Jim Goulart

Doubtful we're going to get any additional winter league statistical updates unless the actual daily box scores emerge online. As in past years, the winter leagues are in this odd multi-week round-robin portion of their schedules in which the season-to-date "regular season" numbers are not updated.

Tuesday 12/14: Latest Milwaukee Tailgate Podcast Adrian Houser interview via Oklahoma podcaster Luke Slabaugh (go to the 10:30 minute mark)

Sunday 12/12: Via Matt Pauley's Brewers Extra Innings Podcast: Forbes Sports' Andrew Wagner is this week's featured guest Locked on Brewers: Tim Dillard is the interview guest

Wednesday 12/8: 89.7 WUWM: Theresa Lau, assistant athletic trainer and physical therapist *** Saturday 12/11: Podcasts On D-Shot: Tom Haudricourt

New thread is now up-to-date with audio since lockout start (December 1st)

Wednesday 12/1: 97.3's iHeart Feed: Tom Haudricourt WSSP's "Big Show": MLB Network's Jon Heyman *** Thursday 12/2: WSSP's "Big Show": Jerry Augustine Cold Brew Podcast via Reviewing the Brew - Discussing the JBJ/Renfroe deal and more *** Tuesday 12/7: Locked on Brewers: Brian Anderson is Vinny Rottino's guest *** Wednesday 12/8: WSSP's Ramie Show: "Milwaukee native, former Marlins President and host of "Nothing Personal with David Samson," David Samson joined the Ramie Show for an in-depth breakdown of what's going on with the owners and MLBPA during the lockout." *** Thursday 12/9: WTMJ's Brewers Weekly with Matt Pauley - Guest is Vinny Rottino Cold Brew Podcast via Reviewing the Brew - Guest is "Pitching Ninja" Rob Friedman, topic is the Brewers' rotation *** Friday 12/10: The PegLeg Podcast: Parables for the Soul Craig Counsell: Professional baseball, Parenting, Purpose, and Everything in between Locked on Brewers: Dominic Cotroneo, Talent Stats Guru at Bally Sports Wisconsin, is Vinny Rottino's guest

Jackson Chourio video *** Braden Webb named mid-season All-Star in Puerto Rico

Sunday 12/5 audio added.

Sunday 12/5: Via Matt Pauley's Brewers Extra Innings Podcast: Kyle Lobner from the Shepherd Express and also part of the content team with the Timber Rattlers is this week's featured guest. Latest Milwaukee Tailgate Podcast

Done. By the way, the August Dahl thread was eight pages of threads deep to locate it, not surprising, August-to-December. A reminder that like this trade, when the Brewers acquire two 40-man roster players or more in a single trade in the future, there won't be distinct threads on each. Can you imagine if we had treated this trade under such rules?

Just prior to the lockout start, Sadzeck was named a big league camp invite.

From August 12th: Stearns is nugget mining again. Sadzeck has had spotty minor league numbers to date so I dug into his background further. The 6-4, 240 lb RHP reportedly throws 98-102, just can't control it and has had injury issues. Missed all of 2019 then did not play in 2020 as well. May turn out to be nothing or the next Topa.

Of course, because there's been no discussion at all on individual threads on Jonathan Davis (zero responses), Jason Alexander (except Seinfeld references), and Trevor Kelley (zero responses). But if one of them gets hot in spring training, or once one gets assigned back to minor league camp March 31st, our readers will be expected to look back on four-six pages of threads to find and resurrect the thread where there was a mention of his NRI. Take a look at what the Milner thread became. But you know what, since this is clearly important to you, I'll work on the editing during the overnight. Holiday season and all. Thanks for tracking the 40-man roster thread, although we need to start a new one now that the lockout is in place.

I'm surprised you'd expect additional daily Brewer podcasts, particularly in the offseason, and even more so during a lockout. I have pinned a new archived media thread on this forum, and will be grabbing some of the more recent interviews to add to it soon.

