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I was amazed at how good of a singer he was. Sad stuff.

Keeping tabs on Brewers prospects has been a key part of BrewerFan since its inception over 20 years ago, now we're asking all of you to come vote for your favorites! Image courtesy of Introductory blurb to display on front page. Keeping tabs on Brewers prospects has been a key part of BrewerFan since its inception over 20 years ago, now we're asking all of you to come vote for your favorites! To that end, we held our first Top 25 poll in the summer of 2014 (it was actually a Top 20 poll - but quickly expanded to 25). Jimmy Nelson was our first top prospect. Our yearly poll allows fans of the organization to learn about the team’s prospects and promote the players who they will believe will be a part of Milwaukee's future. You don’t have to an expert in the Brewers minor leagues to participate; feel free to look at other voters’ lists, plus there are links to established prospect analysts - such Fangraphs and the MLB Pipeline. The poll is all in good fun so give the link below a click and join in with the Brewer Fanatic community. The deadline April 4 and you can update your list right up to the deadline. So head on over to the minor league forum to find out more, just click the card below. Or, if you prefer to comment in this article section, here are the rules: Rules 1. Submit your Top 25 prospects (again, a list of 30 is best), in order, by end of day on April 4, 2022. Put the player's full name to avoid any confusion. I appreciate it you would number them. Also, please list your players from #1 to #30. 2. You MUST submit 25 prospects. If there are only 10 or 15 or whatever, your list will not be included. 3. You are encouraged to go beyond pick #25. 30 is best. This way if a player you vote for is released or traded, or you list someone twice, or whatever, we can just bump up your next player. 4. Rankings are determined by total points. The top prospect gets 25 points, second prospect gets 24 points, etc. 4. As noted above, if you submit your list and want to change something, just add the change to the thread via the edit function. I'll accept changes up to the deadline. 5. Within a week or so after the deadline, we'll publish the new BF.net Community Top 25. Eligibility guidelines Rookie eligibility is determined by the same standards as MLB: “A player shall be considered a rookie unless, during a previous season or seasons, he has (a) exceeded 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched in the Major Leagues; or (b) accumulated more than 45 days on the active roster of a Major League club or clubs during the period of 25-player limit (excluding time in the military service and time on the disabled list).” Note: I have seen some conflicting information on Aaron Ashby. Baseball-Reference lists him as having 46 days of experience - and marks him as having 'exceeded' rookie eligibility. However, every prospect list people have him as being rookie eligible. Thus, I am making him eligible for this poll. - Players graduated from Top 25 list: Jake Cousins - Other players who have exceeded rookie limits: Ángel Perdomo, Miguel Sánchez - Eligible players with ML experience: Justin Topa, Alec Bettinger, Corey Ray, Mario Feliciano, Aaron Ashby - Ineligible players: Ángel Perdomo, Miguel Sánchez, Jake Cousins, J.C. Mejia Best of luck to you all! View full article

The mock draft thing at PFF.com is fun. Here's mine. I totally did a homer pick on Chenal - but I think he would fit for us (stress 'think'). I figure he can help a ton in the run game, plus he can still play as a pass rusher. Thus his coverage skills are minimized. I really wanted a DL type - but just couldn't pass up Raimann at #28. I went with McBride - passing on WR George Pickens. That might have been a mistake, but whatever. Just fun.

Dotson would be a really nice add for us. I've seen him slotted mostly in the 2nd tier of WRs - after London, Olave, Wilson, Williams and Burks (in no particular order). His lack of size and strength are his biggest knocks, but he really is well rounded and should be able to help right away. He'd be a fine pick at #28 - but almost no way he drops to us in round 2.

MVS to Chiefs. 3 years, $30M. $18M guaranteed. https://www.profootballrumors.com/2022/03/chiefs-to-sign-wr-marquez-valdes-scantling

I doubt we do three - but two wouldn't surprise me. All depends on who's available at our picks.

