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Jesus MadeLuis PenaLuis LaraLogan HendersonJett WilliamsCooper PrattJosh AdamczewskiAndrew FischerBraylon PayneMarco DingesBlake BurkeJeferson QueroDylan O'RaeBishop LetsonJosh KnothJD ThompsonTyson HardinEthan DorchiesColeman CrowLuke Adams Made and Pena are easy 1/2. Lara with the power output probably should put him as a top 50 overall prospect. Henderson has shown a high floor probably a top 50 guy until he graduates soon. Pratt and Jett still are top 100 prospects but have been disappointing in AAA. Josh A and Fischer should be borderline top 100 prospects but have flaws. Payne, Dinges, and Burke arent to far behind but need more consistency. I dropped Quero because I dont think he will be elite defensively. O'Rae comes out of nowhere and has made himself a notable prospect. I dont know what to think of our pitching so I grouped Letson, Knoth, Thompson, Hardin, Dorchies, and Meccage together because I believe in them but they have all been pretty disappointing. Adams get 20 because he is still young and has the tools but has been pretty vanilla in AAA. I left Drohan and Gasser off just because they are 27 but both would have likely ranked around 15 for me. I had to think hard about Encarnacion and Anderson but both have a long way. I am hopeful that we will see a couple of the ACL players sore and be in the next edition of this.

Today will be game 40, I think overall with the team getting healthy and on a 5 game win streak things are looking up. Rotation- Overall the rotation looks solid, Misi is developing into an ace and Harrison has been shown top of the rotation ability. Sproat and Henderson look to be improving and both likely have 3 upside. Woody and Preister are dark horses that if we don't get anything from them we will be ok but are both going to start rehabs (again). Drohan, Crow, and Gasser look like solid depth and Patrick has been solid but unspectacular, however as a 5 he is more than serviceable. Bullpen- After a rocky start they are shaping into form, with Uribe, Ashby looking dominate and Megill getting close to back on track the 8/9 seem in good hands. Hall and Anderson have been reliable and the rest of the depth hasn't let us down. Koenig, Yoho, and Rob Z offer depth and more upside. Lineup- With the team at full strength the lineup looks much better and is forming into shape. Joey has shown some signs of life at SS and Hamilton has been possible at 3B. I expect Lara to come up relatively soon and pressure Mitchell and Frelick to get it together. At least with Chourio, Vaughn, and Yeli back there should be a lot more consistency. Defense- By no means has the defense been bad but it hasn't been elite like we have become accustomed to. According to feilding bible Mitchell is at -3 runs, Bauers -2, Sanchez and Rengifo a -1. Nothing crazy there but Turang 5, Hamilton 3, and Ortiz 2 are the only ones above 1 DRS. I do feel like as the season progresses the past couple years some of the defensive stats for our guys improve. Season Grade= A-

Last year Desmond Bane got 4 1st, a swap, and a couple filler salaries. I would think we should get a much better return than that. I am pretty sure the Heat offered Ware, Herro, a salary matcher (Rozier) and 2 picks (all they had) at the draft they will have 3. In turn, I would almost guarentee the Lakers offers Reaves and all there picks they can trade. Those offers for me are the low point of what we should get, I doubt the Spurs or OKC get involved but there should be interest from just about every other them that was in the playoffs. 1 team should get a little desperate and give us a boatload of picks and some young talent.

And maybe Lara in the offseason

Sounds like a great night for brewers baseball all around.

I like investing in the big bats because it is so hard to find 30+ HR guys in the big leagues especially since we can't afford those guys in free agency. We can find contact, speed, and defense guys like Lockridge and Hamilton for cheap but our attempt to sign a guy like Rhys didn't work well. Vaughn might be the exception to the rule in finding cheap power. Even getting guys like Jett and Joey in deals for expiring guys is usually doable but no body usually gives up a 30 HR guy for a year of a pitcher or maybe Contreras or Megill in the offseason. I really think we should try and add more power bats and get a few more college power bats in the 4-10 rounds range (probably cheaper senior signs).

I like the idea of Volpe and getting him out of the pressure of NY could be a big deal. However he isn't hitting in AAA so that really doesn't move the needle from Cooper or Jett at all. I had a good laugh when I typed in Volpe into a google search and found an AI article saying the Yankees trade Volpe for Cooper Pratt and Jed Williams (not Jett).

When Lockridge is back in a couple weeks it will be interesting to see how Murph divvies up playing time in center and right. I think Lockridge has earn more than just the right handed platoon to one of those spots. Lara should get a chance as well by midseason if there are no more injuries before than.

