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I would be ok with like a 1 year extension and say 5/6 million but not much more or longer. With Miller playing well and Urias close to being back Anderson should be in RF more. He has had a nice year but is still just an average player in my mind.

Any chance we could make this a bullpen type game? Have an opener, then Teheren goes once through the order and get a couple from Miller and Wilson. I'd perfer this over than just hoping Teheren goes 5+.

I posted in a different thread that we could trade Adames when Urias comes back move Turang to SS have Miller and Urias at 2B/3B (with Anderson to help). Here are some The Red Sox and Dodgers (maybe Braves if Arcia goes back to normal self) are the only contenders who are in need of a SS upgrade, however the Giants, Marlins, and maybe Angels could use an upgrade if the play a smidge better and stay in contention. Adames to Dodgers for Nick Nastrini, Emmett Sheehan, and Maddox Bruns With the Dodgers having some pitching health issues and Adames' consistency issues Stone, Miller, and Pepiot are probably off the table. In this case we get the next best 3 arms all with some high end potential. I probably like this best from a talent stand point but none of these pitchers are likely ready to contribute come the deadline. Adames to Dodgers for LHP Victor Gonzalez and Michael Busch In this trade we get an immediate upgrade in the pen with Gonzalez and a mlb ready bat in Busch who could play 2B (maybe OF or 1B). The Dodgers has lefty pen depth and Adames would likely block Busch farther. Adames and Colin Rea to Red Sox for Nick Yorke and Bryan Bello I like Yorke a little better than Rafeala or Mikey Romero but he might be a tad to much like Tyler Black. Adames and Tyrone Taylor to Giants for Kyle Harrison, Randy Rodriguez, and Hayden Birdsong. I like McCray and Brown but can't see us getting more OF propsects. Harrison is probably untouchable but is the only thing I can see working (I don't like Luciano at all) Adames to Miami for Dax Fulton and Khalil Watson This is another deal were we get a couple nice prospects but no help this year. The Marlins don't have much of interest that they would likely part with if they want Willy. Probably one of the Dodger deals would make the most sense like we've though all year.

I wouldn't do a complete sell of unless the wheels really fall off. If we are still in contention come the deadline it would be super detrimental to the fan base to rock the boat. The only big move that would make sense to me is trading Willy or Burnes (if they straighten things out). When Urias comes back we could trade Willy for some young mlb ready arms and move Turang to SS, Urias to 2B, and Miller to 3B. Trading Burnes would be tough but we should get Lauer and Woody back by then and maybe Ashby or Miley. However we would still be taking away from our best chance at competing in the playoffs taking from the big 3 starters.

I like Small as an eventual bullpen piece who could maybe work back into starting if he develops a 3rd pitch more. Not to hot on Teheren, I am sure the hope is that he can give us 4-5 starts until Woody is back. However he has an era over 5 and his arm is toast (at least it was a couple years ago). I agree I would much rather see one of 6-7 minor league guys get a chance and that probably includes Justin Jarvis or Carlos Rodriguez straight from AA over Julio(4-5 AAA guys then the 2 AA).

I am getting tired of this team not being able to hit, for the past 3+ years we haven't been close to having a .300 hitter, hopefully Owen can break that if he get enough ab's (and does slump like the later part of last year). Batting Leaders over .250 last 3 years 2023= Yeli .258, Rowdy .250 (Miller is about 50 ab's short of qualifying) 2022= Renfroe .255, Yeli .252, Wong .251 2021= Adames .285 (.262 including time with Rays), Wong .272, Narvaez .266, Garcia .262 2020=Arcia .260 That is super sad, also the only home grown talent on that list is Arcia, which didn't work out. Obviously there is a major flaw in how our system develops young bats, On top of that, the guys we get from other organizations seem to get worse at the plate every progressive year after we acquire them. I have high hopes that our young guys can hit over .250 consistently and a few will be routine .300 hitters. I have been against making a big trade for a bat but every day I lean more towards trading for a reliable bat.

One thing that is going to make the rule 5 tough for a couple years is that everyone missed the 2020 season (my guess is most going through this year were to far away for the minor league cap). So guys will be a little farther developmentally behind. If a guy like Varland had an extra year of development and had been in AAA last year he might have been worth the risk. Thankfully he blew up in a 9-1 game and didn't cost us a game. I like the current form but maybe make it so you can option the rule 5 to the minors like 1 time for 15 days or so.

Owen miller is the only guy consistently hitting. I agree however Adames should be 7 or 8. He swung at 2 pitches a foot outside.

It was a fine start, Rowdy playing poor defense at 1st. That play is worse than an error in my opinion because he didn't even try.

