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    Brewers named as one-of-five teams with 'Exciting International Signing Classes for 2025': article HERE (Baseball America Plus - sub required). Also listed: Red Sox, Royals, Marlins, and Cubs. In this most recent article, BA cites Domincan OF Gerlyn Payano as a potential lefty breakout candidate with power and speed from that coveted left-side.
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    Well, that's no fun! 😜
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    Getting two young pitchers already touching 94 mph is pretty wild. BA (and a $210k bonus) seem to indicate the Crew think the prize of the pitching class is Dominican Yeuri Ramirez. They describe him as tall and lanky - sitting at 94 mph already with likely room to go a few ticks higher as he matures and fills out. They say he already has feel for his change-up and breaking ball to disrupt hitters. Here is a clip of Aguayo with Tomateros (an outside 4-seamer touching 92 mph): 1-2 K Here BA claims, and it is likely true given how he's already pretty well built, there isn't much physical upside left in Aguayo's 5'11" frame.
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    Yeah, reading BA's most recent write-up on Antunez has only fanned the fires of my unsubstantiated hype 😅. He just looked like an unreal athlete in the limited footage (as I've spoke to previously). Now, reading he has a natural ability to stay in CF with plus 'plus-plus speed' (!!) and an 'excellent arm' (!!) has me even more unnecessarily hyped. You could see in the limited clips he has an innate ability to identify and sit on off-speed offerings. This young man has the early looks of a potential super stud. There. I said it. 🤭
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    Here's their leading line on the class fwiw: * emphasis mine SO, we should all maintain our over-zealous poise that the Brewers are continuing to crush in the International scouting realm.😅
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    His 2023 season with the Sounds and Brewers was a fairly unimpressive set of outings - I watched several of his 11 Sounds outings, his last work in affiliated ball, and they weren't pretty. BUT, that certainly didn't stop RHP Robert Stock from putting in more work. It really showed in an extremely impressive Mexican Winter League set of performances: 😳 He parlays that into a Boston Red Sox Minor League contract (read Worcester) with an invite to Spring Training: Congrats, Robert! Well deserved!
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    Man that sounds like an absolute quagmire. And, it would appear they didn't bench test the code but just fired away? Good grief that must have been a short-term colossal dumpster fire!
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    This seems to be a general consensus. I have a good friend of mine who has created an entire suite (and now an app) for parametric trading within the Pine Script back end of the widely-used trading app 'Trading View'. He was having the most frustratingly difficult time with a component within his system and he determined he should ask AI to research the issue to expedite his own learning - it was a code base issue. He claimed he learned more in the three hours with the AI led research function than he did in the three months of his own frustrated pursuit. It has a ways to go but it certainly seems to be impactful when used wisely.
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    Another former Brewer (albeit, briefly as an in-season pick-up) heads to the Phillies. RHP Joel Kuhnel has signed a Minor League deal with the Phils on December 21st it would appear. As the article suggests, this will be Kuhnel's sixth club since 2022. I would opine it isn't because of anything other than his services are valuable in what he provides. He was quite good with the Sounds in his six or so outings and continued earning MLB appearances with the Rays after he was scooped up when the Crew DFA'd him in July.
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    This is not as of yet confirmed but it's mildly interesting none the less. Many of you likely remember Alfaro's clutch hitting as a Padre. He bounced back and forth with the Red Sox, Marlins, and Cubs of late. He is currently playing for Tigres del Licey:
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    Speaking of which, that $8 Milly dead cap hit to pay one De'vondre Campbell Sr. hits different. You win some and you lose some. I think we know where that one falls. ** Also: Luke Musgrave making 5x what Tucker Kraft makes - yes, even within the rookie contract scale(s) - just feels icky.
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    Two tidbits from LaFleur's presser today: 1) Tom Clements is retiring - ouch 2) That second INT was very much a poor route by (I think?) Kraft. Route was supposed to go 20 yards. He sat down at 15. LaFleur said he saw exactly what Love saw and that was on the route runner.
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    Yeah, everything I've seen with him in it? He jumps off the screen. Whether it's watching him play baseball or handling himself in interviews (all Spanish at present). He is ridiculously impressive. I can't get over the physical transformation that has happened in just that past calendar year. If you see what he's done with an already impressive physical stature from last January until now? He looks like a college Junior/Senior.
