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And Carra’s only 19 years old all season — so much breakout potential with all of our young pitching.

Alexander Frias appears to be a star in the making. 1.153 OPS in the early going with a 13% K-rate. Guessing he’s not for Arizona much longer.

I’ll take Misiorowski-Harrison in the first two playoff games vs the Dodgers no matter who they throw at us. I’ll probably take Woodruff in game 3. We have the overwhelmingly dominant starting pitching that can shut that team down. If anything, the thought of the Dodger hitters facing our top 3 starters might mean we are in their heads.

Reports of him sitting 92-93 and touching 94 in his 50 pitch bullpen speaks of good arm health so I’m expecting him to be fine moving-forward.

But none of those team’s won like MKE has without a re-build or re-set. Uniquely exceptional best describes MKE the last 9 years.

If I’m Arnold I’m optioning Gasser for Crow when eligible to be re-called and he can be our fifth starter. Then when Woody is ready, I’m optioning Sproat so he can work on his command/pitches and we can gain the extra year of control. Misiorowski-Harrison-Woodruff-Henderson-Crow. Of course injuries can change this plan.

Gasser’s velo needs to tick back-up and command needs to improve or he’s just a depth starter for this team. Gasser sitting at 91 with the occasional 92 isn’t going to cut it in this rotation, especially with his gross lack of command.

I would argue the Dodgers are past-peak with most of their regular positionals 31 years of age or older. The great Ohtani should start showing his age any time now. The Dodgers don’t want him hitting in most of his mound outings, so maybe the decline has already started. Too many players moving into their mid-30’s. Look for the Brewers to pass them up over the next half-decade.

Patrick has incredible poise and he raises his game when the pressure is on like no Brewers pitcher I can remember. I like him pitching the highest of leverage innings the Brewers can find for him.

I think it might be time for Quinton Low to consider switching back to hitting a baseball.

Finally seems 100% healthy after that terrible shoulder injury and subsequent surgery. Nice to see the power start to show itself since he’s always had that in him imo, with his EV’s. He’s a must follow for me now that enough time has passed from his surgery for him to get back to the hitter he was prior. With his hit tool, adding a better LA gives him a real chance to become a factor at 1B for the big-club.

Not sure about early promotions, but I am sure about one thing — there is some serious talent in Arizona, and on both sides of the ball, but especially positionally. Mills-Hughes-Frias-Antunez should all impact Wilson before too long.

To see Josh Knoth’s stuff this good, this soon after his TJ rehab is really something. Looking forward to seeing what he can do once he gets built-up.

Jack & Aram have been ahead of the curve regarding the Brewers incredible infrastructure and farm system. They had us with the 3rd best, 5 year future last year with just 2 large-market teams ahead (Boston-LAD respectively) of MKE. In my opinion, they aren’t being hyperbolic when they say the Brewers farm system is twice as good as the next closest system, they are just describing the combination of depth, upside, balance of positional & pitching talent, proximity of their top prospects and ages of their affiliates below AAA. What a time to be a Brewers fan.

They still have a ton of big arms yet to debut, Thompson-Knoth-Morrison-Broughton-Episcope all should appear in the next month or two. That handful should be fun to follow. I think by mid-season things will look a lot different pitching-wise.