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I wonder how much the Brewers wanted to stay with the Sounds and how much of a factor a lack of alternative options played into it. Even in the article the Brewers commented on the stadium situation, which is extremely old news. It's sort of odd that the 2 best facilities in the system outisde of AZ are the 2 A ball affiliates. There are certainly positives from a geographic standpoint to have the AA and AAA close to each other, but the stadium situation in both cities will only become a larger issue with time. How long can the Brewers truly allow their best prospects to come through 2nd or 3rd class facilities? The Sounds are a first class organization outside of the stadium situation, from MLB quality media notes every day, to the game stories, archived audio, timely press releases, and so on. We're extremely fortunate to have that kind of management not only from Nashville, but Wisconsin and Helena as well. I'm not sure the stadium situation matters so much in short season ball like in Helena, but I would hate to lose Nashville as an affiliate simply because the facility is so outdated the Brewers face a competitive disadvantage from a development standpoint.

Yep I anointed myself board policeman for a day... nice. In truth I just got tired of the insults and the same thing being continually posted in reply to everyone that tried to explain the alternative position to you. Regardless there's no point in discussing this further with you because you aren't interested in discussion. Every point has already been discussed from every angle, based on your response KC I shouldn't have even wasted my time, nor should anyone else. POSTING in CAPS in EVERY single POST doesn't ADD emphasis IT just MAKES it LOOK like YOU are CONTINUALLY ranting.

You might want to actually read and consider what's being said by the other side of a discussion instead of continually throwing petty insults at different people in every post you make.. Monty clearly responded to your posts and in the sentence he italicized you suggested trading one of the higher paid players to clear payroll, his response should be self explanatory. Even at $100 million the Brewers are much closer to the bottom teams in payroll than they are to the top. Maybe what you haven't gotten your mind around is that the market size matters because it's nearly impossible for the Brewers to do better than draw 3 million fans and sport the $100 million payroll. It's not like in 2 years we'll be at $120 million or we'll be at $140 million in 5 years. If that's what you think where are the extra revenue streams going to come from? Raising ticket prices will only get you so far. How much farther can the market stretch? What's realistic? The point Monty was making is why sign Hart only to have to trade him? What other high priced player would have significant enough trade value to bring back something valuable? Gallardo and Braun aren't going anywhere, Weeks had a down year, which leaves Hart and Ramirez, and Ramirez' backloaded contract should be a tell a tough sell unless a team is desperate at the trade deadline. So basically that leaves us with trading Hart if you want to clear salary... I realize that you like Hart, I like Hart, he was one of my favorite prospects and he's been my favorite Brewer since Hardy moved on. In fact everyone likes Hart except for a long gone poster who thought he'd never hit because his elbow wasn't in the proper spot in his stance. The issue has been and remains how to best move the organization forward taking all of the variables into consideration and not focus solely on Hart's production as a MLB player. Somewhere we need to start cycling some youth back into the position players if we're going to remain competitive, the same is true of the pitching staff as well. Getting older and more expensive as a team every year is not a sustainable trend for all of the reasons that plenty of people have posted about over the last 5 months. Maybe you just skim posts but the issues have been approached in plenty of detail from every angle possible, if you still don't understand then simply put the burden is squarely on your shoulders, not on the rest of us. People have been exceedingly patient with you despite comments such as... A completely made up opinion presented as fact without a shred of actual evidence to support it. And my personal favorite given that multiple unbiased sources continue to list Milwaukee as the smallest TV market in baseball... let's not let facts stand in the way of a good rant.

He was an intriguing hire coming from Texas who's been about as progressive as it gets trying to develop pitching. There are a couple of other organizations I'd like to pilfer a coach or 2 from as well like San Fran and ATL, teams that traditionally have found a way to identify and develop pitching. I know Hanson has kind of stalled out as a 2/3, Minor has a had rough season, and Teheran was all over the place from start to start for the Braves in the minors, but there's a quite a bit to like that about that organization as well. Heck, just identifying and signing Beachy for only $20k puts them at the top of the list. As far as the Giants go it should be self explanatory given what they've done with pitching and their MLB rotation. I'm not sure the coaching is as good for the Rays (they draft so many upside arms every year) as the other teams, but given their run of HS arms I'm intrigued by them as well.

