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This is the epitome of nit picking, but I'm seeing this a lot lately. The average MLB catcher is 6' 205 pounds. Over the last 5 years, that's grown a bit to 211 pounds. Dinges is likely to fill out being a 22 year old in High-A and he's 5'11 and 195 pounds. Jefferson Quero is 5'11 and 203 pounds. They seem... pretty well in line. I said it was nitpicking... to be fair. I agree wth everything else and it's a great breakdown of the draft. And what's even more... amusing is it was a much weaker draft than the year prior! (Edit... which obviously simply means the year before was comically insanely talented, this class was very good).

Yeah, he's been great defensively. I don't see the issue myself. He also put together some very good ABs vs the Dodgers. Also we still have Black. So lets say Bauer doesn't play well, struggles, whatever. Black is still on the 40-Man and will likely get the first shot. They're similar players but Black walks a lot and Bauer has a lot of power. Black will determine his future, but he's running out of time. He was... really impressive in VERY limited ABs this year for us. Great plate discipline, looked athletic. Attacked strikes, but did not bite. He'd like win most of his challenges, but he certainly took his walks. Hope he picks it up. He'd be nice to be able to work into the lineup in 2027... even if he comes with less power than you'd like. I think we can make it up elsewhere...

Nothing in Italics is relevant to the argument that package is "not even close," to get Skubal. Well, save for the fact that Skubal is a FA after 2026(but I think that's known). It also doesn't make sense to you to upgrade from Peralta to Skubal? To be clear, I don't think that's going to happen but upgrading to Skubal from Peralta certainly makes sense. He's the best pitcher in Baseball. I think that's a pretty good argument. But why would the Tigers do that? To get two guys who would be immediate or almost immediate impact players AND a TOR pitcher? If McGonigle was likely to stick at SS, it'd make less sense... but he's not. He's more of a 2B. I would want to do it, but it doesn't make me as angry as it seems to make you. We don't have to be able to re-sign Skubal after 2026. We're not going to re-sign Peralta after 2026. So... same void left in the rotation.

Yeah... that's a tough scheme. I'd like to see a lot of Brooks in this game and the Packers SHOULD be able to get some chunk plays with... Golden and Watson. Greenard is questionable for the game... but I'm sure he'll play. Van Ginkel is a stud as well. Though I think those two really benefit by the fact that... you really can't double or chip them when they show 6-7 on the LOS. It's going to require GREAT communication from the OL, Wilson, Jacobs stepping in and picking up a LBer. But we're also going to get some shots. The potential for some big plays.

I don't know what "we" are doing. I am.

And a Gold Glove...

Likely so little that... it really doesn't make sense to trade him. I'd rather give him a shot when we need a LHed bat at some point this year(provided he earns it) than flip him for another guy with little to no value. That's my take on it. If Arnold has a guy he likes that he's been watching, maybe he can use Black and turn him into a Collins type player. But... as it stands, just keep him. Put him in AAA. Let him play some LF, CF, 1B, 3B, 2B... all over(but mostly 1B/LF) and see if he can hit. I suppose... mostly LF given Adams and Wilken should be in AAA.

I would do that... in a heartbeat. I don't think the Tigers would consider that... but I would definitely do that. Arguably the best pitcher in MLB for a defensive CFer who we could replace with Lara and a good young catching prospect to go from a high end #2 to the back to back Cy Young winner in a contract year...?

Obviously Stearns isn't going to run his team the same as he did in Milwaukee(Soto) but... he's probably going to want to do what Friedman did in LA... on some level. I don't think he's trading a talent like Benge for 1 year of Peralta... and IF they have a guy who is 18 and has Made/Chourio upside, he's sure as hell not throwing him into the deal. I think you can reasonably think, "would he have ever considered this trade with the Brewers?" And if the answer is no... he probably won't with the Mets. The Dodgers have been so good not JUST because of money, but because they constantly have a thriving farm system. The Mets will definitely want to emulate that.

I don't think they'd write guys who can't run well or field off entirely if not for Yelich. And even with Yelich, if there was some scenario in which they could get Schwarber cheap... they'd make it work.

I wouldn't put the final nail in Black just yet. If he hits, he'll earn a shot. A LHed bat off the bench, if someone in the OF goes down, Bauers goes down... whatever.

That, the jobs and CPI data not being released... which probably means it's pretty bad. That selloff on Thursday started with the Fed Minutes being released and the chances of a cut going from 97 to 22 and then the New York Fed President came back and sounded much more dovish and it's back to 75%. But... until they actually cut, I'm not sure things will get much better. Some optimism in the smaller Nuclear projects starting right now and the goal to triple nuclear capacity by 2050 with pretty significant benchmarks by 2035... that should help.

Yeah, but I'll take NVDA at 175 with those type of numbers over NVDA at 210 with terrible numbers. Those earnings should certainly have quelled the "AI Bubble" nonsense. They're waiting to see if there's a cut and NVDA is getting to the point where it's actually cheap again. I wasn't selling this week or year, so watching them just crush it, I'll take a smaller number on the banner for the short term knowing it'll go up in the long term.

I'd kinda like to see how Patrick does as a starter. I feel like this post-season could only have boosted his confidence. He's a bulldog, he's got good stuff. If he's back to 93-94 and a mid 4 ERA, I may be inclined to move him back to the pen. He was just such a weapon. And if you can have... as the season goes on say Henderson, Ashby, Hall and Patrick with Peralta, Priester, Woodruff, Misiorowski, Myers and Gasser, you could get through a LOT of games with 3-4 pitchers and keep the pen fresher. Then you have Myers/Koenig/Uribe/Megill... that's your 14. Wichrowski, Hunt, Hardin, Crow, Fitzpatrick I believe could earn consideration. I like a lot of the potential Rule5 picks scouting reports, but... stashing a guy seems very difficult. Even some of these guys who had 13K per 9, threw 100+ but 5-6 BB per 9 as well. I suppose Gasser/Henderson could stay in AAA and someone you claim could get a sore arm a few times a year during one of those 18 in 18 stretches. Jorge Quintana. Going back to probably Reece Olson. That's my biggest complaint with the Brewers. Those two trades. Still don't like either one, but... this front office does NOT give you much reason to be skeptical!

NVDA with YET ANOTHER just... incredible earnings propping up this market! 57B, 1.30 EPS, 74.2% margins Guidance...65 BILLION(whisper was 64B). AMD, AVGO, TSM all moving along with NVDA despite all the obvious... macro headwinds.

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.