It will be interesting to see if Quero, Misi, or Black (maybe Brown if he keeps the hot streak going, or Guilarte or Lara if rankings like mlb.com don't come out for 2-3 months) make any mid-season top 100. I feel like our 2nd tier prospects are always undervalued nationally.

When I wrote the title the Brewers were 2-8 in there last 10. Maybe I should have use the term "How to fine tune" or "How to turn this team around". With the 3 pitchers when healthy this team is no question a contender. However there are definitely some things that need to happen. One thing is that we need some consistency at the 2-4 spots. Winker, Adames, and Rowdy are way to streaky. If Yeli continues that would be huge and Contreras has been a consistent bat that would go a long way towards lengthening the lineup. The rotation will be fine when Woody and Ashby are back and the pen has been sensational except for 2 games where there was complete melt downs.

I think his 10 million salary makes it a bit hard to just dump him. He is also a really good pinch hitter. Maybe he gets an "injury" and Keston gets an extended look and then figure it out from there.

1) DFA Viot, call up Huira I think everyone has called for this. 2)Switch Lauer and Bryce Wilson temporarily. Lauer needs to reclaim velocity and we need a second lefty, I feel like sending Lauer to the pen for say 5 relief appearances would do that, Have Lauer and Wilson piggy back a game 3/4 innings each, Wilson starts 2ish games, keep Lauer at about 35-45 pitches every 3 days and then stretch him out when the 2-3 mph come back. Wilson has been solid enough that I don't think this is to risky. 3) Send Weimer and Turang down to AAA (not at same time) for 2-3 weeks, this is really just to gain the extra year of control on both. I would send Turang down 1st for Eddy Alvarez (release Claudio), Owen Miller gets near everyday time at 2nd for a bit. Then when Frelick get healthy send down Weimer (unless he gets hot). 4)Stick to one main lineup vs. lefties. Every game it seems like Counsel is overmanaging the lineup against lefties. Just keep Yeli at leadoff full time and keep the best players in the same batting order for a while. 4) Be patient on trades and any big moves. As much as I would love Chapman or a big bat, the Central sucks and we have reinforcements on the horizon eventually. 5) Don't feel obligated to hold on to Gus Varland just to keep a slightly above average arm. His last appearance coupled with his lack of success in his rehab appearances worries me, hopefully we can get some big leads and let him figure it out. However we should cut bait if he has a bad game or two, I don't want to lose a couple games in effort to keep him and narrowly miss the playoffs. He has a nice arm but we have half a dozen guys in AA or AAA who can replace his arm talent. I wouldn't hesitate to call up Abner Uribe (or Trevor Megill, Ethan Small, or Clayton Andrews) straight from AA to replace him. 6)Send Tyler Black and Uribe (if not the bigs) to AAA. Both could help out the big league club at some point this year and don't have anyone blocking them in AAA. Carlos Rodriguez would be a candidate for an aggressive promotion as well with another impressive month or so.

I agree, if we didn't have Winker or if Reyes could play 1st I'd say yes give him a shot. But as an occasional DH and 4/5th OF he won't get enough ab's.

Huira isn't an ideal platoon with Rowdy but at this point you can't be much worse than Voit at the plate. He could take DH ab's from Winker and would be passible in the OF for a game here or there and could play 2B in an emergency. He would a much bigger role than Voit or Winker fill and at this point could be big upgrade. It is crazy to me that he has been trash vs. LHP (.201 career) which is a big worry in platooning with Rowdy. He would be an upgrade if he plays at last years standards as well. If he can play the OF better than I imagine that would help 3B because Anderson could play more 3rd and less RF. At least as a stopgap until a trade option comes around later in the year.

I think Junk is no longer a prospect, at least he disappeared from the mlb prospect rankings. He only has 29+ innings but I would guess he has hit the days limit.

I'd say give Keston another chance before trading for anyone, probably only like 50 ab's max if he isn't great. That being said I'd go Jesus Aguilar as a 1B/DH platoon for LHP. I think he would fit in well and is high on the vs. LHP list. On top of that he probably wouldn't cost much. It would be nice to get a good bat but I don't know how willing I would be to give up a big package of prospects especially with the all the upcoming free agent decisions we will have to make. A big problem is that there aren't going to be many solid bats available, all the sellers have bad offenses. The list of decent hitters who could be everyday players could be dealt are CJ Cron, Kris Bryant(not happening), Charlie Blackmon, JD Davis, LaMonte Wade, Mike Yaz, Luis Robert (maybe), Yoan Moncada, and Brent Rooker (doubtful). If the Cards, Marlins, or Mets stink for a while maybe add some off there hitters but I doubt that would work much in our favor. JD Davis seems like the best option in that group, he might not top prospect but probably a couple good ones. Luis Robert would be interesting but with our young OF might be a bit redundant and would definately cost 2 good pieces and more, my guess is the Sox would want Frelick, Misi/Rodriguez, and 2 top 15-20 org prospects at least.

