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I don't see the Brewers keeping Woodruff and then dealing their ace and their closer. I also just don't see the Red Sox trading Duran and a top 100 prospect who is MLB ready for Peralta. Duran has been 8.7 and 4.7 WAR the last two years. I would think Witherspoon and then a Brandon Clarke or a Luis Perales type. You can wait for him to recover from TJ. He's got closer upside. Kyson Witherspoon is a potential Ace and I think the Brewers could develop him... very well. Stuff is incredible. I'd imagine Boston would want to ensure they could sign Peralta for... ~6/150 or 6/170. San Diego is even more likely. They're so impatient. Kruz Schoolcraft+Miguel Mendez... again, a TOR arm and a guy who could be a high leverage reliever sooner than later but a starter who'd be...2-3 years likely behind. Witherspoon would be a good 4 years most likely(though arms like that can move quickly). JR Ritchie or Cam Caminiti+...whoever. That'd what it'd take. The Brewers ACTUAL scouting lining up with my superficial glance at the scouting reports and reading "touches 101 with a plus slider but command controls," and determining that feel like they can make an adjustment to get his command under control. Short of that, Peralta, Priester, Woodruff, Misiorowski, Patrick with Ashby, Myers, Henderson, as potential starters and then Wichrowski, Hardin among others as potential AAA depth options... that feels worth it if we're not going to get more than DL Hall(with respect to Hall who I think is a very solid, but not impact pitcher).

You COULD extend him... but I wouldn't unless it's... 3/50(new money). And that's... pretty unlikely. You'd need to give him an opt out. Why take ~17M a year when you're getting 22.5 this year? 2 years and 27.5? 3/60 with maybe 10M deferred on top of that, but... I'd just play it out. 3-How do we deal with overcrowding? Simple. 6 Man rotation, keep them fresh. Peralta, Woodruff, Priester, Misiorowski, Patrick, Myers. Gasser, Henderson start in AAA. Neither has enough innings. Carlos Rodriguez shouldn't really be much of a factor at this point. Crow, also AAA. Ashby long man, Hall, same, 2-3 IP at a time. BP of Anderson, Mears, Uribe, Megill plus Ashby, Hall, Koenig. You're gonna have injuries or maybe Grant Anderson struggles and you can bring in Logan Henderson... who probably profiles best as a long man with a nice FB and a Change. But... then again, that's what Peralta looked like when he came up. Mostly Fastballs and a slider. Gasser hasn't shown me why he should be ahead of the aforementioned pitchers yet. Give him a little while, earn back some service time and wait until someone has a blister or whatever. Rob Zastryzny, Yoho... I've yet to see the team that's got too many pitchers for 180 games. Even the Dodgers didn't. They had their 4 starters and then a bad BP that... we were not far away from being able to take advantage of and the Jays did.

I think there's a good shot the fact that it was Brandon Woodruff the person, that... pushed it over the top. Attanasio said he's one of his favorite not just players ever, but one of his favorite people he's interacted with. That's a fairly significant statement. Aside from that, there's zero question his talent justifies it... so then you just have to decide how big of a deal the persisting shoulder injury may be. The shoulder was healthy last year. That's the big hurdle. So now it's "just" a lat strain. They DID baby him last year... I think they did so because they had the luxury... and will again next year. Peralta only gets traded if he gets you a special talents. I wouldn't need 3-4 good prospects and 2 in the top 100. I'll take a pitcher or two with plus stuff who may be in HiA or even a 1st rd pick like Witherspoon from Boston, plus another guy the Brewers really like. There are a few options. The Padres, they have the patience of a cocker spaniel, so with Dylan Cease gone, they may be willing to give up a Kruz Schoolkraft and Miguel Mendez. A potential TOR arm and Mendez has close upside. But it's gotta be the old Godfather offer and not to clear 8M.

Sure. I'd bring Montgomery back. Don't think I'd go for basically 17.5 for one season. 1/6 with incentives. Maybe 2-4M in a option, a MO. It is my deepest hope... that everyone finds someone who looks at you the way Harold looks at Brent Suter! LOL.. sorry, I'm kidding... a little. I just don't see what he adds to this team. Even if Ashby goes to the rotation, he'd be the 4th best lefty at this point. I'd pass. I'd go 1/6 for him... despite the peripherals. There's a lot of upside there. I thought he had gotten in trouble, but... guess that was just Urias.

