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  1. Snoebird
    I'll stick to my call of the Twins' Willi Castro, a 2024 all-star, to replace Monasterio and provide tremendous versatility, and the Orioles' Ryan O'Hearn, a 2025 all-star, to replace Bauers and provide left-handed slugging from first base, DH, PH and a corner outfield.
  2. Snoebird
    Two players would help this team: Orioles first baseman/outfielder Ryan O'Hearn and Twins super utility man Willi Castro. The Cubs have already checked in on Castro, who was a 2024 all-star, but the Brewers could offer more controllable pitching, which the Twins are always looking for. Castro is a more polished hitter than Ortiz and Collins, and, unlike Monasterio, has more than warning track power. O'Hearn could platoon with Vaughn or Hoskins and be a bigger threat than Bauers.
  3. Snoebird
    Half of his salary is deferred; that's on Boston. The acquiring team would be responsible for only $6.5 million.
  4. Snoebird
    Pat Murphy values Contreras' work with pitchers a lot. But when Nestor Cortes rejoins the team, the rotation could be almost exclusively veterans, save Misiorowski. So, that could be when Contreras receives healing time off. We can hope anyway.
  5. Snoebird
    Ortiz is still figuring things out, but Contreras' situation bothers me a lot. He was playing injured at the end of last season, and he continues to take shots to his broken finger while showing no slugging ability. Unfortunately, Jeferson Quero is showing no slugging ability, either, while playing himself into shape at Nashville. If Haase has to catch every day for a month to get the best of Contreras in October, the Brewers ought to go that route.
  6. Snoebird
    The Brewers' rotation is about to add Woodruff and Cortes to Peralta, Miz/Gasser and Quintana, so I would take a look at Priester as someone who could act as a leverage reliever. What should concern Matt Arnold more is not having the center fielder he was hoping that Garrett Mitchell would have become by now. This team is being held back by a compromised William Contreras and the lack of a slugging, high-profile center fielder who could bump Jackson Chourio over to left field.
  7. Snoebird
    And when he dropped the sledgehammer and strode to the plate, the County Stadium speakers blared the heavily percussive "Wild Thing" by Tone Loc. Now that's how to announce your presence.
  8. Snoebird
    Since the Twins and Brewers last met on May 18, the Brewers have MLB's best record at 22-10, and the Twins have MLB's fourth-worst record at 11-20. But it took until this series for Pat Murphy to be convinced that everyone fit, thanks to a big series by the 7-9 hitters. “We can be pretty complete,” Murphy said. “We can play defense. We can run the bases. We can hit. We can pitch. And we have a team -- that's what I'm most concerned about.”
  9. Snoebird
    Frankly, this team continues to wait for its 2020 first-round draft pick to establish himself. What is Garrett Mitchell capable of contributing to the attack over the long haul? And is there even a long haul for the frequently injured center fielder? I think Mitchell and Contreras hold the keys to the Brewers' productivity in July, and it would be helpful if both were at full strength.
  10. Snoebird
    Isaac Collins' reward for holding down the fort amid a short-handed outfield arrives this weekend when he gets to play in front of family and friends at Target Field. He is a product of Maple Grove High School, the jock school that produced Wisconsin basketball star Brad Davison. Collins earned a combined nine letters while playing for the Crimson in baseball (five), football (three) and basketball (one). He was the first player since current Minnesota Twin Joe Mauer (2001) to be named a finalist for the Mr. Minnesota Award in both baseball and football. Isaac hit .480 during his senior season, with 39 hits over 27 contests. He set the Maple Grove HS record for hits in a single game with six and also holds the record for triples in a season with five. An All-State selection as a senior, Isaac was a four-time All-Midwest Suburban Conference pick. Collins was the MVP of the Lion’s All-Star Game shortly before enrolling at Creighton University.
  11. Snoebird
    Sal Frelick is willing to do anything to help his team win. I'd like to see him tackle third base when Mitchell, Black and Perkins return.
  12. Snoebird
    A well-stocked bullpen and an emphasis on bunting could do the trick in sloppy conditions.
  13. Snoebird
    A late-afternoon thunderstorm will be followed by occasional showers and an evening thunderstorm, according to AccuWeather.
  14. Snoebird
    For the Brewers to overtake the Cubs, they would need to have the Garrett Mitchell that showed out in the 2024 postseason, not the one still homer-less in 2025. I'm sure Pat Murphy and Matt Arnold will want to see what Mitchell and Blake Perkins have to offer when they return, but spring-training-in-July likely won't amount to much more than what Isaac Collins is doing.
