Brewcrew82

I get wanting to add more pitching to the system to complement our strength in position players, but it's such a relatively weak class for pitchers that I'm hesitant to take any of these guys at 25. Only guy I'm really confident in hitting is Flora, and he ain't falling anywhere near the Brewers' pick. After taking Fischer and Wilken 2/3 drafts, I'd probably revert to the tried and true route and go up the middle at 25. College would be fine (Rose, Jackson--I think he sticks at C) but HS looks particularly promising (Marchand, Thome). Oh, how I would love if Trevor Condon falls to the Brewers. Also, wouldn't mind adding another Ebel to the system in the 2nd round.

Brewers getting pretty fortunate here with Cruz, Horwitz, and now Griffin out for Pittsburgh. We'll take it.

Can we please keep the Mitchell-Chourio-Turang top of the order please? Don't think you're going to get a better combo than that for this team. Those are the guys you want getting as many ABs as possible (in addition to Bauers). No more Yeli leading off....

He doesn't. That's the point. He's being played appropriately and has been the entire time. He's a different hitter against RHP compared to LHP. Was never hitting the ball at a .900+ OPS caliber level.

Where are all my "Vaughn needs to be in the lineup everyday" people at?

Good stuff. Was going to pull this up in response to the OP, but you beat me to it and saved me the time. Think some people need to look past the big names of the Braves and Dodgers to a lesser extent. Brewers may lack that kind of name recognition, but their production stacks up incredibly well across the diamond (especially vis a vis the Braves). 1B and OF being among the prime examples.

Don't look now but Sal Frelick is up to a .252 batting average....Nice rebound in June for him.

Crooked number would be nice tonight. Exorcise the RISP demons.

You already have RISP. With a hitter who crushes LHP. You want to take your chances with Perkins instead? It was a .830 xBA lineout on a get me over fastball. Unfortunate, but happens. Great swing.

What was wrong with that contact by Sanchez? It was right down the pipe and he put a good swing on it. I have no problem with that. You have a hitter who crushes lefties getting a very hittable pitch with RISP.

I would personally classify Jackson Chourio as pretty "steady"....

Plus, if you would poll any contender's fanbase after a frustrating loss like yesterday, you would get a list at least this long. No team is without holes. The Brewers have as few as any team this side of the Dodgers.

Perkins is only on the roster because Lockridge is injured.

Chourio and Made (if he's extended) are easily your best shot. Mis is probably out of the realm of possibility for an extension at this point, but if he wins a Cy Young this year and has his best years in MIL during his prime, he'd probably go in as a Brewer. Which is good because with starting pitchers not logging as many innings and breaking down more frequently than ever, we're going to have to put more emphasis on peak production or otherwise not have any more starting pitchers inducted into the HOF.

One more potential question for Spencer specifically: with Luke Adams finally healthy and heating up in AAA, do you think he could potentially become a real consideration at 3B if the Ortiz and Hamilton platoon doesn't hold up offensively?