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May declined his side of the option. Not a big deal to see him go.

We're one injury away from needing Lockridge as a 4th OF instead of a 5th OF. He was hitting well until he got injured. He's fast & plays excellent defense. And Murphy loves the guy. I keep him. Mixing in other thoughts, I'd try to keep Woodruff on a lower-base, incentive-heavy one-year deal. If he wants to stay, that plan keeps cost low if he gets injured and rewards him more the more he pitches. Eventually Hamilton or Ortiz gets squeezed out between Made & Peña arriving. Huge credit to Ortiz for his 2nd half, although all his good juju disappeared in a heartbeat in the playoffs. His defense blows Hamilton's away. Neither Ortiz nor Hamilton is without substantial holes in their overall game. But they're decent-enough placeholders until the next IF stud prospects arrive. Bauers . . . the dude brings a lot. His high pitch count, his plate approach, his power, his experience, his decent 1B glove, his speed on the basepaths, and his ability to play corner OF. Long ABs or not, his hitting fell off a cliff in the WS and he became a big rally-killer. For me, that's enough of a reminder that the QO price is WAY too high for the Brewers to consider offering for him.

We've traded 3 strong or at least integral pitchers since the end of last season (Peralta, Myers, Mears) and got unproven guys in return. On top of that, some of who we were counting on are injured (Priester, Rob Z., Koenig, & Yoho). The idea of trading from our pitching depth, especially right now, seems highly misguided. Heck, Henderson's been nothing but good in his limited MLB time. He's the sort of guy this team's been good at finding, and is exactly the type you don't look to find reasons to trade away.

Ortiz' defense is amazing. His offense isn't exactly good. Worst of all, it's uncanny how many times Ortiz comes up with the bases loaded -- especially with 2 outs -- and, including last year, is pretty much a sure out: 5-30 last season, 0-1 in the '25 playoffs, and 1-4 this year. His K rate in those situations isn't awful overall (2 Ks this year, though), but he's sure a master of weak popups in those situations. . . . Makes me miss the days of Carlos Lee, who was always very blatant about changing his approach a little with 2 strikes to help him bear down & have a better chance of making good contact. Why can't Ortiz do at least a little of that with the bases loaded? His bases loaded ABs are painfully predictable and constant rally-killers.

Are Baddoo & Berroa both injured? Thought I read something about Baddoo that way earlier. Berroa seems to have been MIA all spring.

It wouldn't surprise me to see Lockridge make the team out of the gate and Mitchell sent to AAA to play everyday and get his game going against slightly lesser pitchers. Mitchell's missed a lot of time the last 3 years and I don't think some AAA time would hurt him.

Exactly. I'm with you! When you're the Phillies and always sign veteran FAs to big-buck contracts, 29 definitely means you bring "youth and energy" to that roster. Like multiple phases of the Yankees' existence over the past 20 years, you get what you deserve when the expensive guys get old. When you're the Brewers, the perspective is totally different. I'll lean in to the Brewers' situation, thank you. No thanks on Bohm.

Why are you hot on trading Megill? I believe you need someone with a track record of more than a half-season for that role, and he's both good and not expensive.

Having deep pockets isn't the solution for everything. It may create the possibility of more options in cases of injuries, poor performance, and judgement errors (i.e., bad big contracts), but I'd still gladly take the Brewers' 2025 talent evaluations & development, under-the-radar shrewd moves, organizational smarts, and the results that followed vs. the Mets' 2025 spending every time. It would be fun to be among the big spenders every winter. But it's so much more satisfying winning in the regular season vs. just on paper in the winter.

Sproat earning a rotation spot over Patrick wouldn't surprise me, and not due to Patrick's capability as a starter but more b/c of Patrick's success in the BP as a RH multi-inning guy. I do like the promising depth they've built up, even if it's rather young.

Consider.... After Rob Z. started having a few bits of success after his return from lengthy injury last year, they started leaning on him a bit more. And it seemed to me at the time that the more they did so, the more frequently he didn't do great. . . . It's my thoroughly unresearched opinion that as much as they like Rob Z., even if his OD roster odds are decent, I wouldn't be surprised if by June(-ish) he loses his roster spot to someone more effective or in whom the Brewers have more invested. The odds might seem long for this, but I'd love for Pete Strzelecki to rediscover his mojo and earn a BP spot.

Could've done worse, IMO. Hopefully his 2025 is Rengifo's outlier. He definitely brings more offense in his track record than Monasterio did. It sounds like he has (had?) a negative DRS at multiple positions, which seems pretty not-Brewers-like. To your favoring Ortiz & Turang moving positions, I get that you're just stating your preference. It's worth noting that Murphy's already been quoted as saying that Ortiz & Turang won't be changing positions, and that 3B is the position with multiple options for filling.

Not a bad price for a backup catcher with some substance in his track record. But I still don't like that it's Gary Sanchez. To the earlier Castellanos reference, reading today's Athletic article on his release, even though (or if) he still has some MLB zing in his game, I'm doubtful that he'd be a fit on this team. I'd gladly eat my words if he ends up here and does well. Just doesn't seem too likely, esp. at 3B.

I'd be very surprised. I agree with both points. Durbin had 506 PAs last year. Assuming he's healthy & productive, he could exceed 600 this year, thus his SB count could increase. In a vacuum, I also think he's capable of more than he got last year even with the same number of PAs. Yet if Boston doesn't take a Brewers-style aggressive baserunning approach, then Durbin could be reined in a bit & see his numbers drop in spite of increased PAs.

I've missed something....New(er) lingo help, please. What's BL?