Hacksaw Jim Duggan

If I recall correctly Law has an ivy league education and his writing style seems typical of a spoiled brat. He gushed over high ceilings all the time and has no value for high floor guys. This is exactly what the Brewers have at triple A. Frelick, Mitchell, and Wiemer are all high floor. None will be developing more power or speed or arm strength. Have you ever noticed that high school players always have higher ceilings than college players? Could that be because high school players haven't been evaluated as much as college players? The pundits like high school players exactly for this reason they get to evaluate something new. The new outfield will be an improvement over 2022 don't care what any pundit says my eyes don't lie.

All media employed evaluators have a personal incentive. It's called a job. That is why the pundits focus on the big teams. Most of their viewers are from those markets. Also, the more controversial the pundit the more views his/her articles receive. They are the most biased opinions out there and for good reason to think anybody in the media is virtuous writing without a personal incentive is plain naive. Look at it this way. The Milwaukee Brewer will spend about $120 million on a roster. As of now the five players: Mitchell, Taylor, Frelick, Yelich, and Winker contribute around $40 million. That is not counting anything else. The Brewers need to find another 20 players or so that will cost around $80 million. Given Burnes, Woodruff, and Adames will likely net another $40 million that will leave $40-45 million for the other 15 players. So, do you really think the Brewers ought to spend more money on outfield depth or should they field a complete team?

I don't recall any of the pundits talking about the virtues of a Corbin Burnes, Brandon Woodruff, or Willy Adames. I am sure they all down-graded Peralta on his size and lack of fastball velocity. I don't give much thought to a Law as he has been misevaluating prospects for over 20 years now. He has missed on a number of top 10 prospects, and he is always biased to the big teams. Most of the pundits tend to overlook small market talents all the time. There is a reason none of the so-called prospect evaluators are not employed by teams but by the media. I would be careful about basing my evaluation of the Brewers triple A talent based on their assumptions. The rookies combined defense alone will be better than last year. All can run not many balls will be touching the ground given the quality of the Brewers starting pitching. At this point, the Brewers priority should be on the relievers market.

Play the rookies. Taylor is more than a capable backup but start the rookies who have a much higher ceiling. The Brewers likely have all of their outfielders on the team already. Winker, Yelich, Mitchell, Frelick, and Taylor should be it maybe some triple A veteran depth but with the substantial cost of the starting pitching, shortstop and leftfield positions I would think there will be any more done. Last year, Cleveland was more than a formidable team starting a plethora of rookies. Every major leaguer was a rookie at one time, so I don't understand this articles argument that rookies are bad because they are unknown.

Don't forget Yelich. Attanasio might not even be the owner when these deals end. Weird

Don't forget Yelich. Attanasio might not even be the owner when these deals end. Weird

What was Corbin Burnes record last year?

Did the Mets signing of Bobby Bonilla bring a World Series to New York? Once again the team wins games not an individual who pitches in 30 games a year. Burnes will be traded or given a qualifying offer. Pretty sure the FO has learned their lesson giving large extensions to MVP caliber players.

Any Brewer. Do not get attached to anyone. No one is untouchable. If the offer is incredible take it. Milwaukee is not good enough to turn down exceptional offers.

Just a recap of the Brewer off-season. Renfroe and Wong plus their $20 million in salaries have been replaced relievers Junk, Peguero, and Seminaris. Outfielder Jesse Winker and infielder Abraham Toro and a savings of around $8 million. Good trades. Bring on the winter meetings. I hope some teams overpay for a couple of Brewers.

If the rumors are true and Adames is wanted by other teams, they should be willing to overpay.

Adames is peaking trade him now at peak value. There are plenty of shortstops. Houston just won the world series with Jeremy Pena who is in his first year.

I wouldn't go getting attached to anyone. This is what leads to the Yelich contract. Just because you were good doesn't mean you will be good in the future. Baseball like any sport is a team sport. Let Arnold do what is best for the team not the player.

I would actually try to buyout the next three years for Burnes something like 3 years $60-80 million dollar range. Also try to extend Woodruff with a similar offer. I doubt the Brewers would ever receive fair value for either in a trade so might as well hang on and be a playoff team for a couple of more years.