  15. Snoebird
    We don't sell because Yelich, Chourio and Contreras are mercurial, and Frelick, Hoskins, Turang and Durbin have become steady. We need to see Mitchell at full strength or, barring that, a hot bat from Nashville such as Eddie Rosario, Anthony Seigler, Bobby Dalbec or Andrew Vaughn. We don't give up on a pitching staff that still hasn't reached its apex for the season in terms of available arms.
  16. Snoebird
    Arizona needs a starting pitcher and has a slugging third baseman in Eugenio Suarez, whose contract expires after this season. The Diamondbacks also have a prospect waiting to replace Suarez in Jordan Lawler. If the Brewers need to add a prospect such as the frustrating Tyler Black, why not this?
  17. Snoebird
    Now we're seeing the repercussions of Jeferson Quero and Brock Wilken's lost season, although Keith Law doesn't think Wilken will amount to a front-line player. Now might be a good time to promote switch-hitting, switch-throwing C/2B/3B Anthony Seigler from Nashville. A 40-man roster spot could open up with an Aaron Civale trade.
  18. Snoebird
    This is off topic, but I read that pregame programming for tonight's and Tuesday's games will start an hour before the games because the Brewers' and Braves' TV crews will jointly be covering the story of the Braves' move from Milwaukee to Atlanta after the 1965 season. Featured prominently will be Henry Aaron, Bob Uecker and Skip Caray. I'll never forget attending the 1965 opener at County Stadium, sponsored by a local group instead of the already Atlanta-based Braves, in which stars traded by the Braves such as Spahn, Burdette and Logan returned to take a final bow. The largest crowd of the season attended the game, which felt more like a farewell than an opening day. The stadium's upper deck was then closed for most of the season.
  19. Snoebird
    The Braves are in the unusual position of being sellers, plus their minor league system is nowhere near what it used to be. So, with the Braves in Milwaukee, I would suggest the Brewers take a hard look at acquiring Marcell Ozuna, whose contract expires this year. The Brewers have to go out of their comfort zone to replace the slugging that Contreras, Mitchell and most of the infield haven't been giving them. To be clear, I'm not at all suggesting Peralta as trade bait for Ozuna. But the Crew needs to act soon with series against the Cardinals and Cubs coming up.
  20. Snoebird
    They're trying to add hitting on the cheap by signing Eddie Rosario and Bobby Dalbec to minor league contracts, but the lack of bonafide slugging is leaving their pitchers with no margin for error.
  21. Snoebird
    Agree. That's the beauty of being a pitching factory -- and of having Chris Hook on a new multiyear contract. Those of us who have followed the Brewers from their start have suffered through enough pitching shortcomings. The org is on a new trajectory and is stacking kids. With all the pitches these kids are being taught, we'll probably see more breakdowns like Burnes' after they turn 30. (Pay attention to Woodruff.) I'm not thrilled to be defending ownership, but the Brewers are spending a lot of money on the development side, including a new Latin America academy. I foresee more Chourio type contracts as Made, Pena, etc. arrive.
  22. Snoebird
    The return for Peralta would be sizable given his credentials, health and team control for 2026. An established slugger would have to be part of the return, and it could be a corner infielder or an outfielder, given that the Brewers will lose Hoskins and that Mitchell remains suspect as a lineup mainstay.
  23. Snoebird
    So, you're saying you would like the Brewers to mimic the Arizona Diamondbacks, whose season just fell apart with Corbin Burnes' elbow injury. Matt Arnold spent nine years in the Tampa Bay front office trying to avoid those circumstances. The face of this franchise is Christian Yelich, and there is a lot of money riding on his return to a semblance of MVP form.
  24. Snoebird
    This season is all about Christian Yelich and whether he is still able at 33 to perform at an MVP level. Jackson Chourio will have his day, but Yelich is still "the guy" the Brewers need to drive the bus. Whether the Crew makes the postseason this year or not isn't as important as having their star player show that he can still be a viable slugger until Chourio truly arrives.
  25. Snoebird
    I choose to celebrate the fact that Milwaukee has become a pitching factory. The days of having to trade prospects for Sabathia and Greinke to get into the postseason, or having to dole out piles of money for free agents Kyle Lohse and Matt Garza are over. Chris Hook and his staff are hugely under-appreciated even by Brewers fans for turning water into wine. The Tampa Bay model calls for trading pitchers at the height of their value, and if the Brewers get bowled over for an offer for Peralta, they should want to put themselves in a stronger roster position for the arrivals of Made, Pena, Quero, Wilken, Burke, etc. in two years. That's how this team becomes a postseason power.
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