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1. Trent Grisham (OF) - I'm buying into Grisham's resurgence. The only debate at #1 was Grisham or Turang. I chose Grisham, because, he's comparable to Turang in terms of draft position and status as a high school draftee, just a different position several years later. And being almost exactly 3 years older than Turang, I think we'd be thrilled if Turang is producing as much as Grisham is doing in 3 years in AAA and appearing to be MLB ready, wouldn't we? 2. Brice Turang (SS) - A little lull on his promotion to High A, but seems to be coming around. Obviously far from a finished product, but definitely one that the fan base can be excited about. 3. Trey Supak (SP) - One of the quieter prospects in the system, Supak continues to produce. 4. Aaron Ashby (SP) - Long ways to go, but one of the higher upside arms in the system, especially as a LHP. 5. Corey Ray (OF) - I have a really hard time ranking Ray this high as it really isn't warranted, but it's a weak system. Still, he's coming off a nice, albeit high strikeout season. There's still time to figure things out. 6. Drew Rasmussen (SP) - Struggled a bit upon his promotion to Biloxi, but pitching better as of late. Like Ashby, one of the higher upside arms on the farm. 7. Tristen Lutz (OF) - The development here hasn't been linear, but when you look at where Grisham was 2 years ago and where he is now, you're reminded of how quickly that can change. Still one of the higher upside prospects in the system and one of the most breakout possible. 8. Devin Williams (RP) - Has made a nice home for himself in the Biloxi pen as a high leverage reliever with impressive 13 K/9 numbers and recently promoted to AAA. The Southern League is a pitcher's league, so it remains to be seen how he'll fare when inevitably promoted to Milwaukee. 9. Ethan Small (SP) - I'll be interested in his development, could be fast-tracked to help this club soon. 10. Mario Feliciano © - Probably the best producing of the young catchers in the Brewer system, he may unfortunately be the least likely to stick at the position. 11. Payton Henry © - Feliciano and Henry are fairly neck and neck in regard to prospect status. 12. Eduardo Garcia (SS) - Turang isn't the only one in the pipeline. Hopefully will start to put our international market in a better light. 13. Antoine Kelly (SP) - If there's another future Josh Hader in the system, this is the guy. 14. Micah Bello (OF) - Outperforming Gray in the Pioneer League thus far. 15. Bobby Wahl (RP) - Very nice return here for Broxton, and one of the many potential high upside pen arms we're going to be throwing at the wall in the next year to see what sticks. 16. Dylan File (SP) - Quietly continues to impress. Looking like the Zack Brown breakout pitcher of 2019, possibly. 17. Joe Gray (OF) - Strikeout concerns, but the tools are definitely there. 18. Lucas Erceg (3B) - Really seems to have hit a wall in his development. At some point you have to start considering that he's probably just not much of a prospect anymore. 19. Braden Webb (SP) - Looked like a guy headed for a breakout to start 2019, slowed upon his promotion to Biloxi, and currently injured. 20. Felix Valerio (IF) - While he continues to be knocked for being undersized, yet another piece of the Keon Broxton trade continues to produce at a very young age. 21. Jacob Nottinghamm © - It's a hunch at best, but I don't think the Brewers are sold that this is their backstop of the future. It's not out of the question for him to profile as backup C/1B/DH guy in the AL, but the bat needs to come around a bit more. 22. Alec Bettinger (SP) - Turning some heads now after a very slow start to 2019. 7 of his last 10 starts have gone 6 innings +, providing length that the MLB rotation has struggled with. 23. Pablo Abreu (OF) - Hard to believe it's been 3 years in the system, but he's still only 19. Whether or not he can stick in CF will likely define his future ranking fluctuation. 24. Eduardqui Garcia (OF) - Solid performance in the DSL, and he's only 17. If he can maintain it when he reaches Appleton or Carolina, he could skyrocket. 25. Nate Griep (RP) Relief prospects don't get enough love, particularly when they're 25. Still, Griep has performed consistently in the pen with every promotion in the minors, and if he can keep it up when he reaches San Antonio, he could be an option for the Brewer pen in the near future.

