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Byron Buxton, I would love a SS/3B but I dont see a difference maker really being available. I will give a shout out to Reid Detmers, I think he is a guy like Harrison that has the tools to be a top line guy but needs to get out of LA. I think he is a cheaper under the radar Brewers style addition that makes sense. 4.57 ERA, 2.81 FIP, 10.7 k/9, 2.7 bb/9, 2 plus years of control, and cheaper arby years. Everything is there for a big turn around and a relative cheap price.

I would very seriously doubt they would trade him. He is 25 with a very reasonable contract through 2037 potentially. He is likely a 7-10 WAR player for a long time. After Shohei and Judge he is the best player in the league, with his age probably the most valuable long term. I would do terrible things to get him outside of Made and Chourio. It would take more than the Juan Soto deal in my opinion. Pena, Pratt, Fischer, Josh A, Henderson, Sproat, and Yoho would be close off the top of my head. To be honest I would let them take 2 pitching prospects with that offer and let them swap out Quero, Dinges, Burke, or Payne for any of the position guys.

I would love Jung but with the minor league IF depth getting close I would probably wait. Jung is hitting over .300 and with the control will cost a pretty penny. Now if we get to the deadline and Jett or Pratt arent ready than I can could be persuade to cough up the necessary price.

Great time for Bitonti to get hot, crazy that he is still 20. Oh yeah, Lara had another multi-hit game today.

It is nice to tie it up, however the Astos threw 2 legit strikes that inning. That had a chance to be a big one.

What do we like as our rotation going forward for the next couple weeks? Patrick today and going forward makes sense, I like the idea of Drohan piggybacking with either Patrick or Crow for at least a couple starts and then being a 6th starter (i think we play 13 in a row coming up). Sproat probably keeps going but is maybe looking like a good option as a 2/3 inning reliever if he can't get the big inning out of his system. Misi, Harrison, Patick, Crow, Drohan, Sproat ??? If Woody get healthy/right in a couple weeks he could slide into any of the 3-6 spots.

As everyday players start approaching 200 plate appearances for the season and starting pitchers are in the 40-50 innings range I think we are officially in group promotions season. One thing to keep in mind is that last year the organization waited to promote Misi until June 12th to hopefully meet the super 2 qualificiation, it changes year to year and with the upcoming bargaining/lockout who knows what will happen. I just think it will be a good thread to keep ideas for promotions. My thoughts Wait until the super 2 cutoff for the IF and OF promotions and send the pitchers up ASAP. I would be fine with just a straight Perkins for Leonard swap ASAP as long as there is a roster spot. IF= mlb Jett, AAA Luke Adams reinstated (Made if plays well for 2 weeks), AA Fischer, A+ Ebel, Ortuno, Lameda A Hughes or Polanco With a couple weeks there could be alot of change here, if Made gets hot he is in the area of a potential promotion. However I don't have an issue with him just staying in AAA and getting more SS playing time. Ebel and Ortuno have been hot but if they cool of Lameda has been more consistent but is in a minor slump. With the ACL just starting who know who will be the best in 2 weeks, Hughes looks like the most talented. OF= mlb Lara, AAA O'Rae (Keith would be fine as well), AA Josh A, A+ Ibarguen/Tyler Rodriguez, A Frias P= MLB 2 of Fitz/Yoho/Rob Z (for Woodford, CarRod), AAA Wagoner, Cruz, or Gerabito (inj) (DeBerry maybe with a couple more good starts), AA Yerlin, Fowler , Welch (??? not any really deserving), A+ Morrison and 1 of Hodges, Meneses, Reyes, Niksch, Perry, A ??? it's early I will say Broughton and Holden for now.

How about a trade for a closer/late reliever. I have a lot of faith that Uribe and Megill will get it together but I would consider trading for Aroldis Chapman. He has been dominant and probably wouldn't cost a huge amount (it would take a strong offer). Having Mis and Harrison give the ball over to Chapman, Ashby, Megill, and Uribe would be amazing.