After Soto made Ohtani look like a discount, 400M just... doesn't seem bad anymore. I think I'd take Tucker for 10 years over Vlad. Edit-Actually... nah. Didn't realize how young Vlad was. They're similar hitters and Vlad would be easier to move off of in the future. He has been injured the last two years. Still... very good, but if he's getting banged up at 27-28... maybe it will be. Plus, the Dodgers won't be able to play him at 1B/DH if he is injury prone. For now, he's a 5-tool guy who should be good for... 5-6 years for the Dodgers. He's also a guy who walks as much as he K's. So... that's fun with Ohtani, Betts, Freeman, Muncy, Smith and Teo. I feel like we passed ridiculous during the 1.3B dollar off-season in which about 90M a year got deferred to avoid paying more tax. But sure, Tucker, 15M for Devin Wililams(after blowing it with Tanner Scott)... I'm good with that.

I just look at some of those arms that throw 100+ and I'd be tempted to get as many as I could, see if the Brewers could work with them. Uribe was that type of reliever pretty recently. Maybe it's an irrational belief in the Brewers Pitching Development... which I guess also means trusting them to figure out who to claim. Incidentally, I was curious why I didn't see the Shane Smith thread as much... and then I see after struggling badly in July, he finished... very strong. Ah well. No used crying over... Shane Smith. Plus, in the Brewers defense and ignoring Connor Thomas, Chad Patrick looks like he can be an excellent starter and I still believe in Tobias Myers. It seems like these guys just keep improving.

I don't want to trade Adamczewski, Pratt(60 field, 60 arm)... I could easily envision a future with Chourio in LF/Pena in CF with his 70 speed and a big arm/Frelick in RF Made at 3B/Pratt at SS/Turang at 2B/Adams, Wilken, Fischer, Burke at 1B... and then Catcher is more up in the air with Dinges and Quero. Dinges after that horrific illness going into his Jr year at FSU... which caused him to DH looks like he may be legit, but... he's your backup next year. Plus I think among those players only Adams may be rule 5 eligible next year. But I guess it depends. I'd certainly trade Pratt for a year of Skubal. That'd never get it done, but... I'd be hesitant to go too much further... I really can't think of a player beyond one of the top... 3-4 pitchers that would improve our odds more than keeping together our own young core, but without a specific player, it's difficult to suggest a player. I'd be too scared to trade for someone like Gore to add to this rotation. Get 1 year out of him, pay a premium for the 2 years and... who knows what '27 looks like? Like the 2020 season?

Who are we looking at next year? Trading that is. I'd rather do what we did with our OF and keep Mitchell, Wiemer, Frelick and Chourio and see two flame out and two hit than trade a couple. Of course, I'm never opposed to a bigger trade like... Marte is the most obvious choice this off-season, but... even a really good SS with team control. James Woods or whoever. It's kinda what the Dodgers have done. They hold onto their top prospects and pick and choose who they want to trade knowing they don't have room. They also have a LOT more older players who are... not quite as effective(until Kike has a big October again).

Yup. I think Gute cuts bait with both Banks and Hobbs in the off-season. The only upside to those two signings is... they don't hurt the future cap that much. 0-2 on FA signings. Had the Packers kept Stokes... who's having a great season for the Raiders and maybe made the trade with the Chiefs for Thuney, I think we'd be good. Though... it wouldn't help if we kept playing so inconsistent and stupid at times. This team is... really frustrating. Josh Jacobs is a nice back. He's not special... but worse, our OL is not a great run blocking OL. I could see this team going on a 2010 type run as I don't think there's a great team in... the entire NFL(I think Detroit is close and the Philly-Det game will be interesting). We've dealt with injuries but... who doesn't. Jordan Love is #1 in EPA on drop backs this year. But, we've decided we're going to play like the 49ers... who have McCaffery or the Ravens. Come out with Watson, Golden, Wicks, Doubs, Musgraves and throw the ball. Play some tempo. Musgraves isn't Kraft... but he can get open and he's athletic and... very hard to defend. He's been been open all year... you just had a 255 pound monster after the catch ahead of him. Wicks can get open and he hasn't been dropping the ball. Golden and Watson have some speed. Doubs is reliable and can get a contested ball. And for the love of ***** please stop throwing that little WR'er screen or whatever. Rodgers would throw that when he had Adams and the WR was 10 yards off because... he was Davante Adams. But you throw out Fitzpatric and Watson and then have Golden off the LOS, they know what's coming.

