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Schwarber oppo DONG off a lefty! My god is that man smaller, he looks almost like Javy body wise.

The Brewers message board is a good read today in the Cobb thread and Archer thread. They are hanging their hat on having the best 6-8 SP options in the league and “what if 2-3 of the Cubs pitchers get hurt, THEN WHAT? Let’s see how good they are then! Our 6-8 SP depth options are so much better than theirs!”

Bryant DONG

It may just be a grip thing (he’s going to his hat after every pitch), but Darvish has kinda shaken his hand/arm after a few pitches already today

He reminds me a bit of Kuzma. 4 year player, should be a good shooter and longer. He's maybe and inch or 2 shorter but has better ball skills and could probably play SG and probably has a little better potential on defense than Kuzma. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvsa9fAlkCk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=temjJ3jaNGk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5wzu9agI00

I would hate that selection. He might end up being good, but it seems to me like its much more likely that he's a inefficient high volume scorer. But when you haven't tanked hard enough you are left a draft position where there isn't a high floor high ceiling guy available most likely. I've said it before, but if that's the way the top 7 fall out, give me Mikal Bridges. Best case scenario is Trae Young ends up as a smaller Jamal Crawford. Would be pretty much unplayable against any upper level point guard, and really don't want to waste that pick on some volume shooter backup PG. I think that’s a good comp for Young in Crawford. I don’t like him as a NBA prospect at all. What he can do you can find in FA every offseason for not a lot of money. I like Bridges a lot. He’ll be a solid nba player. The other guy I’m starting to like a lot for mid-late 1st round (maybe with the Pelicans pick for the Bulls or I hope he’s there when the Lakers pick) is Chandler Hutchinson from Boise St.

oh man this guy is still at it, lmao http://forum.brewerfan.net/viewtopic.php?p=1092961#p1092961 Hahahahaha "our 6-8 are better than most other teams' 6-8" how the eff is this dude not a joke account Unbelievable stuff there. Some other good stuff. That whole board seems to think the Cain deal was so great and not risky yet all these SP FA had too much risk to even touch. Also what "great risk:reward ratio" do they have? Their risk is having 3-4 replacement level options for 3 spots in their rotation and their reward is have maybe 3, 1-1.5 WAR options in the rotation? They're fine dismissing it as most teams have rotation question marks, I guess. http://forum.brewerfan.net/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=36521&start=20 They also all seem to think this Corbin Burnes guy, who’s 23 and hasn’t pitched more than 85 innings above A ball, is somehow the second coming of Scherzer and is going to be a major impact rotation piece this year by the way they talk about him. His fangraphs page looks fine for a pitching prospect but nothing I’d get that excited about.

The Brewers rotation is going to be Anderson/Davies/Chacin/ and 2 of Miley/Woodruff/Guerra (sounds like Suter is going to be a swing man). Darvish, Quintana and Lester all project for more WAR than all 3 of Chacin and whatever 2 of Miley/Woodruff/Guerra combined, Hendricks projects for more than whatever 4/5 they choose combined and Chatwood is right there. In summation, LOL.

Only David Sterns giant, huge bigly brain knows why.

The Brewers just might do it and finish bottom 2 in the division this year. What in the world was their pitching strategy this offseason?

VB's content with having 14 outfielders and no pitchers. Yeah but think of all the windows they left open!

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I really can’t see that, their division is so bad and their offense is good enough and they at least have depth for pitching/pieces left to trade for it (if/when regression hits) that I just can’t see them missing the playoffs. It might only take 85-88 wins to win that division and even if they hit their low end upper projections of low 90s wins they will win that division going away. I could easily see the regression hit and then just being an okay team but still think they have a solid margin of error over the division even with their pitcher regression baked in. Yeah I don't think they'll lose the division, although LA and Seattle are decent enough that they could get breaks going their way a la Arizona/Colorado last year. I'm just really bearish on that rotation, I look at those depth chart projections and I'd take the under on every one of their SP. Toss in some hangover from the bats(or just BABIP regression in the case of Gonzalez/Correa/Altuve) and I think they'll be playing meaningful September games. It's not the most likely outcome, but you can see a world where Verlander tanks, Cole gets hurt, and Keuchel's ERA catches up to his FIP without too much trouble, and all of a sudden you're looking at a rotation full of league average types. The Dodgers are my team for this and my kinda sorta can see them missing the playoffs/not being a super team. Kershaw pitches closer to 150 than 175 innings, Rich Hill pitches like a 38 year old should and gives under 100 innings and deals with the injuries he always has, Alex Wood pitches like a guy who has had injuries his whole career and who saw some periods of alarming velo dips last year, Maeda is just a tick above replacement level when needed to go 180-200 IP, then you have Buehler/Ryu/Urias being the other guys needed and Buehler is going to have his up and downs as a 23 year old and likely hit an innings limit, Ryu has been replacement level since 2014 and Urias has to deal with coming back from TJS and still being really young. The bullpen could have problems getting the ball to Jansen. Turner is already hurt and 33 and wrist injuries are hard to come back from, especially in year, Chris Taylor realizes he's Chris Taylor and not a ~5 WAR player, Bellinger gets adjusted to as a 22 year old and struggles, Puig remains and enigma, and Seagar has that lingering elbow issue.

I really can’t see that, their division is so bad and their offense is good enough and they at least have depth for pitching/pieces left to trade for it (if/when regression hits) that I just can’t see them missing the playoffs. It might only take 85-88 wins to win that division and even if they hit their low end upper projections of low 90s wins they will win that division going away. I could easily see the regression hit and then just being an okay team but still think they have a solid margin of error over the division even with their pitcher regression baked in.

When the bold prediction thread popped up I was going to say my big one is the Dodgers miss the playoffs. Between their pitching staff being held together by bubble gum and band aids and manipulating rules and some of their offensive guys coming back to earth.

Lester not bad in the final start of spring for him (or at least last start he’s going to go more than and inning or 3). 6.2IP 9H 3ER 1BB 6K

I mean if we’re talking ceilings Trout and Harper peak ceiling year is putting up an late 90s-04 Bonds type year with above average (Harper) or gold glove defense in CF (for Trout’s case). I also don’t think people are crazy about Correa’s defense and a move to 3B/OF/2B/1B wouldn’t be out of the question in a few years for a guy his size (6’4”- 6’-5” is pretty huge for a SS) as he fills out. I’m also pretty sure there’s a decent contingent of scouts who feel Bregman is already the best SS on the team (iirc from reading prospect ranking stuff on him). Also as a side note holy lord is Bonds fangraphs page ridiculous, I stumble on it a few times a year and always am in amazement.

Whatever helps keep your hope alive, just know, it doesn't matter.

That was awful. But seems like they always lose their tournament games in a painful way. Macura really got fucked on 3 foul calls there. Him having to be out so long and then fouling out killed them.

Nah, Nova is still so much better than everyone else

Izzo playing that big white guy over Ward most of the 2nd half was a bold choice. Also not getting Bridges on the FT line vs that zone and just letting him just roam around the perimeter and chuck 3s seemed dumb.

Yeah he’s gonna get his 10/350-400 and opt outs in first 2-4 years and probably will have a little higher AAV the first 3-5 years.

The starting pitching has been good