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The Nationals are looking to add an ace to team with Gore, certainly not looking to deal one. He's not been near the pitcher Quintana has been in his career and he's been bad in the post-season. Why are we thinking this guy is going to be our #2 starting pticher when he comes back from missing almost the whole season. I also do not get the logic of moving Misiorowski to the pen. I get why you didn't go back to him on regular rest coming off the ASB. Give him time... manage his innings, but he's the type of guy you start in the post-season. Moving him to BP at this point...in favorof Cortes is an odd call. I'd slot Cortes behind Peralta, Misii, Woodruff, Priester, Henderson maybe to the pen, but you still have Myers who is adding some velo. he could have an impact. Cortes eating some innings at this point would be a bous, but the #2 starter?

Yeah... clearly! They're not pressing. They didn't throw Misiorowski because they had the Dodgers. They didn't throw Woodruff because they could, and it would have been on 5 days' rest. They're playing conservatively, and they're winning. They're letting Mis get rest, Woodruff get stronger. There were a lot of people talking about how Chourio started slow last year, Yelich was struggling, Contreras(he's still struggling,) and we'd be getting pitching back. I think those people were saying that's why we could make a WC push, or if the Cubs fell off, maybe a push in the division, but this organization is just rolling and the reinforcements came, we've had good health otherwise save for a couple smaller issues. We now have the Ms. A team that just beat the Tigers 3 in a row and 2 of 3 vs Houston and we have Woodruff, Misiorowski and Priester going. I'm feeling pretty good about those 3. As to your Poll, I'm thinking this year is as good a chance as any, but I'm also dreaming about 2026 and 2027. It's gonna click. If Tyler Black comes up and hits ~.280/.380/.400, then... it's just our year! Go get antoher dominant BP arm, O'Hearn and win this thing!

Coming into this Month, I would have thought just... go .500 and that's a very good month. They've gone through the tough part of the schedule, 9 games to go and have 12 wins. (In fairness, they do have one of the hottest teams next and then the team we're tied with for the best record, so...still a tough schedule). This may be the most fun I've had watching Brewers Baseball in a WHILE.

I still think Black can be a very productive big league player. It's been a nightmare season for him though and it's a bit of an odd place to bring him up without some other plan. Turang to SS, Collins to 2B, LF, Yellich and Black until Frelick gets back. But Collins is one of the key players on this team. Cubs fans melting down, talking about how the Brewers are "satanic" and "ruining the game" for everyone else by making it "harder and uglier," is...absolutely beautiful. One of the players doing that is Collins. I actually have a degree of confidence in Bauers, so I hope he gets healthy, gets some ABs in Nashville, and is back for Nov. His glove at 1B is great in a game like today. I don't know, the Brewers can do no wrong right now. Yuniesky Betancourt has been out of the league for...at least 10 years and probably should have been out 10 years before that...and if they signed him and brought him in, he'd probably have a couple huge game changing ABs the first week!

I think that's a bit of a reach. Collins has been outstanding this year. I think it's most likely Bauers is just... hurt. Today was a good example of a game you'd want him in. He's a very good defensive 1B and I think he makes that play. But he's struggling. Maybe it's just due to injury. I just have no confidence in Vaughn, and he just KEEPS proving me wrong. Over and over. I think without Vaughn, we're 7-3 in our last 10. I don't know if that is hyperbole. He's been so clutch. The only question now is what the hell do you do with him when Hoskins gets back? Try to make it to Sept so you can keep both of them?

