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That's...going out on a limb. You really think he's that valuable that they couldn't get him onto the practice squad(not me arguing, I've just had a lot more going on and haven't been following every camp report as I have in the past)? I don't have either of them making it to be honest. Both on the PS, but not the 53 man. I think you risk losing higher ceiling guys in that scenario and...while STs is important, you just spent a draft on young players who should be ST standouts.
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I'm having trouble coming up with 7 CBs who'll make the roster. Ja, Stokes, Valentine, Nixon, King...probably Balentine(though I could see that going either way and making the PS, but...not sure). Bullard and Williams can play the slot. But am I blanking on the 7th? TE-I think you can squeeze the 4th on the PS...depending on the health of Kraft. I think they'll go with 9OL, maybe 10, and QB...IDK, that's gonna be tough. Pratt seems like he'll make it, Clifford goes to the PS? Will teams want to go after a smaller QB who's got limited arm strength, but is mobile and pretty smart? IDK...teams usually have their QB situation pretty well sorted at the start of the year. They're healthy and ready to go...though, Minnesota with McCarthy injured, they could roster, then IR him, and pick up Clifford. I also think they could even go with 4LBers. Is Wilson going to get claimed? I'd be shocked. You just start the year off calling him up from the PS and try and keep the best 53 and then play the game until you have the inevitable injuries? WR...I thought Melton was a near lock and I think he should make it, but will Dubose get claimed, Heath? Those are valuable players. This may be an unconventional cut-down to try and keep as much depth as possible. We should also look at it more like a 69 man roster as it pertains to players who probably won't be claimed(again, Wilson, maaybe Balentine...
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Has he been playing LT? I'd love to see him make the final roster. I think staying healthy is the biggest thing for him. He's also fighting the scheme as he's not an ideal fit in the ZBK, but he can just lean on people and move them in the run game.
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LBer is fine. If an OT goes down, you're looking at...Newman, Rhyan, Dillard. Maybe Caleb Jones can finally hold up, but you're probably going to be helping and chipping a LOT. If an OG goes down...you might be in slightly better shape. Easier to cover up for their mistakes and Monk played really well IMO. Some mistakes and whiffs, but he looked great for a rookie. I don't know what type of LBer we're going to get for a WR that we'd be willing to trade, the 3rd LB will be on the field maybe 20% as you said. OL is a bigger issue. You go down the list of players/positions that you're going to really have problems at if you lose a player and none even approach the impact an injury to Tom/Jenkins or really any of the starters has outside of QB. The next closest may be CB, but even there I think you have the depth that you'd be fine.
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This is why I think we have a very real chance this year...but we need a lot to go right. Yellich coming back would be huge, a surprise performer down the stretch(Black?)...Chourio, Contreras to keep it up, Hoskins to stay hot, Adames, etc... But it's the pitching. We lost a guy who looks like not only a good closer, but a future dominant closer and...it's hardly been talked about. Megill? Sure, but how about Uribe. He's too overwhelming, too damn talented to not figure it out in Milwaukee. Plus I think Spears is going to take a leap. FF to 2025 and you hopefully get Woody back. Maybe for 120 innings, or maybe he's back in stretches, whatever, I'll take it. Gasser maybe end of next year, Mis, Yoho, Henderson should debut at some point. Behind Peralta, Rea and Myers, I love what we've got to work with. Forgot about Hudson as well, and we'll almost certainly have 4-5 guys pop up next year with good stuff that the Brewers can work on. This whole system and following how these guys are doing makes you look forward to the future so much more. Though, again, we're pretty damn good now, so...
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How does Peguero or Ross trump Hall's '23 performance in a playoff race or in the post-season? Peguero pitched one year in a playoff race and threw a couple of innings as did Hall. Ross hasn't done so since 2019 and he wasn't exactly a key pitcher for the Nats making 3 appearances in Sept and 2 in the post-season.
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A bad half a year and you go from #27 to out of the top 100? I don't think that happens real often.
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Thats a big drop for Snelling(27) and Lesko(38) from the start of the season...
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Where is this coming from? Snelling was a top 40 prospect on BA and MLB and ~50 on Baseball Prospectus. Lesko was also top 50 on BA and Prospectus and in the 50s on MLB.com And those were just the two off the top of my head. Snelling went for a reliever with 3 other prospects and Lesko went for a 32-year-old reliever. I'd guess there'd be other top 100 prospects who were traded, but...I didn't go through each trade and parse out the players, just the names that stood out to me.
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I didn't say Gomez or Podsednick, just that I thought if they left him along, in a year or two he'd be a good player. I don't think either is a great comparison for Wiemer. I'd go more with Joey Gallo type. I think he'll hit .220 walk a lot, hit for a lot of power and he can provide a lot of value on defense. I don't know exactly how many top 100 were traded, but the Pads traded at least two. Snelling and Lesko. It's silly to say we traded Burnes for a "lousy return." Ortiz is a guy you build a team with. Maybe he's not the lynchpin, but he's a very valuable player. Hall was awesome for Baltimore last year and we got the 34th pick. It was a pretty good return. I don't know if we could have gotten more for him if we kept him...but we wouldn't have traded him. So it's like 20 years of team control for 3 prospects, 2 that were top 100 for 12+ years or a year of Burnes. I'm viewing the next window as being the next 4-5 years, so I was fine with it.
