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I think there could be a spot in the bullpen for Sproat as the September call-up. He could piggy back with Drohan and/or Harrison giving 2-3 innings. I could see a playoff game go Harrison 1 time round the order, Sproat 1 time, and Drohan or Patrick 1 time depending on if teams PH or have a righty or lefty dominant order. If Sproats stuff plays up a mph or two and he can edit his stuff down for max results 1 time through he could be huge. However that would be a big risk.

Bitonti is super underrated, I like how Spencer and Jack brought up the Fischer vs. Bitonti comparision on the BF podcast. Fischer has the eye popping HR numbers but Bitonti has just as much power. Bitonti has more speed (SB at least) and most people think he is a better defender (I dont watch enough minors to be in the know). Also Bitonti is 2 years younger. Great night for some of our better pitching prospects.

I like Watson but I wouldnt trade an unprotected 1st for him with our current roster. If we could have given up some player package I think getting him would have been a no brainer.

That pretty clearly points to an international draft. Hopefully this doesn't hurt our international scouting advantage to much.

I posed this question a month ago but now seems reasonable. Which DSL players stand a chance to skip rookie ball and go straight to Wilson next year ala Chourio, Lara, Made,Yophery (I think), and Pena? Moneys, Matos, and Frontado would be the leading candidates maybe Hoff or Sarmiento among others on the mound.

I doubt he would be anywhere near that. Yes, he has been bad recently but was an all star this year. If he puts up a decent year next year I would think he is looking at least for 20 mill a year for 3-5 years.

Assuming he stay healthy I think a Luis Severino deal 2/45 with a player option to 3/67 (I think), should be his floor on May's market. They are very similar pitchers going into free agency. Both were really good early in their career, had a couple lost seasons with injuries, struggled when they came back, have had a decent year before they hit the market, and have really good stuff. I wouldnt be surprised if May pitches well down the stretch and in the playoffs if he got a 9 figure deal. I can see us being able to do like 3/67 but probably not a lot more.

Ebel has been giving off alot of Cooper Pratt vibes recently. Things like walking as much as k's and starting the season slow and being really good for most of the season, extra young for his draft class but promoted to high A in 1st season. Maybe his defense isn't quite to that level but he is a very similar athlete at least.

I think we need to try and turn some quantity into quality which can be hard to do because most teams want to do the same. The first thing to do this offseason is sign Made long term if the org. is a full believer (I think almost everyone is). In that case, then most of the positions are settled but could be built on. The second question for me is what can be done with Yelich? I think the answer is nothing, however if we could move him that would really open up an crazy amount of options for the offseason. My guess is the Dodgers or Padres would be the only place he would even consider lifting his no trade for. The Angels and Giants aren't good enough at this point for him to want to move and lose. After that we can worry about the rest of the offseason. Like Bauers QO, the 1 year arby guys could all be dealt Megill, Contreras, and Vaughn: there are succession candidates at all spots. I think we should make solid efforts at young controllable pieces like Hunter Goodman other other high end controllable bats. The other guys mentioned Ashby, Mitchell, Anderson, Frelick, etc could all be moved for reason that have been listed. We will see how the rotation holds up down the stretch but I think it is clear that we will always be looking to add undervalued starters or quality arms even if we are 8-10 starters deep next year. I wouldn't be surprised to see most of the 1 year arby guys moved and to see us have a lot of salary available to sign back May or a quality bat like Lowe on relatively short multi year deals 2-3 (maybe 4) years. Obviously the collective bargaining adds a big wrinkle to a lot if the moves as well. Hopefully by the Winter Meetings there is an obvious direction on that front.

I am really excited to see all the promotion from the weekend in there new places. It seems like most of the minor except Wilson could use a little pick me up, Maybe next week we could see Made to AAA, Dickinson to AA, Ortuno/Ibarguen? to A+. and maybe Hughes or someone to A. It would be nice to get Made some AAA time but he is the type of prospect who should be able to go from AA straight to the bigs if needed.

This is a multi layered question for me, if it is easy as offer a QO and he declines it and signs for over $50 then it is easy do it. However I don't think we want to pay him 23 million if we can get good production at 1B. Vaughn will cost 13ish million less and provides pretty similar offensive numbers, yes less HR this year but less K's. Interesting Vaughn has at least statistically been a far superior defense player (Vaughn 0 drs, Bauers -6) at 1B this year. Vaughn does have about 200 less plate appearences and his HR production is down however he would be on pace for nearly 40 2B for a fully healthy year. My stance is this currently, if Bauers continues the season at this pace and is near 30 HR and 100 RBI I would offer him arby. It seems like a relatively weak offense class of free agents for power hitting players and there is a decent chance he declines and signs for 50+. If he does accept the QO great, however I wouldn't trade Vaughn. I would make him my nearly everyday LF (+1 DRS in 12 starts left). Chourio in RF, Mitchell in CF, Lara 4th OF (pinch run, defense replacement). Bauers would get some starts at 1B, but plays 3/4 days in LF and Vaughn plays mostly 1B everyday. Burke can start in AAA and get a call up when there is PT around some injury. I know Vaughn hasn't been great against RHP but this gives us a way to maximize our offensive potential. If Bauers is iffy down the stretch I would just let him walk and not offer the QO, in that case he is in that O'Hearn 2/20-30 range. The situation could also change if Vaughn struggles or something happens on the Yeli front.

Are we in line for a comp pick after the 1st if Misi is top 3 in the Cy Young? Pretty sure thay we are in line for a comp A pick. Maybe Bauers could catch fire the last month and a half and decline a qualifying offer (unlikely). I will throw up the 1st interesting prospect (who likely will go to high for us) Striker Pence- 6'6" power right who throws 100 routinely. As a HS prospect, he declassified to 2027 from 28 so he is a tad younger. He also is a decent hitter and is from Corona, CA (not same HS as Ebel's). In all likelihood he is a top 20 pick and we dont take HS pitchers so he probably isn't a Brewer in a year.

Great to see our pitching step up this weekend and the bats show at least some beginning signs of life (still a ways to go). I will say that that Dodgers team is likely a far cry from what they will be in the playoffs. However there offense does look older and not quite the same.

Dickinson is hitting .333 with a .464 obp and a obps nearing 1.100 since the beginning of July. 8 HR, 13 2B 31 bb/29 k 22 sb in 126 abs. I would say AA is looking good if there is playing time.

Even though the result weren't great there are some notable proformances. Sproat 5 inning 0 runs 1 h 3 bb 8 ks Dickinson 3/6 2 2b 1 hr 3 rbi, one of hottest hitter in all the minors the last 2 months, not much love outside of the updates. Bitonti 2 jacks 4 rbi Yannick Walther 3/4 quietly hitting over .280 with a ops over .800 at Appleton. Wande Torres 5 solid innings, probably the most underrated arm in the system. Antunez 3/4 currently batting .400 in Wilson. His stock has to be skyrocketing a his k's are coming down. O'Rae 49th sb in 87 games on his return