Joseph Zarr

That tying PK? Goodness what a deke...

Indeed. Tho, I certainly hope and pray we Brewers fans are even further removed from that 1977 record spiritually and psychologically. I'm kind of into this post-season contending thing. The current Yankees have a banged up pitching staff. So do the Brewers but I think the Crew have more horses to handle it in the interim. Here's hoping for an entertaining series win.

Collins is a switch hitter. In theory, he has a solid chance against both lefties and righties. As we all know, he has yet to prove he can hit MLB hitting. As we all know, last season's sample was absurdly small.

And here I thought I was clicking on an article about Babe Capra. Sigh. Click bait!

I have to say, I thought they'd go Durbin. I am very pleased they went Collins, Capra, and Bauers. Bauers earned it this spring with an improved approach. I support these moves.

Short answer: I like it. I've liked it. I've been pushing for a shift to the OF for nearly a year. I've explained my reasoning in other threads but I think it's the most sensible option given his ongoing inconsistencies and struggles in the compressed infield space.

Just dropping this here. Didn't make sense the day of the trade. Doesn't make sense as the regular season winds down. How do you just throw in this type of player with a first round pick swap to boot and a veteran leader in Middleton for an inefficient player of Kuzma's ilk? The Bucks have rarely ever understood asset management. They continue to struggle mightily in this regard. AND, if you are going to trade for Kuzma one would imagine (especially with Sims' injury) you play around with Giannis 5 line-ups. BUT, you have Doc Rivers as your head coach. The pain is real. The more things change the more they stay the same with the Bucks. Thank the basketball gods Giannis scored a 50-Piece championship nugget. That will soothe my decades of Bucks fandom pain the rest of my days. When you take that Bucks medicine, however, there are definitely side effects. 😅

In a vacuum? Absolutely. And, historically they have flavor - sabor. The issue is strictly from a report writing perspective here. I don't even have to copy and paste 'Uno y Dos'. As easy as 1,2,3...so to speak. 😅

Of Note in the linked 2025 Media Guide? Ginger Poulson's Roster: Luke Adams Josh Adamczewski Joey Broughton Ethan Dorchies Bishop Letson Nate Peterson Griffin Tobias Cameron Wagoner

I see we have potentially moved from the Cerveceros Uno y Dos to the Cerveceros Azules y de Oro. Muy interesante. (Not really...but will be a minor pain when trying to be cheeky with word play as the season and game-to-game write-ups have gone on for weeks in the upcoming DSL reports)

Back to Transactions... - INF Andruw Monasterio was optioned to the Nashville Sounds by the Milwaukee Brewers

Well, I don't know if you missed it per se. He was placed on the 7-Day in early August. Then was converted to the 60-Day and missed the remainder of the season. However, he was procedurally activated off that 60-Day when the season ended. I had hope he would recover in time for the season but obviously he did not. Maybe A-Rob alluded to this earlier but I'm an aging geezer and have not tracked it.

Yes, when I watch Ferguson I see a more football athletic actual route runner. Vast difference. We're going to disagree on this. We do disagree on this. You could go on, sure. I'm basing my opinions on watching Luke Musgrave play (albeit limited in 2024) NFL football. And, frankly, I think we're watching a different NFL player. 😅 He didn't just fall once. Musgrave was repeatedly falling in the open field during his rookie season - the joke was funny because it was also quite true. Anywho, I'm going to continue hoping for a breakout of some kind - any kind, really. I'm not anticipating it. And, well, that's no big deal. Being a successful professional athlete is a very very hard proposition. I don't begrudge Musgrave one iota - he seems like an extremely likable guy. I just think, in the version we've seen of him to date, he's not all that impactful on the football field.

Me right now:

I've sent this inquiry to 'DOBE' (The Department of Brewers Efficiency) to see if we can't get a straight answer.