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Yeah, there may have been a touch of hyperbole online! And some of those flames are or were being stoked even more as it's August in an election season(a historically great month for the markets)...
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I knew that'd be a longshot, but given how he was throwing before the break, I was hoping there was a chance we could trade for him...but I didn't think we'd take on that deal or that the Giants would throw in the towel yet. And that certainly appears to be a good decision.
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I put some in Bonds in Feb in my IRA taking them out of higher risk tech stocks, but that's because I was kinda backed into a corner in my brokerage account. Despite giving back a good chunk of gains, I still don't want to sell and pay the short term taxes(plus all of these companies are increasing their capex on AI...ever one of their top customers). PLTR's earnings should help the AI driven stocks...though NVDA's earnings, which are already locked in and I think will continue to be strong should help help later this month. Forward Guidance may cause be harmed a bit due to a delay in Blackwell, but that should be minimal and could actually help their margins for Q3. I've got 20-25 years, so it's pretty risky, but I'm willing to take it and it's been pretty good so thus far.
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Nikkei back up 10% today, Asian Markets as a whole bouncing back. Most stop up in after hours. I think the crash was a bit premature...as long as things don't really pop off in the Middle East....but we'll see.
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Yeah...I just think it needed a little release...and I think, barring some outside factors, it'll bounce back in the next ~2 months. That's what happens most of the time there's a correction of ~10% or more. You regain and see new ATHs not long thereafter...but if we knew, we'd all be rich.
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I think it's going to be 50 I think there's going to be a little panic creeping in that they waited too long after what...is very possibly(likely?) coming tomorrow.
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Probably not. He's either missing the rest of the year, or he comes back and then has back surgery and tries to rehab in the off-season. Either way, I'm not sure there's going to be a lot of demand for him. And then you'd still need him to agree either way as he's 10/5 guy...and I think he's got a NTC. I think last year would have been the year to trade him...if they could have managed to deal with the NTC and find a team willing to take back the salary and I don't think they ever actually did.
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Yeah, he wasn't available until he was...shockingly. He's been in trade talks since 2018 with Machado. This past off-season Attanasio was saying they were keeping Burnes(in December). Stearns didn't say 'you're always listening,' about a dozen times? You think they wouldn't have "made him available," if Holliday and Rodriguez was actually offered? Of course he was. He wasn't traded until they got what they wanted for him. That's it. If we wouldn't have traded Hader, the reports would have been the Brewers "didn't make him available."
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You don't think the Brewers were asking for a ton for Burnes with 2.5 years left? I'd suspect they were.
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Not at all. If I was Cincy, I'd just throw him out there, let him swing it like he wants to and don't try and mess with his mechanics.
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Finish out the practice with three FGs. Carlson hits from 57, but they iced the kicker...in practice. 2nd kick, Carlson wide right(low snap). 3rd kick, Joseph wide right. Carlson looked pretty good otherwise. Joseph as well, but Carlson looks much easier and smoother. Defense always ahead of the offense, but I like the way they're playing on D. Pretty vanilla obviously, just base defense, lots of man. Lot of 7-8 man boxes. Great to see Watson, Stokes out there running free and the CBs really playing tough....eh, that's about as much as you can take away from a family night. Good energy, aggressive defense and nearly sold out Lambeau for a practice! Highlight of the night was definitely the kids catching punts...one upped Ja!
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Yeah, looks odd. Nice to see Stokes looking good, making a couple plays. That'd be big if they can get him back playing well.
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I'd imagine it'd be like Burnes with 2.5 years left. Remember the deals people were throwing out on here? Even with 2 years left, it was Grayson Rodriguez+Jackson Holliday+? There were some big returns proposed...for Burnes, Hader.
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Sat. 8/3 - Misiorowski Makes His AAA Debut
BrewerFan replied to Jim Goulart's topic in Brewers Minor League Talk
Oof... Kid is going to have to get his command back. I thought he was really pounding the strike zone the last...5-6 starts in AA right up until his last one. I wonder if this is some fatigue or...whatever. -
2024 Draft Signings Thread
BrewerFan replied to Jake McKibbin's topic in MLB Draft & International Signings
That'll be fun, all the young arms are just as exciting for me. Knoth, Letson after Misiorowski, Gasser and Henderson who are all ready or should be in the next year. It just feels like 3 levels of prospects that are coming in waves. The College or more advanced guys, the guys in the lower level of the minors and then some of these really young, LA signings who are always a long way away, but the prep arms as well. Payne is in that group. The youngest A/A+ teams. And then hearing Johnson, who was just on the broadcast talking about how they're going to be "stacked" with regard to next year, draft picks and their pool money. This draft could have gone better, but the Brewers recent team building process/ideology really couldn't be going much better.