Was designated for assignment by the Rangers. He's signed for 1 year, 3.5M so a claim for his prorated salary would only cost about a million bucks for the rest of the season. His .235/.318/.393 line is not great, but he was better last season, he's got some pop, and he can back up anywhere in the infield, and he's a switch hitter. Since we have to carry a second player on the roster anyway who can play SS, surely he would be an upgrade on the roster over Saladino.

There won't be until the move is official tomorrow. They'll have to make room for Pomeranz too. My guess is Taylor Williams and probably Shaw are optioned. They'll need to open up a 40 man roster spot for Grisham too. My guess is Tyrone Taylor gets DFAed.

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No way. Taylor I would guess gets DFAed. Shaw probably heads back to San Antonio.

I would guess Tyrone Taylor is getting DFAed any minute now.

Boy, this has not been a good deadline day for you. You know no one is expecting Grisham to duplicate his AAA numbers in MLB, right?

If Grisham comes up, he needs to be starting 5 games a week, minimum. The only ways I can think of to make that happen are either of Braun or Yelich spending some time at 1st.

Well....time to see if the guy we deemed not good enough to pay 2 million dollars 8 months ago and has a 5.36 ERA since then can be the savior we need.

So this deadline: Not that WAR is the end all, but the combined WAR of all players we acquired is -0.4. We did not upgrade at SS or find depth there, in fact we lost depth there. We acquired a couple non needle moving starters that hardly qualify as AAA depth. There's some upside, but literally every player we acquired you could debate as to whether they are even worth a 25 man roster spot. The only one I'm even remotely excited about is Faria. I'm not sure Lyles will even be better than Supak/Wilkerson would have been. Black is a 30 year old project. Pomeranz is useless. We lost a good prospect, got stuck with Arcia now for the foreseeable future, and somehow didn't even really improve our MLB team. I guess the best thing about this deadline is that Grisham is still here.

Turang has been pretty underwhelming just in High A much less thinking of him up to Milwaukee. He won't be near MLB ready in 2020, and most likely not even 2021.

Mostly because he's been pretty consistently not very good at baseball for 3+ years in the big leagues now.

Hahaha. Wow. This is an awful, awful trade. Even when I don't care for a Stearns trade much I'm usually in the camp of "let's see what happens", but trading Dubon for two DFA trade type guys...just wow. Just stand pat if you're making deals like this.

Well, Syndergaard's price tag is so high it's driven everyone away, the Giants have no real reason to trade Bumgarner anymore, and Stroman and Bauer have already been traded. Who are you expecting? Which contenders are doing much more than this right now?

Honestly Faria is about as good as I figured we would have done for a guy like Aguilar. One year too late on this deal, but still an ok return.

LF now open for Grisham in 2020?

The Royals won't take two bums like Barnes and Williams for Diekman. They would get a better pkg. from any other team interested in Diekman. Diaz is nowhere near the pitcher he was last year. More hits than IPs - 21 ERs in only 38 IPs - 1.6 HRs/9. 3+ BBs/9. Right now I wouldn't give up Williams for him, much less the whole pkg.. You wouldn't give up Taylor Williams for Edwin Diaz? You're kidding, right? Diaz has been really, really unlucky. If you look a little beyond ERA and hits, all signs point to him still having dominant reliever stuff. He'll be fine. He might have lost a little value since the Mets dealt for him, but not THAT much.

Well, that's enough of this for me.

Alright one more inning go see if we can score then it's off to bed.

Gotta be somewhere within 15 miles or so of the strike zone to get a chase on that splitter, Junior.

Utterly disappointing, but not surprising inning.

Swing the damn bat, Yeli.

Yep ... why is he in the majors? It's maddening! Because he has had great success in the past and he was tearing up AAA so it looked plausible that he was back. He has not taken advantage, I'm afraid. He's getting close to non-tender territory, which is incredible after the last 2 seasons.

I'm trying to stay awake for as much as I can, but this Brewer team is boring me to death.

Probably. Can't be stretched out for much more than that.