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  1. Ro Mueller
    Oh my. Now the Rea move makes even more sense. No Miley or Lauer. No idea if Gasser will excel in his first MLB season. Tricky proposition. Anyone fancy Alex Wood or Hyun-Jin Ryu?
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    These articles rank the NL 2024 ROY favorites as 1) Jordan Lawlar, 2) Pete Crow-Armstrong, 3) Paul Skenes and 1) Paul Skenes, 2) Jordan Lawlar, 3) James Wood, 4) Jackson Chourio, 5) Pete Crow-Armstrong, 6) Jackson Merrill: https://www.mlb.com/news/pipeline-inbox-contenders-for-2024-rookies-of-the-year https://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/insider/story/_/id/38271478/mlb-2023-prospects-call-help-rookie-year My position is usually a boring one on these call-ups, as I think the evidence suggests that we're rather conservative on starting clocks and allowing anybody to be Super-2 eligible (after being on the wrong side of that by 1 day with Hader one year). To me, this is why we didn't see Frelick in MLB in 2022 or Black/Gasser in MLB in 2023. So I don't think we'll see Chourio in MLB until relatively late in 2024, for better or worse. And I think he'll be sharing that Nashville outfield with Wiemer and Mitchell quite a bit, as we seriously manipulate their service time. Chourio started relatively slowly (for him) in AA in 2023, so it wouldn't necessarily be shocking if that repeats itself in AAA in the first half of 2024, which I believe would suit the Brewers' brass just fine as a reason to keep him down for longer seasoning.
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    Barrios and Pratt seem to be the priority shortstops based on this year’s innings. I’ve got Baez projected at 3B, Barrios at 2B, Pratt at SS, O’Rae in CF. Once Bitonti (still 17) is ready for Low-A, he’d likely push Baez into a rover role. I’d be disappointed if we held either of Areinamo or Guilarte back in Low-A, though I understand High-A may look like a bit of a logjam. Maybe we’d trade one player from that High-A infield surplus.
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    On Thursday evening, the Saguaros reversed Wednesday's mojo, this time coming back from an early 2-0 deficit to defeat the Mesa Solar Sox 5-2. Box score. They now hold a 2.5-game first place lead, with just 4 scheduled games remaining (plus an All Star Game, Home Run Derby + hopefully Playoffs). 1B Wes Clarke - 1-for-4, HR, RBI - that's his 5th homer of the AFL season (.292 AVG, 1.017 OPS), adding an insurance run late in the game (video evidence) 2B Eric Brown Jr. - 0-for-4 (.289 AVG, .802 OPS)
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    Wednesday's games in Venezuela were largely rained out, but here are relevant performances from Thursday: RHP Edwin Jimenez - 4 IP, 6 R (4 ER), 6 H, 0 BB, 4 Ks - took the loss as La Guaira fell 6-4 to Lara CF Jackson Chourio - 1-for-4 (hitting .235) - in Zulia's 3-2 loss to Magallanes CF Carlos D. Rodriguez - 0-for-4 (hitting .300) for Magallanes
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    Depth in case we trade Adames or lose Devanney in Rule 5 draft? Capra's got just one option year remaining. I didn't see any articles calling him a plus defensive player...just "versatile" mentioned severally. Relatively high BABIPs the past 3 years, but not a big base stealer. Solid BB/K rates past 2 years fits the profile we like.
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    What are we guessing? $2.75m base, incentives for 110+ innings, $6m option for 2025, $250k buyout? Maybe I’m waaaayyy off.
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    1B Wes Clarke in the AFL Home Run Derby on Saturday:
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    Brailin Rodriguez came through when it mattered most (ACL Championship Game), so hopefully he shines (e.g. starting at Low-A Carolina) in 2024.
  12. Ro Mueller
    Re-sign Santana (fielding, OBP) and Donaldson (betting on HRs, also not a bad fielder). Let’s not make the mistake we made in late 2019 when we didn’t welcome Jesus Aguilar back with open arms.
  13. Ro Mueller
    Not much Tuesday action: - CF Carlos D. Rodriguez - 1-for-4 - in Magallanes 4-0 loss to Caracas - CF Jackson Chourio - 0-for-4, walk - in Zulia’s 10-3 win over La Guaira - LHP Jesus Broca - 1.1 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 3 BB, 0 Ks - short start in Guasave's 8-6 victory over Obregon
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    - RHP Caleb Boushley outrighted to AAA Nashville by MLB Brewers. I suspect he'll likely also be a minor league free agent in a few days.