RHP/1B Quinton Low has been placed on the Full-Season IL by the Carolina Mudcats RHP Eric Prado has been placed on the Full-Season IL by the Carolina Mudcats RHP Fray Morelo has been placed on the Full-Season IL by the Carolina Mudcats RHP Enniel Cortez has been placed on the Full-Season IL by the Carolina Mudcats RHP Jason Woodward has been (officially - tho, we obviously discussed this earlier) placed on the Full-Season IL by the Carolina Mudcats RHP J.B. Bukauskas has (officially) been placed on the Full-Season IL by the Nashville Sounds RHP Yorman Galindez has been placed on the 60-Day IL by the Carolina Mudcats RHP Alexander Vallecillo has been placed on the 60-Day IL by the Carolina Mudcats LHP Thomas Pannone has been placed on the 60-Day IL by the Nashville Sounds RHP Jake Polancic has been placed on the 60-Day IL by the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers RHP Cameron Wagoner has been placed on the 60-Day IL by the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers In less hurtful transactional news... LHP Joey Broughton has been officially assigned to the ACL Brewers - Woot Woot! RHP Brailin Aguirrez - a 17-year-old Dominican hurler - has officially been signed to a ML contract (he has yet to be assigned to the Uno or Dos, fwiw)

Prepare yourselves to be wounded by the early IL announcements coming in from full-season affiliates...

In honor of the Lions weeping for a reformat of Playoff seeding, I am publicly proposing all 'Merican football games be played outdoors on natural grass. Thank you. I concede my time.

Wait, are you directing this self-proclaimed 'baseless thought' on Minor League ST line-ups?! Mr. Mueller. Hold your tongue! 😜

A beautiful spring day. I'm drinking a tall glass of Matthew Trueblood's tears. 🤭

A man can certainly dream: Many a player the Packers were surely looking at. Great to see a full arsenal of Packers evaluators.

Wasn't expecting a Luke Musgrave retort this am but here we are. 😅 We're never going to agree here but it's a fun disagreement. Musgrave does not and has not run fluid routes his entire time as a Packer. He has fairly tight hips. He is what I would call straight line fast - and for a man his size he certainly can really move. However, let's not forget, this is the same TE who was the running joke of his own locker room his rookie season because he could not stay on his feet in the wide open field. So much so his HC made a joke publicly when he stayed on his feet and found the end zone. I think it's also more than fair to point out he is also mostly incapable of breaking arm tackles because he has very little wiggle ability in his hips - ie he can't avoid tacklers. That just is not fluid from my POV. Kraft? Very fluid in the open field with the strength to match it. A very very agile and strong human being who moves naturally and with great purpose in the open field. Musgrave, again, from my POV is quite a bit more straight line fast than he is anything else and I would also casually opine he is moderately stiff. His 3-cones and shuttles were always 'good' but not 'great', if you recall back in his testing days. That bares out at playing speed where he lacks wiggle in his routes. We've disagreed on Musgrave his entire unimpressive tenure as a Packer. It's why I personally would love to see a Day 2 TE pick in the draft. And, this being said, we all know TE prospects are (at minimum) given a 3 year window to show signs of life. I personally expect very little from Musgrave when all is said and done. Would absolutely love to be wrong. If you want to talk 'Fluid' as a TE athlete, look to a guy like TE Terrance Ferguson out of Oregon in this year's draft. That man is 'fluid' in his game. His routes are incredible. In my perfect Packers football world, that's my target for the Packers to swap into Musgrave's role.

Very cool article. Really interesting to get a deeper discussion of where he and the Brewers are thinking as he positions himself on the rubber. I think it's fair to point out he didn't really see any type of regression whatsoever in his jump from High-A to Double-A - a level jump historically seen as the most challenging across all levels of the Minor Leagues. And, it's no secret, the jump to the Southern League can be brutal for many a player. As a matter of fact, Yoho was striking out more batters per inning out of Biloxi's Pen than he was in Wisconsin. What he (and KC Hunt) did in their leap to Biloxi was what really made the season so dang remarkable. The jump in free passes did indeed happen at the tail end of the season in the International League. He pitched a mere 14 1/3 frames in Nashville over 14 appearances. Personally, having watched every one of those outings more than once (re-watching them this off-season), I saw it just as much from a fatigue and fluke perspective than anything else - 5 of those 9 free passes came in 2 of 14 appearances. We can nitpick, sure. But, as always, context helps. None the less, the main takeaway from my vantage point is he understands he can't get away with too many of those types of outings at the MLB level and the Brewers and Yoho himself recognize how good his stuff is.

Welcome to Brewer Fanatic! Let's see if we can't figure that out for you. But, be prepared, this may be a case of they shifted all these replays to Condensed Games.

BTW for those of you unable to watch any of the Breakout Game, here's an extended look of RHP Tyson Hardin with RHP Craig Yoho interviewing and discussing his outing. Includes a swinging K to a lefty on a really nice inside slider working off heat and Wood's CS throw to 2B to end the frame: