BrewerFan

Carlos Rodriguez would be another option. I think he's the 2nd most likely option. I like Isaac Collins as well. Not as guy you put on the 40, but...just feel like he could be a better version of Jace Peterson potentially. Though Peterson was an outstanding defensive 3B and he's not playing 3B. I wonder if he gets the bump to AAA now? Let him see some more advanced pitching and get an idea if he can be part of this team in the future. We seem to have a wealth of good utility players, but the dude walks a ton without striking out much.

So he kinda lost it in the 4th? Please tell me that his FB velo was still good and he didn't just completely loose his command. That's all I really need to hear about with regard to Woody.

He's got that big FB? You mentioned Low, so I'm guessing(hoping) he's in that mid to upper 90s range as well.

You're upset about the principle of things surrounding money? That's pretty much all of life. This is a strange comment to me. Now...with regard to the Brewers, I have absolutely no doubt the Brewers could and would have added salary. They tried trading for Eloy Jiminiez, but the White Sox, who wanted Jackson Holliday for Dylane Cease, were almost certainly asking for a massive haul in return. The ~140 in total payroll the Brewers are sitting at right now does not represent some cheap owner just pocketing the money like Robert Nutting. But there are also just realities about what the Brewers can spend. I wish to hell that MLB had more foresight or owners in the large markets willing to sacrifice some earnings for the good of the league as a whole. I suspect MLB would be doing much better if you had the fiscal parity you have in the NFL...but we are where we are and things aren't changing. So unless Menard buys the team and decides he doesn't care about money(which is generally NOT how you become worth ~20B dollars)...this isn't changing.

I don't think this was a salary dump at all. I think they were just looking forward, knew Urias would likely be non-tendered and tried to get something for him. You're saving 1.5M? That's nice, but I don't think that was really the impetus behind it.

I would be all for it...he's released, we don't have to pick up his salary. His Exit Velo, hard hit rate is pretty close to his career numbers. Hits LHPing well. Take a flier on him....if he chooses to come back and play for the Brewers. I get he's been terrible this year, but he was good last year and he provides versatility.

Ah...my bad. I was thinking of Willy. He's at ~8 WAR the past two years with the Brewers. I still think it's a bit odd they wanted MIF help but traded Urias away. I hope they at least thinking really highly of Blaylock rather than just moving off Urias.

I mean, we're past this now, but....you'd need a Dylan Cease like return(just using this deadline). I understand the forum is trying to create content, but it's just SUCH a terrible idea to trade away top young prospcts for a closer, much less probably the best catching prospect you've had since Surhoff(he was an elite prospect, but the rankings were so poor back then, I don't actually know how good he was)? For TWO months of Hader? Eric Brown Jr for Hader? Sure. Hader IS extremely valuable, but there is this myth that this Brewers team is in a situation like the Bucks. That we've got to go all in now and screw the future... That just doesn't make sense. It does for the Bucks to be clear, but the Brewers are building EXACTLY how you'd want them to! I've watched for years jealous of how the Dodgers, Rays, the Cards or whoever, they just KEPT churning out prospects and then, particularly in the case of the Cards, they took these marginal pitchers and they thrived for them. Corbin Burnes is outstanding...as is Woodruff. But Baseball is so much bigger than 2 players(even two catchers). Look at the Braves? THAT is how you build a winner. You bring up those elite young prospects and....when they're willing, you lock them up long term. You don't throw away nearly 14 years of team control for 2 months of it. And by the way, we really should start using 7 years of team control rather than 6. You're getting nearly 7 years. I don't care if David Green or JM Gold didn't hit, that's not a good reason to move your best young prospects(that's a carryover from another thread, not directed at the OP).

Yeah...I like Blalock a bit more, but they're just two fliers. I would have preferred to keep Urias as he's put up 8 WAR the last 2 years I believe, but for two guys in AAA who clearly didn't have futures with the Brewers, it's nice to add some depth. McKendry...there are certainly worse things than soft tossing pitchers with elite changeup's who don't have much upside, but can fill a role in your rotation. With Julio, Rea, Houser all in the rotation, that trade is a HR just because you didn't have to give up much for him. I like both. I'm not jumping for joy, but the way the Brewers churn out pitchers who were overlooked elsewhere...there's reason for optimism.

All of this is true, but I think it's safe to say that Burnes will bring back quite a bit more than what the QO will. I'd have included Adames in here, but I don't believe that's the case with him. I think Burnes nets you 2 top 100 and then at least a couple lower rated prospects.

