Turning2
-
Posts
424 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Blogs
Events
News
2026 Milwaukee Brewers Top Prospects Ranking
Milwaukee Brewers Videos
2022 Milwaukee Brewers Draft Picks
Milwaukee Brewers Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits
Guides & Resources
2023 Milwaukee Brewers Draft Picks
2024 Milwaukee Brewers Draft Picks
The Milwaukee Brewers Players Project
2025 Milwaukee Brewers Draft Pick Tracker
Store
Downloads
Gallery
Everything posted by Turning2
-
MIL desperately needs at least one of these two to develop into an above average power bat capable of 100+ ribbies and 30+ dingers. Feels like Wilken might get squeezed out in favor of Fischer. Adams has to contend with Burke, and maybe Bitonti in the near future after Vaughn is gone. Boeve is in the mix somewhere too. It's great to have some competition for power.
-
So many intriguing prospects. We know not all of them will pan out. Pratt needs a solid year at the plate, or he might be one that lingers in the minors or becomes trade bait. Hope not.
- 1 reply
-
- 1
-
-
- kyle harrison
- garrett mitchell
- (and 4 more)
-
Woodruff and now Priester with a setback. Really wonder how much bang for the big bucks they're going to get out of Woody.
-
I like the ABS. It might have an unintended consequence though with an influence on the umpire's ego or psyche. Recently Wilyer Abreu challenged a full count strike 3 call and immediately started taking off his armor and walking to first before the ABS call was announced. He was right to challenge, it was ball 4. But showing up the ump like that could easily come back to bite in a future at bat when the team is out of challenges. The only thing I don't like about ABS is that the data over analyzers have probably already dreamt up some new measurement like ABSWar.
-
They are going to find a way to get that cheap, home grown power in the MLB lineup eventually. Might not be this year, but probably after the lockout dust has settled. They damn well better be patient in nurturing his development and not trade him. He's a potential high K, but high HR type guy. Brewers have to stop being so allergic to that component type in a lineup.
-
You don’t get to October without a top of the rotation arm pitching like an ace for most of the season. Ease him along for too long, and there might not be playoffs for him to pitch in. I don’t like it, but have to trust the organization on this one. Really wonder who would be the ace had Woody rejected the QO. They were set on trading Peralta regardless.
-
Just watched the White Sox game. All the guys seem to have huge thighs. In particular, Black, Made and Lara seem bigger, thicker than I recall. Wonder if it's a TV production mirage thing.
-
Maybe It’s just due to having Brewers ball to watch, but it’s not as bad as I first thought. Still think a darker contrast top is a more natural color scheme combination.
-
I'd love to go back 40+ years and give that a try LOL. Actually, I did OK at the plate too. I said glove first, not "only glove"...
-
As a former glove first SS, I very much appreciate what he brings to the team and am rooting for him. If he can get the bat back into the .240 range, that's good enough for me.
-
Question of the week: grade the offseason
Turning2 replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I'm get paid to do what I do, not to nerd out scouring rosters to find workable upgrades. There are always guys that could be traded for. Sometimes the price might be high, but not necessarily not contract wise. It might just cost you prospect capital. If you don't have the cash but you have prospect capital, it's reasonable to spend it in the right circumstances. Since you seem to troll my posts, you already should know who I thought was a good match. No, it wasn't Castellanos. -
Question of the week: grade the offseason
Turning2 replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
C. Didn't totally gut the team, but didn't noticeably upgrade with MLB proven talent either. Banking on future potential development as always, maintaining status quo. But maybe a few things will hit more immediately. Really needed an offensive upgrade at either SS or CF. Not many SS options and I was fine with Ortiz anyway. Should have added a real proven bat to the OF. Grade F on that. -
MLB INC won't be satisfied until they have stripped small markets from any possible path to a WS Championship. The only way things change is if enough fans would walk away and starve the beast financially. But that will never happen and the monied men of MLB know it. Between a TV viewing package and attending 2 games with my family, I contributed at least $500 to this insulting nonsense last year. Not sure that I can justify spending that much again unless the competitive / financial balance gets fixed.
-
It's also all the risks that were taken in other enterprises to build up the capital prior to buying the franchise. To be balanced, I'm also not a huge fan of ownerships that extort tax bases to subsidize their ballparks.
-
They are also not taking on close to half the investment risk.
-
Generational money.... That term has been invented to rationalize the exorbitant salaries of even the lowest paid professional ballplayers. It's been normalized and now many just accept it. Who in the real world thinks they need to make so much money as to allow their kids, grandkids etc to not have to work? It's just a pride thing, a salary competition between millionaires and billionaires that we pay for
-
My "spin" comment wasn't directed specifically at the posting sentiment here if that helps. It's an observation culled from various social media, and an observation of humanity in general. Most people are too cowardly to speak the least amount of opposition to acceptable opinion. I try to be as balanced and fair in my assessments and as intellectually honest I am capable of. It's not an agenda that I shed light on. It's a mindset of whistling past the graveyard, a cognitive dissonance, a herd mentality that often drapes everything in sunshine and lollipops. That is intellectually disingenuous in the "reality" you speak of. I extend hope and optimism when and where it is merited in my posts. But when something ugly needs to be addressed, I'm not going to put lipstick on the pig and lie to myself or others about the issue at hand. That's reality. The alternative is a bubble of group think, a mutual agreement society, go along to get along. Maybe I should change my handle to Neo because I kick against the matrix... LOL. I've stated previously that the Brewers do an admirable job with what circumstances they face. That does not mean I have to polish up every move they make into something it hasn't been and possibly won't be just to feel good about them.
-
Offensively at least, I don't think we can say they are better, though some will try to spin it that way. The moves have brought some potential offense in JW but not proven offense. MLB ready is not the same as MLB proven. They are crossing their fingers that he at least replicates Durbin's production and that Mitchell can miraculously not only stay healthy but actually produce to expectations. They also have hopes pinned on a few of the other guys improving or proving certain flashes weren't a fluke.
-
18 stolen bags as a rookie isn't bad. He set the Arizona Fall League with SB's too, His big league SB numbers will likely increase this year.
-
I’m not speaking in terms of success or failure. Just that so many have themselves convinced that this was a hands down steal. It could easily end up a wash with the downside being it left a large hole at 3B. Barring another trade or Williams being at least as productive as Durbin as a rookie OR Hamilton having a career year, the hot corner offense might be dicey.
-
Well put. Not a popular exercise to suggest anything that rubs against the company line. I'm surprised you only have one down thumb currently.
-
Conventional wisdom would seem to dictate they let him get everyday playing time in Nash at least to start the year. But you're right, he could very well be the backup from the start. MIL isn't conventional for better or worse.
-
I'd say that is their clear focus. If not for the looming lockout and the timing of the TV revenue deal transition, they might have been a tad more aggressive after reaching the NLCS.
-
Not necessarily. It's just as likely they coveted the comp pick, gambled that Woody would decline and lost. They were moving Peralta regardless. We could have easily been facing the opener without either and the marketing push would be how exciting all the new young arms are going to be. Miz would have been forced into the ace role ahead of schedule.
-
It's a year too early to dangle Contreras. He will be next year.
