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OF David Dahl, who had a nice 67-game prolonged cup of coffee with the Nashville Sounds (a juggernaut of a team) in 2022, has moved out to the East Coast signing with the Philadelphia Phillies on a Minor League deal. The soon-to-be 30-year-old veteran will provide some MLB-caliber depth to the Phillies outfield should Brandon Marsh's knee surgery recovery have any hiccups. Good luck in 2024, Mr. Dahl!

Oooooof. Going to miss Greg very much on the nightly. He was a fantastic announcer for the Mudcats. Extremely well prepared with fantastic flow. I wish him all the best wherever he lands next.

We will be following along former 1B/LF/2B Keston Hiura's journey as a member of the Detroit Tigers organization in 2024. Article HERE. He will most likely begin his 2024 season like he began his 2023 season: in the International League West division. This time, however, he will likely be sporting a Toledo Mud Hens jersey. He will likely face the Sounds on Toledo's Home opening day Friday, March 29th. Stay tuned!

The only nugget so far I have seen in the tea leaves of the scouting community is the Packers apparently love Edgerrin Cooper.

That's only a bullpen, session, yes BUT by my eyes he's already 10x looser and freer in his follow through for than he was at any point in his 2023 rehab work. The follow-thru says it all (as well as the peripheral sound at the catcher's mitt). This is big time. Huge.

He gets plenty of discussion amongst the Minor League aficionados. I guess I don't know what you are talking about exactly here. I featured him last spring in my own 'Underrated' series HERE - Came in at #5 for me. This was well before he was on any national radars. I hadn't seen him play, let me be clear as ACL is viewing dark unless you live there or are employed by MLB, at that time. I had just religiously followed his 2022 ACL game logs. To that end, he was a high school draft pick who was flashing routinely albeit in limited scope. Fast forward to 2023 and he has been in @Smichaelis9's and my wheelhouse for quite awhile. BUT, let's be real: he is still very raw. There's a ton to like in terms of raw 5-Tool athletic profile and 'want to' - ie he is very very much a very likable intense gamer. But, at he same time, as someone who watched 80-85% of the Mudcats 2023 tilts, you are very much left wondering what is his natural position? Does he even have one? Does he play any of them well enough to consider a platoon? He is very inconsistent at 3B and is not fluid and often unorthodox and wild. I still casually contend his best position is possibly 1B where he could prove ridiculously good - some of the plays I've seen him make there in limited action left me wanting much much more. If that is the case, he will need to hone his free swinging tendencies and massive hacks to harness his innate contact skills. His swing is a bit 'All-or-nothing'. I know the Brewers tend to let the players be themselves - and kudos to them for doing so - but, I personally foresee a point in time as Adams gets older where they are going to have to enforce he harness aspects of his game. There is very much a Wiemer-esque downfall possibility inherent in his free style approach. Huge leg lift. Massive hacks. That works in Low-A but I have serious serious doubts that is applicable at the MLB level.

Well Giannis has been historic. By every metric and by the eye test. His teammates? They've consistently stunk. Slow. Inefficient. Etc. It doesn't look good. I don't know what switch can be turned on that helps 35 year old vets gain 5-7 years of youth. Every time I think they've turned a corner, they regress to that plodding geriatric look with a sub 30% fg percentage. 🤭

U.G.L.Y. 'ugly'. The Bucks don't have no alibi. They ugly.

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Closing the Quezada loop for now, the young hurler has been assigned to the DSL Brewers 1. He will begin his Brewers career at the new Academy.

You just dared AND you already have a thumbs up. You're on to something!

Eerily reminiscent of Carlos F Rodriguez's pitching form:

Also:

** Bringing this transaction here because we'll be monitoring the player returned in the trade on the Minor League side** Recently DFA'd (post-Junis signing) LHP Clayton Andrews has been traded to the New York Yankees for 19-year-old Nicaraguan RHP Joshua Quezada. Full Article HERE

Brewers very sneakily cornering the Nicaraguan baseball market. Germany is next! Stay tuned babyyyyy.

What's new? They are Bucks kryptonite. Incredibly annoying. Doesn't matter who is suiting up. Kevin Love hitting 5-6 3's is almost a certainty.

Sounds just about right...

Personally, basing any judgments on the DSL players is a fool's errand. We don't know anything. We don't even know how accurately the scorecard was kept. Nothing. I think it's reasonable to present a case of: "We likely need to keep an eye on this or these players given <insert statistical outlier here>..." AND, do as I say...not as I do. I placed Yophery Rodriguez in my Top 10 because of how he was featured in a Brewers Dominican Academy hype video. Bahahahahah. 😅But, then again, I think you all know by now I don't invest a single ounce of truth in these rankings. I let their play on the field tell my eyes and guide me. Rodriguez could be a phenomenal talent. He might plateau stateside. Who knows?!? All these young men are super talented. I think, to a man, we all just hope they fulfill the best versions of themselves. At least, that's all I really want for them.

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The game isn't lost on one play. It definitely isn't. BUT, I go back to the 49ers lost this game in the first 3 quarters. They had no business not being ahead by two scores in the 4th. This was so eerily reminiscent of the Packers choke job in San Fran. Kudos to the 49ers tho for not folding and really making a serious push to win the game.

I thought about this too. I don't envy Shanahan having to make that decision. When all is said and done though, I don't want Mahomes to have the strategic advantage of knowing if he scores he wins and knowing he absolutely has 4 downs every series. That's too many chips to give a GOAT.

Tip your hat to the Chiefs. Like Brady and the Pats, they just let their opponents mistake themselves and miss opportunity themselves to these losses. It's uncanny. San Fran had every right to win that game. BUT, they simply couldn't do it. Shanny stern face mopey Emo loss look is still a HOF worthy meme.

I've thought that as each successive huge moment kick split the uprights. NOW, this being said, Moody's blocked XP felt like a cozy Green Bay blanket to stoke those flames of empathy.

Low key, Creed Humphrey had two very very bad costly snaps in that second half. Mahomes saved his arse there again.

What a kick by Moody. They may lose this game BUT that was cajones.