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  1. ClosetBrewerFan
    There is another reason for the Brewers to go quality over quantity. MLB has a cap of 180 players can be stateside in the minors (does not include DSL). The recent collective bargaining agreement in March with minor leaguers allowed the league to reduce that cap to 165 for 2024. That's 15 fewer players that can be rostered in the states. As the recent transactions today imply, the Brewers needed to clear space on rosters to allow them to sign draft picks AND stay under that 180 player limit. It will be even more difficult next year. So, it seems the Brewers are likely accounting for that with this draft.
  2. ClosetBrewerFan
    I sure hope Counsell stays. I have my occasional criticism, but he has been great manager for so long.
  3. ClosetBrewerFan
    And the injuries keep coming. Brian Anderson has not been great this year, but hard to believe Monasterio will be better. I'm glad Jahmai is coming back up, but I have to believe Toro would have been a better option. Toro is a switch hitter and would be a good platoon mate with Monasterio (who is great against LH, but Worse than Winker against RH).
  4. ClosetBrewerFan
    I'd go with Gasser, Andrews, Cousins, or Bukauskas before Strzlecki. Peter needs to get his control back before he gets a callup. But as stated above, Justin Wilson probably gets the last spot in the bullpen before any of these guys.
  5. ClosetBrewerFan
    So Chourio, Quero, Uribe, ... all a waste of resources. Got it. Thanks
  6. ClosetBrewerFan
    Why? Who would play CF?
  7. ClosetBrewerFan
    Some of the late round HS picks may not take that much to sign. As a reminder, Brewers can sign players beyond round 10 for $150k without impacting the bonus pool. Pablo Garabitos signed out of high school in 2018 for the max without impacting the pool. Even still, it will be mighty impressive if the front office can sign both Bitonti and Pratt. Its likely going to take over $1M to sign Bitonti and nearly $2M for Pratt (I'm using their pre-draft ranking and the slot value for them). That means they will need to free up at least $1.9M to go overslot. They can spend up to 5% of their draft pool without losing a draft pick (at a cost of 75% of the overage). So this will be $550k of the $1.9M. Therefore, its going to take some hard negotiations on those College pitchers to free up the money required. Picks 4 and 7-10 may be getting the minimum bonus.
  8. ClosetBrewerFan
    The chance Hiura hits worse than Winker for the rest of the year is very low. And I was a big Winker fan when they got him. But he has nothing left and is not improving (.641 OPS in last 28 days). That is just not good enough for DH. Insert Hiura in as the full time DH. This just needs to happen.
  9. ClosetBrewerFan
    I have no problem with Miller's defense at 1b. We have had much worse. He's is serviceable. I'm more concerned about his bat crashing. His overall numbers are fine, but trending in the wrong way... Monthly OPS: Apr/Mar: .660, May: .995, June: 585, July: 566 This is similar to last year where he started off hot and then went cold for the rest of the year.
  10. ClosetBrewerFan
    Oakland's GM should be fired for this trade. It was a universally jaw dropping . No one felt Contreras for Ruiz was a reasonable trade and somehow the Brewers got two more players on top of it. Just stunningly bad trade by Oakland.
  11. ClosetBrewerFan
    Justin Wilson tomorrow? I might even prefer Jason Alexander. Or lets make everyone happy and call up Uribe.
  12. ClosetBrewerFan
    I've followed him. He was really bad in 2021 and I sort of wrote him off after that, but that was a small sample. He has definitely hit at AAA this year and he will draw walks His defense is below average at 2b and OF. Likely a AAAA type player. Though he is still young yet, so you never know.
  13. ClosetBrewerFan
    Congrats to Ryan. Well deserved! Who had Ryan Brady as the first of the 2022 draft picks to make it to AA?
  14. ClosetBrewerFan
    Congrats to Pannone. A well deserved promotion. Meanwhile, Clayton says; "what the hxx!x!%$#"
  15. ClosetBrewerFan
    Thanks for the always excellent analysis article! Well done.
  16. ClosetBrewerFan
    Well written article. Nice job!
  17. ClosetBrewerFan
    i'd be ok with extending Anderson. 2yr deal for $10M would be ok. I doubt Anderson would go for a 1yr extension as he will want the security of a longer deal. He has some flexibility being able to play 3B/RF and likely a few other positions. Question is with his injury history, not sure the Brewers would do it
  18. ClosetBrewerFan
    MLB Trade Rumors has an article on the 2023 Rule 5 drafted players. There are a few that are doing well and shows why this rule makes sense to keep. Gives these players an opportunity to get playing time when they might not from the original team. I'm not sure a rule change is needed or would be better than what we have. Teams should learn to not select players that are clearly not ready, or if they do, return them early when it becomes clear they are not ready. I think the Varland case is a good example. Clearly he has talent, but really needs more time in the minors. The Brewers took a shot and when they felt it wasn't going to work out, let him go. I'm hoping this was a lesson learned from the Wang/Cruz days, when the Brewers hung on to a player just to keep him in the organization. The cost to try out a player and see if he will stick is low. To have the team hang on to a player longer than they should in detriment to the big league club is a bigger cost.
  19. ClosetBrewerFan
    I like the Ruf signing. He's at the twilight of his career but seems like he could do better than Voit at this point. Just don't understand the Trevor Megill promotion. Was his 9.95 ERA too hard to pass up? I could think of 9-10 other pitchers more worthy of a promotion.
  20. ClosetBrewerFan
    1 Jackson Chourio 2 Sal Frelick 3 Jeferson Quero 4 Tyler Black 5 Robert Gasser 6 Jacob Misiorowski 7 Ethan Small 8 Abner Uribe 9 Eric Brown 10 Carlos Rodriguez (P) 11 Freddy Zamora 12 Daniel Guilarte 13 Janson Junk 14 Stiven Cruz 15 Robert Moore 16 Hendry Mendez 17 Alexander Cornielle 18 Edwin Jimenez 19 Gus Varland 20 Joseph Hernandez 21 Hedbert Perez 22 Justin Yeager 23 Luis Lara 24 Lucas Erceg 25 Justin Jarvis 26 Felix Valerio 27 Elvis Peguero 28 Mathew Wood 29 Eduardo Garcia 30 Patricio Aquino
  21. ClosetBrewerFan
    Awesome that they are serious about giving Black an opportunity at 3B. That could fill a big hole in the future. Surprised to not see Valerio in the lineup. Is he battling an injury?
  22. ClosetBrewerFan
    Ryan Brady skips low A. Those 4 IP in Arizona last year must have really impressed.
  23. ClosetBrewerFan
    I agree. Its not like teams could not have voluntarily chosen to go with 165 players, but I guess then they would feel like they are losing a competitive edge. So let's force all the teams to have less players. Really stupid way of protecting teams that are just being cheap.
  24. ClosetBrewerFan
    I agree with many of these answers if we are talking about success of the Brewers over the next few years. But the question is what is success for 2023? That has to be one thing. Get to the playoffs and either win it all or at least go deep in the playoffs. If the Brewers are not going to make it, then I am fine with trading off a star or two before they leave for Free Agency but I would not call that 2023 Success. That's called failure and trying to make the best of it.
  25. ClosetBrewerFan
    I'm still holding out hope that Mitchell starts in CF and Frelick in RF, with Taylor getting plenty of time as a backup at all three positions. I think this would be the best lineup starting on opening day. We'll see how they do in spring training, but I hope they force the issue.
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