We were absolutely terrible. I just think back from...the late 90s when I was in school ordering those Baseball America prospect handbooks and... we were always pinning our hopes on the draft and the draft alone. Mark Rogers or JM Gold whoever it was. Neugebauer, Sheets and Gold were all prospects at once(maybe...Gold may have flamed out by then). But that was it. Very little international FAs. Even up until we paid 3M or whatever it was for Gilbert Lara. It cost us the next 2 years, our bonus pools. We could sign players, but a crude analogy would be like how you can only spend 150K on players drafted Rd 11-20. You were capped to a low number. That was...2016 maybe 2017. So even Stearns didn't really get to see the fruits of his labor. Had he stuck around...would he be doing better than Arnold, worse? I dont' know and I don't care. The only guy I harbor ill-will toward(and not genuine ill-will, just...not a fan anymore) is CC. I don't expect you to sacrifice your once chance to make money to stay in Milwaukee. I DO think being in the Brewers clubhouse at 9, having the team willing to make you the highest paid manager, not giving them a chance to match, I think he just quit on the team. Didn't think we could win. Wanted to go to a place they'd trade for Kyle Tucker. and that's what's going to make running them down when they have the best record in the league all the sweeter. One correction, when I said " I'd meant to say, you can't do that by luck. It's different people working with these kids. It's an organizational philosophy and it's remarkable. I may just be repeating something I saw in this thread, but I just saw it, but someone said GMs make trades and they've never seen the player play. They TRUST their scouts. Well...to give up the 33rd pick, Yophery and a solid young(ish) pitcher, you have to trust your guys you can get Priester right. It's an ENTIRE organization all pulling in the right direction and trusting the people they work with. Oh, and one more thing; Remember Jeff Suppan? Kyle Lohse(cost us a 1st rd pick?) Braden Looper? Mark Attanasio wanted to win badly and he paid to acquire those guys and they were not good. He's since stayed out of it. Even the Hader trade that SOO many blamed on Attanasio, he didn't know about that trade until the two teams agreed to it and just needed approval from ownership and I don't think he liked it. I think it was one of those Steinbrenner, "you better know what you're doing here," type moves. He caught the heat...now we've got a catcher who is one of the most valuable at the position in the league. Even in the midst of a down year. So he's become a better owner. And AGAIN, he said there wasn't a trade the Brewers couldn't make when the Soto trade took place. there wasn't a player available they couldn't make room for, there wasn't a PACKAGE of players they couldn't afford and he was talking about the following year as well. Even this year, I was never really worried about this team. I never thought we'd be sitting here, a game away from sweeping the Dodgers, but I thought they could contend for the division in May. I just felt like they'd get back into it. Maybe foolishly so, blind faith, but the front office has engendered that type of confidence.

No, realistically, a team is ALMOST certainly not trading a superstar position player for 3 good but not great young arms. Though...Luka happened. Betts happened. Devers. And I'm sure I'll hear why Witt or a few dozen other players don't count, but then don't make absolute statements. It's unlikely a team would offer enough to make a trade in which we give up three young, controllable arms. But we'd never do it? Never? 😕

Of course they would for the right player...and I can think of a dozen players that they'd do this for. You're talking about #3/4 starters. And that's valuable obviously. You'd still have Myers who is right in that group of pitchers, you still have Gasser, Misiorowski, Peralta, you have Quintana and Cortes the rest of this year and then you have guys like Hardin and others coming up. Bobby Witt Jr? In a heartbeat, don't care about the salary. Trade him in a few years if one of our SS's becomes a star. Ceddanne Rafaela, Junior Caminero, Yordan Alvarez...Acuna Jr. There are numerous players we'd happily give up 3 solid pitchers for. That's just a few position players, but how about Paul Skenes. I'll take 1 Paul Skenes over 3 good but not great players. James Woods didn't pop to my mind, nor did PCA, both of whom I'd take(the later is the best defender in the OF I've seen since Jones and probably better and he's hitting for power). Jackson Holliday. I'm not including more obvious players like Gunnar Henderson for instance as he's "only" got 3 more years left, but he'd really be a pretty easy call also. Oh, and Ohtani. For 2M a year? The Brewers would probably make 50M a year on that deal, get an elite #3/4 left handed power hitter, MVP, and get a top of the rotation arm! What better time to try and negotiate a new TV deal than with Ohtani, Misi, Chourio, and ALL the rest of the guys they have coming up! But it's silly because... nobody is going to offer those types of players. So what you're saying is the Brewers aren't going to empty their pitching depth for...most available players I guess? I don't know, you kinda back yourself into a bad argument when you say the is no "best possible player," the Brewers would trade for those three starting pitchers.

Yeah, at least Sixto keeps posting on here and keeps it negative, but... brewer888 is just gone.