It'd be poor management for Burnes to not be on the move IMO. It'd also be poor management to not trade Woodruff IF he comes back to form and pitches like he has the last several years. I do think the Brewers were aggressive, but these prices were EXTREMELY high. There were a lot of Eloy Jiminez rumors. Then you see they're demanding Jackson Holiday back for Dylan Cease and that Cease, Robert Jr, Jiminez were 3 of their 4 "untouchables." So I'd imagine they were asking for a BIG return for Jiminez. Brown Jr, maybe Carlos Rodriguez(RHPer) or Gasser and a couple other pieces is about as high as I'd go...and that's pretty expensive IMO.

You realize projection and estimation are the same things, right? And with respect, that YOU may not be around to see what the Brewers do with all their young prospects, Chourio, Misiorowski, Quero, Black, Frelick, etc...that's not a good reason to just trade them. Your comments about the dismissiveness about the "FUTURE" which is in quotes for some reason(it is a real thing and not just some abstract theory)...is too much for me to even address.

Pretty sure ONE of those players was a deadline deal. It's amusing to me how you're simultaneously upset about trading for a really good reliever for...no discernible reason, but also upset about NOT trading for...someone else. Who's that someone? Don't know. And when it comes to trade deadline talks, talking about prospects who were busts is the lowest form of "debate" IMO. Because David Green wasn't great, we should trade Jackson Chourio! That....makes absolutely no sense, but sure.

I'll have to look for it. I'm confused why the hell we're Upset about trading a 28 year old rookie who apparently have a big fastball...at 92.5MPH while upset about trading for a veteran LHPer like Chaffin who has been a very good reliever...but is a soft tosser...at 92.1 MPH. Also...why we're talking about the Brewers.

Yes...as am I. That was my entire point.

Also Drew Pomeranz as has been mentioned. How about Salamon Torres🤣 But of course none of these have ANYTHING to do with Chaffin and the Brewers didn't give up a prospect for him. Chaffin BTW, 3.13 FIP this year.

You say it's never happened and when I show you when it happened you just dismiss it and shift the argument. But fine. How did they acquire All Pro's Cambell and Nixon? Or Douglas? You DO realize they were spending over 310 million on players salaries while the salary cap was 215, right? And I genuinely don't understand what difference it makes if they're on the roster right now, nor do I care if they didn't go out and sign a couple of older WRers, one who hasn't played in well over a year. Why isn't Julio Jones on your list? And "literally wasted?" No...they didn't "literally waste it." You're upset that after they spent roughly 200M in Free Agency to go with an expensive core(not the least of which because that HOF QB took every penny they left on the table) they didn't go on a big FA spree when they were 60M over the cap heading into the off-season? Is there some type of ignore option available? Some of this is painfully ridiculous to read.

Yeah,...not to take this WAY off topic, but remember when they went out and signed Za'Darius Smith, Preston Smith, Adrian Amos and Billy Turner while just missing out on Allan Robinson the year before the salary cap went DOWN due to Covid? That was as aggressive an off-season as Wolf ever had in Free Agency.

Still in the low 90s in Nashville where he posted a 7+ ERA. Velocity usually "gets fixed," by getting healthy, maybe a different type of off-season workout. Generally not in-season. But with all the arms we have, this doesn't seem to be one to be wringing our hands over.

No, more like, "huh...not sure that person even knows what they're upset about," type amusing. Wouldn't say hilarious.

Lets maybe see how he throws the rest of this year. We were making the exact same declarations about Wong a year ago at this point(for example)...and we've still got a lot of regular season Baseball and the post-season coming up...hopefully.

Ok...again, the contradictions here are a bit amusing. So Chaffin having an ERA blow-up game makes you LESS confident about him(Despite a longer history of success)...but Strzelecki having a serious of bad outings after a nice start to the year and posting an ERA of ~5(NOT including the two games he gave up runs after that .66 ERA start, one of which was also a 5 ER game) then you like the possibilities? I don't get this. Strzelecki had a series of bad outings and lost his FB velo. He went to AAA and had a 7+ ERA. Beyond all that, I'd say the Brewers tend to get the most out of their pitchers.

What exactly constitutes a "hard throwing reliever," in MLB in 2023? Because to MY mind a 92 MPH FB does not constitute a "Hard thrower."

I don't recall a trade I hated so vehemently and so immediately than the Norris trade. I definitely went with the, "I'm sure the Brewers know something I don't," rationalization, but while normally true, not so in this case. I did not like that Tristan Peters trade. Wasn't a huge fan of the Bush for Kelly trade, but...there was at least reason to think Bush was good.

I don't know who "booed" you here, but I've said we need another reliever. I've seen probably 20 others say we need another reliever. There were threads about Hader that got I guess "booed" because they were kinda ridiculous, but even in those people agreed that it'd definitely help the Brewers. I just can't stand the "I told everyone and you all didn't agree," posts....I hate them more when there is no merit to it and then that much more when you're not even proven right yet.