I wouldn't count the Cards out there lineup of Contrares, Goldschmidt, Donovan, Edman, Arenando, and some combination of Gorman, Carlson, Burleson, Nootbar, Walker, O'Neil, and Yepez. In that lineup hust about everyone has 30 HR or .300 ba. There rotation has been trash but if there starters can even be around a era of 4 they have a shot of putting a 20-5 stretch together and being back in it in no time.

I think with Burnes not pitching up to standards a trade would likely not have any top 25 or so prospects but might have more solid players or an extra lotto ticket type piece. I would love May and Miller as a center but the problem is that May has been better than Burnes so the Dodgers aren't going to give up multiple years of cheaper contol and 2 or 3 nice pieces. I have been trying to piece a 3 team trade where Burnes goes to Baltimore, Baltimore sends out a bullpen piece Cowser/Kjerstad and more, and we get a quality bat and pitching help, but nothing quite works. Something like O's get Burnes Reds get DL Hall, Colton Cowser, Dylan Beavers, Kyle Bradish, and Elvis Peguaro We get Noelvi Marte, Alexis Diaz O's don't give up any of there top couple prospects, the Reds swap SS depth for OF depth and sell high of Diaz. Brewers get a future IF mate to pair with Turang and a high end reliever. The problem is that The Reds probably don't trade Diaz, even though a closer isn't all that valuable on a team that is 2 or 3 years away, essentially the Reds swap Cowser for Marte (maybe a little extra Cowser value because of how good he has been) then Hall, Beavers, Bradish, and Peguaro for Diaz (I am sure you could swap Bradish and Peguaro for prospect like Cade Povich and Cam Robinson).

1) Jackson Chourio Not a great start to the season, but passible, it would seem that he needs some work on pitch selection which is understandable for a 19 yo in AA. 2) Sal Frelick We could really use him in the bigs, hopefully he heals up and gets it going for a end of the year call up. 3)Jefferson Quero Solid start, especially for a young catcher in AA. 4)Tyler Black If the power continues to come through I could see him having a chance to make the big league team by September, say a June-ish call up to AAA. 5)Jacob Misiorowski Everything I have read has been really positive, if he can stretch out outings he can easily be a top 100 prospect by the end of the year. 6)Carlos Rodriguez (P) Probably the most impressive start to the year for a pitcher especially after the aggressive AA assignment. 7) Robert Gasser Ok, start to the year, I would probably prefer to see him over Rea or Junk in an emergency start if possible. 8)Daniel Guillarte Huge start to the season, 8 may be sensationalizing the first 20 or so games. 9)Luis Lara Just got the A ball call at 18, probably a bit high like Guillarte 10)Eric Brown Jr. Easily the most disappointing start to the season, hopefully he adjusts to the new swing soon or goes back to the old one quickly. 11)Abner Uribe He really needs to be in AAA, not sure why Middendorf went to AAA before him. Unless the plan on him going from AA straight to the show. He should be on of the next relievers to get a shot. 12) Justin Jarvis Really impressive, will be knocking on AAA door with a couple more solid starts. 13)Stiven Cruz Probably the most overlooked prospect we have on a national scale, off to a solid A+ season at 21. 14)Luke Adams I wanted to move him up by Guillarte and Lara but his average give me a bit of hesitation, he has a huge ceiling though and could easily be a top 5 org. prospect by the end of the year. 15)Hendry Mendez Seems like I had him in the 13-18 spot for a long time, needs more than being young for his level and takes walks. 16)Alexander Cornielle See Cruz at 13, solid young pitchers who can make big jumps when there bodies fill out. 17)Matt Wood Super productive start needs a promotion 18)Quinton Low Has been hitting 99 mph early on, probably time to give up on the bat when the mound is clearly his future. 19)Robert Moore Disappointing start, not to the Brown level but I expected him to hit and move to AA quickly. Not the case. 20)Jace Avina Way, way to many K's, otherwise I still think his power keeps him as a solid prospect fot a while.

I like the idea but I doubt we slide enough to tear it down. The nl central stinks and we don't play Cincy or Pitt until June. My guess is we could trade one of the main 3 trade candidates but we would want at least one proven mlb piece back. Stone and a quality reliever like Caleb Ferguson or Alex Vesia. I think a 3 team trade could work to get for Burnes, as much as I would like Jackson Holiday he might be playing into an untouchable piece.