Well... I think everything you said is more than just a thought; I think it's a given. I don't think you can develop pitchers at the lower levels, bring in veteran pitchers and have them pitch to a 1.3 lower ERA(whatever that stat was that said pitchers who come from other organizations do MUCH better in Milwaukee than anywhere else, someone posted it on here a while back)- with just a coach or two. Chris Hook isn't doing all that. And then you have guys like Hardin, Kuehner, Yoho, so many pitchers who were afterthoughts that we've built up and at the very least have value right now to help the big league club by acquiring layers or actually getting outs. You have a whole Latin American Department that's finding guys like Chourio, Made, Pena, Uribe(maybe just lucky there), Quero...and it's not like Salas, who everyone knew was a stud and the Pads spent their entire IFA budget on. So, from 14-15 year olds they're identifying to... 23 year old SEC relievers who are turning into starters to big arms that are ineffective with other teams like Megill or Mears, I'm looking at a flaw in the organization right now and the ONLY one I can see is... they don't have as much money. But it starts with the guy in charge, Attanasio. Also, I do think we're in a better position under Arnold than Stearns, but Stearns set up a lot of the infrastructure that is paying dividends now. So... maybe that just goes back to Attanasio as well as he said 'we need facilities in AZ, DR...' and ownership built them.

Fastball mid 90s, can touch 97, but more 94-95 and holds it pretty well. Pretty good change, needs his slider to come along. Command, as usual is probably the biggest factor in him being a starter of a reliever... also, being part of this organization doesn't help as he's a lefty who can throw in the upper 90s and we're stacked with young starters, so easier path to being a reliever ... at least you'd assuming if he can touch 97 as a starter, 97-98 is reasonable in short spurts. Either way, I think he'll need that slider for LHing, but definitely a guy who can play a role in the Brewers in the near future. 15 years ago, this guy would be our Zach Braddock without the famous Grandpa. Now, with respect to his ability, he about 1 of 49 guys who could help out in the next year or two for the big league club. I only watched a couple outings, that's my take. Others may have more comprehensive reports or different takes, but...that's my take.

I think it's a similar situation to last year with with Adames... They just talked about on the broadcast how there were communication issues between Durbin and Ortiz and how there were a couple balls Durbin could get to that he didn't because he knew Ortiz had an easier player. I don't think it's a coincidence that Chapman is one of the top defensive 3B as was Ortiz last year. I think that can hurt a good SS's defensive metrics. The rule that you take "every ball you can get to," is dumb. There was a play, Ortiz was shaded toward the hole, hard hit GB and Durbin pulled upon it, easy out. It's not as easy an out with Durbin having all his momentum taking him toward RF and having to turn and throw with no power in his legs. I'm far more...confident in this theory with Ortiz than Adames, but I think it applied to both. Generally followed by doing just that.... if you thought someone was actually saying that'd be the cost to acquire those two players.

So did Van Gogh, but he was still one helluva artist. I am not buying that PARTICULAR picture being painted of Ortiz at SS. He's an elite defensive SS. I think the Brewers have two guys who would be well above average Shortstops, Turang and Ortiz. The hitting is the issue, I don't agree it's the defense. Just gonna ask again to whoever may know and hopefully someone will and they'll see it, but how was Collins at 2nd Base? Because we have a stud SS at 2B. He'd won the job. He got a dead arm in STing and they went with Ortiz. I don't think it's a big deal. If you can find a LF(and Collins can play an above average defensive 2B) slide him over. If you can find a 3B, Durbin can play some 2B. If you can trade for Kentel Marte(you can't, but... hypothetically) you have again solved your problems. Doesn't need to be a need, you have 3 elite power arms in your BP on TOP of Ashby, Mears, Koenig, and everyone else, you're just shortening the game ANOTHER inning. Jhoan Duran? I'd take him in a heartbeat...or Clause or Bautista. I loved the Royals approach. Get 3 dominant relievers and put pressure on a team to get a lead before the 7th inning comes. But the cost would be prohibitive. Bird would be...alright. We're usually picking up a guy who hasn't been very good or has all these warts and hoping we can fix him immediately. And they've been bad, but we're not giving up much. Reece Olson hurt...and I hated that and I hated Kelly for Bush at the time though I did like Bush. But a pitcher like Soroka could be a great addition...IMO. Stuff plays up out of the pen and he's not QO quality, but he could have a big impact on a BP I think.

