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  1. SF70
    The perfect storm of conditions. Mostly good hitting teams faced. Burnes K power down. Bush velo waaaay down. Big leads in at least 4 games has lead to the team being able to use their B relievers in those games. Strez velo down as well. Would love Gasser to spot start but, his lack of command right now is an issue. Same with Cousins, who’s SL in AAA gets the flail from minors hitters that he wouldn’t get from big-leaguers.
  2. SF70
    I like the Biloxi bullpen better. Uribe, Yeager, Middendorf, Thompson are a dynamic foursome that also could impact the big-club at varying points of the season. Even Chirino & Vannero with their increased velo have potential. Of the 4 arms you mentioned at Nashville I like Andrews the best. His left-handedness, 93-94mph deceptive FB/SL combo has me quite intrigued.
  3. SF70
    The Dbacks have the fastest team in baseball and like the Cardinals, are a year ahead of us with position prospect development. Still a little short in the pitching department outside of their big 2, so not quite strong enough yet to hang with SD/LAD but could contend for a WC if some of their young pitching develops a little faster than anticipated. These 2 teams should be among the best in baseball in a few years just on extreme positional talent alone.
  4. SF70
    Absolutely. Seems everyone (CC/FO? being the possible exception) realizes this obvious what’s best for the player which in the long-run is best for the team fact. But in this case, with the maturity of these rookies it will most likely be better in the short-run as well.
  5. SF70
    Lauer’s velo is down 2-3mph from where he was in most of his ‘22 starts. This is a major issue. I listened to his presser last night and when asked about his lost velo, he brushed it off as no big deal, that he can still pitch effectively without his velo — no he can’t. I don’t think he’s injured, or he wouldn’t be out there. I think he’s battling his mechanics. If he can’t turn it around at some point the team needs to seriously consider moving him to the pen.
  6. SF70
    Tod Johnson & co. have proven to be adept at what they do and I’m confident they will have their 4th great draft in a row. This team’s farm system, based on what Mitchell, Turang & Wiemer are showing the baseball world, is and has been, underrated, and is actually among the best in the game. My prediction’s will include hitting on their 1st round pick, adding a stud pitcher from the juco ranks, and drafting and signing more speed, defense and hit-tool positional prospects. Can’t wait to see who they add.
  7. SF70
    His plate-discipline, athleticism, speed, defense, instincts and baserunning aren’t going anywhere even it takes some time for him to impact the baseball. With his super-high floor at 2B, I have plenty of patience.
  8. SF70
    Yeah, Lauer pitching today at Wrigley with a S wind at 15-20mph could get ugly unless he’s really sharp. Could finally be some offense for both teams.
  9. SF70
    I think Wiemer would be a good extension candidate if the team deems him worthy since his signing bonus was only a few hundred thousand.
  10. SF70
    Amazing off-season re-vamp adding stuff-arms to, not just the 26-man, But the organization as a whole. This team is well stocked for not just this season, but for years to come.
  11. SF70
    Firstly, it’s Hiura with one r, secondly, the only mistake made by this FO with regards to Hiura was rostering him as long as they did. Never should have been tendered last fall.
  12. SF70
    The reliever arms this team has stacked at Biloxi & Nashville is extraordinary imo. Cousins, Miller, Yeager, Robinson, Peguero, Middendorf & Uribe are all legit stuff arms that could impact the big-club at some point this year. That’s not even including Gasser, who, imo, is poised to pitch out of the MKE pen post-S2 or even Small, if he can fix his release-point. This depth will imo, help strengthen the MKE bullpen as the season moves along. And if Ashby can get healthy and the team decides to pitch him out of the pen — jeesh.
  13. SF70
    The Cardinals are 1+ years ahead of us in position prospect development. Nootbar & Donovan have established. Walker & Burleson have pushed Yepez & Gorman back to Memphis with Wyn a possible call-up late in the year. O’Neil, Carlson, Edman, all in their prime, and then Goldschmidt & Arenado, who seem to have gotten better with age. Not close positionally.