The Brewers have updated their online Front Office Directory as of December 3rd. This post will indicate the new names (several), the departures (not nearly as many as the new hires), and the new titles representing promotions, or in perhaps some cases, a lateral move. Kudos to Mark A. and David Stearns/Matt Arnold on a continued commitment to growing the Operations Team. It takes a village, as you can see. Brewers expand an already beefy analytics group. The amateur scouting staff was not decimated as was a concern when the pandemic broke. The professional scouting staff remains lean, as has been the case for some time now, with the analytics and video folks picking up the slack there. The online page linked above does still show these employees who, based on news reports, have moved on or are about to: Vice President, International Scouting/Player Personnel Mike Groopman -- going to Boston as as Assistant General Manager Assistant Director, Domestic Scouting Tim McIlvaine -- going to the Los Angeles Angels as Scouting Director Coordinator, Minor League Hitting Sara Goodrum -- going to Houston as Director of Player Development Departures, some more recent than others, all from 2021: Director - Player Performance Bryson Nakamura - Now Director & Lead Sport Scientist at the Stanford University Baseball Science Core Associate Analyst - Baseball Research and Development Kunal Singh - Now a Football Data Scientist for the Denver Broncos Amateur Scout Regional Supervisor Josh Belovsky Area Scout Ty Blankmeyer Area Scout KJ Hendricks Area Scout Pete Vuckovich, Jr. *** So, listed below, is the current roster via the Brewers' site, with changes from earlier this season listed alongside each line item. No notation indicates no change from earlier this season. BASEBALL OPERATIONS Special Assistant - President, Baseball Operations Doug Melvin Senior Vice President - Player Personnel Karl Mueller Vice President - Baseball Projects Gord Ash Vice President - Minor League Operations Tom Flanagan Vice President - Domestic Scouting Tod Johnson Vice President - Baseball Operations Matt Kleine Vice President and Special Assistant to the GM/Baseball Operations Eduardo Brizuela - Formerly "Senior Director - Minor League and Player Operations" Vice President - Baseball Product and Strategy Will Hudgins - Formerly "Director - Baseball Systems" Vice President - Baseball Research and Innovation Dan Turkenkopf - Formerly "Director - Baseball Research and Development" Special Assistant to the General Manager/Player Development Carlos Villanueva Special Assignment Scout Scott Campbell Special Assistant to the General Manager/Pro Scouting/Player Personnel Dick Groch Special Assistant - Baseball Operations/Player Development Quinton McCracken Special Assistant - Baseball Research and Development Nick Davis Senior Manager - Technology Operations Matt Kerls - Formerly "Manager - Video Operations" Senior Manager - Data Engineering Matt Culhane - Formerly "Data Architect" Manager - Advance Scouting Brian Powalish Manager - Application Development Andy Acosta Gomez - Formerly "Senior Developer - Baseball" Manager - Baseball Operations Eric Babitz - Formerly "Coordinator - Baseball Operations" Senior Engineer Analyst - Baseball Operations Andrew Fox Senior Analyst - Baseball Research and Development Ethan Bein Senior Data Quality Engineer Josh Schaffer - Formerly "Data Engineer" Senior Analyst - Domestic Scouting Andrew Koo - New Hire from Rangers, previously with Tigers, Blue Jays, and Baseball Prospectus) Senior Developer - Baseball DJ Michalski - Formerly "Developer - Baseball" Senior Coordinator - Player Personnel Zack Sorensen - Formerly "Coordinator - Minor League Video Operations" Analyst - Baseball Research and Development Dan Kutner Analyst - Baseball Research and Development Everett Johnson - New Hire Data Architect Phil Hauser - Formerly "Senior Data Engineer" Developer - Baseball Systems Dan Yang Developer - Baseball Systems Scott Molling - New Hire Data Engineer Charles Clark - New Hire Data Engineer Harrison Jacobs - New Hire Associate Data Engineer Samuel Neal - New Hire Assistant - Major League Video and Spanish Translator Carlos Brizuela Coordinator - Player