It seems to me like the Brewers exercise an abundance of caution with prospects(particularly with the important ones...this isn't like kids where we have to pretend we care about them all the same)... I didn't think Adams would make it up this year... but I thought MAYBE there was a chance. If Hoskins... presuming he comes back, if he got hurt in the playoffs, MAYBE Adams comes back up here. All after a promotion to AAA that seemed inevitable.

LaRussa's teams have a LEGIT gripe. It was the taunting, it was making the game all about themselves(and the other OFers) and it was showing up the other team SOO much when... the OFers were... untucking their shirts. Can you imagine that? There are kids watching. Possibly even Chris Carpenter's kids. How do you explain that to them? Untucking your top shirt after the game, but still on the field? I for one cannot abide such tomfoolery...

This is what I find the most frustrating. Seems like Wilken is out for the year but Adams...sore shoulder, tear his shoulder up, what's up there?

I almost spit out my coffee at this one. Where does this happen? On this forum? I don't see anyone bemoaning Adames OR hypothetically Woodruff(or Burnes, Hader, Prince, anyone really) who is or likely to leave for more money. The casual baseball fan does nothing BUT ***** and moan about Attansio being cheap...while few of them realize he owns about 37% of the team and most of his value is tied up in the team and our TV revenue is about 1/10th or less of the largest market teams. Even MLB's goal is to make it closer to 1/5th. And what is the meme you see CONSTANTLY when Attanasio, the Brewers or free agency is brought up? So I'm not sure what players are getting heat for taking the money while nobody is blaming "the guys writing the checks." Right or wrong, and I'd argue it's pretty obvious they're wrongfully taking the heat almost every single time.

That's literally what sunk cost means. I don't know where you keep pulling this "so if we trade him," nonsense out of, but that's you doing a "well it could happen." We were talking about extending the QUALIFYING offer to Woodruff IF he pitches well and if he continues to throw well. YOU stated that'd be paying him ~30M dollars next year because you're adding what is basically deferred money from this year. And YES, that is a sunken cost. I don't need an explanation of what sunk costs are, I understand what they are. You must be googling this as we go to be making this argument and then misinterpreting what you're reading. I'm sure this sounded clever when you wrote it, but it's not really hitting the mark. Peralta's OPTION year is not the same as Brandon Woodruff's buyout. No, we really do. It's pretty simple. They budged to account for the 10M dollars Brandon Woodruff was GTD. You're speculating that MAYBE they traded him if the season goes south. That's not when budgeting is done. But is there a point to any of this? Is this you just once again saying they won't offer Woodruff the QO? No, actually, it'd be like your neighbor telling you he got a car for...lets make 100% of MSRP here the market rate and you said, 'no, I won't make that offer that I know won't be accepted because...I just don't want to. Nick Martinez-A guy who'd been a reliver/starter and had a fraction of the success, one of the few pitchers who accepted the QO. Nick Pavetta-Declined the QO. Severino who in the previous SIX YEARS had thrown less than 400 innings(about half of which game in one year) and did so with an ERA over 4, he turned down the QO. And as it pertains to Montas, if MULTIPLE teams are offering him 17M a year and then 34M over 2 years...at SOME point it should be clear... that is the going rate. We'll see though. If Woodruff pitches well and stays healthy, we'll see if they...decline to offer that QO because they don't want to pay him 31M a year...which again, they wouldn't be doing, it's two entirely separate transactions, but...lets just say it is.

Neto makes sense, but I'm not trading a switch hitting power bad like Made for a poor defensive SS who has some power but doesn't walk much. Also, the Angels are in win now mode when they're 10 games out of the playoffs. They could have put themselves in a Nats like situation and traded Ohtani and... they didn't. So I doubt they make Neto available.

