starter option: Drohan, Sproat AAAA inning eaters: Gordon, Crow, Stallings, C. Rodriguez, Pannone high minors yet to debut: Hardin, Kuehner (rule 5 protection?), Letson, Knoth, DeBerry, Thompson, M. Rodriguez (rule 5 protection?), B. Owens not sure if I missed anyone

Now would be the time to sell high on Mitchell if they want, if he was actually fully healthy next season again (unlikely) his production would be hard to replace I will say. He has 2 years left before FA and I doubt Brewers offer him more than a 1 year deal with a 2nd year team option or something, if they were to retain him the next 2 years before he’s due for a new contract that is. As the article says Jett Williams can be a 4th OF or a platoon 3B until Made is ready. You’d have a drop in production with Williams from the jump compared to Mitchell or Ortiz/Hamilton but still it’s now or never if they actually want to see if Jett’s worth being a long term piece in MKE. One of Ortiz or Hamilton will soon have to be moved, Made is simply too good and will push the issue. Pratt isn’t moving off SS and Turang is still around for minimum 2 more years I’d say, both SS and 2B are occupied so Made won’t be there, it’s obvious he will be at 3B. Made will be in the MLB no later than June imo. You can maybe keep Ortiz and Hamilton until June then trade one but you risk one or either lowering their value by then, mid season trade also could mess up locker room chemistry, Ortiz is very well liked and assume Hamilton is too, so might be best to do it before the season. If the season doesn’t even start til June it makes it easier to trade one of them then to clear a spot for Made right away. Someone who makes sense to me in this situation also is Luke Adams, although he might be more dependent on Bauers. If Bauers accepts his QO I think the odds of seeing Adams rostered even for opening day drastically increase. Vaughn would likely be traded to save money if Bauers takes the QO and then you can give Adams some 1B ABs vs LHB for far less money. And, if you also trade Ortiz you can also platoon Adams at 3B with Hamilton on other days. There should be plenty of ABs for Adams vs LHP in this scenario and I’m a believer in him, he’s got huge potential just needs to stay healthy. I personally prefer to keep Ortiz compared to Hamilton but it makes sense in this scenario to move righty Ortiz, and his value right now is as high as it’s been. For me I think the ideal scenario is to trade Vaughn and Ortiz and get value back, then on the opening day roster have Bauers, Mitchell, Hamilton, Jett, Adams then add Made mid season You could also just keep Ortiz for the time being and keep Jett in AAA

Black did great in his 2026 2 week stint, people pointed to “lucky” hits but who cares. Had some deep doubles too. Spring training doesn’t mean much but he was absolutely raking and led MKE in RBIs despite playing 5-10 less games than the other players before heading to play for Team Canada in the WBC. He had an underwhelming season in AAA however. His lack of defense limits him for sure and I agree it’s likely he’s not in their plans going forward especially being out of options. Only chance is if Bauers hits FA and even then they might just trade Black away and find a different LHB 1B option. I do find it strange they’ve kept him on the 40 man for years now despite not wanting to give him a long term chance. I guess maybe they just liked having him as an AAA insurance guy in case Yelich or Bauers got hurt, which does happen every year at some point so it makes sense and a Yelich injury was the reason for his 2026 call up. I saw someone on X suggest Kyle Manzardo from Cleveland as an inexpensive short term trade candidate to replace Bauers

Had no idea they got performance bonuses like this. Pretty awesome for Miz this year specifically

On brewer fanatic podcast a few days ago Spencer said he thinks most likely guys to have interest from Brewers or other teams are L. Adams, J. Williams, T. Kuehner, C. Wagoner, R. Birchard, M. Wood, W. Torres I believe unless I’m missing anyone. Of those I think good bets to be actually protected imo are Adams, Jett, Wagoner

Also people laugh now but I’m ready for the Brock Wilken/Tyler Black 1B platoon to put up 40 HR, 110 RBI, 10 combined WAR in 2027

which would you rather have next year at first base?: LBH Bauers/RHB Luke Adams platoon for combined $24 mil RHB Vaughn and LBH T. Black/cheap free agent for $10-15 mil (Black or FA is just placeholder til Burke or Fischer is ready) also if they are paying Bauers that much he likely wouldn’t be much of a platoon anyways and Adams ABs would be spotty