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    This Artunez clip, btw, was posted back in September via MLB: The Brewers going back to the Chourio fountain of youth. The young man is chiseled and just looks like an absurdly fluid and natural athlete. His swing and his trot and his general physical make-up truly indicate he might be a 'freak' (in the best way). GO PRO BASEBALL (@goprobaseball) • Instagram reel WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM 230 likes, 0 comments - goprobaseball on July 23, 2024: "Braylin Antúnez, Calentando motores Rumbo al Mundial 🔥🙏".
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    Artunez is an extremely intriguing player. The Up arrow definitely adds to the early portion of prospect hope. I mean, the simply leading phrase in his overall early description by BA: Certainly doesn't make one depressed!😅
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    These early bits are indeed simply classified by Bonus allotment. They parse it out into categories within that - ie bonus money tiers. But, the bread n' butter after the class is officially signed and announced is their International class reviews for each organization. There were so many good nuggets in last year's class review. I'm hoping for more of the same.
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    I wouldn't read that placement as being '...behind a couple hitters'. Remember: when he was originally traded to the Pirates he dealt with a broken hamate after a very small sample of games and was shelved to close his season. So, in many respects, there was a prolonged 'get to know you' phase with his new org. I think it's fair to say he offers a completely different potency of offensive prowess than either Lara or Baez. Obviously, they're different players all around but Severino has the build and the power in his bat to be a true hot corner prospect. Neither Baez nor Lara has shown much of any power in their bats. Both, at this point in their young careers, are mostly bat-to-ball contact hitters. I don't consider Baez's anomalous power spurt to start the AFL anything other than that: an anomalous brief power spurt. He fell back to his norms quite quickly after that. If the Brewers were still working with this version of Severino, I'd be hard-pressed to contain my excitement.
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    If I remember correctly, the Brewers fell in that top $7,550,500 tier, correct?
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    Wicks had drop concerns coming out of UVA. BUT, this season was an absurd regression beyond what anyone would have anticipated. It was like a WR version of the yips. He was not ever that bad. But, it certainly is cause for concern. If a player had drop issues, then had a solid rookie year but an atrocious year 2 catching the ball I don't think you know what you have.
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    Yup. I was going the other route when I saw the numbers. I thought to muhself: "Welp, looks like a large class with a bevy of guys in that $10-30K range." Hopefully, as you mention there, there's a 'chunk of $250k-ish players'!
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    Holy heck this is an epic undertaking. What's fascinating to me is Chourio's brother never really stood out to me all that much in the three series vs the Mudcats (the Mudcats took the season series but they split the opening series 3-3). But, then again, I watched Jackson Chourio's Minor League career. It's not a very fair comparison. 😅
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    Boy the Packers just didn't lure me in whatsoever this season. You can't suddenly find an identity as a team that plays sound football when you literally didn't play a single complete sound football game. They had a quarter here and there but they mostly beat up on really bad football teams. They beat a Rams team missing the majority of their playmakers. They essentially went 0-6 in their division. They are a lot further away in my eyes than they are close. In the very least, they have some major major organizational questions to answer. I personally think they need to blow up some of this youth movement and potentially make even more shuffling of deck chairs in the coaching ranks. I would also opine Matt LaFleur had a very poor finish as a head coach and an offensive HC at that. He and Stenavich were mostly outclassed by Hafley as the season advanced. Which, well, is quite odd for a first time NFL coordinator. I really really really hope they do not lose Hafley - he's a gem and I think the Packers are in a stage where they need all the gems they can keep. * Sidebar: The Packers choosing Glover as their first replacement just felt like an absolutely classic Packers post-season maneuver. Do they ever, and I mean ever, get the OL shuffle correct? It's seriously uncanny.
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    As I followed Severino through this past season, I couldn't help but imagine the embarrassment of riches we'd have in that prized internationally acquired age group had he stayed in the system. Kudos to the Bucs for making that play when they did. If we look back earnestly at that timeframe and trade, tho extremely talented, the consensus in the greater prospect universe at the time was Severino was very talented and could hit for meaningful power but there were legitimate swing-and-miss type projection concerns. SO, to that end, this is very much a testament to the player and the Bucs org in that FCL/Low-A coaching pool for working together to address and improve upon those perceived weaknesses - at least in the near term. He'll be a fun player to continue monitoring from afar.
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    Just booked my flights and rental car. It is real. I will be in and around Green Bay, Wisconsin for the entire draft experience. Are any of you going to be partaking? I have not stepped foot in the upper Midwest since I left for many many farming tours back in early 2008. This is going to be surreal!
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