Well...they're be another one end of the year, no? So... do it then. Plus, I don't know enough about these prospects. Everyone is a budding superstar anyway! I would have slept better at night knowing Jack Bauer was throwing 114 MPH and rushing to get the 3 outs so he could get back to the Water Street, disarm a bomb and then inexplicably make it back for his half to pitch the next half inning. That's just a market mistake they made. Selling 24 Jersey's with Bauer on them? If Ohtani generates 70M a year for whatever team he's playing on(I actually think that was if he signed for a smaller market team as he has more value to them, but lets not get caught in the weeds here)...then having Jack Bauer, a TRUE 10 tool player(FB, CB, CH, SL, Control, Disarming Bombs, super human ability to heal broken ribs in about 2.5 hours, weapons training, hand to hand combat, saving every major city from some type of dirty bomb that's always backed up with a 2nd bomb)...he has to be worth 90-100M a year. I'm not mad about the draft we had, though, he'd have instantly been my #1 prospect. (I just realized that show goes back to...almost my HS days...many I'm getting old).

You're missing the point. It's a sunken cost. You're not suddenly paying him 30M if you extend him for another year at 20M. It is irrelevant as it pertains to signing Woodruff or not. It's basically deferred money. We do know how the team budged for it. That was just a way to spread the money out. He got a 2 year ~17.5M extension and the last chunk of that comes next year. Gasser and Cortes had very different injuries. Woodruff had a capsule injury in his shoulder. Cortes had elbow inflammation Gasser had Tommy John(you could say the last two were similar but not to Woodruffs). Had Woodruff needed TJ, I suspect he'd have gotten more on a 2 year deal than 17.5. He may have gotten 2/35. Pitchers coming back from TJ have much better results after surgery than repairing an anterior capsule. The assumption is, all pitchers are going to have injuries. You prefer it's an elbow and TJ vs a shoulder. Pitchers actually come back stronger with more velocity after TJ. It's just the opposite with the shoulder. That said, he sat out 4 months. He was given the green light. He was a pending FA and a competitor. If you want to parse out who he came back and pitched for, it was most likely for him, not as a sense of duty to the Brewers and there wasn't any indication it was compromised. No, not really. not on a 1 year deal. They're not going to not offer him a QO... that they know he'll turn down...again, assuming he continues to stay healthy and pitch well. Frankie Montas...came back from the similar injury, he was never the pitcher Woodruff has been. He threw 1.1 IP and got 17M dollars. He was then terrible for the Reds. They traded him to...us. He put up a ~4.84 ERA. He signed a contract for 1 year 17.5 with a player option for 17.5. AGAIN, assuming Woodruff doesn't fall apart, he's a lock for a QO and he's also likely to turn it down. Probably the best of both worlds if he doesn't turn it down(but he would). My hope of a 3/60M deal is probably not realistic from Woodruff's perspective, but the Brewers absolutely have that money and Attanasio has said...numerous times(and has followed through) that if there was a player who could help the Brewers win, they could extend the payroll. The man he said was not only his favorite player, but person...and a well respected veteran on the other side of a bad injury(again, assuming he is, it's been two starts) would likely be that person. The Brewers payroll is less than they get from the league in revenue sharing, a number that should be going up as will their revenue should doing anything in October. But that's speculation. What's about 99% certain, Woodruff stays healthy, he pitches well, he gets a QO. The Rays would make that offer, the old As would make that offer. The Brewers are definitely going to make that offer. That's a pretty easy call. He'll turn it down and sign for at LEAST more years if not years and AAV. It's 2025. The Cubs traded for a player who's going to get 500M in FA. The Brewers will not let him leave without at LEAST a draft pick.