I don't think the Red Sox will consider trading with us again while the current gm is there. If we take advantage of them again there might be a full on mutiny.

We gave up LaPorta, Brantley, and 2 lower level prospects for Sabathia. Laporta was a top 50 prospect probably top 25. Brantley was top 10 in the system but hitting .319 in AA at 21 so he was likely a borderline top 100. My guess is that Skubal will cost more than CC so my guesstimate would be Pena, Fischer, and any 2 pitching prospects not named Henderson. I would love to go for it but that seems to rich for my blood. I would consider trading a similar package for Hunter Brown knowing we would get 1.5 seasons and then re-coup some of the prospect value back by trading him with 1 year of control left.

What about going after a pitcher? Misi, Harrison, and Henderson looked like the start of a playoff rotation. Sproat could get there or maybe Woody gets right. After going against those Dodger pitchers last year I would prefer a high end starter to Abrams. Hunter Brown would be a sweet target if the price isn't to crazy.

I just dont see a team of Brown, Rollins, Turner, and Bobby really being competitive. I am sure we could give it a year and still trade Brown later.

I like the Brown and picks proposal best if we can than flip Brown. I wouldnt mind Franz Wagner as a centerpiece in a Giannis deal however I dont think the Magic have enough to add to that to make it work. I also like a deal with the Heat that could involve some combination of Ware, Herro, Jacques, Wiggins, and Jovic with picks. I am also really routing for Wemby to destroy the Thunder the rest of the series. There could be an interesting trade with the Thunder if Wemby wrecks them and they need someone to matchup with him (Hartenstein FA). Jaylin Williams, Ajay Mitchell, and picks???

HS arms worry me but a guy like Bumila would be really hard to pass up. He does sound like Misi but bigger with a previous arm injury.

Could JP Crawford be an option? The M's have Colt Emerson and Cole Young as long term SS options and a whole at 3B. The M's are 3 games under .500 and I wouldn't expect them to fall out of contention or sell. However maybe we could piece together a 3 team deal to get them a 3B and we get Crawford. He is hitting .210/.358/.364 with a 111 ops+, he is at least metrically getting poor grades as a defender this year but has been a solid defender at SS his entire year. It would be a cheaper way to get a solid upgrade. We get JP Crawford, Mariners get Brett Baty, Mets get Brock Burke and a pitching prospect from the M's

Abrams would be a no for me, he is a bad SS and is hitting very well but way better than carerer norms andwould be a candidate to struggle at some point this year. Also he will have 2 years of control that will get expensive quick and I would suspect it would take Pena and 2 of our best pitching prospect (other than Henderson) bare minimum to get him. Buxton is great and would fit extremely well but that price is still probably weak in my estimation especially when there will be a dozen teams going after him if made available. I don't have a problem going all in but the prices will be steep. I think in all likelihood we probably add our normal reliever and maybe a depth piece somewhere else. Our farm is so strong that I wouldn't go nuts to deplete it. If we could get one big bat I think I would be over the moon. With Bauers hitting so well I kind of wonder if maybe we explore him playing LF on a closer to daily basis, that would be one way of strengthening the lineup. I would expect Jett and/or Pratt to help 3B/SS as well.

I feel like there were plenty of posts about try to get Preister to sign a Freddy/Ashby extension but not much about signing him to big free agent year at 20+ million. His strikeout rates weren't good enough that anyone was willing to go big for him. I think in general it seems like the front office strategy is not to pay pitchers long term. I don't mind that one bit especially given how important every dollar is. Just think about what we could do at the trade deadline if we weren't paying Woody this year.

