BigWoo53

It is because they needed length and guys to eat innings out of the pen. Pen worn down and pen was used a lot.

Marquette stinks. Doesn't help the bigs are pretty horrendous. Hamilton is awful and Gold is Charmin sawft.

I am personally surprised how many of you would trade multiple top prospects for Buxton. I am not clutching them but Buxton just isn't who I'd move a number of them for. As said earlier, I think to get off his salary the Twins would move him for much less than mentioned. No way Pena or Made. Even Pratt imo. However, if Ryan is included the package takes a dramatic increase and it's probably Pratt, Henderson, Boeve, maybe another lower prospect as well.

Chourio has already shown he is not afraid of the big moment. Against the Dodgers, he is about the only regular who looks like he has a clue and hitting the ball hard.

Yeah I think maybe a UTIL infielder type like Regnifo or Castro or something. Then a reliever on cheap maybe a vet starter for cheap are about the only deals for FA.

Yeah I think the changes would be next year. I mean Ortiz OPS is under .600. The worst qualified hitter in MLB. So even 12 OAA isn't making up for that lol. I do think it's too late for drastic changes as this team has won 92 games now with 11 to go. I would, though, think if Turang can move to SS, Collins could play 2B and Durbin 3B or sign someone and have Ortiz be UTIL potentially next year. I thought Durbin would just be a good UTIL, he has shown he can be much more imo and likely could make a jump next year. I wouldn't be surprised by a Regnifo or cheap signing as a LHH option on the inf.

I do think Ortiz has been pretty good just not to the extent like decent plays are made into unreal ones. He's a good SS but not to the extent where you can be this anemic offensively.

First, what a phenomenal AB by Mona last night and rewarded with GW 1B. It really (started a couple weeks ago) started when Mona went on a terror with Joey O on injured list. Mona has been great in his opportunities this year and wondering if down the stretch here, if Mona might start? Joey O can come in if the Brewers have a lead kind of lake Perkins in OF. This team isn't short on great defenders and while the announcers for the Brewers try to say how phenomenal Joey is defensively, I feel they do that because of how bad he's been offensively. He is pretty good defensively but not close a GG or anything imo. He's been anemic at the plate. Mona has earned a spot similarly to Vaughn did when Hoskins was hurt. Mona has an OPS over .800. Ortiz is under .600, the lowest of any qualified hitter. Or is it too late in the season now to make a sizeable change to what the Brewers have been doing and keep things how they are?

Yeah I wasn't too high on Cortes as he was MKE about 10th best starting option, however, trading prospect Quintana and cash in addition to Cortes for Lockridge was a bit surprising.

Yeah what about the Nestor/prospect trade for Lockridge? Lockridge was better for us than in SD but was an odd trade as well.

I didn't understand the Jansen trade then and he has sucked since the deadline acquisition. Has anyone had a worse deadline, trading for an at the time injured Shelby Miller who then blows out arm and Jansen who was inflated because he had 5 HR vs. LHP but was hitting around .200 vs LHP but had a high OPS because not that many ABs. Came back to Earth. I'd rather have Haase or Quero. Seigler could probably catch too but we won't see that until 26. Hoskins you have to think comes back up as well? The shine has worn off King Vaughn a bit (he was never going to keep his sizzling hitting up, obviously).

and the guy McMahon that so many on here wanted plays half his games there and has never had an average season offensively. He is anemic on the road.

I think the issue I have is that it was an overpay either way, not for the prospects but the $3M slot comp pick. I also don't understand it with options like Henderson, Mis, CRod (fine with a handful of starts when in need). They had options where they didn't need to overpay for Priester. So it would be great if he works out to be a 3-4 type pitcher but either way it was an overpay.

Now with the addition of Quintana I really like the Brewers rotation. Woodruff won't get to your projected innings imo as he probably isn't ready until mid-May at some point but I could see the Brewers going with 6-man rotation when Woodruff returns. The lineup looks very good if healthy. Hoskins could have a big bounce back year - even though he hit 26 homers last year. Mitchell has the frame to hit for power, it's about hitting the ball in the air more, the ball bounces off his bat.

I highly doubt he's ready to go by opening day. If he was a reliever, yeah. But not as a SP. I think he should be ready by mid-late April or early May. Can't wait for him to pitch and hope for a decent and healthy year! Huge Woodruff fan and don't want to get my hopes too high with the comeback it took just to get back. Hoping for a storybook type comeback season!