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  1. Brewcrew82
    I literally said he very well COULD do it, BUT it's a little naive to think that you can just move him over to 3B when he hasn't played there in almost a decade, and he'll instantaneously be every bit as elite as he is at SS. I just think Turang at 2B and Adames at SS maximizes both their offensive and defensive abilities, while the upgrade from Urias at 2B vs. 3B is relatively marginal. And wouldn't you rather Adames focus on his offensive consistency, as opposed to having him learn a new position? If he can produce at his 2021 level on offense over the course of a full season with this year's defensive production at SS, you're looking at close to a 7 WAR player. Either way, there's no indication the Brewers have even considered moving Adames to 3B, so this debate is probably over nothing.
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    I literally said he very well COULD do it, BUT it's a little naive to think that you can just move him over to 3B when he hasn't played there in almost a decade, and he'll instantaneously be every bit as elite as he is at SS. I just think Turang at 2B and Adames at SS maximizes both their offensive and defensive abilities, while the upgrade from Urias at 2B vs. 3B is relatively marginal. And wouldn't you rather Adames focus on his offensive consistency, as opposed to having him learn a new position? If he can produce at his 2021 level on offense over the course of a full season with this year's defensive production at SS, you're looking at close to a 7 WAR player. Either way, there's no indication the Brewers have even considered moving Adames to 3B, so this debate is probably over nothing.
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    Lol. Okay.
  4. Brewcrew82
    Lol. Okay.
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    Except it's not as simple as him moving over and playing 3B at an elite level when he hasn't played there since 2013. He very well could do it, but I just don't see the Brewers making the move. Urias isn't bad enough at 3B to force it. Our problem in the infield this year was on the right side...
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    Except it's not as simple as him moving over and playing 3B at an elite level when he hasn't played there since 2013. He very well could do it, but I just don't see the Brewers making the move. Urias isn't bad enough at 3B to force it. Our problem in the infield this year was on the right side...
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    You'd be surprised what players will do when there's millions of dollars on the line....Our main concern needs to be getting better defense from the 2B position. Wong absolutely killed us at times this year and was a major part of our overall decline on defense.
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    Jackson Holliday isn't playing in the majors next season...
  9. Brewcrew82
    It just don't see that much upside to doing it. Urias is fine at 3B. Not elite, but he's far from a butcher. Meanwhile, we KNOW Adames is an elite SS. And we're 99.9% sure Turang would be an elite 2B. But it's a bit of a stretch to automatically assume that Adames will be elite at 3B when he hasn't played a single inning at the position since 2013. And I don't think Adames would want to do it in the absence of a contract extension given how much elite SS's get paid these days.
  10. Brewcrew82
    It just don't see that much upside to doing it. Urias is fine at 3B. Not elite, but he's far from a butcher. Meanwhile, we KNOW Adames is an elite SS. And we're 99.9% sure Turang would be an elite 2B. But it's a bit of a stretch to automatically assume that Adames will be elite at 3B when he hasn't played a single inning at the position since 2013. And I don't think Adames would want to do it in the absence of a contract extension given how much elite SS's get paid these days.
  11. Brewcrew82
    Turang at 2B is a "waste" defensively? Did we not watch our infield defense suffer tremendously this year due to Kolten Wong's "exploits"? If he can bring 60-grade defense to the 2B position, then we'll have two elite defenders up the middle and our entire defense/run prevention unit will improve as a result. I'm not sure the difference between Urias at 3B and Urias at 2B is enough to want to mess with that. Not to mention Adames' and Turang's offensive profiles are probably better suited for SS and 2B than 3B and SS.
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    Turang at 2B is a "waste" defensively? Did we not watch our infield defense suffer tremendously this year due to Kolten Wong's "exploits"? If he can bring 60-grade defense to the 2B position, then we'll have two elite defenders up the middle and our entire defense/run prevention unit will improve as a result. I'm not sure the difference between Urias at 3B and Urias at 2B is enough to want to mess with that. Not to mention Adames' and Turang's offensive profiles are probably better suited for SS and 2B than 3B and SS.
  13. Brewcrew82
    Again, bottom line is I need to see evidence of improved hitter development at the major league level. I do think we're headed in the right direction, though, and am particularly excited to see what a pure contact hitter like Sal Frelick can bring to the team.
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    Again, bottom line is I need to see evidence of improved hitter development at the major league level. I do think we're headed in the right direction, though, and am particularly excited to see what a pure contact hitter like Sal Frelick can bring to the team.
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    I need to see evidence of improvement at the major league level, though. Mitchell had a nice cameo for instance, but showed a lot of swing and miss that will get seriously exploited by major league pitchers over the course of an entire season. And Wiemer still K'd over 30% for the majority of the season in AA, while his walk rate in AAA just returned to its 2021 levels.
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    I need to see evidence of improvement at the major league level, though. Mitchell had a nice cameo for instance, but showed a lot of swing and miss that will get seriously exploited by major league pitchers over the course of an entire season. And Wiemer still K'd over 30% for the majority of the season in AA, while his walk rate in AAA just returned to its 2021 levels.
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    It's not me placing Chourio in that group, it's the stats at their respective ages and the industry experts who are doing that. There's a reason why he's a consensus top 10 prospect in baseball at all of 18 years of age... All I'm saying is that we should wait to see how this upcoming group of prospects turns out before we talk about an improved hitting development system, let alone "perpetual contention". Keston Hiura looked like a sure thing, until he no longer was, largely due to the stupidity of our development staff in completely altering his previously pristine swing.
