Joseph Zarr

Thank you for the update. Appreciated.

RHP Luis Aguayo formally announced and assigned to the DSL Cerveceros Dos. That leaves us with one signing announcement remaining, yes?

Thanks for that update @ARobsBrewCrew. It would also appear the Brewers have formally announced (on the transactions wire side of things) the signing of Mexican RHP Luis Aguayo. Fist pump from this superfan. I believe we are now only waiting on one (?) officially announced signing from this year's class? Aguayo, as we know will pitch his 17-year-old season this summer as a part of this year's International FA Class. However, I also know several of us have been waiting for an official announcement as many of us were quite excited about a young such as Aguayo's - pitching up welllll beyond his years. Here was a clip of some K's I posted in the International Signings thread: 45K views · 495 reactions | LLEGA CON TODO 😌 El derecho Luis Aguayo... WWW.FACEBOOK.COM LLEGA CON TODO 😌 El derecho Luis Aguayo poncha al primer bateador que enfrenta en la LaMP...

Bon voyage Down East media blackouts. 2025 is indeed their transition year. Gods bless us all. And, man oh man, seeing the spatula and pickle logos...I can not help but feel we absolutely won the new Low-A affiliate competition with the Wilson Warbirds. What is this ?! 😅

Sheesh I think several of you are unaware of Khash's continuing On/Off impacts even without his prime physical health. He is still very clearly a net positive influence on the basketball court. Yes, even with his inability to stay in front of a stationary folding chair (shout out to Yi), the Bucks have been a better team overall when Khris is on the court. This is backed by most every team-oriented Advanced statistic.

Hey now...not only is Tyler Thornburg back and making his coaching debut BUT so is 2021-2022 Sounds 'legend' Matt Lipka! This is awesome.

I like this take. I appreciate your calm wisdom as I deal with my own ineffable, and honestly uncharacteristic, emotions post-trade. I can start to see some of why this happened - tho, man, I have a hard hard time 'looking forward' to anything Kyle Kuzma brings to the basketball court in his current form. If he can find that semblance of form (with an improbable up-tick in efficiency) as the Laker 3rd Man version? Maybe we're getting upside. Also a team chock full of AJ Johnsons may end up with the lowest cumulative FG% by a team in NBA history. BUT, boy, would there be some amazing fast break and alley-oop dunks.

Oh, I know I know. I understand the 2nd apron portion. I am mainly suffering from cloudy post-taken to the woodshed brain drain. I also understand this move may also open up avenues to execute more moves (tho, honestly, I tremble in 'fear' at what Horts may also have up his sleeves). I understand Khris' best basketball is likely very very distant in the rearview mirror with the injury issues - the 'defense' this year has been borderline comical (and sad). I will always love Khash Money. Always. Such a likable Buck. Such a soft-spoken humble guy. The perfect underdog. A fantastic and vastly underrated basketball player throughout his career. However, this entire ordeal simply reeks of a vintage Bucks move of old. This reeks of my never ending experience in the Kohl years. The main difference, obviously, is we have two stars we are practicing incompetence around. I do not know how we can rationalize a career inefficient player who has never played basketball in an intelligent and savvy way, who is older now in the midst of his worst season as a pro - literally a net -21 player on THE worst team in the NB of A. He is shooting woeful numbers across the board. AND, what, we're hoping he magically turns it around? I suppose that is possible. I certainly hope that happens. BUT, it feels like a giant stash of hopium. And, to avoid losing our 2031 1st rd pick outright we were forced to sweeten the deal by throwing in AJ Johnson who, quite easily, has the most upside potential in any of the young players within the org. He just started to see that light come on down with the Herd. Things really picked up the past two weeks for him - I've been tracking the Herd for the majority of their season. He is playing more controlled. The G-League game, at least, started slowing down for him. And, then he had a career game at OKC. Just felt like that ship had turned to smoother waters. Will that light ever fully come on? I do not know BUT to throw in that type of upside and unknown with his raw athleticism, handle, and ability to literally beat any defender off the dribble is an incredibly bitter pill to swallow. Mainly, man, I'm just sad that this is where we came to. I hope there is more in the bag before this day is over. BUT, more than anything, I just see an overmatched GM trying to patch hundreds of leaky holes on a sinking ship with only his 10 fingers. The bottom seems near certain. And, well, that just makes me sad as a lifelong Bucks fan. I sincerely hope I am wrong and am over-reacting because of feeling dirty that this is how the Middleton story arc ends with the Bucks.

I am literally in a state of disbelief at the incompetence on display here. Walking around like a drunken amnesiac as I sip my coffee. How we got to this point is beyond my comprehension.

This trade is an abomination. That's all that needs to be said.

All I know is, by my rigorous mathematical trade models, post-Luka trade... The Bucks send out Khash Money and their unprotected 2031 1st Rd pick and they receive SGA and a OKC's 2031 2nd in return. OR, as recent rumors hint at, they could continue to pivot to the Jordan Poole of SF's in Kyle Kuzma. My Magic Eight Ball still reads "The future is unclear."

It would appear 2024 mid-season Biloxi Shucker's pick up (and, honestly, a huge spark plug for the line-up at the time) OF Connor Scott has signed on with the Kansas City Royals organization. He has been assigned to their Double-A affiliate in the Northwest Arkansas Naturals. Best of luck, Connor and thank you for helping those Shuckers back into the playoffs!

