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Monasterio’s defense was really bad last season and his combination of poor defense & poor offense makes him unrosterable, imo.

I could care less about what Attanasio says. He’s already done great by me with his hires, and investments in infrastructure. His spending is in line with other comparable revenue teams and he listens to what the FO wants to do and doesn’t interfere. I actually agreed with most of what you posted prior to the last couple of days, oh well. Attanasio has already done what he needed to do for this team to eventually win a WS by hiring Stearns and retaining Arnold. Attanasio’s words yesterday mean nothing regarding the future of this team. The team’s exciting young core is still there. The powerhouse infrastructure, still there. The best young farm in the game, still there. Nothing is going to stop this team from their true destiny — winning a a WS or 2, along with an extended period of time as baseball’s only small-market dynasty.

We have a good owner. He’s smart enough to hire the best people to run his team and then listen to those people, which is THE most important attribute for a small-market owner. We have the best SM FO in baseball thanks to him. We could have an owner like the Pirates owner that hired Ben Cherrington over Matt Arnold (who interviewed for the Pirates GM job). Look how that has gone. Thank the baseball gods for that error in judgment. Our owner is not an outlier spender as compared to other similar revenue teams. That also matters. He listened to Stearns when he said the team needed a massive infrastructure upgrade. Look at what we have now, 9 years later. A revamped Maryvale complex with a state of the art pitching lab that has helped the team directly with improving their pitching development. 3 of the best prospect-procurement departments in the game. International-Domestic & UDFA. Hitting development that has recently gotten rave reviews from prospect-sites like BA. And earlier upgrades in analytics & professional scouting. To bash our owner because one cannot see the forest for the trees is shortsighted and just wrong.

Can’t wait to see Meccage-Dubanewicz-Renz & Smith from the ‘24 class make their pro debuts and then of course Broughton in 2026 a full 21 months post TJ. The lower minors pitching is really going to be something special to watch next year.

I hardly have words for this endeavor of yours. The depth of the dive you’ve made here is extraordinary. Incredibly well done. Absolutely agree with your conclusion of our system having the best teenage talent in the game thanks to our extraordinary depth and also agree with the Dodgers and Guardians, 2-3. The Brewers & Guardians are mirror images of themselves in many ways. Prospect-procurement-Bullpen building-Defensive philosophy-Team speed-baserunning. Definitely 2 of the best small-market FO’s in the game. Cant wait for all this young talent to develop and for the team to continue stacking superior young talent with their future classes.

Definitely worth the wait!

Speaking of your teen prospect series, when are you releasing part 3?

D. Bizarre offseason imo. Something is going on financially with this club for the OD payroll to be this low. Don’t understand why they couldn’t spend $5-6M and add a veteran 3B to raise the IF floor and allow them to finally jettison Monestario from the big-league roster. Agree with wiguy that this team is unbearably thin in IF depth.

And another reason this team’s domestic draft department is firing on all cylinders. From a 2023 draft-class most saw as superior right after the last signing to a 2024 draft-class panned by most that now is looking like one of the most underrated classes with Payne’s explosion, Dinges’s potential to catch with his hitting ability and a stable of pitching set to make their debut professionally after being worked with by the team’s PDS the last 6 months.

Not sure, but he said it’s a 6 month recovery time so I’d imagine he’d be playing games again April/May.

Boeve had labrum surgery in October and he likely will need more time before he’s 100%.

I’ll take the 2 years of Peralta’s performance plus the draft-pick over Kjerstad. We need his veteran experienced, #3 starter arm in our rotation the next 2 years to help us contend until 2027, when we have some of the pitching drafted over the last couple of years developed down below and ready to help the big-league rotation.

How can Made not be ranked so highly? We have a respected prospect-site (BA) say he’s a future potential #1 prospect, and 2 of their staff say he’d be the #1 pick in this July’s draft if he was eligible. Sometimes the talent is so overwhelming you just know. Different FO/International department that scouted & signed Gilbert Lara. Also, the current international department has evolved into maybe the best prospect-procurement department in all of baseball in the 5+ years since they signed Hedbert.