Development/Information Ben Harris - Formerly "Coordinator - Player Personnel" Coordinator - International Scouting and Player Personnel James Armstrong - Formerly "Assistant - International Scouting" Coordinator - Baseball Operations Kevin Ottsen Coordinator - Major League Video and Technology August Sandri Coordinator - Technology Operations Ronnie Bedrosian - Formerly "Minor League Video Intern" Coordinator - Data Quality Assurance Technology Operations Matt Ducondi - New Hire Prior stint as Minor League Operations and Video Assistant with the Pirates Coordinator - Scouting Operations Matt Roffe - New Hire Prior stint as Analyst, Player Personnel with the Diamondbacks Assistant - Baseball Operations Michael Silber - New Hire Coordinator - Scouting Oscar Garcia PLAYER DEVELOPMENT Vice President - Player Development Jake McKinley - Formerly "Director - Player Development Initiatives" Director - Pitching Development Cameron Castro Director - Strength and Conditioning Isaac Salazar - New Hire, held same position at Cal State-Fullerton Director - Integrative Sports Performance Daniel Greenwood - New Hire, had been Director - Human Performance Center, The University of Memphis Major League Assistant Strength and Conditioning Specialist/Performance Strategist Jason Meredith Assistant Director - Player Development/Information August Fagerstrom - Formerly "Director - Player Development Initiatives" Coordinator - Baseball Diversity Initiatives Junior Spivey Coordinator - Integrative Sports Performance Rob Hulbert - New Hire in 2020 Senior Analyst - Integrative Sports Performance Eric Crispell - New Hire Analyst - Integrative Sports Performance Megan Stewart - New Hire Senior Manager - Baseball Administration Mark Mueller Field Coordinator and Catching Instructor Charlie Greene Infield Coordinator Bob Miscik American Family Fields of Phoenix Clubhouse Manager Travis Voss Coordinator - Latin America Operations Manuel Vargas Education Coordinator Adela Marquez SCOUTING Special Assistant - Scouting Bryan Gale - Formerly "Assistant Director - Scouting" Special Assistant - Scouting Mike Berger - Formerly "Pro Scouting Crosschecker" Assistant Director - International Scouting Luis Pérez Assistant Director - Scouting/International Player Development Taylor Green Professional Scouts Lary Aaron Bryan Bullington Amateur Scouts National Supervisor - Scouting Doug Reynolds Supervisor - Scout Teams/West Coast Special Assignment Scout Corey Rodriguez Regional Supervisor Dan Nellum Regional Supervisor - Scouting Drew Anderson Regional Supervisor Mike Serbalik Regional Supervisor - Scouting Wynn Pelzer - Formerly "Area Scout" Area Scout Mike Burns Area Scout Pete Orr Area Scout James Fisher Area Scout Taylor Frederick Area Scout Joe Graham Area Scout Lazaro Llanes Area Scout Mark Muzzi Area Scout Scott Nichols Area Scout Jeff Simpson Area Scout Craig Smajstrla Area Scout Riley Bandelow Area Scout Steve Smith Area Scout Shawn Whalen Area Scout Adam Hayes - Formerly "Coordinator - Scouting Operations" Area Scout Ginger Poulson - New Hire, as The Athletic's Will Sammon recently profiled here Area Scout Steve Ditrolio - New Hire Area Scout Daniel Cho - New Hire International Scouts Supervisor - Venezuela Jose Rodriguez - Formerly "Scouting Coordinator - Venezuela" Regional Cross Checker Esteban Castillo Latin America Cross Checker Fernando Veracierto Regional Cross Checker - Dominican Republic Rodolfo Rosario - Formerly "Scouting Supervisor" Supervisor - Dominican Republic Gary Peralta Scout - Latin America Trino Aguilar Navarro Scout - Latin America Jose Barraza Scout - Latin America Teofilo Gutierrez Scout - Latin America Julio De La Cruz Scout - Latin America Jose Morales Scout - Latin America Jonas Lantigua Scout - Latin America Salvador Ayestas Scout - Latin America Javier Meza Latin America Video Scout Jean Carlos Reynoso Latin America Video Scout Diego Flores Latin America Video Scout Kenji Galavis Latin America Video Scout Luis Eduardo Rosario *** And of course, this doesn't even include the minor league affiliate coaching, strength and conditioning staffs. Those folks will get their due when the eight affiliates (AAA to DSL) have their staffs names sometime prior to this spring.