Jack and Spencer think that there is no chance that all 3 of Bauers, Contreras, Vaughn are on the team next year and it makes sense. Contreras I think they’d prefer to keep. If Bauers does accept this qualifying offer, I’m inclined to believe they’ll then trade Vaughn. Luke Adams given his MLB shot probably if that’s the case. Likewise if Bauers declines this offer and leaves, probably then keep Vaughn and sign a FA to replace Bauers for a year. Tyler Black still on the 40 man but doubt he’s viewed as a possible short term Bauers replacement before Burke or Fischer is ready. If Bauers accepts this QO Black is probably soon to be a throw in in a trade, even if they lose Bauers, Black probably not in the plans Just doubt they’d wanna pay $32 mil combined for Bauers and Vaughn next year so it’s one or the other.

I largely agree with your assessment of us and the rest of the NL. Obviously things can change with teams getting injuries, making trades, etc. I also pointed out to a couple people I know that the Dodgers window after last season might not be as big as people think due to their age and was seemingly correct. I imagine they still win 90-95 games next year. Betts has been solid but unremarkable the past 2 seasons and took a further step back this year. Freeman getting really old and hampered by injuries. Ohtani hampered by injuries. What I thought would put them over the top despite their lineup was their pitching especially adding Skubal, and the Brewers were still incredible against them and handled it no problem. Also agree with Phillies aging, Harper, Schwarber, Turner, Realmuto, all expensive and all on the wrong age of 30. Braves fans are sick of Acuna and want him gone for his postseason failures, so they may blow it up. Not a great lineup anymore anyways outside of Olson. Mets have pieces but aren’t meshing and turning it into wins until proven otherwise. Cubs if they lose Suzuki lose a giant chunk of their production. Unlikely PCA repeats his production from this year And Bregman and Swanson are aging. They have a ton of work to do if they want to fix their terrible bullpen and mediocre rotation, with seemingly not a lot of extra money to do it. the contracts they have Bregman and Swanson are not going to age well. Hoerner looking like he is way overpaid now too. Cards and Marlins maybe on the right track but not serious threats yet. Pirates have pieces but have yet to put it together and turn it into a playoff appearance. Padres I think will be right back in the mix if they can replace pitching losses. Their lineup is stacked despite a down year for some of their hitters but I’m confident they win 90+ again. Maybe they sign Peralta. A team that’s my pick to rise and make some noise next year is the Nationals, if they don’t trade CJ Abrams. If they keep him and they can repeat what their lineup did this year, while improving their pitching they could win 90+ games and win the NL East. Very much depends if they trade Abrams though. James Wood is turning into the new Schwarber. Arizona has potential and nearly made the postseason, if Burnes can stay healthy and productive that helps. Corbin Carroll is a superstar and have other talented hitters. People might laugh but Colorado had a quietly really good offensive season with young players. Have a couple nice offensive prospects on the horizon too. It’s hard in their stadium but if they can get their pitching to even an average level they might be a sneaky wild card team. San Fran looks like a disaster as currently constructed. Reds might trade Cruz so might go into another semi-rebuild. Some guys on the trading block this offseason might include Elly De La Cruz, Ronald Acuna, Steven Kwan among others, so depending where they end up could change some teams trajectories. Hopefully big guys traded are sent to the AL not NL. All in all I’m very confident the Brewers will have the best record in the NL again and be well positioned to make it to the World Series, health dependent. You could see it on their faces all postseason, these guys are winners and have the right mentality. Man I hope the season isn’t cancelled. I’d even settle for a 120 game season.

3 ******* MORE OH MY ******* GOD

His velo was down before he got taken out, a bit concerning for tonight’s outlook, but I imagine he could pitch 1 inning tonight maybe, but doubt he can go multiple. Abner is available since he didn’t pitch Monday so can pitch B2B nights, Megill can get like 5 outs tonight if needed, Romero available again, Harrison in an absolute emergency if in extra innings. I imagine the only guys not available tonight unless in case of emergency are Hall, Senzatela, Drohan, Harrison, Woody.