Gotta love this T-Rat pitching the last 3 games, my goodness, and now a 5 run 5th as I look at the box score again. Hopefully Chad continues to put zeros on the board.

I saw Davis in Appleton as well and I wasn't all that impressed, he was average defensively for an A ball player so at the time he was below average in MLB terms. He doesn't run the best and when I saw him play he didn't get great jumps on the ball. I probably saw him play in 10 games or so in person that season but he never had to make a throw in any game where I could gauge his arm strength. Without the benefit of personal observation I'm going off of scouting reports and stats in his case and the scouting reports about his arm have been negative and he hasn't had many career OF assists. In fact I just looked and he only has 4 OF assists in 4 years and 283 games, for comparison sake Ben McMahan who mostly played LF for the T-Rats this season had 12 OF assists 98 games. Logan Schafer is generally discussed as having an average arm and he has 38 OF assists in 384 games. Not that OF assists are the end all be all when judging arm strength, it's just that generally speaking assist totals are indicative of arm strength, and Davis' stats do backup the scouting reports.

It's going to be a tough draw against high school football tomorrow as well.

I wonder if Mayo does these top 20 lists? Maybe I had my beer goggles on at brothers place last night but wasn't Peralta working in the upper 90s with his FB? There's just no way that Jungmann and Bradley are better prospects than him today, especially given everything we know... how does Peralta fall farther than Bradley who has worse stuff and had a worse season in A+? Makes no sense. Kentrail Davis at #12? Just odd. I realize the Brewers have always been much higher on Kentrail than I have been but I just went through the user p50s and only 2 posters had him in the top 25 and no one higher than 23.

Just saw that on the blog when I got home, I'm curious how the Brewers are blowing away the typical ACL recovery times. There isn't as much lateral movement in baseball as say basketball or football, but how could he possibly be ready this fast? 4 months almost to the day, 5 months by the time the AFL starts? How are they building enough strength and stability back into the knee fast enough that they are confident he won't re-injure it and will play near 100%? Typically ACL tears have associated secondary tears to the MCL or PCL as well so if the knee wasn't completely blown away I could see where the recovery would be faster, but 4 months seems excessively short. Does anyone know which Orthopedic Doc did the surgery and what they actually repaired? This is 3 players now in Yo, Gonzalez, and Gamel that have had recoveries in under 6 months, and I've never personally witnessed anything quicker than 9, it's typically around a year for a player to be 100%, although I've been working with kids who aren't physically mature. Most NFL players seem to be in that 8-9 month range to get back on the field.

Posters like myself have thrown Davis into the 1B discussion because he wasn't a very good outfielder in the past and doesn't have a very good arm at all. Normally I'm not an advocate of switching positions, I'd like the team to identify a position for a prospect and work him there so he's MLB ready defensively when his bat is ready. Khris did get kudos for putting hard work into his D in a couple of feature stories this year, but I haven't personally watched him play in years.

Does a minor leaguer on the 40 man roster get paid more than if he isn't on it? Yes, of course the level he's playing at also matters... AAA vs AA and so on.

The level he's playing at also matters... AAA vs AA and so on.

