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  1. SF70
    Agree with the author that Bryse Wilson is a virtual lock to make the bullpen unless he really stinks it up in ST. I think the Brewers feel his stuff will play-up some pitching shorter stints out of the pen as well.
  2. SF70
    Not having Hader’s 4.24 ERA & Roger’s 5.48 ERA should help with the performance of this year‘s bullpen over last year’s pen.
  3. SF70
    They protected the teams future while at the same time improving the ‘23 team. They also have financial flexibility moving forward for opportunistic acquisitions both by trade (adding salary) or FA.
  4. SF70
    Couldn’t disagree more. I’m giving them an A offseason. Arnold & co. have improved the offense (Contreras & Winker), starting pitching depth (Miley, Wilson, Junk, Miller) pen arms (too numerous to list, but a boatload and a half at least), infield depth (Anderson, Miller, Toro), and OF depth (Perkins, Bolt, Harrison). They’ve improved the farm’s pitching depth as well (Yeager, Seminaris, Hernandez, Junk). They accomplished all this without blocking their talented AAA prospects from playing-time if they perform.
  5. SF70
    I would agree with that assessment. But there’s something to be said with mixing and matching as well, especially from a team that has had a lot of success doing that in the past. They have more “stuff” arms than they’ve had since the Knebel-Jeffress-Hader days. I like the odds of this team finding multiple closing options after this season moving forward.
  6. SF70
    Things change. Uribe, Guerra, Peguero, Varland, all have the stuff to close if they breakout
  7. SF70
    Getting something is better than nothing if he ends up injured. Throwing that pitch makes his arm a ticking time-bomb and maybe some GM will take a chance.
  8. SF70
    Hoping for some serious breakouts from among our large stable of bullpen possibilities this season. Hopefully he gets thru the championship season healthy and the team has other closer options moving forward so we can trade Devin next offseason.
  9. SF70
    Yeah, I think Sal was just in over his head as GM of the Brewers and it also was awful timing for him with Selig leaving his Brewers to save the game for small-market teams, including his. No real budget left for him by Wendy (Bud, even tho completely out of decision-making and ownership of the team to eliminate conflict of interest, likely didn’t want the team to win too much, while he and Reinsdorf convinced the large market owners to share revenue). But his hires could have been better, and as you pointed out, he could have sold-off, gone young, but wow, probably wouldn’t have helped much with the teams poor drafting and non-existent international department (Nilsson notwithstanding). Good guy, and pretty cool he decided to stay in Wisconsin to live-out his life.
  10. SF70
    Yeah, I think Sal was just in over his head as GM of the Brewers and it also was awful timing for him with Selig leaving his Brewers to save the game for small-market teams, including his. No real budget left for him by Wendy (Bud, even tho completely out of decision-making and ownership of the team to eliminate conflict of interest, likely didn’t want the team to win too much, while he and Reinsdorf convinced the large market owners to share revenue). But his hires could have been better, and as you pointed out, he could have sold-off, gone young, but wow, probably wouldn’t have helped much with the teams poor drafting and non-existent international department (Nilsson notwithstanding). Good guy, and pretty cool he decided to stay in Wisconsin to live-out his life.
  11. SF70
    I also wanted Burnes traded this offseason, but I’m guessing they were quite disappointed with their feeler trade options. I also think they should not sign any of the 3 to extentions, but if they do sign 1 I hope it’s Woodruff. Where I differ the most is in thinking the team doesn’t have the talent in the farm to continue to contend post-big 3 with just draft-picks. I believe they do. And with 2 more drafts and 2 more minors seasons I’m confident they could even have a couple of starters ready to rotation, besides Gasser. I don’t think the team will want to take a step back in ‘24, instead choosing to go for it again with the big 3.