Can confirm. Having watched the vast majority of Black's Brewers Minor League career, even in limited exposure (when considering the number of infield innings played), when he mans the OF grass it is the only defensive positioning and in-game output I consistently come away thinking "Hey, this could really work at the MLB level." He has the range. His glove plays 10x better out there - his hands aren't the problem they are in the infield. I don't know about the arm, honestly, because he really hasn't had to unleash it from that distance - I suspect it is average (ie, good enough but not plus) tho given what we've seen on the infield dirt. We also haven't seen enough work there on sinking liners where a charging catch or diving/sliding catch or pull-up is warranted. He just hasn't been given enough exposure there - if you recall when they first put him into CF with High-A Wisconsin he injured himself for the season on a fantastic ranging diving catch into LF. He was then given no OF innings in 2023. With a lack of upper levels high-caliber OF depth and with the trade of Wiemer and 40-Man promotions of Hicklen and Collins, the Sounds staff (surely, with input from the Brewers higher ups) began using him in LF and CF regularly. AND, I am telling you: it is a 10x more comfortable viewing experience from this ol' codger. He has real ability out there whereas I legitimately feel like any and every play on the infield dirt is a 50/50 proposition. I know the data likely won't scream this to you. I am telling you: near everything on the infield dirt is an adventure. He could go from making an insanely athletic diving stop at 1B in one inning to completely missing a routine stab at head height on a bang-bang play and throw from across the diamond to open the next frame. It just does not engender trust. What the Brewers have at Triple-A Nashville and Double-A Biloxi today is vastly different than the start of the 2024 campaigns. They have new Rule 5 additions in Nashville - unknowns within the org. The Biloxi OF is a massive unknown at present. They lost the in-season addition of Connor Scott (as of now). Sparks is gone. Cargo is with the Braves. Lara and O'Rae are not ready to face MLB pitching. Black is absolutely, as it currently stands, atop the list for MLB depth considerations on the OF grass. His bat, and his wheels, have a legitimate chance to stick. I think this is all fairly obvious.

Man he had some obscenely tough luck in the BABIP department at Triple-A. I think I read it was in the low to mid 0.300's? With a decent underlying barrel %, one would think he had some awful luck overall.

It would appear the Brewers have signed former 10th Rd Yankee sinker baller LHP Josh Maciejewski to a Minor League deal: He did have some success last season in 7 some Big League innings. He's a low velo guy across the board. In addition to the 89-90 mph sinker he has a change-up and a breaking ball, I believe.

Agreed. Unreal. "You have ice cream in your beard. Let's turn two!" 😅

I would have to think given what we saw in limited snaps as a rookie - it was a pretty historical season for the rook when all was said and done - he's a shoe-in Day 1 starter next year. He was dominant and pretty much moved and reacted at a different speed than every other Packer in the front 7. There might be lingering size and nagging injury issues in the years ahead but that can't deter from the fact he was special when healthy and getting consistent snaps. The Quay thing is sure a thing. The Packers obviously love him and believe in his abilities - first rounder and consistently pushed into that starter role even when underperforming (which I think is just plain easy to admit: he has vastly underperformed given his draft status). He flashed in the latter portion of the seasons and was playing his best ball and then, well, got injured. I think he has a boon playing in Hafley's defense and I certainly hope the end of this past season is a sign of things to come. Hard to say if the light turned on. We just haven't seen anything of lasting consistency at any phase of his career. He is young. He is insanely strong and athletic. We just have to hope he continues to learn to play at the speed he innately has. If he can? That's a game changer. Up til now, I think it's fair to say the Walker experience has by and large been predominantly fool's gold. I have absolutely zero idea what their plan is in terms of adding depth. As @CheezWizHed alludes to, they still have a coveted draft investment in Hopper so they obviously loved him heading into last year's draft. You have three young athletic guys there. As to the vet additions or continuity, I think you could do worse than McDuffie and Wilson. I think they're fine for what they are and they even flash from time-to-time. They seem like very likable vet locker room and ST guys as well. But, truthfully, I have no idea what their plan is there. Do they grab another LB in this year's draft?

It doesn't feel great to lose the LB coach who helped Cooper show out like he did. He also seemed to play a part in Quay starting to flash like we'd never seen him consistently flash before. Here's hoping they keep that ball rolling. The early speculation saw the likelihood of an in-house replacement via Hafley's former BC LB coach (and, ultimately, assistant D-Coordinator with BC in 2023 apparently) and current Packers defensive assistant in Sean Duggan.

Daniel Jeremiah's Top 12 Senior Bowl Practice Week Standouts (Both Green and Zabel in here)

Mannion promoted to FT QB Coach. Packers get their DL coach. The strength of the coaching staff would appear to get even stronger.

Marshall Edge Mike Green is another name repeatedly showing up at Senior Bowl practices across the Draft media landscape: Unfortunately, it certainly appears he has now moved into the Top 20. I was hoping the small school and smaller stature bias would keep him pigeon-holed in the 20's (where he was ranked for the majority of the past few months). I don't think there's a way he lasts past the Top 20 in this year's draft. He's too versatile with way too many tricks in his bag. Sigh.

Early reports at the Senior Bowl have NDSU's Grey Zabel literally lining up at, what appears to be, every spot across the OL and performing well at each location. I don't know that I've seen him line up at RG but I have seen clips at RT, RG, C, and LT. We all know the Packers love that type of versatility. I find it hard, at this point in time, to fathom he slips past the 2nd Rd at this juncture. Welp, apparently he did rep at LG:

Shrine Bowl and Senior Bowl Practice reports began trickling in this past week. Feel free, any and all, to post anything of intrigue. We know the Packers absolutely love their Senior Bowl performers and I believe (?) they have a heavy staff presence this year.

Well, hate to be the harbinger of bad juju, but it's fair to point out: you just don't know posting. (It's not in the quote and you didn't add an 'etc.' - fair game 😯)