Matt

The Chourio miss is entirely on the coaches. It's their job to make sure the players are aware of the situation and whether or not they should be challenging anything close.

Fangraphs update 1 - Made Made, who was still 18 when the season began, isn’t obliterating the Southern League or anything; instead, he has “merely” posted a slightly above-average line. He still has electric hand speed from both sides of the plate and is currently athletic enough to play shortstop despite the occasional arm accuracy hiccup. Made is a big kid and likely won’t remain at short in perpetuity, but he’s progressing through the minors quickly enough as a hitter that we think he’ll be able to debut there, as his agility for his size is remarkable. Neither his measurable peak power nor his feel for airborne contact has taken a step forward this season, even though he’s visibly larger, but the twitch in Made’s hands and the way he’s been tough for crafty Double-A pitchers to strike out (14.6% K%) are both really exciting. He continues to project as a 30-homer infielder. 25 - Pena Peña hasn’t played much because of a prolonged absence after he collapsed in the dugout due to dehydration earlier in the season. His ability to pull the ball has evaporated this year, but we’re chalking that up to timing issues resulting from the layoff. 42 - Frias Frias is a freak with crazy bat speed and physical projection, the guy on the list with the best shot to have a Junior Caminero type of rise. 63 - Brady Abel Even though Ebel is one of the younger players on the list, his feel for the game is advanced. He has an almost mesmerizing ability to get himself a clean hop on defense. 88 - Hardin Forret and Hardin are some of the best bets in the upper minors to develop plus command or better, and Hardin in particular has taken major strides toward that outcome over the last 18 months. 106 - Quero Quero’s combination of relative youth, athleticism and power keeps us on him even though he has been just fair (a .320 xwOBA) across 140 games at Triple-A since he returned from a labrum tear and hamstring injury that caused him to miss basically all of 2024 and the first six weeks of 2025.

Law's updated top 70: #2 - Made (Cade Anderson, P, is #1) #22 - Pena (one spot behind #1 overall Roch Cholowsky) #69 - Alexander Frias

I haven't seen anything about a minor league draft and, really, that would be pretty outrageous. I wouldn't operate assuming anything like that coming down the pike. But I think if anything they'll look to move on from guys at the highest levels. Jett and Adams are pretty obvious choices. No reason to move anyone with four or five years left in the system.

I bet they'd give Miller away for nothing if they could get off that Bogaerts deal. To think they signed him to an 11 year deal as a 30 year old. Just insanity.

Here's your Misiorowski extension baseline.

Death, taxes, and Bob Nightengale getting things wrong.

I'm very worried about the next CBA.

Would be the perfect time to get Stallings in there.

Team is must-watch.

Imagine explaining the Super 2 system in any other sport. None of us are even sure that's the reason some of these guys are still in AAA. It's just the logical explanation. Oh, and the 40 man. And Rule 5. Baseball is so stupid.

Do we think Murph has any input at all on lineups?

God that was fun.

I don't care about either if local TV revenue is being distributed equally (even better if if more is being given to smaller markets).

Airmailed a throw.

Think you're overthinking this, bud. Stuff happens in a series. Dodgers were awesome and the Brewers were underdogs, but it could have gone the other way. I don't think it's a referendum on the whole system. I'd love a salary cap, but like I said, I would worry that it comes with concessions that harm small market teams like the Brewers. The players proposal is trying to head that off by opening with significant boosts to small markets. I think it puts the owners on their heals a bit.

Smith, Freeman, Betts, Pages, Hernandez, and Shohei. Those are the batters who got their asses beat by the Brewers last season in full season series. What are you talking about?

Their division is crap. But is there really any reason why San Francisco should be this bad? Or San Diego? If both of those teams were holding up their end of the bargain, the Dodgers wouldn't be pencilled in every year lately.

They'll just say look at the division leading Brewers, Rays, and Guardians. Look at the Mets.

FWIW, I don't think the owners can credibly make that argument.

I don't think you get a cap without giving up something significant, and those things are likely to be things that disproportionately hurt teams like the Brewers, i.e. earlier FA.

The reduced FA also comes with a provision that the team has the option of keeping the player if they pay salary equal to the top 125 salaries in the league. As for the salary floor, I don't think $150 million is worth sweating when you're also increasing salary minimums, doubling the Super 2 percentage, and increasing revenue share via TV deals. Rewarding small market teams that perform well also benefits a well run organization like the Brewers. Guaranteeing small market teams $240 million if they keep it invested in the team. I liked what I read.

Reading through the MLBPA's initial proposal, it actually looks good from a small market perspective.

Way to go Murph.

The tarps off moment (blegh) makes me miss the Buckethead Brigade.