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  1. MNBrew
    Are Baddoo & Berroa both injured? Thought I read something about Baddoo that way earlier. Berroa seems to have been MIA all spring.
  2. MNBrew
    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.
  3. MNBrew
    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.
  4. MNBrew
    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.
  5. MNBrew
    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.
  6. MNBrew
    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.
  7. MNBrew
    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.
  8. MNBrew
    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.
  9. MNBrew
    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.
  10. MNBrew
    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.
  11. MNBrew
    I've missed something....New(er) lingo help, please. What's BL?
  12. MNBrew
    It's been 13+ hours since the trade news broke. I've spent a lot of time pondering it. I've read all 8 pages of this thread.... - I still don't know yet what to think of it, except that it's interesting. - I keep thinking of questions and no lead-pipe-cinch answers are apparent yet. - However, I trust Matt Arnold & I'm intrigued. The Brewers always have a plan. What that plan is is anyone's guess. - It also feels like there's another move coming. While we love big news, I'd guess it's more likely an under-the-radar type of move. - I like what Durbin brought last year. Monasterio did alright and had some decent runs here, plus a few especially good moments, though also plenty of unproductive stretches, too. Seigler, however . . . . More surprising than anything about him is reading some comments where people think he's any kind of loss. It's his picture that pops up today when you look up "just a guy." - As to the speculation that this might preclude any possible acquisition of a veteran depth SP option, I really don't get the comment someone made about Quintana being a low-ceiling guy. I'll take the legit 11-7 record with a 3.96 ERA at K-Mart Blue Light Special pricing anyday.
  13. MNBrew
    No. My goodness, no. I love good trade activity as much as the next guy, but no to this. As others have noted, there's also the obvious caveat of not knowing who the potential return would be, assuming you wouldn't consider Wilken or Adams the exact sort of young 3B you're moving out assets to get.
  14. MNBrew
    I'm not sure how you can assert that they've plateaued with a plan. They're definitely at a strong high point. Plateau implies knowns rather than assumptions on what hasn't happened yet. Baddoo, Lockridge, & Perkins -- I agree, that's enough of those types -- don't need more. We don't know that Jett's that same kind of player at the MLB level. Perkins & Lockridge haven't been 17-HR guys. Avans isnt in the Brewers organization anymore. To me, Berroa's one of the first guys waived/DFA'd/etc. if we need to open space on the 40-man, which we don't yet. If we hadn't been in a bind last year, I'm not sure Berroa would've ever made the 40-man.
  15. MNBrew
    For all the promise/potential/whatever -- which I high on, too -- most of the 7 guys you're referring to haven't spent a full season on an MLB roster yet. I'd think Quintana makes a ton of sense, and Montgomery on a CHEAP base with incentives seems like a decent lottery ticket, too. We have enough "not fully MLB-proven over time" guys.
  16. MNBrew
    I like who we got but would've like to see Baty in this deal. A lot can still happen between now & the trade deadline, which means there still could be other opportunities to acquire Baty (or someone else comparable).
  17. MNBrew
    I agree on Myers. If only there was a way to sneak Mears back from KC for nothing and put him in the trade instead of Myers. Obviously that didn't happen, but Mears is the type of guys I would rather have given up than Myers.
  18. MNBrew
    Expansion? That's seemed inevitable for a long time. But that doofus Rob Manfred just can't help but to screw around with absolutely everything, including way too many things that were never broken. I can't stand that ignoramus.
  19. MNBrew
    While I'd rather Freddy remain a Brewer -- obviously a long-term pipe dream -- this strikes me as the sort of deal that could be reasonable.
  20. MNBrew
    I agree with your first point but disagree with your second. Freddy's 3 years older than Baz and a far better pitcher than Baz. Baz's best year (by bWAR) is better than only 1 of Freddy's last 5 (in 2022, when Freddy was out for nearly half the year). Maybe Baz becomes what Freddy is. Freddy's already proven he is what he is, and that's a whole lot more than Baz is right now. The $8M salary this year is a huge value factor that I'd think mitigates some of the greater value you posit that Baz has by being 3 years away from FA.
  21. MNBrew
    I haven't followed Duran, but looking at the numbers, I see a good year last year and a really good year the year before. He's already 29. It's a little hard to know if these last two years are harbingers of greatness ahead or, given some of his lesser production last year, a blip. Looking at Peralta, he's gradually gotten better each year, was really good this year, 29 years old, and is a more rare commodity than Duran -- solid, healthy, proven SP (one of the NL's best), let alone on a really good contract. I don't get how a one-for-one's out of the question. A 3- or 4-for-Duran seems absurd -- an easy & hard no -- if Peralta goes the other way. I can definitely see how Duran would be an upgrade in the OF. At the same time, I'm not at all eager to get rid of Freddy, even if the odds of keeping him long-term aren't great, because the rotation should definitely be much better if he's in MIL.
  22. MNBrew
    Wade Miley 2.0?
  23. MNBrew
    Seriously? Peralta -- a top-10 SP in all of MLB last year and his crazy-good contract in his prime -- for two high-end prospects would need a sweetener from the Brewers' end? If I'm Matt Arnold, I'd demand at least that much & maybe more for Freddy alone.
  24. MNBrew
    Other teams' moves don't put pressure on the Brewers. Silly assertion. It's early in the offseason and the Brewers are wise enough to know that pennants aren't determined by who wins the winter headlines battles. While there are no guarantees, the Brewers know what's doable for them, have plenty of time, and have a track record with enough success to justify trusting this front office. That's not pressure.
  25. MNBrew
    I love trades as much as anyone here but I really don't love this idea. I'd rather keep BP depth and consider moving someone like Megill only if/when we have enough solid back-end depth to absorb his loss with more well-justified confidence and definitive plan, not just hope ("the Brewers have such good luck coming up with bullpen arms" type of thinking).
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