I'm not sure what to make of Morris after his break out season, I was simply pointing out that JB12's dismissal of Morris because he spent all season in AA was garbage, and compared him directly to Hart who did get the MVP because much better prospects were promoted out of the league like Cabrera. If Morris would have played anywhere but his hometown I'd be pretty confident about him, but this scenario of a prospect having this kind of support structure playing in his home town for a season just about never happens. Morris doesn't have more value than Hart because right now he's a one year wonder prospect who was actually sliding on prospect lists coming into 2012. My opinion of his ceiling, which I won't even guess at as I didn't think he'd hit 20 HRs coming into the season, is pretty irrelevant in terms of what MLB GMs will value. Teams that can spend will plug a hole with a proven vet in and someone was willing to give up 3 pretty decent upside prospects for 2 months of Greinke, which is something I would never do. Generally speaking MLB players usually carry more value than prospects, unless we're talking the best 1 or 2 prospects in the game over the last couple of years. Super prospects can carry more value than MLB players and become untouchable like Trout, Profar, Bundy, Harper, and Strasburg over the last 3 seasons, but nobody in the Brewer's system is approaching that kind of prospect status. We'll be lucky to have a prospect in the top 50, Thornburg was on the outside looking in after the 2012 draftees were added to the midseason 50. In fact very few prospects reach that status or did in the past, there's been quite the run on studly prospects the last 4-5 years. Generally speaking you could poke holes in even the top 5 prospects on BA's list, but that's been pretty tough with this latest crop. I am legitimately excited about Morris' power surge from June through August but I'd like to see him repeat that pace at Nashville, he only had 3 HR on the season coming into June and then exploded to hit 25. I get that some people aren't into trading Hart but there's little reason to keep him at 1B with so many options available. Just like it didn't make sense to keep Hardy at SS when we only had Escobar ready behind him, I'm not into riding out contracts for draft picks when I don't trust the SD to make the most of those picks. I'd almost always prefer a performing prospect over a draft pick because I can quantify a player, it's very difficult to quantify a draft pick in MLB. I don't mind that people don't agree with my point of view but I do mind the completely baseless arguments against prospects using generic terms... prospects fail so prospect W is going to fail, player Z failed at the same position for a different team so our prospect Y might fail, and so on. Those arguments are complete strawman arguments that never add anything to the discussion. I do understand that many people just don't follow the minors enough to be able to talk intelligently about the holes in a given prospect's game, but if that's the case, then why say anything negative about a guy in the first place? Why do him the injustice of continual invalid comparisons? It's impossible to have an intelligent discussion if both sides haven't done their homework and are unwilling to see the other point of view. For example the biggest issues I have with Hunter Morris are that he's not a high OBP guy, his defense was pretty suspect coming into 2012, and I'm not sure he'll hit for a enough power to be a viable everyday MLB 1B. Which is why I continually point to the fact that we have 3 inexperienced players who could play 1B and between the 3 of them we should be able to find a MLB 1B. I'm not saying Morris is the guy anymore than I'm saying Gamel is the guy, I'm simply saying 1B is our deepest position as an organization so if we want to resign Hart he's better off back in RF and the contract length/money has to be right for it to make sense for the Brewers given the options available.

Bah! I only got through logan's troll amnesty day post before accidentally closing my browser... it's a conspiracy! I missed all the rest, the thread was trending in a genius manner too... *sigh*

I would think Khris Davis, Bucci, Burgos, and Sanchez would be a must. I just can't see them letting Sanchez walk after how far he's come in the 4 years since he converted to pitching. I'm lukewarm on Kentrail, he's looking like 4th/5th OF type in my opinion though he's still just 24. I'm not sure anyone would take a chance on a roster spot with him, it's much easier to hide a pitcher in the bullpen than go with an even shorter bench, though the Brewers did it for a year with Enrique Cruz.