This team is beyond frustrating. Josh Jacobs gets so much love and he's a good dude and a hard worker, but... we play like we're the Eagles or the Ravens. Love is #1 in EPA on dropback passes... but we run nearly 50% of the time or we run play action(even on 4th and 9 when... we're NOT running the ball). We've had injuries and... there is SOME reason for WRs not getting open, but it just feels like MLF watched how we got beat and instead of JUST building the Defense to stop that, he's trying too hard to build an offense to copy it. I also don't really blame Bisaccia. How many years have our STs been bad and he's been a very good coach elsewhere. It's not him. Also, the HS sub? Probably should have put McManus on IR and let him play it out, but he made 2 FGs. Now we're playing a team that... outside of Cleveland, IMO, has the top front 7 in the league. Dexter Lawrence is a top 5 defensive player, Burnes is a poor mans Parsons(which is still pretty good). And then you have Abdul-Carter and Kayvon. That's a lot. I'd REALLY like to see this team come out and STICK with the pass.

Not sure where this idea that Collins was bad in the 2nd half other than... sporadic playing time in Sept. 1st Half- .259/.363/.389 .751 OPS in 228 PAs 29/59 BB/K and a .333 BABIP 2nd Half- .268/.373/.436 and an .808 OPS in 213 PAs and a 28/39 BB/K and a .319 BABIP I don't really think we have to worry about 2nd half Collins. What would constitute deep then? Chourio also hasn't even started to hit his prime years and elite defense. We had one of the better OF groups offensively and defensively this year and... Mitchell could possibly add to that.

Durang has 3 years left and has been worth... 13.4 Bref WAR the last 2 years. I don't see them trading him for Peralta. I also... really can't see the D-backs trading one of the best 2B(if not the best) for Ashby... who has great stuff, but is a reliever at this point, Megill who has 2 years of team control and Collins who... was a 28 year old rookie. I think you're looking more like a Pena+Henderson+Letson type deal for Marte... And Williams likely gets ~3/45 in FA. His underlying metrics were still elite this year. I also don't think that's good for anyone's blood pressure here in Milwaukee.

I don't know... he hit some pretty suspicious home runs... He likely had access to his account with his knowledge and consent. I'd doubt it was to place bets, or that Ohtani realized the breadth of it, but a professional athlete who has someone he's given access to his finances and people have taken advantage of him. Pretty old story. He's also making 100M a year outside of Baseball. That's likely ramped up with the Dodgers, so say it was 50M before that. Not hard to lose track of a few Million a year.

I don't believe Ohtani was gambling. The guy was making so much money, I just... really believe the story. Maybe I'm naive. As for the gambling part, it's a disaster. I am a "gambling doomer." I have no doubt there'll be lawsuits and in 15 years we'll see documentaries about people who ruined their lives over this. Students who took out student loans so they could gamble and inevitably lost it. Every sport is promoting it, every TV show. I turned on ESPN the other day and "Mad Dog," is just SCREAMING at the TV... I guess it's a segment where he rants about something, but it was all about how he lost his bet on an O/U on an NBA game and showing the last 90 seconds and the missed FTs. Like... really? It's not even a gambling session and this dude is acting like a clown. I get it's a bit of an act, but still. We need to teach people financial literacy and we're doing the EXACT opposite. Most people SHOULD retire millionaires. It takes surprisingly little, just starting at a young age and instead, that's going to fanduel or whatever.

I mean... you could literally sign Kyle Tucker... and have money left over. That's with Woodruff. I'm sure that's not the most exciting signing given his recent year, but he fits the Brewers style of play really well. You could also sign Bichette, stay well under the average and play him at 2B and get another big bat in your lineup. Fun to think about. A true 5-tool player with a smooth swing who was banged up much of last year, but a .280./.365./.515/.880 type hitter since 2021, a 5 WAR player, 27 HRs, 21 SBs, really good defense, speed. Turang(2B)/Chourio(CF)/Tucker(RF)/Contreras(C)/Yelich(DH)/Vaughn(1B)/Frelick(LF)/Durbin(3B)/Ortiz(SS) And you could still sign a guy like Ryan Helsley... who I don't think anyone agrees with me on because they're not playing this hypothetical, but I think with his stuff and our pitching development, we could get more out of him and now you make Mears one run down the ladder while you provide protection for Megill in case the elbow wasn't 100% and he took one for the team by throwing in the playoffs. This is all pointless and firmly off-topic, but imagine being the Dodgers? 'Yeah, we've got Ohtani, Betts, Freeman, Muncy, 4 aces and maybe the most talented young stable of arms and a deep farm system, but... we just need one more 400M contract to put us over the top. Oh, and probably going to go sign an elite closer... but it'll be a quiet off-season for us!