Brewers Sign Veteran OF Abraham Almonte (MLB Camp Invite) MLB Trade Rumors Cites Me, Nice Updated Non-Roster Invite Page

New thread Alex Binelas - Moments after his inclusion in the JBJ / Renfroe trade Adrian Houser - via local Oklahoma radio

While the individual player pages don't provide up-to-date stats, the links associated with the names point to the team stat page where you'll find the players name within the position player or pitcher sections. So bookmark or favorite the post via this link. The stats listed are as of December 2nd, but you can then click the links to see the latest, and we'll try and update the text alongside each player's name once a week or so.

New rule in 2021: "Low-A hurlers are allowed only two pickoff attempts per plate appearance. These were done specifically to increase the potential for stolen bases, leading to more exciting movement around the diamond. Since pitchers aren't allowed to throw over a third time or else risk a balk on an unsuccessful pickoff, Low-A runners can get an extraordinary jump the moment the hurler moves."

Revisiting the 2017 International Signing Period Posting this partially in relation to the Brewers not adding any prospects from the system to the 40-man roster this month. The 16-and-17-year-olds signed in the 2017 July signing period (normally those signed right on July 2nd but also those signed through the following spring, as we'll see) would have been eligible to be protected this month regarding Rule 5. Now let's say right away the lost 2020 season impacted not just the Brewers, but all organizations. Surely across baseball a minimal number of 2017 international signees were added this fall due to the lost development career path year (well, there was this Wander Franco young man). That being said, this is the reason MLB Pipeline Brewers #13 prospect OF Carlos Rodriguez, coming off his age 20 season with High-A Wisconsin, was on the consideration list. Rodriguez is still mildly interesting, but a severe lack of pop is going to cap his ceiling significantly. Rodriguez was the 2nd highest bonus baby of that Brewers class -- $1,355,000. (Having that bonus in his pocket - yes, taxes, I'm aware - while living in Appleton among so many non-bonus teammates always strikes me as such an interesting clubhouse dynamic, but that's a topic for another day). *** So who was the Crew's top dollar signing on July 2nd, 2017? Brewer system diehards will recognize the name, but we've barely given him a second thought, and for good reason. As it turns out, OF Larry Ernesto - recently-turned 21 years old and now a corner OF, and not necessarily with a strong arm, has posted a .216/.276/.329 line (.606 OPS) in three seasons in the DSL/Maryvale combined. In 2021, Ernesto struck out in 31 of 80 AB's (.543 OPS). Ernesto was signed for $1,700,000, just a massive miss. *** In April 2018, just before the members of this class were about to debut, Ben Badler of Baseball America wrote a detailed review of the top names within Milwaukee's 2017 international signing class. Do please take a moment to read it now, including his then-comments on Larry Ernesto. The 3rd player Badler lists, OF Jeicor Cristian was released prior to the 2021 season and never made it stateside. The 4th player, catcher Andres Melendez, was traded to Cleveland for utilityman Mark Mathias. The Guardians are no doubt thrilled -- Melendez just had a wonderful age 20 Low-A season, throwing out nearly 50% of basestealers (23-of-47!) while posting a sweet .247/.367/.431 line (.798 OPS). Not on their Pipeline Top 30 quite yet, but on his way. The 5th player, OF Francis Casado missed all of 2019, and was released in May 2020 having only played in twelve 2018 games. The 6th player, INF Daniel Castillo, saw brief time with the Carolina Mudcats in 2021, but has a career .589 OPS in 446 AB's. The 7th player discussed, Jesus Chirinos, is no longer a catcher and has been solely focused on first base for two seasons now (2019, 2021). The OK news here is a decent 2021 in Maryvale for the RH bat - .282/.409/.389 (.798 OPS, 131 AB's, but 31% K-rate). Finally from Badler's piece, he discusses the $800,000 bonus assigned to 1B Ernesto Martinez, who just had an entertainingly productive 2021 season with Carolina. Here's an interesting tidbit on Martinez' unique late-signing-period acquisition. In order to come up with the international bonus pool money necessary, Milwaukee dealt RH reliever Damien Magnifico to Baltimore for the pool cap space. So in effect, that deal was Magnifico for Martinez straight up. *** We can't call the 2017 signing period a total bust for the Crew (yet, anyway). Here's what remains from the fringes: RH reliever Cristian Sierra spent all of 2021 with High-A Wisconsin. He turns 24 April 1st, and walked 41 in 60.2 IP this summer (1.43 WHIP). But worth the minimal $10,000 bonus he signed for. OF Alwinson Valdez ($80,000 bonus) turns 21 in April, but posted only a .632 OPS (35 K's in 83 AB's) at Maryvale this past summer. *** So please tell us there's one bright light to dream on -- Here we go, middle infielder Alberis Ferrer, who signed for $60,000 and turns 21 in December, led all Maryvale players (both squads) with a .951 OPS in 2021. It was a not-too-tiny sample size of 117 AB's, .308/.379/.573 - 15 of his 36 hits for extra-bases (five doubles, four triples, six home runs). Ferrer stole nine bases in twelve attempts. There was a 31.6 K%, but clearly there is plenty to work with here. Zebulon, Carolina get ready to welcome Alberis Ferrer to your Mudcat middle infield mix in April. And Brewers fans, Ferrer unfortunately may end up being the best hope (along with Ernesto Martinez) of what now appears to be a nearly-lost 2017 signing period (can the team re-acquire catcher Andres Melendez, please?)