I would actually try to buyout the next three years for Burnes something like 3 years $60-80 million dollar range. Also try to extend Woodruff with a similar offer. I doubt the Brewers would ever receive fair value for either in a trade so might as well hang on and be a playoff team for a couple of more years.

The Brewers have zero starting pitcher prospects but multiple position players in triple AAA. Arnold needs to replenish the minors with impact pitching. Stearns showed a blueprint of how to win with impact pitching and defense, less than a week after replacing the GM articles are appearing saying to trade the winning pitchers for position players? Has anyone watched how the Brewers won the last 4 years?

The Brewers have zero starting pitcher prospects but multiple position players in triple AAA. Arnold needs to replenish the minors with impact pitching. Stearns showed a blueprint of how to win with impact pitching and defense, less than a week after replacing the GM articles are appearing saying to trade the winning pitchers for position players? Has anyone watched how the Brewers won the last 4 years?

The amount of money the team spends is not as important as the direction this team decides to go. I don't think the Brewers will acquire a lot of free agents. Maybe some relievers. I think everyone will be back, but one caveat will be everyone is available at the right price. I think we might see a slow churn of the current core of Yelich, Adames, Burnes, Woodruff, and Hader. To that point Hader has already moved on. I think the Brewers will use 2023 to continue to develop a new core while remaining competitive. Last year, Ashby became part of this new core along with Yelich and Peralta. If a few of Mitchell, Frelick, Wiemer, Turang, Black, Ruiz, Small, and Chourio develop the Brewers have the makings of a new core of players for the next 5-7 years.

The amount of money the team spends is not as important as the direction this team decides to go. I don't think the Brewers will acquire a lot of free agents. Maybe some relievers. I think everyone will be back, but one caveat will be everyone is available at the right price. I think we might see a slow churn of the current core of Yelich, Adames, Burnes, Woodruff, and Hader. To that point Hader has already moved on. I think the Brewers will use 2023 to continue to develop a new core while remaining competitive. Last year, Ashby became part of this new core along with Yelich and Peralta. If a few of Mitchell, Frelick, Wiemer, Turang, Black, Ruiz, Small, and Chourio develop the Brewers have the makings of a new core of players for the next 5-7 years.

A couple of thoughts on the Yelich deal. I hope Brewer fans stop getting attached to players/individuals, but rather enjoy the team. If baseball is a business why do team's extend player's who have a history of injuries. Millions of dollars are at stake that is a pretty risky venture.

There is a line between defending Yelich and recognizing that blame in certain areas is incorrect. Is he living up to the contract? No, of course not. However, he shouldn't be to blame for signing it (the Brewers offered), and his decline does not appear to be because of anything he has done negatively (lack of effort, prior PED use, etc.). As for Stearns, he has earned some benefit of the doubt; however, myself and many others have been ALL OVER him for this year's deadline. Not necessarily the Hader move on its own, but the way weaknesses weren't addressed and how it seemed like selling while they were in first place. And as I say in this article, he didn't adjust to Yelich's slide enough - if at all - to improve the offense. Lastly, yes, the Brewers are hurt by large contracts with little production - more so than many other teams. However, as has been studied and reported on many times, MLB teams typically make a ton of money every year. There is always room for more expenditures on payroll, and especially when you might be looking at a 2 or 3-year window with talent to get you a Championship. Plenty of "blame" to go around if they can't take advantage of the pitching they have had during this run and get to a World Series. Thanks for the answer Tim, I guess my questions are part of a larger problem of how frustrating it is to follow a small market team while watching the front office stop going for it all in the name of remaining competitive. It is a good way to make the playoffs but never really win anything. I don't know what to think about this idea.

I am curious why do people feel the need to defend Christian Yelich and David Stearns at all costs? Why aren't people allowed to call out this dumpster fire. In the end the Brewers will lose out on all of the quality pitching and improving young players. Also why does every fan assume the Brewers have endless amounts of cash to withstand blunders like this and Lorenzo Cain. These two alone are nearly 30% of the Brewers salaries.