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  1. Joseph Zarr
    You know, for a moment there, I thought you were upthread without a paddle...then I realized that was just me.
  2. Joseph Zarr
    It is indeed the same shoulder he previously had surgery on. Obviously, we don't know the true extent of what he is dealing with as of yet but it certainly appears his ever-present injury bug has found him again during his rehab. I can't imagine how frustrating this all is for him. Hoping for the best.
  3. Joseph Zarr
    Our first look at LHP Joan Peña. Clear strikeout pitches at this level in the hook and change-up. Yowza.
  4. Joseph Zarr
    Prospects Live Brewers 2025 Draft Preview
  5. Joseph Zarr
    What a truly strange start to the NBA off-season. These current deals definitely feel 'off'. First Portland taking on Jrue's salary. Now this? OK? I guess? McCollum is expiring. For the Whiz it opens up a ton of cap space for their 2026 FA period. Perhaps, they know they have something brewing with their bevy of young talented guards and the impending arrival of McCollum's vet tutelage to pair with Khash's vet savvy style (if he can still run and jump, that is)? I mean, it's a salary dump. I have no idea what Dumars is thinking here? But, then again, I have little idea what the Pelicans are every thinking as an org.
  6. Joseph Zarr
    I do not know why OF Pedro Tovar has played so sparingly in this his third summer on the DSL Brewers (perhaps that answers my question?). Regardless, after quite a decent 2024 he came into today's tilt with only 11 PA in five games played. Well, he's back in the line up today batting 8th and playing in right field. 1-for-2, 2 R, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 2B. That's now 3 doubles in just 11 AB! Small sample? Absolutely. But, why? WHY? I ask for 'the people'.
  7. Joseph Zarr
    A day later. Continuing to enjoy a banner day for the Summer Squads. Beautiful stuff. I don't take this for granted in 2025.
  8. Joseph Zarr
    Not to be lost in the shuffle: Unfortunately (!!), it doesn't currently look favorable for either. <Sad Face>
  9. Joseph Zarr
    I love me some RHP Melvin Hernandez (as you know). That clip reel and that write-up made my Monday. Thank you. He and RHP Manuel Rodriguez are both incredible young strike throwers with incredible tunneling capacities. All the ingredients are there for a massive rise in prospect standing with a bit more age and one or two more strength and velocity off-seasons. I believe in both players. I trust it will all come together in right timing.
  10. Joseph Zarr
    I like Jericho Sims, yes, for what he does on the basketball court. I understand the 2nd Apron part of the deal. Kyle Kuzma might be the worst per/minute player in the entire NBA. Heck of a price to pay for the rationale of he will help a team win games which is apparently what Giannis demands. He is flat out a net negative influence in any line ups. He is flat out an even greater negative influence when Glenn Rivers is making the starting line ups and substitutions. And, now that they are under the 2nd apron...what mighty plans will the great John Horst muster to make another run at a Championship? We shall see. My faith is very Low. BUT, with that comes zero expectations. I would love to be completely surprised and thrilled. I absolutely so not expect to experience those feelings.🫠
  11. Joseph Zarr
    TWO DSL wins?!? TWO?!? On the same day!!! Let's GO!!
  12. Joseph Zarr
    The Kohl Years indeed. I am in zero ways advocating for a Giannis trade. You give everything you have to build around that man. Period. You live and die with those results. I am merely pointing out the Bucks as an org have mostly struggled in that regard. My personal opinion is they are likely dealing with a way too many cooks in the kitchen scenario...while also trying to appease their superstar. Every step forward is most definitely greeted by two steps back. I still repeatedly bang my head against the process that landed them at Glenn Rivers and then, as a basketball think tank, literally targeting one of the absolute worst starters in the entire League for two seasons. Man, I actually fell for the first two weeks of Kuz. My goodness, he is truly an atrocious NBA player. They traded a franchise icon at his lowest value - paid a premium young price in doing so - and acquired an even worse asset that is now also at his lowest value. It's an uncanny set of moves. I am both covering my eyes and drooling at what intrepid moves the Bucks brass will make this off-season. Can they defy their propensity for boneheaded moves? I have large doubts.