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    It's not me placing Chourio in that group, it's the stats at their respective ages and the industry experts who are doing that. There's a reason why he's a consensus top 10 prospect in baseball at all of 18 years of age... All I'm saying is that we should wait to see how this upcoming group of prospects turns out before we talk about an improved hitting development system, let alone "perpetual contention". Keston Hiura looked like a sure thing, until he no longer was, largely due to the stupidity of our development staff in completely altering his previously pristine swing.
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    Yeah, but what if you keep all 4 of your big-league ready outfielders and some of them then prove to be not up to snuff? It's not like you can then go ahead and trade them at that point as they'll have lost a lot of the trade value they had when they were still promising prospects. Part of the FO's job is to assess which of their prospects are likely to "hit" or "miss" based on their production, tools, and trajectory, and cash in on the value of the ones they think have greater potential to miss. A guy like Garrett Mitchell is a great example in light of the prevailing concerns (e.g., contact, power) during an otherwise impressive MLB cameo. The FO may conclude that his value is likely to never be higher, in which case, it would be prudent for them to explore potential trade options to help the team win now and in the future. Can you imagine how much better off we'd be as a franchise had we traded Hiura in the offseason of 2019-2020? While you did say "early returns", the fact still remains that the revamped hitting development system has proven NOTHING at the major league level, which, in the end, is all that matters. There's good reason to be skeptical when we've seen what they've done with a guy like Hiura, who was supposed to be as "can't miss" with the hit tool as it gets. And then throwing out a phrase like "perpetual contention" on top of it isn't exactly you qualifying your statement.
  20. Brewcrew82
    Yeah, but what if you keep all 4 of your big-league ready outfielders and some of them then prove to be not up to snuff? It's not like you can then go ahead and trade them at that point as they'll have lost a lot of the trade value they had when they were still promising prospects. Part of the FO's job is to assess which of their prospects are likely to "hit" or "miss" based on their production, tools, and trajectory, and cash in on the value of the ones they think have greater potential to miss. A guy like Garrett Mitchell is a great example in light of the prevailing concerns (e.g., contact, power) during an otherwise impressive MLB cameo. The FO may conclude that his value is likely to never be higher, in which case, it would be prudent for them to explore potential trade options to help the team win now and in the future. Can you imagine how much better off we'd be as a franchise had we traded Hiura in the offseason of 2019-2020? While you did say "early returns", the fact still remains that the revamped hitting development system has proven NOTHING at the major league level, which, in the end, is all that matters. There's good reason to be skeptical when we've seen what they've done with a guy like Hiura, who was supposed to be as "can't miss" with the hit tool as it gets. And then throwing out a phrase like "perpetual contention" on top of it isn't exactly you qualifying your statement.
  21. Brewcrew82
    This has nothing to do with Rasmussen or Feyereisen. That trade was pretty clearly a win for both sides. What it's about is Adames being a top 10 player the past couple of seasons at perhaps the premium position in the game and the fact that said player is now just entering his prime. Those guys have tremendous value, even with only two years of control remaining. A top 30/40 prospect such as Vargas and back-end top 100 prospect in Pepiot is about as close to an even swap as it gets. Just take a look:
  22. Brewcrew82
    Pepiot and Vargas for Adames is actually a very even trade. While only controlled for 2 more seasons, Adames is an elite defensive SS with big-time power who is just now entering his prime. And it does make them better in the short run as their only other option at the position is Lux. They may want to focus their spending efforts on pitching and the outfield (i.e. Judge), so not spending as much at SS with Adames could be very appealing to them as opposed to going after one of the big-time FA SS. Also, I don't get why you think "major" changes to last year's group will be made, when the FO has already stated they plan on returning "the core". Granted, that was Stearns who made that statement, but I seriously doubt Arnold thinks differently.
  23. Brewcrew82
    I think we should wait until the organization has actually produced an everyday position player worth a lick, let alone an all-star, before labeling the development system "improved" and talking about "perpetual contention" upon trading the most dominant starting pitcher in franchise history. Can we really be certain that a guy such as Garrett Mitchell won't turn into the next Hiura/Brett Phillips at the plate with a 41% K rate, SSA notwithstanding?
  24. Brewcrew82
    I think we should wait until the organization has actually produced an everyday position player worth a lick, let alone an all-star, before labeling the development system "improved" and talking about "perpetual contention" upon trading the most dominant starting pitcher in franchise history. Can we really be certain that a guy such as Garrett Mitchell won't turn into the next Hiura/Brett Phillips at the plate with a 41% K rate, SSA notwithstanding?
  25. Brewcrew82
    Definitely creative, though this roster probably isn't a contender next season. I would note a few things: 1) There is no reason for the Brewers to accept Kikuchi being a part of a Burnes trade. Not at that salary and with a career ERA over 5. TBH, I don't get the Robbie Ray comparison, especially considering that TOR was the team that turned Ray into a Cy Young winner, whereas they weren't able to get anything out of Kikuchi last season. And Ray at least had a previous season where he was an upper tier starting pitcher (2017). Kikuchi has yet to post an ERA under 4 in any season to go along with consistently underwhelming K/BB numbers. Without Kikuchi, the Brewers should still be able to get one of the Jays' catchers (Kirk or Moreno) and Tiedemann. 2) I don't quite understand the logic of replacing Rowdy with Diaz at 1B. Diaz will give you really good BA/OBP numbers for sure, but Diaz is also a butcher at any position and falls well short of Rowdy's power output. Then, consider that Rowdy is due to be one of the biggest beneficiaries in the game of the shift ban and will cost less in both salary and prospects. Just doesn't make sense imo. 3) Not sure Zack Britton is the way to go for upgrading the bullpen. Would be a huge risk for the Brewers even at $6 MIL when he's coming off TJ surgery and his stuff/peripherals have started to measurably decline.
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