This 2022 offensive projection snapshot is pretty horrifying (and realistic).

Just catalogued all 280 birthdays in system from MLB to DSL. For a new Brewerfan thread in '22, we'll begin each day noting any birthdays & provide a mini-career or season update. Notes will be brief, and we'll only tweet the link for the most prominent names. Should be able to keep up with it -- like I noted, blurbs will be brief. Today's 2021 Thanksgiving Birthday - Hayden Cantrelle Kicking off the thread January 2nd - Brendan Murphy Current most "popular dates" - May 9th and June 3rd Christmas Baby - Darling Solano Have to keep track of -- "Leap Year" Baby: 2021 7th round OF Tristan Peters, born 02/29/00.

Just catalogued all 280 birthdays in system from MLB to DSL. For a new Brewerfan thread in '22, we'll begin each day noting any birthdays & provide a mini-career or season update. Notes will be brief, and we'll only tweet the link for the most prominent names. Should be able to keep up with it -- like I noted, blurbs will be brief. Today's 2021 Thanksgiving Birthday - Hayden Cantrelle Kicking off the thread January 2nd - Brendan Murphy Current most "popular dates" - May 9th and June 3rd Christmas Baby - Darling Solano Have to keep track of -- "Leap Year" Baby: 2021 7th round OF Tristan Peters, born 02/29/00.

From my tweet Wednesday: "For me very impressive Brewers retained OF David Dahl, OF/1B Dustin Peterson & versatile Jamie Westbrook on '22 minor deals (apparently). Team hasn't listed non-roster invites on their site yet, but these 3 would be locks. Heck if Crew is to lose anyone in Rule 5, it's Westbrook."

Only the 3rd member of the 1982 sole pennant-winning team to pass away (Rob Picciolo, 2018 and Don Sutton, 2021). That squad has been pretty blessed in that regard, nearly all in that 65-75 bracket.