  14. SF70
    The Cardinals are incredibly deep positionally. Agree Nootbar is ripe for a breakout and O’Neil a better year. Watching Arenado in the WBC and he seems primed to contend for an MVP. The positional advantage they have over us is greater than the pitching advantage we have over them. Also agree with owbc and see the Cardinals being willing to trade from their abundance of organizational positional depth at the deadline for pitching help if they need it.
  15. SF70
    92-95 Flaherty isn’t anything more than an ok backend starter.
  16. SF70
    When TT is ready they’ll option Wiemer back to Nashville in all likelihood, so they won’t lose the extra year.
  17. SF70
    Of course it’s ok. This is what all teams do with their players in trying to win their cases. Why is Burnes the ONLY player to publically rip his team? Burnes is a really smart guy. He knew his calculated words would make MKE look bad, but he didn’t care. I had to listen to the national media rip my team because they are ignorant of the reason teams like MKE or Atlanta take their best pitchers to the hearing over 740K or in the case of Atlanta, less than half of that. Burnes disparaged my team and I’m not happy about it.
  18. SF70
    His calculated bashing of the team over his arbitration hearing was enough for me to dislike him now as well. Hoping the team gets offered a deal they can’t refuse this trade-deadline for Burnes.
  19. SF70
    When healthy, Miley has been a mid-rotation starter and if he continues his recent every other year healthy season, this rotation should be in good shape even with a regressing Lauer. Like what I’ve seen from Wilson & Gasser this spring. Gasser, imo, seems to be trusting his stuff more and back to being aggressive in the zone, unlike his SSS time at Nashville Wilson, as you’ve astutely pointed-out isn’t the same pitcher he was pre-August of last season. I’m hopeful he can continue to refine his arsenal and give the team an effective hybrid out of the bullpen.
  20. SF70
    How bout Ryan Middendorf as a sleeper. Can’t stop thinking about his performance in the AFL championship game and against some pretty good hitters. His walks at Biloxi were a little alarming, but could have just been the step-up in competition and trying to nibble too much. Assuming he starts the year back with Biloxi.
  21. SF70
    I think Woody is poised to have his best year, a CY-caliber season. His CH has improved to a near-elite level, if not elite, imo, and with that his confidence vs LHH has skyrocketed. After watching him this ST, I’ve flipped to the extend Woody crowd, provided they can get it done for a Castillo-like deal, including the TJ protection.
  22. SF70
    Which is what I said in my OP and the only plan the players would accept. Unfortunately, baseball financially, moves at a glacial pace and we are likely a generation of time or more from ever realizing this obvious solution to the future stability of the game. Between now and then, we’ll have to suffer through superficial remedies in attempting to improve competitive-balance like adding 2 more playoff teams, giving the small-market teams more draft-picks, more draft-pool money etc. What baseball reality needs is another “Bud Selig” type small-market owner with the salesmanship and consensus-building skills to convince the 3 or 4 large-market owners needed to make this plan a reality. This is baseball’s only hope to remain relevant a generation or two from now.
  23. SF70
    Teams need to share more of their revenue among teams with a salary floor. This is the only plan with a chance to get the players approval that also helps competitive-balance, imo. Keep the CBT, but make the penalties stiffer in an attempt to curb outlier spending.
  24. SF70
    The Rays are such a smart organization. Casteneda could excel imo, as a reliever with his plus splitter. It’ll be interesting to see what the Rays do with him.
  25. SF70
    Yeah, I agree with this. Nashville is loaded with intriguing arms and I don’t think the team has intentions of bringing up Uribe before S2, and probably want to see how the arms they have that could be shuttled early do the first month or two before bringing Uribe to Nashville. They also could eventually bring Uribe directly from AA. It’s all about command with him and if he’s commanding, it won’t matter where he’s at before he gets the call.
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