Are we going to do a monthly edition of this like we did last year. I enjoy the prospect speculation end a lot. Here is my list after the 1st month-ish. I am leaving Weimer and Turang off as they are likely going to be off the list in less than 2 weeks if the aren't demoted. For those of you keeping track I would put Wiemer 3 and Turang 4. I also am leaving of last year's int. signings but a couple of those guy could be at the tail end of my top 30. 1) Jackson Chourio Not a great start to the season, but passible, it would seem that he needs some work on pitch selection which is understandable for a 19 yo in AA. 2) Sal Frelick We could really use him in the bigs, hopefully he heals up and gets it going for a end of the year call up. 3)Jefferson Quero Solid start, especially for a young catcher in AA. 4)Tyler Black If the power continues to come through I could see him having a chance to make the big league team by September, say a June-ish call up to AAA. 5)Jacob Misiorowski Everything I have read has been really positive, if he can stretch out outings he can easily be a top 100 prospect by the end of the year. 6)Carlos Rodriguez (P) Probably the most impressive start to the year for a pitcher especially after the aggressive AA assignment. 7) Robert Gasser Ok, start to the year, I would probably prefer to see him over Rea or Junk in an emergency start if possible. 8)Daniel Guillarte Huge start to the season, 8 may be sensationalizing the first 20 or so games. 9)Luis Lara Just got the A ball call at 18, probably a bit high like Guillarte 10)Eric Brown Jr. Easily the most disappointing start to the season, hopefully he adjusts to the new swing soon or goes back to the old one quickly. 11)Abner Uribe He really needs to be in AAA, not sure why Middendorf went to AAA before him. Unless the plan on him going from AA straight to the show. He should be on of the next relievers to get a shot. 12) Justin Jarvis Really impressive, will be knocking on AAA door with a couple more solid starts. 13)Stiven Cruz Probably the most overlooked prospect we have on a national scale, off to a solid A+ season at 21. 14)Luke Adams I wanted to move him up by Guillarte and Lara but his average give me a bit of hesitation, he has a huge ceiling though and could easily be a top 5 org. prospect by the end of the year. 15)Hendry Mendez Seems like I had him in the 13-18 spot for a long time, needs more than being young for his level and takes walks. 16)Alexander Cornielle See Cruz at 13, solid young pitchers who can make big jumps when there bodies fill out. 17)Matt Wood Super productive start needs a promotion 18)Quinton Low Has been hitting 99 mph early on, probably time to give up on the bat when the mound is clearly his future. 19)Robert Moore Disappointing start, not to the Brown level but I expected him to hit and move to AA quickly. Not the case. 20)Jace Avina Way, way to many K's, otherwise I still think his power keeps him as a solid prospect fot a while. 21)Jadhier Arienamo Riding the solid 2022 end of the year run, iffy to ok start to the year 22) Dylan O'Rae About where I had him last year, hard to do much until rookie ball starts 23)Carlos Rodriguez (OF) Easily overlooked, needs a tool other than contact to come out. 24)Alexander Vallecillo Don't know a ton about him but excellent start of the season at 20. 25)Hedbert Perez Losing faith the the tools will develop, still only 20 so I am just impatient. 26)Eduardo Garcia See Hedbert 27)Joseph Hernandez So-so start to the season, not bad or good 28)Ben Metzinger Really, really solid, .500 obp at 24 he needs a call-up to be a more serious prospect in my opinion. 29)Logan Henderson Time to be healthy and get some innings in. 30)Freddie Zamora Zamora's defense keeps his floor relatively high Other considered=Small, Valerio, Robinson, Yeager, Thompson, Campbell, Fernandez, Hall, Maldonando, Aquino, Jimenez (both A and A+), Acosta, Wagoner, Gray Jr., Collins, Devanney, Andrews, Woessner, Smith I am sure I left some important off but oh well.

With Eddy Alvarez playing so well in AAA I tend to agree, it would be nice to send Brice down for a few weeks just to gain that extra year of control. He had a solid game last night but Alvarez is at .370/484/616 with 2 hr, 8 sb, 14 bb, 15 k's. I would almost say the same thing with Weimer but there are no decent option in AAA. Maybe if Taylor starts playing well we could go Yeli, Taylor, Anderson (with Miller, Perkins, maybe Huira) for a few weeks and scratch by. Also it is probably time to give Huira another shot, Voit has been useless at the plate and at least Huira has some versatility at 1B, 2B, and LF if need be. If Huira stinks again we can always find a similar platoon 1B option on the cheap (or just let Rowdy start vs. lefties).

I am sure they were worried about him being a cancer in the clubhouse, the way his season ended and the general low morale we had after the Hader deal.

Chapman would be great, Brad Hand would be a good option as well. Could have both for pennies on the dollar this offseason.