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  1. snoogans8056
    Prospect Handbook. I was kind of being a turd (there are 3 NL Central teams in the top 5).
  2. snoogans8056
    Slight spoiler for BA’s 2026 system grades…. We are the 3rd best system in the NL Central.
  3. snoogans8056
    What about to the Braves for JR Ritchie, their comp pick, and a throw in?
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    Was trying to think of what the roster could possibly look like. Wildcards would be CJ Hughes or Rylan Mills. Mills is old for the class and has earned some comments that he is far ahead of where we thought. Would not be surprised to see him and Garcia sharing some C/DH time. Daniel Dickinson a college bat, hasn’t made his debut yet. Could see him starting in A, and then making room for Hughes after some time in the complex. These all seem pretty locked down: C - Kevin Garcia 1B - 2B - Juan Ortuno SS - Brady Ebel 3B - LF - CF - Handelfrey RF - Jose Anderson Past that, it seems pretty hard to place. We do have to remember that last years team was maybe historically young. Could see a lot of repeats even if they are disappointing ones (Payne, Bitonti, DiTuri, etc). Doesn’t mean their seasons were failures, just that we draft very young projects and they are going to take time. Payne for example would have been younger than about 8 first rounders from this past draft, and Bitonti is only 6 months older than Seth Hernandez who got the biggest bonus.
  5. snoogans8056
    Just seeing Letson throwing is huge. I’ve said it before, but he’s the lodestone of this whole draft system that we’ve hitched our wagon to. His success blazes the path for everyone else behind him (kind of a Chourio / Made thing). I’m pulling for him most out of any prospect we’ve got.
  6. snoogans8056
    Yeah their Brewer reasoning was strictly “Made, Pena, and Pratt probably won’t graduate” and not the reason we are all excited: literally 30+ mystery boxes in the low minors. We could very easily have a Mets 2025 type season where a Jett, Reimer, Ewing, Clifford, Benge, and Tong all blew up at age 21-22.
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    The thing is, nobody really knows. You’d think all these college pitchers taken high in the draft must have been highly rated high schoolers that got away, but most of them are these round 11-20 nobodies. We are trying to find those kids who have traits to be that first round college talent and selling them on the idea that we are the best place to get them to that level. The MLB draft is weird and the Brewers are doing something that nobody else has really done before at this scale. At this point it’s kind of just a having faith both as a fan, and as one of these kids being signed, in this organization to be the ones to pull this insane strategy off. And honestly, what would be considered a success from all this? Maybe one contributes at the major league level? That’s literally all it would take. The bar for success is so extremely low, and this organization seems to think they have the secret sauce (and the balls to do something different) to absolutely smash that goal.
  8. snoogans8056
    BA had an article today about breakout prospects for 2026. Apparently Handelfrey registered a 118mph (!?!?) exit velocity as an 18 year old. Bonkers.
  9. snoogans8056
    https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6879487/2025/12/15/mlb-technology-change-minor-leagues/ Dumbest move the MLB has made in a while. Probably gonna hurt us more than anyone else.
  10. snoogans8056
    Welp… I was already waaaaay too high on our young pitching. This didn’t help that any. Can’t wait to see this DSL pitching class added to all those HS drafted arms. Then having all that getting combined with the college arms down the line… Yeesh. With some velo jumps this offseason, we could have a legit top 20 of just teenage arms. EDIT - Wanted to add a question for next week: Was that 2025 Carolina team the youngest A-ball team of all time? Can’t imagine it gets much younger than that, especially with R+ ball no longer existing.
  11. snoogans8056
    The rental part is why I keep going back to teams with a comp pick this year. It’s basically a wash. You give us a pick, you get a pick. Even. Now it’s just for the rental fee. Beavers from the O’s seems like a slam dunk Brewer (and they have a comp pick).
  12. snoogans8056
    The more I think about it, the more I like the Orioles / Beavers / Comp Pick / Arm trade. Basically a rehash of the Burnes trade. They weren’t really burned by Ortiz and Hall, might want to take a second crack at it. Also need an arm after the Grayson Rodriguez trade.
  13. snoogans8056
    Was thinking about the Burnes trade and our reliance on comp picks… We must view any comp pick in a trade is a neutral. You give it to us this year, you get it if he doesn’t sign next year. A wash, essentially a free add on to any trade. Teams with a comp pick that could be seen as contenders: Braves, Astros, Guardians, Royals, Diamondbacks (x2 if Gallen gets one), and Orioles. Wouldn't be surprised if it was one of those teams just cause that free value is there for both sides.
  14. snoogans8056
    Currently listening to Jim Doyle’s Over-Slot Baseball podcast with Tod Johnson (Brewers VP of Player Acquisition) that was posted yesterday. Will add some notes later. EDIT Good stuff. A lot of table slapping around the league when Miz was drafted. Many teams were trying to hide him in the process. Very high on Rylan Mills (late round 2025 high school catcher). Said he attended a try out as a nobody from nowhere and every instructor they sent him to ended up saying “he’s awesome at this so he must be bad at _______”. Turns out he was really good at everything. Very hard hitter. Loves all the kids equally, but singled out Dubanewicz and Holden in their draft classes.
  15. snoogans8056
    Our focus at the plate seems to be stressing plate discipline. Our focus in the draft and IFA stresses youth, and pushing it aggressively. Do you think the combination of those two philosophies tends to show more warts than preferable at the lower levels? Would Bitonti and Payne be much more highly thought of if they were more aggressive and not having to protect the entire plate at the end of every AB?
  16. snoogans8056
    Really wonder what we’d get for Peralta now. Thats a worse pitcher, on a worse one year deal,
  17. snoogans8056
    Was thinking a minor league arm. We seem to have similar likes with the Sox, they just went heavy college pitching (and have been rightfully praised) while we went high school.
  18. snoogans8056
    Think we could do Peralta for Jarren Duran, straight up? Or even a Marcelo Meyer / Kristian Campbell if their star has faded a bit?
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    He also didn’t mention that we might have even signed more HSers in the first 10 rounds than anyone else as well. Or the fact that they seem to take the youngest players possible. Braylon Payne was younger than about 8 first round picks from THIS year. Bitonti was 7 months older than a couple of them and he was a 2023 draftee.
  20. snoogans8056
    BA came out with their Brewer top 10 today, along with a very long article about our draft strategy. They have a chat this afternoon where you can ask questions as well.
  21. snoogans8056
    Was just digging through old drafts to find our last successful high school pitcher that was brought up to the majors (as I assume we are gonna draft 5 more in 2026). I’m not going to count Reece Olsen (2018) or Max Lazar (2017) as they were brought up with other teams… I could have possibly missed someone, but I think I found the answer in the 2013 draft. Won’t spoil it for anyone that cares to guess.
  22. snoogans8056
    I do enjoy a more pragmatic approach to prospects, but it really craps on young guys being pushed hard (our entire setup).
  23. snoogans8056
    Right on cue: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/brewers-prospect-tyson-hardin-turns-in-efficient-first-full-season/ BA with an article about Hardin today after having Holobetz and DeBerry earlier in the week.
  24. snoogans8056
    Let me be dramatic. All the articles that have come out lately on those college guys have been very cool though, even Holobetz (RIP). Gives an insight into what we are looking for and building off of. I can’t remember being this excited about our system since the Weeks / Fielder / Braun days. Less talented at the top now, but the confidence in the competence has never been higher.
  25. snoogans8056
    My favorite thing about the universal Deberry, Holobetz, and Hardin love from the 2024 draft class is that it implies we know what we are looking for and are on to something big (while ignoring the 6 high school pitchers signed from the same class).
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