  13. Joseph Zarr
    Great orgs have a great GM (and an ownership team giving said GM the green light to do their work) and consistently do great things. Bad orgs consistently do bad things. I think it is very fair to say the Bucks likely exist on the fringe waffling between bad org and mid-tier org line. They've won a title in the last five years so there definitely is that (never thought I'd see it in my lifetime - yay for us!). Yet, the Bucks quite simply consistently make the wrong decisions crippling their club in the near and long term. I mean, the Bucks actually targeted Kyle Kuzma and gave up their best young asset to do it - continues to be an incredible feat. Today feels like a great time to give GM Sam Presti his well deserved flowers. Man, he has just steadily and steadily acquired assets and steadily built OKC into a Championship program that truly is set up to make a run at a Dynasty. They have two 1sts in the upcoming NBA draft. They have four 1sts in 2026. The Bucks are going to have to stretch mid-30's Pat Connaughton after he predictably opted in and the Bucks do not outright own their 1st round pick until 2031 and you absolutely know they'll look to trade it regardless. The Bucks are paying three Head Coaches. They are paying Glenn Rivers $10 Milly per season. There is a chasm in organizational competence. I, for one, was incredibly happy to see Presti rewarded for years of incredible GM'ng. A well deserved trophy and they are set up for many more if things roll their way.
  14. Joseph Zarr
    Dinges 2:40:30 and 2:40:43 takes some prototypical massive hacks. He ultimately goes down on an inside change-up. After the second swinging missing strike he does remove his helmet and take a batters timeout to walk down the third base line. Maybe tweaked something in these massive swings. That's really all we see. I would also say he looked tired and a bit dejected after Root's fifth inning and that AB. Could be any combination of things. Nothing obvious.
  15. Joseph Zarr
    I am going back to watch the fifth and sixth frame to check in on muh guy C Marco Dinges and his early exit. AND, I just have to say, having watched games 1,2,3, and 6...the pitching plan versus the uber-talented Whitecaps continued to showcase a strange approach and/or poor execution in key spots. The number of sliders I saw absolutely hanging to their lefty power bats in favorable counts is my core contention. Root was ahead 1-2 to McGonigle. Hung an absolute dead-to-rights slider over the heart of the plate. What are we even thinking here? 3-1 game. 3-3 just like that. Just not the pitch choice there any day of the week. Regardless of the execution. DeBerry suffered the early fates of this exact same pitch choice (slider) early in game one. They then went away from that to a more strategically likely to succeed change-up.
  16. Joseph Zarr
    INF Ethan Murray is continuing to give credence to my pre-season suggestion he may have been playing through several injuries last season. He has been very good in 2025: This just after Kuehner worked out of a bases loaded no out jam.
  17. Joseph Zarr
    To this end, I personally think LHP DL Hall is a serious candidate to be packaged in a deadline deal. A rebuilding team somewhere can potentially latch on to the idea they can turn him into a rotation piece given he is using all three heaters. He has been given am extremely long leash since becoming a Brewer. Injuries have obviously gravely impacted his time but so has a real lack of any form of consistency.
  18. Joseph Zarr
    Thanks for the updates gents. Seems like another competitive day. These are tough series this past week all the way around. Good competitive baseball.
  19. Joseph Zarr
    Well, come on now! Can we catch a break...ever?
  20. Joseph Zarr
    How did the Mudcats jump to a 3-0 lead you may ask? On the heels of Bitonti's rocket ship:
  21. Joseph Zarr
    Three consecutive games. Three long dong silvers. Amazing. It's Dinges' world. I'm just posting in it.
  22. Joseph Zarr
    You might say so
  23. Joseph Zarr
    Man, I really like RHP Melvin Hernandez's competitive spirit. Extremely happy to see him have the game he has had tonight. Extremely happy to see the Muddies tie the series up. The Mudctas definitely faded late in this first half but Hernandez has been highly competitive in nearly every outing. He has sneaky good stuff. With that wiry frame you can't help but wonder what his next five year window looks like developmentally. He has a ridiculously good change-up already. There is some movement profile to build and stack velo into his heater profile. Great to see him rewarded tonight.
  24. Joseph Zarr
    I am absolutely ready to be 'hurt' by another diminutive lefty DSL'er. In honor of this wonderful moment, I shall sing a song to one LHP Osbriel Mogollon wherever he may be. The dreams continue!
  25. Joseph Zarr
    Yeah, just a heads up to any and all, as Jim alludes to above he writes an annual Rule 5 article. He lists all the confirmed Rule 5 eligibles (sometimes vetted by the org contacts themselves). It's great to see people are thinking about this! Don't fret if this thread gets locked and the conversation gets migrated there. It's an annual tradition. Last season we may have had some spirited dialogue about a certain White Sox starter.
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