Minnesota gets Giannis and Caris Levert Detriot gets Jrue Holiday and Julius Randle Portland get Jaden McDaniels and Duncan Robinson We get Isiah Stewart, Ron Holland, Scoot Henderson, Donte Divencenzo, 2026 Minny 1st #28, 2028 and 2032 Minny, Pistons 1st's 27 and 29, our 2029 own back from Portland and put protections on both swaps we gave top Portland say top 8 protected. We get 2 upside young players that haven't been great but need some run way and a decent vet (Stewart, I think Divencenzo is hurt all year), 5 or 6 picks including righting some of our Dam picks. Detriot gets a 2nd scorer for no major parts. Portland gets a big upgrade in McDaniels, out of Jrue's bad deal, and a Robinsons shooting. I am not a huge fan of this to be honest, Scoot and Holland still could be good players but aren't guys I would build around. There are a lot of picks but none are great except getting our Portland picks back. To be honest, I am not sure Jaden McDaniels is the guy to get them back as proposed. My guess is that a Minnesota deal would need to look like something similar to this. B-

Our big league pitching development has been so good, I don't know how teams have poached Hook but am glad we have him.

Payne's power has been a revelation, the coach in me wants to say that if they can fix his base and get balance through his feet there should be even more power in the bat. However with his youth and current success I would be worried about changing to much. As of now he is on pace for close to a 30/30 season at 19 which is crazy. Any word on a possible Pena eta. I know he is cleared and we expect him at some point this week?

Payne isn't 20 until August 14th, his extra youth was a big reason into drafting him. Our minors league offense really seems to be clicking right now. The pitching might be the exact opposite but we can hit. Even Wilson is starting to get it going.

I was reading and took a look at 2 young HS prospects who just reclassified and will be extremely young 17 year olds. Jared Grindlinger P/OF His scouting report looks like he will be an easy choice to be a P, ranked #49 by mlb.com but 12 by espn. A 6"3" lefty up to 95 sitting 90-93 turned 17 in April with solid projectable secondary pitches. Rocco Maniscalco SS He seems like a Brewers type of prospect if I have ever read a scouting report. He just turned 17 on May 1st. His dad played in the minor and coached his travel ball. At 6'2" there is a frame to add power but for now he grades very high with his arm and fielding. The Brice Turang vibes are undeniable and I am pretty sure he will be the youngest (or close to it) player in the draft. #72 mlb and #56 espn

I think bringing up Jett wouldn't mean one of those guys needs to get sent down. Jett can play IF and OF so Perkins could go down. Jett could be slowly easied into everyday work at SS or 3B and mixed into the OF to keep his playing time up the 1st couple weeks. I don't remember where the super 2 general date falls (I know it changes year to year) but if that is within the next month or so it might be smart to be patient.

Can we agree as Packers/Wisconsin sports fans to come up with a better chant then the Chicago "F@#* the Packers" chant. They started it at various points during the Brewers game ,it just seems so white trashy and collegey for a pro-sports chant it probably only gets super drunk Packers fans (probably alot) on tilt. Can we come up with higher level chants that actually have some intelligence to them. Chant Ideas "40 years" last time the Bears were good Chant random Bears QB when Caleb Williams makes a bad throw ala "Rex Grossman" or "Mitch Trubiski" "Indiana" (maybe not real smart but would piss Chicagoians off) Thoughts

Agreed, he has 15 HR in 40 games 260/319/580 for 146 ops+, even if you assume he misses 20-30 games he is going to hit 30 HR maybe 40. His contract at 16 million a year is a steal even if you assume he only play 120-130 games. The Mets are paying Bichette like 50 million this year and Buxton is/was better than him the past couple years. He was worth 8.5 WAR the past 2 year in 228 games and is on pace for around 6 this year. With 2+ years left he probably has like a 10-12 WAR projection, with his contract he probably has around a +50 million dollar value for trades. That type of value should get 2 top 100 prospects and a decent 3rd piece (maybe 2 decent extra peices if enough teams are interested). Is there reason to be concerned with injuries, for sure, but if he is healthy at the deadline he will have a ton of teams interested and a good value.