What does 1 prospect have to do with another? That's not legitimate evidence of any kind, what do completely dissimilar players have to do with Hunter Morris? That's like saying because Manny Parra failed all projectable LHP pitchers in the Brewer organization will fail. Morris' .920 OPS was second in the entire league for anyone with over 139 PAs on the season, he was beat out by .004 by a player 1 year older than him. The year Corey Hart was the SL MVP he did with a pedestrian .807 OPS and that was because every other more deserving player was promoted. The position talent was down a bit in the SL this year, but the pitching certainly wasn't, Hunter's numbers are impressive. Hart was young for SL (21) and Morris is 23, but other than that Morris literally blew away the competition, it's wasn't even close. This whole proven veteran production argument wears awful thin upon closer inspection... the production isn't anywhere near as consistent as certain posters would have us believe. How many free agent contracts of any duration have ended well for the Brewers? I can think of 2, Cameron and Hawkins, and Latroy is iffy because he only pitched 1 of the 2 seasons. Wolf was very productive the first 2 years, but the bottom fell out in the 3rd, we just never truly know what's going happen from year to year. It's much easier to dump a prospect making $400K and go with the next guy up than it is to dump Wolf or K-Rod and eat millions. People keep equating production to value and they simply are not synonymous, production in only part of a much larger picture. And the production of established MLB players in the Brewers price range can be just as volatile as these "risky youngsters". Furthermore, Hart is more valuable by himself than combining any of the players together in a deal that would potentially take his place. None of those guys have great trade value, Gamel would have had the most but he's been hurt 3 straight years now. Morris' stock is rising, but not enough that we get any kind of legit talent back in a deal with him included. I don't think extending Hart makes any sense where there are 3 players behind him that can play 1B. If you want to extend him and put him back in RF I could see that as the only guy I'm high on as an OF is Khris Davis. Speaking of which why does Braun get to decide if he's going to play RF? That's not his role with the organization, it's management's job to determine how to put the best team on the field, not his. Why would he fight a move to RF anyway if it made the team he's committed to for the long haul that much better? Who's going to say, "I want to win less games so I can play LF!"? If Davis is an .850 OPS player (and that's a big IF), his noodlish arm only really plays in LF so why wouldn't we make the most out of the assets we have on hand and slide Braun across to get the best offensive production and best defensive alignment possible? edit. Here's the 2003 SL Batting Leaderboard, sort it by OPS and you'll see the where Hart actually fell and the super prospects that were in the league with him that season.

You'd be disappointed that we developed 2 big arms who progressed enough to be in the MLB rotation? Why? Estrada will be 29 next season and if he gets out pitched by younger and more talented players what exactly is the problem? Isn't the name of the game to put the best 5 starting pitchers out there regardless of age or experience? I for one would be thrilled if we had entirely homegrown rotation next season is it would mean that the prospects stayed healthy and took major steps forward over the winter. We've never had 3 homegrown pitchers in the rotation in the modern era, much less all 5, that would be quite the accomplishment it's own right. My opinion has nothing to do with how well Marco performed the last 2 seasons as a starter, Estrada is a fine starting pitcher, but all he's earned is a chance to be on the team next season. If he beats out the much younger pitchers then absolutely put him in the rotation, but if those other guys ascend Estrada can still have a role with the team out of the bullpen. I'd rather let things play out next spring than try to say today who should be in next year's rotation.

There's no doubt efficiency has been an issue for Mark over the course of his career, but we don't have a pitcher coming through the minors who regularly goes 7 innings. Unfortunately we're probably going to be leaning on the bullpen more than I would like, though we do have a plethora of internal candidates that could be difference makers in the pen. I really like Jesus Sanchez who just finished the season in AAA, Vargas could be a bullpen guy, Kintzler is back up, Hand has done well in relief, and Wooten finished strong. Nashville also has some other guys like De Los Santos, Baker, and Lowe who are intriguing as possible bullpen guys.

As I bow out of the LR for the 2012 season I'd just like to pass along some thanks. First and foremost I'd like to thank Jim (Mass Haas) for all his extra work getting the LR started and finished each day, without him this forum wouldn't be what it is. His work initially drew me to bf.net in the first place, he's just a tremendous resource for all of us. To all my fellow Link Reporters, thanks for a tremendous season, it was fantastic working with all of you, and at times I found myself skipping the stories and reading your comments first, it was a pleasure to read all of you all season. I'd also like to thank everyone else who takes the time to stop by and read on a daily basis and contribute their own thoughts and observations on the Brewers' farm system, from the User Power 50, to the LRs, to the general threads in the MiLB forum. Finally a special thank to the families of the players, I'm sure it's not easy to read negative opinions about their loved ones from internet geeks who post on a message board, but over the years we've very rarely had a family member lash out publicly on the message board. It speaks to quality of the conversation here and the quality individuals the Brewers have been bringing into the organization. It's truly a pleasure to follow and root for players who are also fine young men.

