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  1. Ro Mueller
    Ashby and Ortiz are missing too, so I wouldn’t worry too much about it. I wouldn’t want to be the staffer who omitted them though 🤦‍♂️
  2. Ro Mueller
    That would actually surprise me quite a bit, as we've historically preferred to wait until pitchers turn 20 before pushing them to full-season affiliate ball, with only Yujanyer Herrera, Juan Geraldo and Brailin Rodriguez reaching the Low-A level as 19-year olds in recent years. Of course, the new MILB roster limits will likely force a change in the Brewers' approach, but I'd expect that Josh Knoth, Bishop Letson, Bjorn Johnson, Hayden Robinson and Manuel Rodriguez are the sub 20-year old pitchers most likely to reach Low-A Carolina at some point this year.
  3. Ro Mueller
    Good luck fitting 19-year old RHP Joshua Quezada (acquired today from the Yankees for LHP Clayton Andrews) into that ACL roster picture! He had solid numbers for a first-year player in the DSL, averaged over 4 IP per outing and is about 5 months older than LHP Anthony Flores. Heck, he's older than RHP Josh Knoth, RHP Manuel Rodriguez, RHP Hayden Robinson, LHP Bjorn Johnson, RHP Bishop Letson, RHP Daniel Corniel and RHP Aneuris Rodriguez!
  4. Ro Mueller
    Yeah, the article says that’s one benefit of the shift, particularly for Arizona, where the average high temperature in Phoenix in August is 104 degrees.
  5. Ro Mueller
    Well, I was expecting the main system-wide cuts (making room for DSL->stateside promotions) to occur in the first week of June, but now it looks like it will be the first week of May instead. It also nearly shuts the draft classes out of same-season Arizona Complex League ball (Boeve debuted there on July 28, Wilken July 24; the ACL season now ends on July 25). I guess this is meant to keep ACL ball focused on younger players. But it's not a bad idea to shake things up. Promoted international signings will make their stateside debut earlier. Many drafted pitchers don't debut until the next season anyway, so this gives them a possible May ACL debut timeline, instead of waiting the extra month. It basically shortens Extended Spring Training from 2 months to 1 month. Per the article, they'll now organize some unofficial games for draftees and other ACL guys in August.
  6. Ro Mueller
    The last time MLB teams saw them, Joey Wiemer couldn't hit and Garrett Mitchell wasn't healthy enough (or something) to be trusted on the postseason roster. Maybe after they've shown their stuff in a few Spring Training games, some other club(s) will give a strong trade offer.
  7. Ro Mueller
    I suspect that 90% of the story is the pileup which slow free agency has caused (e.g. 124 MLB/AAA-level free agents on Fangraphs). So we’ve got a number of players out there still hoping to clinch an MLB contract or split contract. And within that group of 124 players are also guys who would typically sign MILB deals with a flexible opt-out, but that’s where MLB teams may be trying to exercise increased negotiating power to deny them the opt-out. It’s going to be a crazy spring training, with lots of fringe players being signed, DFA’d, claimed, DFA’d again…all while they’re supposed to be in camp!
  8. Ro Mueller
    Thank you Mass Haas. I suspect the first point of difficulty will occur when we option 11-14 guys to AAA at the end of March. Yeah, it’s likely to be an extremely competitive spring training (heck - season, considering the June stateside promotions, then subsequent draft pick additions) across the entire baseball landscape.
  9. Ro Mueller
    LHP Victor Garcia is listed on the transaction page now, so that just leaves one remaining: RHP Dalvin Bodre
  10. Ro Mueller
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  11. Ro Mueller
    I speculated on this possible constraint earlier:
  12. Ro Mueller
    Thanks. I’m really just trying to figure out how we’ll beef up our starting pitching and opening day payroll. Was looking at well-paid RHPs who are contractually locked in for several years - e.g. Musgrove, Berrios, Taillon, Walker, Alcantara, Darvish, Javier, etc. With Ashby, Gasser and Hall (and Miley this year), I figure we’re in promising shape as far as lefty starters go.