No. This team is focused on adding picks, not giving them up, especially for a #4ish starter.

My guess is the Brewers own internal projections show many more wins than PECOTA’s does for MKE. 81 wins would be a non-contending season and the team would definitely not tolerate that. I’m confident in 3 things: Firstly, that the team is not done improving the roster before OD. Secondly, the team is confident they can improve the roster in-season if needed. thirdly, this team will be serious contenders for another Central title when all is said and done.

Why would we criticize the best small-market team in the game? If you would just listen to the posters that have dived deep into the team’s system, or educate yourself by digging deep you wouldn’t be supposedly feeling the way you do about the team. One more time — Mark Attanasio has hired an award winning FO that has rostered winning seasons every full season since their fantastic one (1) year rebuild (with an assist from Doug Melvin) in 2016. They amazingly have done this WHILE AT THE SAME TIME completely rebuilding their infrastructure. That infrastructure has now been completed which has DIRECTLY LEAD to having one of the best prospect-procurement systems in the game, IF NOT THE BEST. They had the best draft in baseball (According to ‘Down on the farm’ a prospect site) in 2023. They had a top IFA class in 2024 (According to Baseball America). A vastly underrated class (According to me) in 2024. And a top 5 exciting IFA class in 2025 (BA). This has lead to the top “young” farm system in baseball and a year or so away from having the best system in the game. This system will be used to make the teams of 2027 and beyond as talented as any team outside of the Dodgers in the NL, this according to ‘Just Baseball’, and many of us “DEEP DIVE” Brewers fans. The current core is playoff worthy but more than a couple of upgrades from approaching the talent-level of more than a few teams, so trading away prospects now vs letting them develop is NOT WISE. My advice is to listen to the deep divers on this site who have knowledge of what’s happening “under the hood” with this organization OR dive in yourself. You will have a much more informed understanding of why our best in baseball FO is doing what they are doing.

You wish.

EMJ bats left-handed.

Why change what’s working? Internationally, go heavy $ positionally with some pitching sprinkled-in. Domestically, Heavy on the HS pitching, add some college pitching, some upside HS hitters, and a college hitter, two or three. The result is a system with as much young talent as there is in the game, that also fits the strategic upgrading replacement of the team’s current core over the next 2-5 years.

They also get the 68th pick for not signing Levonas.

Ernesto Martinez Jr. His otherworldly hitting the second-half of last season (200+ wRC+) with Biloxi and well above average defense at 1B has me wanting to see him play meaningful innings in ST and show the team he’s a legit 1B option for the big-club at some point this season or at worst next year.

May would be a great upside play and with a good, healthy season, we could slap a QO on him to get most or even all our SV back. Id prefer Sheehan over Miller. Coming off TJ with ‘25 likely a lost year I’m guessing he’d be cheaper to acquire with just as much upside as Miller.

“Blind faith”? We have an award-winning front office that has had the best initial 8 year run of any small-market team, maybe ever. They started off rebuilding in record time (1 year), and have won every full season since, and done so while completely rebuilding their infrastructure. They have completely earned my trust and faith in what they are doing. To think otherwise is illogical and makes zero (0) sense. They have a plan and are not winging it. Relax and enjoy this next decade-long run of winning. They are focused on accumulating impact prospects and building the best & deepest farm system in baseball and for an extended period of time. Extentions to some of the best of this prospect talent will give Chourio a chance to play with this impact talent thru his and their prime. Arnold & co are building a small-market dynasty before our very eyes.

Great job again. Cleveland vs LAD vs MKE. I know who I like, I think I know who you like, can’t wait for your final conclusion.

Agree with your conclusion of Cleveland having the best teenage prospect system in the AL. A quick, cursory look at the NL has the Dodgers as the only NL team, imo, that can challenge MKE. Looking forward to the rest of your in-depth study and final conclusions.