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Maybe you need better eyes? It depends on which defensive stats you use; some like Urias at 3B and some don't.

This being "sure" a guy can hit MLB pitching...you're never SURE until they actually do. We're likely giving Turang the 2B job, right? So we seem sure enough. So what is the problem then? Adames might forget how to play 30 feet to his left? No, two things. 1) If Turang can't hack it, then we have Urias, Toro and Brosseau and anyone else we might acquire to cover 2B and 3B. 2) You don't favor the new, unproven guy over the established high producer. This is personnel management 101 stuff. You guys are driving me crazy. Have you ever been a supervisor?

Can . . . We . . . Stop? There has been no talk from the Brewers or Adames about moving to third, and IMO, it's something that shouldn't be considered until we're sure that Turang can actually hit ML pitching. Adames is a + defender at short. You don't jerk him around.

I think in most cases, contracts that run longer than 7 years are expected to be pretty bad overpays for the last years of the contract. Alex Rodriguez's contract with TX was an obvious exception.

But if the same three guys are playing 2B-SS-3B, their offense doesn't matter regarding where they play in the field. It used to be that SS were mostly slap-hitting defense-first players, but that doesn't apply any more.

Some of this will depend on how they rank in the 3 prospect lists. Currently, in the MLB.com list, Chourio, Frelick, and Wiemar are in the top 100. Don't know if that will be updated, B.A. will be out in January, and I don't know when the other one comes out. So, guess where they'll be. Chourio: Most likely, Chourio will start in AA and possibly get to AAA before the season is over. There's a remote chance he could get called up after the trade deadline if we have injuries and are still in the playoff race (and if he's raking in AAA) but I don't see it. Frelick: Let's say he's on at least 2 top 100 lists; He will either break with the ML club, or spend a week or two in AAA before getting promoted. If he's not on 2 lists, he won't be called up before June (super 2). Wiemer: Let's say he's on at least 2 top 100 lists; he will either not get called up until after his 2024 rookie status will not be exceeded (expecting him to be a top 100 prospect before the 2024 season), or he will be up on O.D. or within two weeks of the season. If he's not on 2 lists, he will get called up after his 2024 rookie status won't be exceeded; if he doesn't rake in AAA, he might not get called up at all. Mitchell: Doesn't look like he will make 2 top 100 lists; if not, he'll be on the O.D. roster. He probably still will if he is on two lists, though it's possible they could bring him up late to not have a full year of service at the end of 2023 (but I think that might be as late as late July or early August, so unlikely). Ruiz: He will be a place-holder for any OF they don't want to burn service time on. He's probably the most likely to get traded (Mitchell is probably next, Frelick is third). Otherwise, he'll be in AAA until needed. He is RHH, so that might help him. Turang: In the unlikely event he's on 2 lists, he will be in the ML within 2 weeks of the start of the season, if not O.D. If not on 2 lists, he will be in AAA until June (Super 2). Feliciano: It all depends on whether he wins a spot on the ML roster in spring training (basically scrutinizing his defensive ability). Otherwise, he'll be in AAA until they need a third catcher. Perkins: He's a place-holder, like Ruiz. He could be on the O.D. roster solely to delay service time for other players. Otherwise, he'll be AAAA fodder. Of course, all promotions would be contingent upon doing well, and having a player who could be moved off the ML roster.

A lot of people are forgetting about Strzelecki; he's probably our 7th inning guy unless we acquire someone.

You can send him down during the season if it's clear he's not going to be top 3, to control his service time. You can always use the "we want him to get more regular playing time, or work on X" as the excuse.

BA announces their list in January. Doesn't mlb.com update their list regularly?

Who's our DH if Yelich and Winker are both in the field?

that seems to require the rookies to all produce pretty well, which is far from a certainty.

I guess, the worst-case scenario is that you traded Wong's $2M buyout for $1.75M and Winker and Toro. So Winker and Toro only need to be worth $0.25M for this trade to be a wash.

who's our 6th starter? Junk? We need 7.

Has there been a rule change? I only know two portions of the draft: major league (players not on the 40-man) and minor league (players not on 38-man AAA team). Players selected in the minor league portion can be assigned to any level. on another subject: Do we know that we're using the full 38-man roster? We can only draft a player if we have an open space.

You linked to the wrong Eduardo Garcia. This is ours: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=garcia008edu This is just a question, not a correction: Are guys who were minor league FAs and get signed to a minor league contract exposed to the rule V draft? There are at least a couple such players; seems like a team would want to sign them after the draft, if they could get picked.

This is something that is cropping up in many posts, and I think some people are basing their understanding on things that aren't actually the rule, namely that the player had to be up on OD, which is not true (what is true is that they need to have been up for a "full year of service" which is 172 days--in 2022 the season ran 186 days.) https://piratesprospects.com/2022/10/breaking-down-the-prospect-promotion-incentive.html from https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2022/03/10/major-league-baseball-labor-agreement-details/49919225/

It's reasonable to expect both of them will do better than they did in 2022. How much better, I don't know. I don't know what procedure Winker had on his knee, but the one on his spine could take months to recover from. I don't feel great about having Urias, Adames, Brosseau, Turang and Toro as our only options 2b-SS-3b. I don't feel great about having someone who will keep Yelich away from DHing, and thus also keep one of our rookies from getting significant ABs in the majors.

That's a lot of money for a potentially fragile arm.

I have no idea what you're suggesting.

Like Wong? Wong has one inning at SS; the rest of his infield innings are all at 2B.

I wish I could think the Brewers will add $44M in contracts. I'd take the under at $8.5M in total FA contracts added.

I think they'd trade him for anything at this point.

The only benefit I can see for not putting him on the 40 is not having to use an option if he's not promoted to MKE in 2023.

I predict he'll be as good as Darrell Porter.

As far as value for value, I don't have any problem with this trade. Except we acquired the wrong players. Winker bats from the wrong side. I know he did OK vs. LHP last year, but that was an aberration, based on the rest of his career. He's a reasonable bounce-back candidate. Toro is a switch hitter and can play 2b and 3b, which suggests versatility, but his terrible hitting means he's not a platoon candidate with any of our existing players. He did great in AA in 2019, and probably was promoted too soon. So there is hope for him becoming a quality ML player. Since we're sending back 1.75M, there isn't even any cost savings; rather, our salary obligations have increased by the amount of Toro's salary.