Brewcrew82

Another big potential transaction coming up...Kid is a consensus top 3 prospect in baseball doing stuff few minor leaguers his age have ever done. His .325/.380/.551 slash-line in the high minors following the return of the regular baseball is Acuna/Rodriguez/Tatis-like. He looks primed to make his major league debut sometime early next season, if not by opening day, and assume the role from Yelich/Burnes of the "face of the franchise". He's still super young and untested for sure, but there's a very good track record with minor leaguers who have produced like he has at his age. Question subsequently becomes: WHEN do you offer him a contract extension and WHAT do you offer him to ensure you have him locked up through his early to mid prime seasons as you attempt to open up a window for an extended World Series run? You probably want to see him get some major league run first, but, at the same time, the longer you wait, the more expensive he potentially becomes. See: Burnes, Corbin. Guerrero Jr, Vlad. For reference, other recent extensions for prospects of his ilk: -Wander Franco, TB: 11 years, $182 million guaranteed, 12th year option, $41 million in incentives -Julio Rodriguez: 12 years, $210 million guaranteed, options for 5 more years, $260 in incentives -Corbin Carroll, 8 years, $111 million guaranteed, 9th year option for $23 million FWIW, assuming everything proceeds on schedule and Chourio shows well in the majors, I would offer him something like 8 years $120 million guaranteed. with a club option for a 9th year at $23 million. Offer to be made a month to two months after his major league debut. That's guaranteed life-changing money for someone like Chourio, and he could still enter free agency after his age 29-30 seasons. Brewers would be able to have financial certainty in working his contract around Yelich's, while having a new "face of the franchise" to market statewide.

Again, the Brewers do not really need to "rebuild", when they already have a top 3 farm system.

I agree CC may be gone and people are taking it too personally, but the Brewers don't really need to "rebuild" when they already have a consensus top 3 farm system in the game. In fact, they've stated they're not going to do that. If anything, you'd see more of a reload/reset with Burnes/Williams being traded for controllable prospects and MLB pieces, while they continue to be opportunistic in the FA market with the aim of competing now and in the future.

Yeah, unless this is sarcasm, it's probably just you.

If I were Arnold and MA, I would bring in manager candidates simultaneously (or at the least leak some names) to send the signal to CC that the Brewers need to proceed with business and that his spot in MKE won’t be open forever. Force him into making a timely decision one way or another because right now CC holds all the leverage, and that’s not a good spot to be in.

I still think he ultimately returns to the Brewers due to his strong MKE feelings/ties and the relatively lower scale of the current manager market. But the scenario I worry about is the Mets going absolutely nuts (like $10 million+) such as they did in FA last year to where the Brewers simply can’t match.

We’ll see if MA steps up…

They literally have a top 3 farm system right now. They don’t need to tank. Rays haven’t tanked in forever, either. That’s the model the Brewers are trying to follow. Diamondbacks really only tanked for a year or two. They were in the postseason as recently as 2017.

Made more easy by the current postseason format. Orioles, Rays, etc the list of teams succeeding nowadays with a lower payroll goes on. You just have to be playing your best baseball in October.

Tell that to the 84 win and lower payroll Arizona Diamondbacks.

Just ready to get it over with at this point. I know he said he wanted to explore his options, but I now get the feeling there’s real smoke to the fire here. CC would be damaging his image in the eyes of Brewers’ fans imo. He’s ultimately free to do whatever he wants, but ditching Milwaukee for New York and leaving us without a WS like he committed to do is severely disappointing. Could potentially lead to boos if/when he comes to Milwaukee as manager of Mets.

Just get hot in October.

Streak is alive and well.

Corbin Carroll is so good. Hopefully Chourio can follow in his footsteps.

Another crack at the crapshoot that is the MLB playoffs and a draft pick in the 30s isn't a waste of resources. Worst case, you trade him at the deadline if you're out of contention. Of course, if the Orioles are willing to give up Mayo/Basallo or the Dodgers are willing to give up one or two of their young pitchers, I'm all ears. But I'm not trading him just for the sake of trading him.

Chourio has reported and will debut on Friday. Permission (presumably from Brewers) to play in 15 games

Now official. Manager of the Aguilas del Zulia announces Chourio playing starting this week.

If you're wondering what impact a hitting coach can actually have... In Texas' case he can help you win a postseason series.

Chourio adding to the speculation....Seems like only a matter of time until he's added to their roster.

Nestor doing some recruiting…As I said previously, I was surprised Chourio wasn’t on the roster after playing for the last two winters…

Robert Murray, who's pretty plugged in when it comes to the Brewers, says it "could be unlikely" Burnes is traded in light of Woody's season-ending injury. https://fansided.com/posts/mlb-rumors-grading-baltimore-orioles-offseason-wish-list

Dusty Baker doing the equivalent of pinch hitting Winker with Singleton in the Bottom of the 8th bases loaded two outs down two. With McCormick and Diaz on the bench....

Interesting Chourio isn’t playing. He’s played there the last two years.

Gallen has not been good this postseason.