Miz tonight and Rays are out of pitchers, gonna have to mix and match a bunch of tired people. Probably can’t use Rasmussen or Freddy cause too gassed, if they do use them it’s for like 2 innings each max. Caminero possibly out with an injury, unlikely though, and their lineup is pathetic if they don’t have him. If Brewers don’t win tonight I’ll be officially worried, have no faith in Henderson to deliver in a potential game 6, Gasser I would have faith in a game 7, don’t want it to get to that point though. So, just need Miz to be locked in. Also, Bauers, Mitchell, Contreras, Yelich, Turang combined 0-22 last night. 6 of their 8 hits came from 22 year olds. Vets better wake tf up tonight.

Brewers in 6

Reality still sinking in for me and I’m still in disbelief the Brewers just did what they did. 4 game sweep vs arguably the best 4 man playoff starting rotation ever assembled (maybe debatable vs 2025 LAD with healthy Ohtani instead of Skubal) and some others. White Sox 2005 World Series sweep of Houston with rotation of Clemens, Oswalt, Pettite, etc comes to mind. Surely some others from before my time. 4 games vs Skubal, Yamamoto, Snell, Glasnow. Probably 3 of the top 10 starting pitchers in the MLB and maybe 4 of the top 20 (when all healthy). 4 combined cy young awards between Skubal and Snell and soon to be back to back top 3 finishes by Yamamoto likely. in 4 games we limited these 4 dominant starters to only 18 IP and rattled off 13 ER. This dominant sweep over a behemoth of a team will still be brought up 50 years from now by our fans and hopefully by national media. Ive been watching since 2003 when I was 7 years old and have seen all the heartbreak since, same as everyone else. Best top to bottom playoff series performance in Brewers history, by far, considering the opponent. Well worth celebrating but jobs not finished. Some positives/negatives of this 8 day layover to the World Series, able to rest and calm down emotions from a very emotional series victory. But, some rust may be visible in game 1, hopefully not. Lets go win this thing!

Garrett Mitchell has his first 100 hit season

Not good. Thankful he walked off under his own power

Brock Wilken with his 14th HR. His average touches .190 and OPS touches .700 for the first times each this season

https://x.com/todd_rosiak/status/2091600975098224693?s=46&t=5FASZRHgruhjFLVJKu-4pQ

Promotion to AA incoming

Was curious how they’d get Adams/Burke/Wilken/Quero all in the same lineup and now Quero is back catching again finally so I have my answer

Luke Adams back in the Nashville lineup after a concerning back injury last week, good to see

Brewers signing these total bums Ji Wan Bae and Ornelas the past few weeks to fill in for Pratt makes me wish they just gave Freddy Zamora or Ethan Murray their cup of coffee at the MLB level but I digress

Made will surely get a taste of AAA soon probably within 2-3 weeks, O’Rae and Boeve have done good enough at AA to maybe get a taste of AAA this year, however I wonder how they will divy up all these ABs between these guys, AAA will soon be extremely crowded in the infield. I wonder if they will just release a guy or 2 to make room, or demote someone underperforming to AA like Freddy Zamora, Eric Brown or Eduardo Rodriguez. They also have Brock Wilken, Ethan Murray, etc taking up infield ABs. Quero taking up ABs at DH. Luke Adams injury AFAIK doesn’t seem season ending and could be back soon. But now Burke is at AAA playing 1B too. Jett Williams also there in the IF if his injury isn’t season ending, he would probably move to OF. Fischer possibly gets a taste of AAA at the end of the year too. I kind of figured Adams would be included in a deal at the deadline as they have a ton of AAA/AA 1B/3B guys and he is rule 5 eligible this offseason, and I think would actually be selected by another team if not on the Brewers 40 man. Wilken, Boeve, O’Rae also rule 5 eligible but don’t think they’re of high enough pedigree to be poached by another team. Made for 1 of Zamora/E. Brown/E. Rodriguez seems like an easy AA/AAA shortstop swap soon though or they can just release one of them to make room.

Wilken finally stays fulls healthy and puts up a stinker of a year

Somehow Brock Wilken despite hitting .180 with a sub .700 OPS leads Nashville in RBI, XBH and BBs