Brock Beauchamp

Done!

@clancyphile sorry, spaced on this, I've added the two prospects you def wanted in your top 20.

Yeah, the Brewers were something of a laughing stock in the international market but that has been changing for years and we're seeing the first crop of guys approach the majors.

Well, ackchooally...

Yeah, long relief is always an option but as you pointed out, the field becomes more crowded for Gasser if that's the route the Brewers take in September.

I really dislike MLB's new 28-man rule. I get cutting down from 40 (which was absurd) but only adding two guys doesn't leave a lot of flexibility. Even allowing rosters to expand to 30 would be better. The reason I'm mentioning this is because Gasser has been starting all year. Using essentially the only pitching roster spot for a starter has limited use. I think it's more likely the Brewers add a one-inning reliever, which easily slots into the roster and has an immediate use in games.

Maybe I'm being naive but I feel the chances of the Brewers leaving Milwaukee border on zero. It would be cutting off their nose to spite their face, which MLB is definitely known to do from time to time but there are mitigating factors this time around, I think. First, there are no truly appealing markets to slide into. When you're talking about places like Nashville, your long-term prospects at a new location aren't great. The Carolinas have some appeal but I just haven't seen a ton of effort locally to bring in a team (if that was the case, the A's should be moving there). The Brewers had fringe top ten attendance from 2017-2019. They were mid-pack last year and will likely end up there again this year, despite a disappointing 2022 (ticket sales trail performance by one season). Where else is the franchise going to get that kind of long-term support? Sure, they can probably get a shiny new stadium and 3-4 years of packing the place but what happens after that? Milwaukee has a long tradition of supporting baseball in solid numbers. It's not going to be easy to replicate that anywhere else given the size of the markets we're talking about here. I think it's interesting that people have largely ignored just how middling MLB expansion has gone, which is an indicator that finding a loyal market for a team is really hard to do and takes decades, not years. The last four expansion teams are Arizona, Colorado, Miami, and Tampa. Colorado is the only one of the four that doesn't live in the bottom half of MLB attendance most years. Even Arizona, which isn't regarded as a failure like the Florida teams, doesn't draw particularly well, doubly so once you consider that Phoenix is one of the largest metro areas in the country.

Sweep the White Sox!

You have to get to the first round, at which point a team has a minimum of a ~40% chance to advance.

The Brewers have won a game this season?

I'm actually on the more aggressive side of this board. I think the Brewers should spend and trade more during this window. But there just wasn't much available this deadline. That's the reality. I'm not particularly interested in Alonso and given his god-like status in Queens, the asking price was likely far outside what is reasonable, which is why he wasn't traded. Could the Brewers be more aggressive? Yes. Should the Brewers be more aggressive? I think so. But this deadline wasn't conducive to that happening.

You ready to give up Misiorowski for 1.3 seasons of moving the needle? There's a reason why the guy wasn't traded. If we're dealing in purely hypotheticals, literally every player in baseball could have been acquired by the Brewers.

Oh, definitely. I was only speaking to something tangible and numeric on which to judge ownership.

It's always possible the Brewers missed an opportunity to trade for a player... but look at all of MLB. Nobody of note offensively was traded to anyone. A few contenders didn't trade for anyone at all because the market was so thin. I think there's pretty strong evidence that there simply weren't any game-changers available, particularly on the offensive side of the ball.

It's lovely, I even got to watch tonight's game! It's close to Danbury, about 60 miles south of Duluth/Superior. MLB's blackout rules are soooooo nonsensical. If I tried to watch the Twins game on my iPad (which has location linked to the MLB.tv app), I was blacked out. If I used my laptop on the same internet connection, I could watch the game. My Brewers coverage is equally nonsensical. Tonight was on Fox so I could watch it but I rarely get to watch the Brewers here at the cabin.

Yep, as far as ownership groups go, I think the Brewers have it pretty good. Look at what Cleveland has been doing the past few years. They're a similar market size to Milwaukee and also competitive but their product is far less watchable because of the way ownership operates.

When it comes to ownership, what I care about most is the payroll number. Attanasio does a decent, if not good, job in that regard. Milwaukee is the smallest metro market in the sport, yet the Brewers regularly sit in the 20-24 range in MLB payroll.

What they're discussing here goes well beyond repair and upkeep, though. Think of it as your dishwasher breaking so you buy a new one versus tearing out your entire kitchen and remodeling it. Which is fine, AmFam is getting a little long in the tooth right now and could use some modernization. The devil is in the details.

Right now, I think that's where I land, too. Maybe my opinion changes in the next three weeks, though. I *definitely* put Chourio on the Opening Day roster in 2024 unless something goes horribly wrong between now and then. I want that draft pick if he wins RoY. It's a good gamble given Chourio's talent level.

Yeah, I don't know if Chourio is ready to make an impact in Milwaukee but I won't rule it out, either. The good thing about an extension to a teenager is that it can be really, really long and the guy will still reach free agency before he's 30. He gets guaranteed over $100m in case of injury, the Brewers get guaranteed control, and he's still open for a potential bank-busting free agency deal.

I agree it's unlikely to happen but there is absolutely nothing stopping the Brewers from bringing up Chourio in two weeks and then signing him to an eight year deal with two options. I don't know if I'd call him up but I'd certainly lock him up immediately.

Nice win yesterday that I wasn't able to watch because I had the audacity to cross the Wisconsin border by six miles and visit my cabin. It sure is nice to type Burnes as the starter one day, then follow that up with Woodruff the next. Today appears to be a nationally televised game on Fox so keep that in mind.

This is such a nebulous thing about relievers. I can never figure out if back-to-back is really that damaging to some guys or if the sample size is so small that we can't determine anything real about it. But I think the reality of the situation is that Peguero is going to need to have his usage altered if he blows up again in the near future.