Sounds Drop Season Finale To Memphis, 2-1 Burgos Hurls Another Quality Start, Halton Homers For Nashville NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Nashville Sounds closed out their 2012 season with a 2-1 loss to the cross-state rival Memphis Redbirds in a Labor Day matinee in front of 3,599 fans at Greer Stadium. The Memphis win completed the Redbirds' four-game sweep of the Sounds, marking the fourth time that Nashville was swept in a series this season. Nashville (67-77), which went 4-4 on its season-ending homestand after sweeping Iowa during the first of the two series, finished the season with just the 13th losing record in the club's 35-year history. Three Memphis hurlers held Nashville to only two hits in the contest, a second-inning Sean Halton homer and a third-inning Logan Schafer single. The Redbirds retired the final 19 Sounds batters in a row following Schafer's single. Right-hander Hiram Burgos continued his strong season with another quality start for the Sounds, scattering five hits over six scoreless frames. He departed with a 1-0 lead but took a no-decision following a blown save by the bullpen. With the effort, Burgos lowered his organization-leading ERA to 1.95 (37er/171.0ip) in 28 minor league outings. He twirled six quality starts in his eight outings for Nashville, posting a 2.91 ERA at the Triple-A level. Memphis starter John Gast (9-5) matched Burgos' quality start effort with one of his own, picking up the victory after holding the Sounds to one run on two hits over seven innings of action. Halton -- the 2012 Nashville team MVP -- gave the Sounds a 1-0 lead when he led off the bottom of the second inning with his team-leading 17th home run of the year, a solo shot off Memphis starter John Gast. Nashville third baseman Andy Gonzalez kept the one-run lead intact in the fourth inning when, with runners on second and third and one out, he fielded a Jose Garcia grounder and fired plateward to cut down Brock Peterson, who had opened the inning with a single. Immediately following Burgos' departure, Memphis rallied for a pair of runs against Amaury Rivas in the top of the seventh inning to grab a 2-1 lead. With one out, Gast singled and moved to third on an Adron Chambers double to put a pair of runners in scoring position. Ryan Jackson slapped a game-tying groundout to second to plate Gast before Steven Hill put the visitors on top with a two-out RBI single to left. Rivas (5-8) drew the loss for the Sounds after giving up a pair of runs in his lone frame of work. Jorge Rondon worked 1 1/3 perfect innings of relief for Memphis, striking out three of his four batters faced, before Barrett Browning closed out the victory by retiring the final two Sounds hitters to notch his first save of the year. Baseball returns to Greer Stadium in April 2013 when the Sounds begin their 36th season of competition. Season tickets are available now by calling 615-690-HITS or visiting the Greer Stadium box office. Nashville Box Score Did everyone catching this pitching article from JSO last week? What a year for Hiram and I'm thrilled he put an exclamation on his season by finishing so strong. Unfortunately it wasn't enough as Amaury Rivas' horrid campaign continued right to the end. The good news is that the Brewers have plenty of relief options from this AAA pitching for next season, Rob Wooten finished strong for the Sounds after some rough outings early. I'm hoping Jesus Sanchez gets a taste of the big life this week. Nashville Play By Play With just 2 hits for the Sounds this is about as bland a recap as you'll find.

I think it depends what the expectations were and quite honestly I think the Brewers sold him as something he's not. When Melvin said he could be in the MLB rotation last year if he would sign it just set the bar way too high, people started thinking he was a top of the rotation finished product which he clearly isn't. He's been about exactly what I thought he was, I agree with him not being on the list. My guy would be Max Walla, I thought he had turned a corner, and he has made vast improvement, but he's still a below average A baller after his 4th season.

