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  1. And That
    Third time's a charm... 1.4 Mickey Moniak
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    Vindication for me voting for Moniak 1.1 in our mock draft.
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    I really like Hernan Perez - he's built like a rock and great at hitting the ball where it's pitched. He's also solid defensively. Now if he could only take a walk. Aaron Hill has a 714 OPS and still only has a .279 BABIP. He might turn into a trade chip after all. A few days ago someone used as proof that the Brewers were tanking that they were on pace for 66 wins. Now they're on pace for 72+.
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    1.3 Mickey Moniak The Braves have a huge draft pool and I think it makes sense for them to take a slightly under-slot guy and go after some sliding names when they draft again in the 40's. If Moniak won't sign under slot, Senzel or Ray would make sense as well. They're top heavy on pitching in the minors as well, which is why I think bat.
  5. And That
    Delvin Perez 1.2
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    Did a little research project over lunch and it turns out that Wisconsin and Bowling Green have fielded the most teenagers this season, with five apiece. So when the Timber Rattlers struggle, at least there's that.
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    Wasn't comparing the two, just noting that the ability to play five positions does not necessarily mean you want the guy playing at all or some of those five positions. Defensive versatility is only valuable if the defense is competent.
  8. And That
    Villar's defense has been better than I thought it would be, though I'd still call it modestly below average. He seems to have a penchant for mental lapses on easy-ish defensive plays, and his range and arm aren't good enough to overlook those lapses. He might profile better as a third baseman where he won't have as much time to think about the slow ground balls coming at him. His walk rate has been a nice surprise as well. That said, he has an unsustainable high BABIP and his power hasn't shown up too much yet. Probably related to that, he's not making much hard contact (and hasn't in his brief MLB career). I also wouldn't say his ability to play multiple positions gives him a lot of excess value, at least until he proves he can improve as a defender. I mean, Yuni could play five positions too. I'm still undecided as to whether he's a long-term piece or not, at least as a starter.
  9. And That
    Mickey Moniak 1.1
  10. And That
    Updated for all mocks since the beginning of May: Delvin Perez: 6 Riley Pint: 4 Jason Groome: 3 Kyle Lewis: 3 Corey Ray: 3 Mickey Moniak: 1 Blake Rutherford: 1 Nick Senzel: 1
  11. And That
    Marlins Scout Cuban Outfielder Yadiel Hernandez In Private Workout The Brewers are one of three other teams to be connected with Hernandez. He was #16 on BA's top 20 list of Cuban prospects (subscriber only).
  12. And That
    Thank you. The Brewers are doing what they think is best for Hader at the moment and Josh doesn't seem to be too disagreeable about it. I'm sure he'd love to be promoted, but at the same time he seems to understand why he is where he is. All the rhetoric about this being Hader's third year in AA, not being challenged, etc., is way off base. As is the weird anti-Tom Flanagan thing - player placement decisions are a group effort, right? Tom doesn't sit on a throne and move pawns around on chess board, laughing manically. At least as far as I know. He's actually a really good guy, and quite bright. If he weren't, he would not have been retained (and promoted even) by the Stearns regime. My problem with Reid Nichols never really had to do with player placement. That's not a huge part of a minor league system director's job. What Nichols failed at was long term development vision and communication with his players. I'd like to think that with Nichols gone, what happened with guys like Nicky Delmonico and Tom Wilhelmsen will not happen in the future. And that's how I'll judge Flanagan.
  13. And That
    Free Orf.
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    As if on cue, Jim Callis has the Brewers taking Corey Ray in his latest mock. They pass on Groome and Pint and Perez: 1. Puk 2. Senzel 3. Lewis 4. Moniak 5. Ray 6. Groome 7. Pint 8. Perez 9. Manning 10. Rutherford
  15. And That
    I really like Flores' swing and he has a really low BABIP. I wouldn't be too thrilled if they risked losing him on waivers after 91 sporadic PA.
