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Pratt is gonna fly. Badler saying he was one of the most impressive hitters at instructs has me stoked and guessing a Carolina start with a Wisconsin end, then on to AA for a week to get his feet wet.

Absolutely. Black-Monasterio-Wilken. Possible trade addition — Mayo.

Del Chiaro also mentioned how much stronger Black has gotten coming into this past season, working-out during his injury absence’s. A 4 mph increase in exit velo in ‘23 over ‘22 is impressive. So is his FB rate vs GB rate., ISO improvement, and more than quadrupling his HR output. Nice progress I’d say from Mr Black.

I think both IF (IF) Arnold gets what he wants return-wise. Should be a fascinating rest of the offseason.

The team likely keeps him for his performance and the draft-pick, which would make me quite happy since I believe he has a nice rebound season at the plate and could lead this team to a central title. Demand for a SS like Adames doesn’t lend itself to a trade return that makes it worth giving up one of our best players, and thus lessening our title chances for 2024. And make no mistake, the ‘24 team is a potential sleeping giant.

I don’t see the team taking anyone in the R5 draft. I think they have as good a group of bullpen arms entering a season as I can ever remember and I just don’t see them handcuffing themselves by giving up another potential shuttle option.

I’m adding Pratt as well. I think he’s ready to breakout after Ben Badler said he was one of the best hitters he saw at instructs.

Trade Burnes-Adames only with the right return. It would need to include big-league talent that helps contention in ‘24. Better odds of trading Williams & TT, because of depth at those positions they don’t necessarily need big-league talent returned and could go with mostly big-league ready talent. Next season will be a developmental season in which they still contend for a central title. Chourio-Black will be added to the rookies giving the team a tremendous young core of positionals from which to add to next year with farm additions Wilken and possible trade additions. On the pitching front, the bullpen even without Williams will be strong, even if they don’t any add big-league relievers, but they will add more arms to be stashed in the upper minors thru trades or ML signings. The starting pitching if Burnes isn’t traded will be strong enough to win games with a better offensive and monstrous bullpen.

Get Santana back for a year. excellent defense, has pop, and can get on base.

Kevin Ereu for me. I know he was injured for part of the year, but a SS with power potential gets my attention.

Substitute Rojas for Y Vargas and Sheehan for Pepiot and we got a deal.

Nah forget Manoah, start the return with Ricky Tiedemann, LH stud starter +.

Huh? Thats the point of letting talented players hit all-handed pitching. The Kind of talent we finally have now big-leagued. Let ‘em play!

Remember this day fellow Brewers fans. The last 7+ years have just been the appetizer— today is the beginning of the main course followed by the desert—10 years or there-abouts of excellence— including a WS and maybe another. Its really gonna happen.

Please no platoon, especially now that CC is gone. Play the best and let him face the opposite hand to become a better player.

Maybe the best news I’ve ever heard as a 54 years Brewers fan. Matt Arnold going to build a future juggernaut and crush his predecessors BOTA proclamation.

I think you might have nailed the contract. Hoping for 2 option years though, say a total of $145M.

Absolutely. The M’s likely won’t entertain trading both of Woo/Hancock, so one of our OF’s for Woo makes the most sense, which is the trade proposal mentioned by Spencer in his blueprint. This would allow for a Burnes trade that doesn’t necessarily have to have a big-league starter returned in the deal.

I just don’t see Friedman giving up the prospect package required to acquire both Burnes-Adames. Not for just 1 year of each. He’s a prospect hoarder with the best of em.

No. Not for 3 years of a 3 to 3.5 WAR player. I think it’s probable 1 of Mitchell/Wiemer averages that WAR for 5 years vs the 3 likely from RA. It’s also possible both Mitchell and Wiemer average RA’s WAR.

Forgive me, but a Chourio extension is a total no-brainer and the best Brewers news I’ve heard maybe ever. Having this talent locked-up so he’s playing for US in his age 28 & 29 seasons and hopefully his age 30 as well is huge. Not having to play service-time games and also to be able to get him into the OD lineup because the team knows he’s ready helps the FO and team plan ahead to put the best overall team out there as soon as they can. It also gives them an opportunity to receive the 1st round pick if Chourio wins the ROY or an MVP. Call me crazy, but the thought of potentially having 5 of the top 40 picks in the ‘25 draft and the pool money that goes with them for this teams amateur draft department is beyond exciting.

I’m conflicted after reading what you and Brewerfan had to say regarding TT. My thing is I just don’t see much playing time for TT next season. I think Mitchell-Frelick need to play everyday and my gut tells me Wiemer smashes AAA pitching and forces his way back to MKE as another RH hitting option. They also have Perkins as well.

That’s your opinion and that’s fine, mine differs. Quero-Wilken are studs. CRod is a backend starter. Misiorowski a #2-3 or closer. EBJ a wild card. The rest are too far away to comment on other than Pratt is also a stud. This teams farm is tremendously deep, especially positionally, and even more so stacked with high-end teenage talent that should hit MKE in ‘27/‘28, which happens to coincide with the last couple years of arby with Mitchell-Frelick-Wiemer-Black.

While Rosenthal speculates about the two courses the Brewers could follow in the wake of this kind of move, he's noncommittal about them, and it's not clear to me which direction it would push them to pursue. Obviously, signing Chourio to a deal lasting more than six years and fixing his position at the center of their competitive universe would influence the team's decisions about Corbin Burnes and Willy Adames, who are trade candidates this winter. Less obvious is whether it would give them greater conviction and the goodwill with the fan base to pull the trigger on deals involving one or both, or whether it would represent the kind of investment on which Mark Attanasio would want to maximize the immediate return. I know which way I lean. Burnes and Adames are guys worth keeping if the team wants to maximize their chances of winning the NL Central in 2024, but signing Chourio to a deal like this would indicate a commitment to the direction we already know Attanasio and Matt Arnold to prefer: steady, consistent, conservative competitiveness. In that case, as soon as Chourio's name is on the dotted line, the move is to get the best possible offers for Burnes and Adames. There's no mandate to trade them, but presumably, Arnold would find pretty good talent available in exchange for players of that quality. If so, he should move them. The team can probably acquire at least one player who can help them (albeit less) right away in that process, but locking Chourio into one outfield spot for most of the next decade would also give them the flexibility to trade more fearlessly from the stockpile of young outfielders around them. The guy in that group with the highest trade value is Sal Frelick. In this scenario, I would be looking to get a controllable mid-rotation starter in exchange for Frelick, letting Chourio take over center field for the next few years and filling right field with whatever amalgam of the myriad others on hand works best. The best version of this plan, pending further details on the offer and (of course) its actual execution, involves a quarter-step back for 2024, with an eye toward regaining a firm footing on the top of the NL Central hill from 2025 onward. Rosenthal doesn't report things like this without real fire fueling the smoke. There will be further news about this soon. In the meantime, it's fun to debate and to wonder: How long, and on what team-friendly terms, will Chourio be a Brewer? And what will the next step be? View full article 10 year extension and start Chourio in CF OD. Keep all of the OF’s because I think it would be selling low even with Frelick. Move Yelich to mostly DH, with Frelick in LF and Mitchell in RF and just watch them run everything down. Wiemer to AAA. TT can get sold this offseason. At the trade-deadline or next offseason an OF can get sold.

No player options. 8 guaranteed years with 2 team options. This deal needs to give the team all of his prime years, while still letting him hit FA at 30 years of age.