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    Sunday fun: CF Carlos D. Rodriguez - 2-for-5, RBI in Magallanes 5-3 win over Aragua RHP Christian Mejias - 2.2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 BB, 3 Ks - in Aragua's defeat 2B Eduardo Garcia - 0-for-2 in Lara's 6-2 victory over Zulia PH Jackson Chourio - 0-for-1 for Zulia (flew out to right field) RHP Kaleb Bowman - 0.2 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 2 BB, 0 Ks - in La Guaira's 7-0 loss to Margarita
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    5-game series, so we can’t just be bounced in 2 games. Less rest for the weary. Sounds good. I’m torn on the Free Win. Either way is fine to me. Oh, and Go Dinos!
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    The Saguaros pushed their first place lead to 1.5 games with a 4-2 victory over Scottsdale in a 7-inning contest. Box score. - 1B Wes Clarke - 0-for-2, walk - 2B Eric Brown Jr. - 0-for-3
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    Saturday action: - DH Jackson Chourio - 0-for-4, run scored - in Zulia’s 3-2 loss to Lara - 1B Jesus Chirinos - 0-for-3 for Zulia - CF Carlos D. Rodriguez - 0-for-4 in Magallanes’ 4-1 loss to Aragua - RHP Edwin Jimenez - didn’t retire any of 6 batters (BB, 1B, HR, BB, BB, 1B) - but his La Guaira club stormed back from deficits of 4-0 and 11-5 to defeat Margarita 16-12
  19. Ro Mueller
    Thank you for this write-up. Someone said that art/beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What appears like a crammed MLB outfield to us may look like a menu chock-full of service time manipulation options for Matt Arnold, e.g. if Super-2 manipulation is the goal: Keep Mitchell in AAA in ~116 days Keep Wiemer in AAA for ~74 days Keep Perkins in AAA for ~37 days In that manner, Yelich, Taylor and Frelick would remain on the MLB roster all season, while Mitchell, Wiemer and Perkins yo-yo between MLB and AAA. Of course, I may be misunderstanding something fundamentally important in the service time rules, so feel free to correct me if I'm materially wrong.
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    Surprise fell behind 8-2 by the 4th inning, ultimately losing 9-5 to Peoria. Box score. The team gave up 12 walks, but Brewers' LHP Justin King and Justin Yeager didn't issue any. In all, the Brewers' reps performed well: 2B Eric Brown Jr. - 2-for-4 LHP Justin King - 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 0 Ks (worked around a catcher interference) RHP Justin Yeager - 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 1 HBP, 1 K Surprise remains in first place by a half-game, but the standings are quite jumbled, with all 6 teams within 4 games of each other. From what I'm seeing, the team has 8 scheduled games remaining, plus an AL vs. NL All-Star game squeezed into the middle of it.
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    CF Carlos D. Rodriguez also had a nice evening in Venezuela, going 2-for-3 with 2 walks and a stolen base, in Magallanes 7-6 walk-off victory over Lara. He singled with one out in the bottom of the 9th inning to move the eventual winning run to second base. Back to Jackson Chourio - his last hit was vital, coming while trailing 6-3 with one on and nobody out in the bottom of the 9th inning. Zulia went on to score 4 runs in that frame, walking off a 7-6 win over Aragua on a shortstop error. Here's video of Chourio scoring from second base to make it 6-5.
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    Jackson Chourio is making his debut of this Winter League season, starting in center field and batting 2nd for Zulia in Venezuela. Box score. He walked and scored on a double in the 1st inning.
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    Future left fielder!? Dude's fast! :) But yeah, I guess he's a 3B/1B for the time being. After seeing each of Mitchell, Turang and Wiemer added relatively aggressively to the MLB roster (for the Brewers at least), I suppose we should expect Black to join the MLB squad in April or May 2024. Hmmm - I just realized that we likely need to do some serious roster manipulation on Garrett Mitchell - like two months in AAA? Oh my.
  24. Ro Mueller
    I noted two players in action in Venezuela on Thursday: OF Carlos D. Rodriguez - 2-for-5, double - in Magallanes 7-6 loss to Caracas 1B Jesus Chirinos - 0-for-2 in Zulia's 2-1 extra inning victory over Aragua
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    Wednesday's results: RHP Christian Mejias - 2.1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 3 K - earned the Win in Aragua's 5-3 victory over Lara SS Eduardo Garcia - 0-for-4 in Lara's loss 1B Jesus Chirinos - 1-for-4 with a run scored in Zulia's 5-4 win over Margarita RHP Kaleb Bowman - 0.2 IP, 0 R, 2 H with a blown save in La Guaira's 10-9 loss to Caracas CF Carlos D. Rodriguez - 0-for-5 in Magallanes 7-3 win over Anzoategui LHP Jesus Broca - 3.1 IP, 3 R, 3 H, 1 BB, 5 Ks in Guasave's 4-3 win over Mexicali
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