  12. SF70
    I also wanted Burnes traded this offseason, but I’m guessing they were quite disappointed with their feeler trade options. I also think they should not sign any of the 3 to extentions, but if they do sign 1 I hope it’s Woodruff. Where I differ the most is in thinking the team doesn’t have the talent in the farm to continue to contend post-big 3 with just draft-picks. I believe they do. And with 2 more drafts and 2 more minors seasons I’m confident they could even have a couple of starters ready to rotation, besides Gasser. I don’t think the team will want to take a step back in ‘24, instead choosing to go for it again with the big 3.
  13. SF70
    Ok, so when does the team trade the big 3? Assuming they are in contention the next two seasons.
  14. SF70
    I don’t think it makes any difference since based on him saying he expects to begin the year at Nashville, my guess is the team has already told him that’s where he’ll be to start the year.
  15. SF70
    I just don’t see the team trading any of the big 3 if they are in contention. Maybe an extension on Woodruff or Adames, so my guess would be — A Woodruff extension and the other 2 held for the picks and all-in to win.
  16. SF70
    Agree on it not being in this FO’s MO, but I believe 3 recent happenings might have changed that. The hit the team took for the Hader trade likely eliminates a Burnes trade at one of the next 2 trade-deadlines, when the return would be the highest. Of course they would need to be in serious contention for that to be the case. Also, teams just aren’t as willing to part with their top prospects during the offseason when teams can sign FA’s to improve and hoard their prospects. Finally, this team has a good thing going with Tod Johnson & co, having had some really good draft success the last 3 years. Having 3-4 picks in the top 35 players (Woodruff & Adames as well) I believe wouldn’t scare them one bit. Of course this all depends on the team being in contention.
  17. SF70
    Let’s get his next 2 peak years to help us win, thank him for his incredible pitching, and happily take the 31st pick in the ‘25 draft.
  18. SF70
    Cranes abhorrent non-apology, apology over the sign stealing punishment showed his true lack of character. I’m guessing Stearns stays clear of the jerk now that he has made his way and should get his pick of jobs around the game over the next couple of years.
  19. SF70
    I think he gets hurt a smidgen because of the shift limitations, especially as a starter. But he’s proven he can pitch to good numbers out of the bullpen so, yes, the value returned would need to make it worth trading him. I like Junk’s recent improvement (according to scouts) and I also like getting Bryse Wilson out of Pittsburgh’s PDS and into ours. Between the two the odds are decent we get a nice starter option, and or, multi-innings bullpen option. Then there’s the enigma of Ethan Small and his lost release-point. I’m pretty sure they’ve been working on that fix in Arizona this winter. They also have Robert Gasser who could give them multi-innings out of the bullpen sometime after S2. These are all potential multi-inning pen arms and that’s not even including Aaron Ashby.
  20. SF70
    I get it. Most will probably agree with you. I think the bullpen has enough options that Houser won’t be missed if they trade him.
  21. SF70
    That same track record can help us acquire a player that helps the team more than a 7th starter.
  22. SF70
    Houser should be a trade candidate. He rank’s no better than 7th on my Brewers ‘23 starters depth chart. 1. Woodruff 2. Burnes 3. Peralta 4. Lauer 5. Miley 6. Ashby 7. A)Houser B)Junk C)Wilson 10. Small 11. Miller 12. Alexander Then post S2 we can add Gasser. I don’t see much difference between the 3 I’ve got slotted in the number 7 position, so they can trade Houser any day now and I won’t lose a minutes sleep. I actually like Junk & Wilson pitching out of the pen more than I like Houser pitching out of the bullpen.
  23. SF70
    If Anderson’s shoulder is finally healthy, this is a good signing, His regression/poor performance pretty much coincides with his shoulder injury. I’m a develop the rookies guy, but Turang and Wiemer were always going to be kept down until the 3rd week of April at a minimum, now it’s looking like mid-June, unless Anderson sucks/injured again.
  24. SF70
    The team I believe has recently invested more resources Internationally re-furbishing their Dominican academy and they are one of only 5 teams that field 2 full teams in the DSL & ACL.
  25. SF70
    If this team makes the playoffs this season, how can they trade Burnes, Woodruff, Adames and Lauer, all in the same offseason, without being destroyed by the fan base?
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