Greinke had a 93 ERA- in Milwaukee. He didn't pitch like an ace when we had him. Sheets had a couple seasons where he pitched like an ace but 87 ERA- in his career in Milwaukee isn't exactly ace material.
Out of qualified pitchers, Burnes is 28th in ERA and 45th in FIP. That's not ace level pitching. Just because it is better than Gallardo and Greinke who never pitched like aces in Milwaukee doesn't mean that it's ace level pitching.
They have started to look like an actually good team lately. Since the 6 game sweep against Quad Cities in the middle of May, their record is 11-6 and they are currently up 7-1 over by far the best team in the Midwest League. Lots to like although the offense is still on the underwhelming side.
Carlos F Rodriguez was born in Nicaragua but moved to Miami at 8 years old and was drafted out of JUCO, so I'm not sure there is any correlation because he wasn't an international free agent signing.
So the Brewers went from good at elevating the ball and hitting it hard last year to bad at both those things this year and you're saying the approach hasn't changed...seems convenient.
Brewers have the 4th lowest pull % in the MLB in this season compared to the 12th highest last season. Brewers have the 24th highest flyball% this season compared to the 12th highest last season. So they are pulling the ball way less and hitting the ball in the air way less but the approach is the same!
No this is actually a bad offense. Unlike the offense last year that was above average/good that you and others here constantly felt the need to rag on.
Rattlers are facing Tarik Skubal on a rehab assignment today. Very tough ask for the young guys in A+. Robert Moore struck out on 3 pitches. Wood hit a first pitch single on a grounder down the LF line. Joe Gray Jr got down 0-2 then was hit by a FB on the elbow. Alex Hall hit a FB to the track in left-center. Eduardo Garcia battled a bit but struck out in 6 pitches.
I do think the hype got to be a bit much for Chourio especially after he hit A+ and the results were very good but not special. He has a lot of developing to do, but he has "generational" type tools with his combo of speed/power. 70 grade speed and 70 grade power (107 90th EV for a 19 year old at AA is absolutely absurd) just gets people excited.
He's a 35 year old who has had one good season in his career. Your consistency with who is good/bad continues to be horribly inconsistent. Ruf = washed/nobody wants him. Bass = good pitcher who we definitely need! It's almost embarrassing at this point.
Misiorowski comes back out for the 6th inning for the first time this season. He walks the first batter. Second batter hit a fly out to the warning track in RF. Third batter hit what should have been a routine double play ball to 1B but Alex Hall threw the ball into LF. Should have been 6 scoreless in his first A+ start but alas it wasn't because of the error.