With Megill getting right and Abner on track the pen is taking shape. Hall and Ashby have been dependable and if they can get the bb under control can be dominant. Anderson has been solid and Drohan and Fitzpatrick have shown the upside to be consistent quality arms. If one of Yoho, Rob Z, Holub, Childers, or Koenig can burst on the seen that bullpen can be what it has been and more. I brought up the idea of trading Megill at the deadline if he has it turned around and the rest of the pen is sorted. I still think it might be a good idea if his velo is down a tick and there is a couple good pieces in return. I just worry about him imploding again and losing all value. As it is, he is extremely valuable to this team and it would take a perfect storm of all of the bullpen pitching well and a very strong offer to really send him away.

With the Giannis sweepstakes starting I thought this could be a good thread. Here is my scenerio for now 1) Giannis to Boston for Jaylen Brown, Hugo Gonzalez and 2 1st (this year and next) Celtics get Giannis, we can move Brown for more pieces and get a couple late 1st and Gonzalez a late 1st last year. 2) Brown to Miami for Tyler Herro, Ka'el Ware, Wiggins and #13 I think this is what the Heat offered for Giannis minus a 1st (maybe Rozier instead of Wiggins). Brown and Bam would be a great tandem in Miami. 3) Herro and Turner for Jimmy Butler, Podziemski, and 2 future 1st. The Warriors get a 2 guard to help Steph and a big to help Draymond. They get younger and help in the 2 spots they need. Priming themselves 1 more chance while they have Steph. 4)Wiggins to for Duncan Robinson, Caris Lavert and #21 Detriot gets rid of 2 bad contracts and gets a solid vet who can help Cade and Duren for a 1st. 1) Rollins 2) Pod 3) Jimmy 4) Ware 5) Bobby Bench= Gonzalez, Robinson Levert, Green, #10, #13, #21, #27. Maybe money to sign a free agent like KPJ or Dieng My picks 10= Burries 13=Mara 21=Graves 27=Veesaar I didn't send Jimmy anywhere because we need a vet to keep this team competitive. If there isn't a good in season trade, after the year he would be a free agent helping our cap situation. It could be possible to trade Robinson, Lavert, or Green to shooting needy team and get an expiring big like Robinson for Vanderbilt to the Lakers. In all 6 1st, Ware, Pod, Gonzalez, Jimmy for Giannis, Turner, and taking back other 2 bad contracts.

Yesssss. Could you add Dylan O'Rae

Jett has been playing better, I would maybe give it another week to make Jett prove it and give Rengifo and Ortiz a chance to turn things around. The nice part is that Jett can take Blacks spot and since he can play SS/3B/OF Ortiz and Rengifo can still get a little playing time and then if one get hot play everyday while Jett still get AB's. I am hopeful that by the end of the year of left side will be Jett/Cooper SS, Made 3B, and Hamilton utility. Obviously thing would need to go really well for Made.

I would guess one of Made, Pratt, Pena, or Jett will lay claim to 3B by the time Fischer is ready. Sure it isn't blocked at the moment but there are better prospects who well get to the bigs before him and likely block his spot. He probably has more upside than the 1B prospects at the moment. I really just mean losing Fischer wouldn't hurt our organizational depth, currently he has lots of value as a top 100 guy but with his strikeouts he is at a high likihood to struggle than those other prospects in my opinion. I don't think he is a lot different than Burke or Adams as a prospect and a step ahead of Wilken and Bitonti but is ranked much higher than all of them. If we were to trade a prospect for a quality player Fischer is 1st in line in my book.

The Twins are starting to scuffle and I have been waiting but Byron Buxton would fit perfectly in our lineup. What would you all think about something like Frelick, Fischer, and Crow/Gasser for Buxton and a reliever (their options aren't great). That would be a huge upgrade and we wouldn't lose anything that isn't blocked. We could maybe the swing a lesser trade for some other pitching depth. We could probably get the Twins to chip in a little bit of money if necessary.

Yesterdays lineup with Bauers at 1B, Black in Left, and Vaughn at DH was by far the best lineup we have had all year. I saw that Yeli is starting to swing and is hopeful he won't need any rehab starts so maybe a week or two and he should be back.

I didnt look up data but like tmwiese55 said Busch, PCA, Swanson, and even Bregman are producing below expectations. Each guy has a 100 or higher ops+ but all are under .250 batting averages. Overall production is good because that lineup is so deep but they do have some more upside.