Malik Willis of Liberty had a great pro day this past week - and I'm seeing him rise up on draft boards (into the Top 10). Guy still has some work to do, but scouts say his has the big upside teams love. He's perfect for a team that can let him sit for a year or two. QBs tend to rise up on draft day. Kenny Pickett looks like a Top 20 pick as well, and Desmond Ridder is starting to pop up there as well. This is all good for the Packers. The more QBs that get taken ahead of us, the more other talent gets pushed down. Still a long way away from the draft. Lots can happen.

Seattle and Carolina (I think) are the only real 'open' spots. You could probably add Pittsburgh and Philly. Maybe the Giants take a flyer on Mayfield? His guaranteed $19M or whatever he's making will make it hard for the Browns to find a taker.

One guy that I had seen projected to GB was Michigan Edge rusher David Ojabo. Well, Ojabo torn his Achilles last week at Michigan's Pro Day. He will likely take at least six months to recover. Might mean he'll drop a bit come draft day.

Marcus Mariota to the Falcons as a FA. Two-year deal. Likely a stopgap QB to run things as they tank and lose even more.

If Chenal is around in the 4th, that would be a steal. But I think someone will bite earlier - especially after his combine performance. Even getting him in the 3rd would be nice. I've seen the Packers linked to safeties in some mocks - mostly Daxton Hill from Michigan - at #28. Perhaps with Douglas' signing the need for a DB will diminish.

Yeah, big time free agents aren't going to come to Milwaukee. Maybe once in a blue moon everything will work out - such as with Cain - but it's just not going to happen very often. I never (except for fun) look at big time free agents and think 'what if we sign him'. I just know it's not happening. It is what it is. I can't change how things work - so I try not to let it bother me.

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I will add that asking people about why someone has slotted a person in whatever spot is fine for this thread. It is has been done many times in the past. I just ask that people be respectful in their questions (which I think Clancy has been). If you don't want to respond to a question, don't. That's totally good. Just know that a lot of people don't look at this thread once they post their list - so there's no promise they'll reply - or even see - any question a person has. Thanks.

Lofton was amazing. He was so smooth. He had these long strides that sort of hid how amazingly fast he was. Absolutely amazing player.

I think the best strategy is to lay back and see what players fall to the Packers. That said, the team might have specific players on their radar - which may require a trade to move up and get. Whatever works. What I love is that with the picks we have the team can add a lot of cheap talent. That's big for going forward. If Douglas comes back, we probably don't need a DB. Add in QB and RB as well as those positions are set. I think in the first round we can be looking at WR, OL, DL or LB. Of these, WR is probably the most pressing need - and there are a lot of promising guys that should be available at #22 - and perhaps at #28. Heck, the team could feasibly grab two WRs in the first round if they like the value. I wonder if that's ever happened. Otherwise, in the second round, the club could look at a TE. I doubt they do so in round one. As I said before - it will be fun.

Draft is going to be fun this year.

Whelp, didn't see this one coming. But I understand it. If Adams doesn't want to be here - getting a 1st and a 2nd is a solid return. The deal is done. Let's make the best of the opportunity.

Karlaftis is one of those guys who might drop to us. Probably not - but you never know. A few guys always drop. Just never know which ones. I've seen him mocked to the Packers a bit.

The only thing to understand is that nothing is understandable.

Greinke to the Royals is kind of a cool story. I approve.

I was hoping closer to $6M - but figured it would be around $8M. I always loved Cutch. Just a stand up guy. The dude was something special for about 5 years. Too bad that was 10 years ago. On the positive side, McCutchen's BABIP was really low - down to .244 (after being .281 and .299 the previous two years). If that can rebound some - he could get back more to a .250ish BA. My biggest fear is that his inability to hit right handers is a real thing (he hit just .186 against righties) - the result of age. It happens to everyone. If that's the case, he's an expensive platoon bat.

Suzuki really intrigued me. Oh well.

The Reds just acquired Mike Minor from the Royals. I'm just wondering what they are up to. I mean, they just gave up Wade Miley - who's due $10M this year. Miley was good last year - 3.36 ERA, 160+ IP. And now they trade for Minor - who's due $7.3M. Minor had a 5.00+ ERA last year (and 2020). Like I said - why?