Final Huntsville 8, Montgomery 2 Huntsville Box Score Montgomery got 1 in the 1st and 1 in the 9th, but nothing in-between, as the Stars turned a relatively close 4 to 1 game into a rout with a 4 run 8th. Evan Anundsen started and had one of his better outings going 4 innings allowing 1 unearned run on 3 hits, 2 wild pitches, and 3 walks while striking out 4. R.J. Seidel and Brian Garman were sharp in relief pitching 3.2 scoreless innings between them. Darren Byrd allowed the run in the 9th. 5 Stars had multiple hits, this was quite the offensive showcase. Lee Haydel (2-4), Josh Prince (3-5,2B) playing 3rd base, Hunter Morris (2-4,HR,BB), Brock Kjeldgaard (2-4,HR,BB), and Kentrail Davis (2-4) did all of the damage, the other 4 hitters in the line-up went hitless though all 4 did get on base tallying a single BB each. It would appear that Prince is being groomed for a utility role which is a solid plan given his skill set. Not a banner day on the base paths even though Huntsville enjoyed an 8 run outburst. BASERUNNING CS: Haydel (6, 2nd base by Thompson/Albernaz), Davis, Ke (11, 2nd base by Thompson/Albernaz), Gennett (5, 2nd base by Shuman/Albernaz). Huntsville Play By Play The Stars took the lead with 4 in the 5th and as I mentioned above put the game away with 4 in the 8th. Huntsville Top of the 5th Adam Weisenburger walks. Lee Haydel grounds out to first baseman Michael Sheridan. Adam Weisenburger to 2nd. Josh Prince singles on a bunt ground ball to pitcher Jacob Thompson. Adam Weisenburger to 3rd. Scooter Gennett reaches on a fielder's choice out, third baseman Greg Sexton to catcher Craig Albernaz. Adam Weisenburger out at home. Josh Prince to 2nd. Hunter Morris homers (28) on a fly ball to center field. Josh Prince scores. Scooter Gennett scores. Brock Kjeldgaard homers (8) on a fly ball to center field. Kentrail Davis singles on a ground ball to left fielder Omar Luna. Pitching Change: C. J. Riefenhauser replaces Jacob Thompson. T. J. Mittelstaedt pops out to second baseman Derek Dietrich in foul territory. Huntsville Top of the 8th Pitching Change: Shane Dyer replaces Scott Shuman. T. J. Mittelstaedt strikes out swinging. Domnit Bolivar walks. Adam Weisenburger reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by shortstop Shawn O'Malley. Domnit Bolivar to 2nd. Lee Haydel grounds into a force out, second baseman Derek Dietrich to shortstop Shawn O'Malley. Domnit Bolivar to 3rd. Adam Weisenburger out at 2nd. Lee Haydel to 1st. With Josh Prince batting, wild pitch by Shane Dyer, Domnit Bolivar scores. Lee Haydel to 2nd. Josh Prince doubles (28) on a line drive to right fielder Mikie Mahtook. Lee Haydel scores. Scooter Gennett strikes out swinging. Wild pitch by pitcher Shane Dyer. Josh Prince to 3rd. Scooter Gennett to 1st. Hunter Morris singles on a line drive to left fielder Omar Luna. Josh Prince scores. Scooter Gennett to 2nd. Brock Kjeldgaard singles on a line drive to center fielder Ty Morrison. Scooter Gennett scores. Hunter Morris to 2nd. Kentrail Davis grounds out, second baseman Derek Dietrich to first baseman Michael Sheridan.

