ClosetBrewerFan

Time for a promotion, don't you think.

Agreed. Honestly, which top prospects have underperformed so far. Apart from injuries, the only one I can think of is Eric Brown. Maybe Yerlin Rodriguez, but that is stretching "top prospect". It really has been a great minor league season so far for the brewers.

Just baseball posted their Top 100 prospect update. 6 Brewers in the top 100. Made, Pena, Miz all within the top 20. I had Pena at 10 (for the brewers) in our last Brewerfanatic prospect vote. I'm going to have to adjust that. I admit I am reluctant to give him his due. Just thinking its too improbable that the Brewers could find three international prospects recently with superstar talent (Chourio, Made, Pena), but it looks like they did! https://www.justbaseball.com/prospects/top-100-mlb-prospects/

Its hard to believe Freddy will have a higher value than now. This is his best year of his career and there is 1.5 years left on his extremely team friendly contract. There is a good chance he regresses slightly or there is always the risk of injury. If we are going to trade him this offseason anyways, why not trade him in-season when his value is greater.

Its been a disappointing season so far but its far from over. Do you think the Brewers will sell off players or hang tight and wait for bounce-backs from Contreras, Yelich, and Chourio? Or do they take a third option and trade off some players but get major league players back to address SS or 3b? They are currently 4th in the division, but they have the talent to make a run. Upcoming free agents (or mutual option decisions) are: Hoskins, Quintana, Woodruff, Civale, Nestor Other players they could trade: Freddy, Bauers, Haas I think Hoskins is gone regardless. Quintana also is likely gone if he can show he is healthy. Woodruff is a more difficult one. Long term Brewer may cause some pause to trade him, but I think they dump that salary as soon as he shows he has recovered. Bauers, Haas, Civale wont net much but maybe a lotto ticket. If Nestor comes back soon enough, maybe, but I doubt he would have much value. Freddy is the wild card. He could net a huge haul with his team friendly contract. If the right deal is there, they will go for it, but its got to be overwhelming. I think the Brewers will target close to major league talent (AA/AAA prospects). They have depth at 1b (Ernesto, Bauers, Black) and they already have an excess of SPs. So, it makes sense they will trade off talent to make room for prospects. I think even if they sell off a few depth pieces (Hoskins, Quintana, Woodruff) they could still finish above 500, but not if Freddy is also traded. Just Baseball discussed this topic yesterday in one of their segments.

Feel bad for Carlos Rodriguez. If they don't want to start him in the majors, at least give him a chance in long relief. That's not to take away anything from Easton, who had a slow start but has really come on. It will be interesting to see what he can do after they gave him a 2 year minor league contract to last year to give him time to recover from his injury. He's a minor league free agent after this season if he is not retained on the 40 man roster. He has 2 options left.

The writeup on Miz seems to have been done during spring training. It says he lacks a changeup and that has been a very notable difference as of late. I imagine his rating would have been higher based on recent events. Really no reason why Made would be higher than Miz right now. Understand the risk with Miz, but a SP with a ceiling of best starter in the game and is at AAA has to have more value than an 18 year old SS with superstar potential but is in low A. Its a nice problem for the Brewers to have. Two players of this caliber.

Id rather see Carlos Rodriguez or Miz instead of Tobias. It would be nice for Tobias to work on a few things in AAA before the recall.

Ethan Murray with his 867 OPS in AA is saying "What the..." Honestly, there are a whole slew of middle infielders worthy of promotions that could ripple through the org to add some depth to these teams. I never understand why the Brewers do this (granted its infrequent).

I'm tired of the Brewers "minor" injuries.

I wonder what the Brewers plans are for Carlos Rodriguez. He's done everything right this year, repeating AAA. If they want to keep him as a starter then you would have thought they would try him out before the Priester desperation trade. They could use him as a long reliever (where i think he would do well in), but they called up Hudson instead. Hudson needs more time to work through his issues and not do it at the Majors.

People wonder why Murph usually has a short leash on Patrick. This is why.

Hoskins to Boston for Yophery Rodriguez, John Holobetz, and a competitive balance pick.

I think its fair to judge this trade in the moment and consider this bad value. Most evaluators considered this to be a bad trade, and that was before the PTBNL was announced. Holobetz is more than a throw in (5th rounder showing promise in low A. Sure, long term this could work out for the Brewers but its getting harder for me to be believe that. Tristan Casas is out for the season now. I think a fair trade is Hoskins for Marcelo Mayer. Be nice to have a desperation trade going back the other way.

Jacob MisiorowskiJeferson QueroCooper PrattJesus MadeBraylon PayneRobert GasserLogan HendersonTyler BlackMike BoeveLuis PenaChad PatrickBrock WilkenLuis LaraEric BitontiTyson HardinBishop LetsonBryce MeccageCaleb DurbinJadher AreinamoCraig Yoho

Huh? Barrios had nearly a 800 OPS last year as a 1b/3b. That's quite surprising. I had penciled him in on Carolina's opening day roster this spring.

Is Quintana our ace now?

Arizona's first game is a week from tomorrow. Excited to see who the remaining DSL promotions will be as well as hopefully debut's of last year's draftees Deberry, Renz, and Dubanewicz (who are not listed above). By my count we have not seen the 2025 debuts of these players: O'Rae, Russell Smith, Edwin Jimenez, or Tanner Shears. I assume the last two are still recovery from last year's injuries but have not heard anything on the first two. Has there been any sightings of these in Arizona?

Payamps proof lead?

Is Payamps cooked or is this just small sample?

I'm just happy he actually hit the ball

Langoliers has a cannon. Probably looking to get a really good jump.

attaboy Patrick!

Frelick is the biggest surprise for me with Turang a close second. Love the pop we are seeing from those two. Ortiz has been the biggest disappointment. I had pegged him as someone who I thought would take the next steps. The rotation has been amazing considering all the injuries.

Time for Yoho