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Assuming we make the NLDS, we will need 4 starters/bulk arms and May is clearly one of those guys. I’m not sure I would’ve considered him that before we acquired him, but he’s certainly looked it in his first two outings for us. here’s to hoping the pitching group stays healthy and can continue to get extra days of rest down the stretch. harrison feels a bit like Priester last year. We as fans felt pretty good about him as a playoff starter all year… until we didn’t. Let’s hope he looks like early season Harrison heading into the playoffs.

Obviously I have no idea what the clubhouse was like in the past or is like this year. We’ve heard the brewers have a “no ******* policy”. I haven’t necessarily noticed what you’ve noticed, but my theory would be that they’re not getting too high or too low during the regular season. They haven’t had the long winning streaks like last season. They haven’t been particularly “hot” either. They’ve just stayed incredibly consistent, winning 2/3 in a series 4-5 games a week. So they haven’t had the emotional highs and lows since they’ve just been consistently good all year. I’m sure svuem could tell us their best and worst stretches of the year, but it “feels” like there haven’t been any bad stretches and have only been a few “hot” streaks. just win.

Obviously could include the bigger names like Contreras and megill on this list too. I think it depends how this season and post season play out. If we go to the World Series or hell, win it, it’s going to be a very poor look for fan engagement to trade any of the major contributors. also with the CBA negotiations looming, who knows how active the trade market will be. Especially if things get delayed all the way till February/March. I’ll add one note on grant anderson since he’s probably the least interesting player mentioned here, if he retains that option (haven’t checked to see how long he spent in AAA) then there’s no reason to offload him. He’s a perfect guy to have in the pen in that role. Reasonably effective in low leverage, can fake it in medium leverage, has an option, and most importantly seemingly has a rubber arm.

So I’ve sorta been operating under the assumption that Bauers would be in line for a similar deal to what Ohearn hit last off season which was about 2 years for $30m. Similar age, position, handedness, spotty track record. However, if Bauers maintains this the final 5 weeks of the season he’s going to have a notably better walk year. Even if we work under the parameters of 2 years for $30ish… I might prefer the 1 year commitment of the qualifying offer. so I almost think you offer it hoping he takes it and you don’t have to commits to a multi year deal with him. sf70 makes a valid point, you don’t want to be trotting out a line up of 50% first and second year players. You need some stability.

Ya... I'm kinda thinking if Ortiz is going to end up on the IL, Adams makes sense if they think j he can handle third base for a few weeks.

Especially if its a matchup against the Phillies. Wheeler, Sanchez and luzardo is certainly pretty scary in any playoff series let alone a 3 gamrry

Have a chance to win the series with Misiorowski going tomorrow. Facing the rookie from Tomah. picked up a game on the cubs and Braves already. Hopefully the dodgers too. good night.

I think people get a little too worked up about the ABS stuff with Sánchez. I agree with you though.

I read the passan and rosenthal articles this morning. Not a ton extra to glean from the Brewers perspective. Really only the timing of the trade-tigers wanting to make sure they got their preferred deal before teams had a chance to pivot to Kirby. I don’t think this is some grand conspiracy. I think it’s totally possible the Brewers feel they offered better packages than the dodgers, but the tigers own evaluation was that the dodgers package was better. I did find it interesting that the Brewers felt only Skubal, Gausman, and May were viable playoff starters. Notably Holmes, Mize, and Ray were also dealt and have sparkly surface stats. im still disappointed we didn’t land Skubal and that’s compounded by the dodgers trading for him, but I’m satisfied with the mindset the Brewers had and satisfied with the pivot to May.

Then please explain to me why I get frustrated when we lose a game to the Angels on a Sunday afternoon in August? /s

Drohan has been a lock for 6 effective innings recently. Hopefully we bust out the bats tonight and can have Wilson toss a few innings. Running with a 6 man rotation in this long stretch without an off day is going to be a challenge. I do imagine that at some point during this stretch they’ll need to make a roster move to bring in a fresh arm. Or, they send either gasser or drohan to the pen after their starts against the Twins. fresh arm options: Kuhnel: started a rehab assignment 8/2 crow, Gordon, Rom could all be recalled any time. koenig? That ship has probably sailed stallings and anderson both need to be down for a while since they just got optioned.

I agree with other posters, Peña may be several years out yet. Not every prospect is going to be an mlb regular at 20-21 years old. He’s far enough away that I’m not really concerned with where he fits into the picture yet. Maybe the Nationals revisit trading Wood or Abrams and the Brewers take a swing there and Peña is part of that package. Or maybe he spends 2027 in aa, 2028 in aaa, and fits in at 2b to start 2029 if Turang is traded entering his final year of team control. Maybe he winds up in the OF. Lots of paths and several years for this situation to play out. I like Adams enough to add him to the 40 man this off-season. I don’t think he has enough power to be an everyday starter at first base. Maybe the brewers like his defense enough at 3rd base that he could fit as a CI bench piece? I’m not really “clearing space” for him though. crow is probably 7th or 8th on the SP depth chart heading into the off season (depending on the Priester time line). As we have seen this season, that’s probably going to translate into 7-10 starts, some relief appearances, and some AAA time too. Totally a valuable and necessary role. No need to overthink this one.

Ya I’m not real on board with Hamilton playing essentially the strong side of the platoon right now. I knows it’s only a couple weeks, but he’s .211/.318/.263 since coming back from the IL. Joey has been pretty good for about 2 months now and I think we’d all agree his defense is a real asset at third. joey could totally go back to slumping hard any day now, but that’s not right now. I’d prefer to see Joey in there daily right now.

Ya if your expectation was Skubal, this is certainly disappointing. im disappointed we didn’t get Skubal, but I do think the moves we made today will help weather the rest of the regular season and there’s a decent chance the 3 pitchers we got all make the playoff roster.

My thought process was that Frias was the high upside guy with massive exit velocities, but still a ways off. Might be a guy, but could also end up a bust. ragsdale more of a high floor guy. Having a massive year. Similar timeline as Adamczewski and Payne, but probably the lesser prospect of the group. Felt lower ceiling and more redundant than Frias. who knows though. I won’t claim to be an expert. I just read the scouting reports and occasionally tune into a game.