He didn't try and come back and pitch on a compromised shoulder. He had a shoulder injury that kept him out most of the year. He was back, throwing the ball exceptionally well, they took their time bringing him back and he hurt his arm after a very strong start vs the Marlins near the end of the year, not this version where he was hurt and he sucked it up(in a FA year) and tried to gut through it for the Brewers. That'd be more akin to Ben Sheets and the Brewers and that probably ended HIS career, VERY different situation from Woodruff. He'd have been pitching for any other team in baseball in that same situation. This argument just fundamentally doesn't make any sense. That money from this year(it's effectively deferred money) has nothing to do with the QO. It won't happen, but lets just say it did(arguments sake). Rhys Hoskins goes OFF and hits .350 with 15 HRs in the final month and then he's the NLCS MVP and his value goes up, he's looking great, he opts out of his deal. That plays NO ROLE into the Brewers offering him the QO. 2 factors and 2 factors only. 1-Will he sign it. Do you want that player for 1 year at 21.05/Is he worth it. 2-If he signs it, does it cripple your franchise. It appears as though TWO-STARTS-IN...and I'm very guilty of projecting based on what I see, but 2 starts isn't enough to answer the 1st question. The 2nd question, no, it's not going to cripple the Brewers. I have ZERO doubt the Brewers could add 20M in payroll if they wanted to for a year. I suspect as they work out the TV deal...which the team has said will hurt in the short term, but be very beneficial in the long run, they'll be able to be closer to that 140-150M in the next few years. Maybe once they pay down some of the debt from the recent investments or maybe just because they've getting probably about 150M from revenue sharing(obviously you have to pay MilB players more, you have to have a world wide scouting apparatus, you need to be able to spend 15M on draft picks, ~5M on IFA)... Anyway, keeping Woodruff for another year, irrespective of his buyout will not hurt this team IF he declines the QO. another 1st rd pick. If he picks it up, a under market starting pitcher you can look to trade him or...have another ace in your roation in the year where the Brewers window was REALLY supposed to pop open. By then, hopefully Mis will be extended, Pratt will be in AAA and Adams, depending on how long he's out for could be our 1B with Murray and others knocking on the door. Win-Win.

You don't factor in the 10M buyout. That money is gone and spent. Of course you offer him the QO if he finishes the year strong(this is ALL operating under the assumption that he finishes strong and actually gets stronger physically). What's more, the QO is pretty much a given based on how he looks now. He's going to turn it down most likely. He'll want at least the QO but that price over multiple years. I'm hoping he likes Milwaukee...based on everything he's said and he wants to stay with one team...and for that reason he comes back. But if he doesn't want to, you offer the QO, you take the pick and if he opts in, you take the player for a year and ~20M. Win/Win.

No. -Woody would not be out of pro-baseball without the Brewers. I think it's possible he took less money to stay with the Brewers, but he came back because he was comfortable here. That's an opinion, but what's not is that SOME team would have given him money to miss a year, rehab and then bank on him coming back. 2/17.5 was extremely reasonable. -I think Woody WANTS to be in Milwaukee. But what price are we talking about? I've said that if Woody can keep building off what he's done thus far, I'd be on board to give up 3/60. That's IF he can keep locating the ball as he has, he can keep building off each start(the 2nd start back is always huge for shoulder injuries). And I think it's possible given how Attanasio has said Woodruff is not only one of his favorite players, but one of his favorite PEOPLE. That said, 3/60 was IF he kept throwing well AND he kept improving his velo. So he's sitting 95-96 and can touch 97 at times as he rebuilds strength, even top out at 98. But, if he does that and another team is willing to offer 6/140...no, he does not "owe" the Brewers 80M dollars. He OWES his family what's best for them. I think he wants to be in Milwaukee. I think he'd prefer it. I don't think you give up generational wealthy out of sentimentality. So I hope we can work something out, namely because it'll mean that Woodruff has thrown the ball well enough that we want to. And maybe at that piont, he'll take a LITTLE less to stay. The Brewers can certainly expand the payroll beyond where they currently are, but they can't give a pitcher who'll be 33 6 years or 25M a year. Bottom line- The ONLY thing Woodruff has owed the Milwaukee Brewers was going out there every 5th day when possible and to be a great leader and to take his job seriously. He's done that, he's a Brewers icon and he owes them nothing more.

I've thought he's looked like he could be capable of becoming a Contreras type catcher(another catcher who was an "ofensive first catcher," and developed under our exceptional catching development staff). An older reliever for a REALLY good hitter who could stick behind the dish, but who I think could play multiple other positions? Nah. In fairness, though, he could be the type of guy the Brewers love, and they can find another level for and he could slide in front of Mears. Dinges could be an...Angel Saolme, but I would aim higher if you're trading a C who has looked like Dinges. Someone with 2-3 years left. Heck, Durang for Dinges and another quality arm make more sense. Felix Bautista, Clause, guys like that. Go the Royals WR run route. Just 2-3 elite BP arms aside from Ashby. That makes more sense. Patrick+Dinges even for...Clause/Durang. Probably an overpay with a young starter, but that locks down your pen for the next 2-3 years.