Robocaller

I'd hypothesize that some of the best LFs probably played a good bit in CF or RF, so I don't know what's a good minimum number of innings played in Left.

Those guys would be OK as the third-sixth best guys they'd get in a trade.

Yelich doesn't hit enough to win a gold glove anymore. :-) Shouldn't the best fielding pitcher be someone who gives up a bunch of ground balls that the pitcher needs to make a play on (catch, assist, or put out)?

Yelich doesn't hit enough to win a gold glove anymore. :-) Shouldn't the best fielding pitcher be someone who gives up a bunch of ground balls that the pitcher needs to make a play on (catch, assist, or put out)?

It would be in the running, at least until a bunch of the players lose their rookie status.

Well that works perfectly. Maybe we can trade him for a lottery ticket at the '23 deadline.

You might want to research that. Pitching would be a lot better than it is.

Question for you folks. On the Baseball Trade Values site, Burnes and Chourio have nearly equal value. Under what conditions would you trade Chourio for someone like Burnes? If my team was competitive, I'd always trade a guy like Chourio for a guy like Burnes. If my team wasn't competitive, I'd trade a guy like Burnes for Chourio.

Is it though? I concentrated on getting guys who were ML ready (or would be by the end of 2023). Good players. Anyway, Eff Stearns. This was a nuclear option. I made another "blueprint" just working on the margins.

My bad for not doing due diligence on Buehler. It doesn't matter; he was only there as a bridge to some of the younger guys (who have had some ML experience, but haven't established themselves yet). Swap Buehler for Landon Knack, a pitcher who should probably start 2023 in AA. Move Grove, Miller or Silseth into the ML rotation; this reduces how sanguine I'd be on being good by the end of 2023, but is beneficial in the long term. And MLB.com has a 2023 MLB debut for Cartaya. Again, it doesn't matter, because O'Hoppe is definitely ready for the majors. It just means the Brewers won't be in a position to trade Caratini until later in the season, or in the next offseason.

this is not a fruitful avenue. Nowhere did I say that those two guys would have career totals of 2.5 WAR. There is risk with any prospect. There is also risk with every ML player.

Any way a moderator could add "reboot option" to the title? I don't seem to be able to edit it.

This is reboot option based on the trade value site. Trade Hunter Renfroe to Twins for 3B Gio Urshela. Trade Adames, Burnes, Taylor, and Feliciano to LAD for: Walker Buehler, SP change to Landon Knack, SP who will start at AA. Diego Cartaya, C (AAA-MLB) Miguel Vargas, 3B-1B-OF Ryan Pepiot, SP Michael Grove, SP (stash in Nashville) Bobby Miller, SP (stash in Nashville) Maddux Bruns, SP (start in A or A+) Trade Woodruff to LAA for: Logan O'Hoppe, C (AAA-MLB) Edgar Quero, C (Starts in A+; our Quero's younger brother) Chase Silseth, SP (Stash in Nashville) Vargas would probably play in the field most games, and could bounce between 1B, 3B, and the OF. Yelich would DH at least half the time. I acquired two C who are pretty ready for the majors; ideally they'd motivate a trade of Caratini before or during the season. The 2nd Utility guy could be one of those AAAA guys we seem to covet, or we could acquire someone. The 3 INF starters don't really need a platoon partner. I acquired some pitchers who might be ready for a late-season callup, in the mix with Gasser. One might start in the majors (in the bullpen) or it could be one of our current guys, even Uribe. Whomever it is will be a minimum salary kind of guy. There will be some growing pains sorting out who is ready for the majors, but I really think things could be looking good by the end of the season. C: Victor Caratini ($2.80M) 1B: Rowdy Tellez ($5.50M) 2B: Luis Urias ($4.50M) 3B: Gio Urshela ($7.50M) SS: Brice Turang ($0.7M) LF: Christian Yelich ($22.00M) CF: Sal Frelick ($0.70M) RF: Garrett Mitchell ($0.7M) DH: Miguel Vargas ($0.7M) 4th OF: Esteury Ruiz/Wiemer ($0.7M) Utility: Mike Brosseau ($1.00M) Utility: Generic Scrub ($0.70M) Backup C: L. O'Hoppe/Diego Cartaya ($0.70M) SP1: Walker Buehler ($5.5M) Change to Michael Grove (or other) ($0.7M) SP2: Ryan Pepiot ($0.8M) SP3: Freddy Peralta ($3.50M) SP4: Eric Lauer ($5.00M) SP5: Aaron Ashby ($1.2M) RP: Brad Boxberger ($3.00M) RP: Luis Perdomo ($1.00M) RP: Matt Bush ($2.00M) RP: Adrian Houser ($3.50M) RP: Hoby Milner ($1.00M) RP: Devin Williams ($4.00M) RP: Peter Strzelecki ($0.7M) RP: random/gasser/small, etc ($07M) Payroll is 33.54% under budget More like 37% under budget after removing Buehler.

In Garrett Stubbs' age 19 season, he was hitting .189 for University of Southern California. I don't see the relationship beyond them both being relatively short and slender.

Susac's prospect status had dimmed before we got him, and Bickford was always a high risk guy (made worse by his weed use). Do you want me to list prospects that did work out, because I don't really see the point.

Tom Murphy seems to be underpaid ($0). :-)

They'd both basically have to not have a major league career. 6 years for each of them for 1.25 of Hader.

never second-guess a burrito. unless it gave you food poisoning.

that says more about the question than about "people."

It's reasonable. Could dispense with Brosseau, since Urshela wouldn't need a platoon partner. Urshela, Adames, Urias, and Turang could cover 2B, SS, and 3B. Might require getting an OF, as I don't want to rely on 3 rookies.

so you're saying that the reason the brewers did worse is because the hitters struck out too often (and particularly with RISP)? Because that's all I heard in game threads.

Hader had WAR of -1 with S.D. Let's say he goes back to his career best, 2021 and has 3.4 War in 2023. Add them together and you get 2.4. Lauer had 3.7 WAR over the last two years. If we get 6 years of Gasser as a Lauer clone, that's a win right there. I think Ruiz will have a better career than Tyrone Taylor and be a full-time MLer at an earlier age; Taylor had 3.7 WAR the last two seasons alone. Taylor Rogers had a WAR of -0.5 with the Brewers, so half as terrible as Hader during that time. Obviously there is greater risk for prospects compared to established pros, but Hader's risk was obvious over the last third of the season.

Hader did nothing with SD during the regular season to suggest he could have made a difference regarding a playoff spot (7.31 ERA with SD).

let it go.

Deal.