  16. And That
    Narrowing reilly's list down to the top 5 picks for fun: 2000 #2 - Adam Johnson #4 - Mike Stodolka (HS) 2001 #2 - Mark Prior - 16.5 #3 - Dewon Brazelton #4 - Gavin Floyd (HS) - 16.4 2002 #1 - Bryan Bullington #3 - Chris Gruler (HS) #4 - Adam Loewen (HS) - 0.3 #5 - Clint Everts (HS) 2003 #3 - Kyle Sleeth #4 - Tim Stauffer - 3.5 2004 #2 - Justin Verlandet - 44.1 #3 - Phillip Humber - 0.9 #4 - Jeff Niemann - 4.1 #5 - Mark Rogers (HS) - 1.1 2005 2006 #1 - Luke Hochevar - 3.1 #2 - Greg Reynolds #4 - Brad Lincoln - 0.5 #5 - Brandon Morrow - 8.1 2007 #1 - David Price - 28.8 #4 - Daniel Moskos - 0.2 2008 #4 - Brian Matusz - 3.0 2009 #1 - Stephen Strasburg - 16.1 #5 - Matt Hobgood (HS) College: 17 picks, 5 of which produced a 5+ WAR to date (29%), 13 of which produced any + WAR to date (76%) HS: 7 picks, 1 of which produced a 5+ WAR to date (14%), 2 of which produced any + WAR to date (29%) And to bring it forward a few years: 2010 #2 - Jameson Taillon (HS) - a number of injuries but still well regarded #5 - Drew Pomeranz - 4.7 -- #6 - Barret Loux - no longer even in affiliated ball #7 - Matt Harvey - 11.3 #9 - Karsten Whitson (HS) - did not sign, drafted again a few years later, no longer in affiliated ball 2011 #1 - Gerrit Cole - 8.2 #2 - Danny Hultzen - injuries, injuries, injuries #3 - Trevor Bauer - 3.1 #4 - Dylan Bundy (HS) - 0.5 -- #7 - Archie Bradley (HS) - -0.9 2012 #4 - Kevin Gausman - 2.7 -- #5 - Kyle Zimmer - has underperformed expectations #7 - Max Fried (HS) - missed last year due to injury #8 - Mark Appel - should debut this year #9 - Andrew Heaney - 1.3
  17. And That
    Right, as in a personal feeling on the subject. I'm not saying anywhere. And what happened 20 years ago is, to me, irrelevant to recent history. Maybe not to you. And that's fine. Thankfully, we are all free to frame our personal opinions in the manner we choose.
  18. And That
    The Brewers have held one of the better offenses in baseball to 4 runs in 22 innings. Considering how bad the pitching staff has been, that's kind of amazing.
  19. And That
    I guess I don't see any connection between Ben Sheets, who was picked 17 years ago (!), and the current Brewers' draft process. Also arbitrarily not including Arnett, Heckathorn, and Frederickson doesn't make sense to me. I would consider any first round pick to be at the top of the Brewers' draft. Maybe you don't. Semantics I guess. Here's how I see it, since Zduriencik left in 2006 (also admittedly arbitrary, but it's about 10 years and that seems like a good line of demarcation in my head): Taylor Jungmann - I personally think he stinks, though I guess the jury is still out Jed Bradley - bust Eric Arnett - bust Kyle Heckathorn - bust Evan Frederickson - bust That's not good. Edit: I also didn't say they should avoid Puk. Just that given recent history, it would make me personally hesitant.
  20. And That
    Doesn't Johnny Davis to AA and Garrett Cooper to AAA make a lot of sense? I've spoken about Cooper before, but at some point you've got to see if Davis has anything as well.
  21. And That
    My top five right now would be: 1. Groome 2. Pint 3. Perez 4. Rutherford 5. Senzel Due to all the issues the Brewers have had with college arms at the top of the draft, I'm a little preconditioned to be leery of Puk. Considering Montgomery's first draft with the Brewers and Stearn's/Arnold's seeming preference for younger "lottery tickets" in trades, I would be a little surprised to see them go with a college guy at #5. If they go underslot, I think it's more likely they go with a guy like Josh Lowe or Ian Anderson or Braxton Garrett (though I'm not sure how underslot any three of those guys would actually be).
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    Hence my preface "Not exactly the same thing, but..."
  23. And That
    Hobbs Johnson has been brutal since the middle of last year. Thought the move to the bullpen would help the command and results a little bit, but not much.
  24. And That
    Not exactly the same thing, but the Astros traded Jarred Cosart, Bud Norris, and Jordan Lyles during their rebuild. If the Brewers were blown away by an offer, my guess is Nelson is out of the door. But I don't think other teams will meet what the Brewers should rightfully demand, so it's probably a moot point.
  25. And That
    Don't know how well/often it's updated, may contain a number of questionable-source mock drafts, it looks like an HTML table from 1996, and they can't decide how to spell Jason Groome's last name, but thought this was a good resource to compare all of the mocks out there: http://dcprosportsreport.com/MLBMocks.htm For all of the mock drafts since the beginning of April, the Brewers' spread of players is as follows: Delvin Perez: 8 Jason Groome: 3 Riley Pint: 3 Corey Ray: 3 Kyle Lewis: 2 A.J. Puk: 2 Blake Rutherford: 1
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