I started my post as soon as the game was over, dropping the game story in but not going back to edit. Final: Memphis 10, Nashville 1 Sounds Lose Third Straight To Memphis, 10-1 Nashville Pitching Combines To Strike Out Season-High Fifteen NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Brock Peterson hit a pair of two-run homers to power the cross-state rival Memphis Redbirds to a 10-1 rout of the Nashville Sounds in the penultimate game of the season on Sunday evening at Greer Stadium. After sweeping the Iowa Cubs to begin the eight-game homestand, Nashville (67-76) has dropped the first three contests of the four-game series to Memphis. Outfielder Logan Schafer went 2-for-3 with a double and RBI. Jordan Brown added two hits for his team-leading 34th multi-hit game of the season. Nick Greenwood (4-3) gave up one run on three hits and two walks in five innings for the win. Jess Todd pick up a three-inning save, his second of the season. Nashville starter Tyler Thornburg (2-3) recorded his worst Triple-A start for the loss, allowing five runs on six hits and a pair of walks in 3 2/3 innings. The 23-year had a run of seven consecutive strikeouts, but also let seven hitters reach with two outs. Both teams traded runs in the third inning, beginning with three consecutive two-out singles from the Redbirds in the top of the frame. The Sounds tied it up with their only run of the contest on a pair of doubles from catcher Humberto Quintero and Schafer. The Memphis offense exploded for six runs in the visiting half of the fourth inning for a 7-1 lead. Nick Derba and Lou Montanez each drove in runs with RBI doubles to remove Thornburg from the game before Peterson hit his first two-run homer over the left field wall. Nashville had a chance to do damage in the bottom of the sixth, but failed to score any runs. With the bases loaded thanks to three straight no-out singles, the Sounds stranded all three batters with two strikeouts and an infield pop out. Peterson's second homer of the game in the top of the seventh extended the Redbirds lead to 9-1 with a two-run shot. Eugenio Velez later doubled and scored the final run on a Jose Garcia single. Nashville pitching combined to fan a season-high 15 Memphis Redbirds. Donovan Hand gave up a season-high five runs on six hits in 2 1/3 innings. Jesus Sanchez struck out a season-best six batters over three scoreless frames. The Sounds look to avoid a sweep to the Redbirds as the two clubs wrap up the 2012 season with a 12:05 pm CT Labor Day finale on Monday afternoon at Greer Stadium. Right-hander Hiram Burgos (2-2, 3.35) will take the mound against Memphis southpaw John Gast (8-5, 5.36). Nashville Box Score So I'd like to post something different about Tyler Thornburg, but it's the same ole record just going round and round. I really like his athleticism, but I'd change Tyler's arm slot and finish/follow through. Tyler was going really well until the 4th, then it all fell apart. Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein Memphis Top of the 4th Jose Garcia grounds out, second baseman Taylor Green to first baseman Sean Halton. Vance Albitz flies out to center fielder Logan Schafer. Nick Derba walks. Nick Greenwood doubles (1) on a line drive to center fielder Logan Schafer. Nick Derba scores. Adron Chambers walks. Lou Montanez doubles (9) on a fly ball to left fielder Jordan Brown. Nick Greenwood scores. Adron Chambers scores. Pitching Change: Donovan Hand replaces Tyler Thornburg, batting 9th. Walks & XBHs... again. Of course Donovan Hand promptly gave up a single and HR to allow all of Tyler's inherited runners to score but I'm not going to have much sympathy when walks come around and cross the plate. Jesus Sanchez is my new favorite MiLB relief pitcher with Henderson in Milwaukee, and hopefully he follows soon. Sanchez went 3 scoreless innings with 6 strike outs, what a performance. Logan Schafer (2-4,2B,BB) and Jordan Brown (2-4,2B) were most of the offense. Humberto Quintero (1-3,2B) added an XBH. Hiram Burgos to close out the season tomorrow, does he get summoned to Milwaukee after the game? Nashville Play By Play Memphis got 6 in the 4th highlighted above and 3 more in the 7th, but Sanchez came on to swat the Redbirds back into the dugout. Memphis Top of the 7th Matt Young singles on a ground ball to center fielder Logan Schafer. Brock Peterson homers (5) on a line drive to left field. Matt Young scores. Eugenio Velez doubles (34) on a line drive to left fielder Jordan Brown. Jose Garcia singles on a line drive to center fielder Logan Schafer. Eugenio Velez scores. Pitching Change: Jesus Sanchez replaces Donovan Hand, batting 9th. Vance Albitz strikes out swinging. Nick Derba strikes out swinging. John Gaub grounds into a force out, shortstop Edwin Maysonet to second baseman Taylor Green. Jose Garcia out at 2nd.

Unfortunately yes he's a high pitch count guy, even though he's on that 85 pitch limit.

First of all, drafting poorly with young players has cost GMs their jobs, not an over reliance on young players. In truth the vast majority of GMs lose their jobs because they overpay declining players and the performance on the field doesn't match the payroll... sound familiar? The 2012 Brewers perhaps? Why do fire sales actually become necessary? How many GMs or fan bases think that a bunch of veteran signings are a bad thing but how many of those situations end well? How long did it take the Cubs to go from "veteran" to "old and tear it all down"? Why does that scenario play out again and again through all professional sports? Is it inevitable is or their a harder way which requires that an organization put development front and center to maintain a talent flow? If we continue along the path that Melvin has established the window will close and a fire sale will become necessary, but it doesn't have to be that way, we just have to be willing to part with productive players and refresh the talent pool.