I... actually might. When you consider(assuming the numbers are accurate) the Dodgers finish their season or fiscal year with 25M in Net Revenue and the Brewers with 21(at least for 2024)... and what he's done in bringing in elite people to run the team, taken a step back and resisted meddling(Jeff Suppan, Kyle Lohse) and just given Stearns and Arnold what they need... yeah, I might. Imagine how that idea would go over on Twitter where there are people who genuinely want us to sign a Tucker or "for once be in on a guy like Soto." That' a comment I read last year... all while calling Attanasio cheap! But the DR academy we invested in, the AZ and the pitching lab? It's pretty amazing. Now... if he REALLY wants to win it, he could pony up about 800M and sign Kyle Tucker, make a blockbuster trade and acquire Tarik Skubal who he then extends at 10/400(both get 400M)... I'll definitely hand him the award! I may have to go and commission the plaque and...ya know, create the award, but yes, he'd get it!

Great front office. A great boss delegates. It seems like Montgomery and... well, so many people have a lot of responsibility. How many executives of the year is this under Attanasio BTW? It's at least 4. Arnold 2X, Melvin won it in 2011 and then the only non-GM(at the time) Jack Z won it in... '07 or '08. Don't think Stearns won it, though... probably should have.

I'm not saying it's coming or it's not coming, just that the MLBPA has proposed it. I'm not really sure why they'd be invested in it, but they've brought it up and the Commissioner has talked about it. The Angels... definitely would have blown up their future draft picks...so would the White Sox and Rockies I'm guessing, but... they blow it either way. Prime Mike Trout and Ohtani... and you get 1 playoff appearance with one of them. I doubt it's going to be a focal point of the next CBA given what's expected. It just seems a bit odd. The only league the protects teams from their own stupidity. I know some Dallas fans that wish other leagues that protected franchises from their own stupidity. Nico Harrison may still have a job.

He was a rookie(though an old rookie), he had a great June, July, August. He starts getting sporadic playing time and he had a poor Sept with a .664 OPS(on a .219 BABIP) in less than 60 PAs. I think calling that "tanking" is... pretty harsh. .919 OPS- June .848 OPS- July .847 -August Those are also the three months he got the most PAs. That's... a real quick leash. Even during what you're calling a monumental tank, he still had a .345 OBP and put the ball in play(10BB/11Ks).

I guess that... shouldn't have been so much a question as a statement. The MLBPA proposed allowing draft picks to be traded in the past and they've tabled it. Manfred doesn't seem to be opposed to it. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/07/which-other-draft-picks-are-eligible-to-be-traded-before-sunday.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/manfred-mlb-open-to-discussing-draft-pick-trading-in-the-future/

Yes. I absolutely do criticize it's authenticity. And I don't know what the hell the first sentence means. "If I post the link, you don't bother to read it claiming you remember it and it didn't say what I said it did(Contreras extension talk). Yeah, you didn't post think link THEN either, you just posted two sentences of a VERY long article. I ACTUALLY posted links from before AND after when he said he was open to an extension. LOL... and I'm trolling?

I don't think we spend ~15-20M on a pitcher unless it's Woodruff. So I'm going to keep guessing Jordan Montgomery. 1/6 is one projected contract I've seen him get(though they always seem low). He seems like a Brewers type signing and we just got a head start on it with the Shelby Miller trade. I like Kyle Finnegan as a reliever. I'd still be a bit concerned about Megill's elbow. He came back early from a strain. I don't like it so much at 10M a year. Ryan Helsley, same thing, love the idea of bringing him in... not for 12M AAV. Give the Brewers Montgomery and Helsley and I'd feel confident we'd have depth in our rotation and a dominant BP(and I know he wasn't great last year... neither was Dylan Cease and I'd gladly take him... if he were a realistic option).

There have been discussions about allowing teams to trade their picks, right? I'm pretty indifferent... but on occasion, it'd be pretty interesting. When... Paul Skenes is coming out, or Harper, Strasburg. Guys who are viewed as clear-clear cut #1 picks or even in a 2010 like class with Harper, Tallion and Machado, 3 guys who were 1-1 picks in MOST classes.

We're cutting and pasting now rather than showing links? It's funny, I put that in a ChatGTP search and it shows an article from the Brewers potentially signing him to a Minor League deal before 2023. So... kinda pointless, but maybe someone wrote the exact same thing about him recently and they're all wrong. 93.2 to touching 98 in 180 IP as a starter when I'm suggesting bringing him over as a long man IF Woodruff declines is "basically the same." Agree or don't... just don't pretend he's "basically the same" in terms of stuff as he was when we drafted him. And I think you know that or you'd have posted a link... since pretty much EVERY single link talks about how his stuff got much better this past year.