  13. Ro Mueller
    It's February 5 and the Padres only have 36 players on their 40-man MLB roster. Could they be expecting to deal 1 MLB player for 3 MLB players? How about: They re-sign LHP Blake Snell - thus maximizing his contract value, with no team having to give up a draft pick To shed salary, they trade RHP Joe Musgrove (or RHP Yu Darvish) to the Brewers for multiple players - e.g. Tyler Black, Bryce Wilson, Blake Perkins I don't know. Somebody smarter than me can figure out what would constitute a fair trade.
  14. Ro Mueller
    Monasterio - 3B/2B. Yeah, it wouldn’t be a shock to wake up to a trade of any of these players. But isn’t Cabrera’s walk-rate terrifying?
  15. Ro Mueller
    Good deal for the Twins, I think.
  16. Ro Mueller
    24-year old RHP Max Castillo (DFA’d by Boston) may be a reasonable option to replace Janson Junk (if he’s headed to Japan). Decent ground ball rate and WHIP, though lacking top velocity.
  17. Ro Mueller
    I don't see much point in having 3 MLB-caliber defensive shortstops, so I assume one of Adames, Turang or Ortiz will head out the door in the near future - most likely Adames obviously. I just don't really know what we need in return, given that we might give each of Ashby, Hall, Ross and Gasser a clear shot to win a starting rotation spot this spring. Also, we're already viewed as a .500-level team (or worse) after this Burnes trade, so how do you trade Adames without making us even worse in 2024? I guess we could use a right-handed starting pitcher (having lost Burnes, Woodruff, Houser and Teheran) and another solid bat. If we're willing to take on sizeable salary from another club, maybe that would be the key to not further weakening the MLB roster in an Adames trade. Maybe we could take on an expensive SP from the Rangers, Blue Jays, Braves or Astros, assuming one of them signs Snell or Montgomery.
  18. Ro Mueller
    I can't help but think that reduced Minor League roster rules are impacting the signing of minor league free agents, particularly starting pitchers in the case of the Brewers. Last offseason, we signed Colin Rea, Thomas Pannone, Collin Wiles, Robert Stock, Pedro Fernandez and Tobias Myers - who'd all predominantly started in AAA, Japan, Korea or Mexico in 2022. Thus far this offseason, the only signee which fits this profile is Easton McGee, but I believe he's still recovering from surgery. The next-closest signee is Chad Patrick (21 games in AA, 6 games in AAA in 2023). Maybe we want to see our young minor leaguers at Spring Training in March before making some tough cut decisions at those levels, before then adding available AAA-level free agents. We'll see. Or maybe I'm just bored and anxious and the experienced AAA-level minor league level signings (some with early opt outs) will come over the next 6 weeks.
  19. Ro Mueller
    I've not seen any follow-on confirmation on Janson Junk, but I think that where there's smoke there's usually fire with these things. If I remember right (David Freitas a few years ago), the Brewers can collect a fee for releasing him, so that negotiation may even be the hold-up. If Junk somehow stays, I assume we'll keep him stretched out as starting depth in AAA (catastrophe insurance for the Brewers), even if his best chance in MLB may actually be as a reliever. He just doesn't register enough strikeouts as a starter, even though his velocity is decent. However, we were relatively quick to give up on Ethan Small as a starter, so who really knows.
  20. Ro Mueller
    How dare they!: Twins Sign Caleb Boushley To Minor League Deal You'd better treat him well over there in St. Paul!!
  21. Ro Mueller
    Here's a handy image and a link to the Brewers' press release which summarizes a lot of the moves:
  22. Ro Mueller
    The team has also confirmed the coaching staff for the ACL Brewers (led by Rafael Neda), DSL Brewers 1 (led by Victor Rey - formerly with the DSL Yankees) and DSL Brewers 2 (led by Natanael Mejia):
  23. Ro Mueller
    And here are other system-wide Player Development and High-Performance staff, including former Shuckers’ Manager Mike Guerrero as Roving Infield Instructor:
  24. Ro Mueller
    Manager Rick Sweet is back for another super season with AAA Nashville:
  25. Ro Mueller
    Manager Victor Estevez keeps climbing the ranks, now moving up to High-A Wisconsin:
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