The Cubs just lost Matthew Boyd which hurt their depth but he was struggling so much it might be a blessing in disguise. They have 11 offensive players worth over 0.5 WAR but only 1 pitcher. It will be interesting to see how that team holds up, the have been good offensively but not dominant and there bullpen has held up well despite not having high end arms after Palencia and Brown.

Just a little exercise to see what everyone thinks. With the potential trade of Contreras this offseason I've been wondering about catcher next year and figured to start a discussion about how each position is performing and what the big league prospects look like down the road. There is usually a lot of comments on random threads, I just thought this might be nice to organize thoughts. C- Quero has been ok in AAA but he is striking out more than the past. I haven't heard alot about his or Dinges defense which probably isn't a good or bad sign. I was hopeful that Dinges could move fast enough that he and Quero could both make the roster for 2027 but that eis likely a pipedream at this point (midseason 2027 might be doable. Wood and Miller have been good but like Dinges probably not options as backups to start 2027 unless they get send to AAA in the near future which is plausible but then Quero loses some PT. It is a bit early to make judgements on Garcia, Corobo, or Mills but overall depth is solid. My guess is that Quero and a vet like Sanchez split catcher next year and the team hopes on of Dinges or Quero break out. 1B- Like catcher the depth is good, early it looked like Burke was laying claim to the future 1B spot. Adams has been hurt and inconsistent, while Wilken has been rough. I think this door is pretty open still for someone to take over the spot long term. I think a Burke/Adams platoon still makes some sense especially if Adams can play a smidge of 3B or OF. Maybe down the road Dinges takes up some 1B if Quero is the everyday guy and an Burke/Dinges platoon get our best bats on the field. 2B- With Turang here for at least the 2028 season this spot isn't a worry especially with Pena, Made, Pratt, Josh A, O'Rae, and Jett as option when we do eventually loses Brice. SS/3B- With the Pratt contract this is likely settled unless Made takes of with the glove. The high end talent is there. Not much to worry about long term, just how do we fix the spots this year. OF- With the hot starts from Lara, Payne, Josh A. and O'Rae this position went from probably the weakest in the org. to a position of strentgth. Ragsdale provides some depth but it would be nice to see a couple college bats being adding to improve the depth. SP- This one is tricky, our young mlb depth is good but the organization depth has been hit hard to start the year. It would only take a good month to turn around how young guys are percieved, however all the top guys after Henderson have struggled. I think all of the young arms stuff has seemingly been ok but there has to be some concern with how we are developing command after the first couple months. We haven't drafted many college arms early in the draft but it would be a good year to add some arms. RP- Similar to the starting pitching there is pretty good young depth in the majors and upper levels but the younger relief arms have struggled. That being said there are lots of options of players who are starting that will likely transition to relievers supplementing the relief arms in a year or so.

What is the ACL schedule like I thought they went Tuesday-Sunday like all the other teams. I can't find a schedule online. Do they play 3 game series and then have an off day?

Pretty sure I read somewhere that they sent him in to get some different type of scans last weekend. I think it was a brain scan but that seems more worrisome to me then what I remember from the post.

When I watch McCllelan's tape I saw a slow 1st step but he is super explosive at the point of contact and shed defenders really quickly. I think that explains poor testing numbers but the explosive hands and ability to manipulate blockers is why we took him and I think he will be successful. He has good size to play NT but also can be a 4-3 rusher.

The starting pitching has been great and we have a ton of depth, yes injuries have worn that down but we have Gasser, Crow, and Kuehner in AAA pitching well and Drohan in the pen (CarRod if need be) as depth. Preister isn't an option but maybe could be in a couple weeks if things go right. Woody might be back shortly as well depending on circumstances. I wouldn't be against adding a veteran top of the rotation arm at the deadline but starting pitching isn't a need. Rengifo .188/.252/.267 ops. 520 46 ops+ Ortiz .181/.259/.181 ops .440 26 ops+ Hamilton .235/.337/.259 ops .596 70 ops+ (Good utility numbers) I really like Pratt and Williams and do think each will get a shot however even if they play well I can't see either hitting great right away. I wouldn't advocate for a huge move but there are guys who could improve the spot and not cost much. I have brought up Edmundo Sosa and Luiz Arraez (iffy 3B) already but there are potential other options who could be cheaper options who would block anyone long term. SS/3B is clearly our biggest need at this point for next year and beyond no.

Nice forgot about the Jones demotion

I would add the LVN probably still has a bit more perceived upside based on 1st round status and athletism. I wouldn't be surprised if he put together a 10 sack season if healthy, I would be surprised if Kingsley were to suddenly.

Wow, Frais, Holden, and Hughes just exploding onto the scene. With Wilson struggling some this start is wonderful.