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Quero never dies!

Singling on that nasty sinker from Brazoban was insane. Something stinks here.

Has nothing to do with praising or liking the trade. I totally understand not liking the trade or thinking they should've done something more or different. Be honest in the assessment though. Not mentioning Seranthony Dominguez is disingenuous. They took on Castillo's money but they got rid of Dominguez and his salary within the scope of the deal. It's like $12-13 million for Castillo in 2027 essentially and he'd probably get close to that on the open market still. Keith Law didn't write it. It was someone named Johnny Flores Jr. I couldn't find him or I would've tagged him.

If they are able to keep up this level of play til the end of the season, I might start becoming more suspicious. These guys are literally unbeatable and yes, they do bat as if they know what is coming. And their pitching has been really good.

Chase has far exceeded my expectations. At this rate he is the 2nd baseman of the future no matter who gets called up

They need to swallow their pride and bring up Korey Lee.

They presumably will only keep three catchers on the 40 man through the offseason. Feel like they'll dfa Bart

Can we please go with Haase and quero for the remainder of the year!!!!!!!!

I truly feel they keep sending Quero down because they want him to work on some things but every time he goes down something happens with the big club. At this point leave him with the team for the rest of year and ride it out and then work on things over summer

Altuve will be another interesting HoF case. On the Red Sox or Yankees, he probably gets in. But just barely.

Braden has power, but pounds the ball into the ground. A 59.5% GB rate isn’t going to work and many of us were concerned that they called him up when they did given this was a major issue in the minors as well. Zero excuse for him not being a 20+ HR guy eventually, but there is certainly work to do there. Antonacci looks like a guy who could eventually give you 15 HRs. Obviously you’d love more from LF, but the broader offensive production works. This is also a spot that Bonemer could eventually slot into and that would greatly improve the overall power of our OF. Peters is the tricky one. If he can be close to a league average bat, I don’t really care about the lack of HRs all that much given his defense. And to his credit, he does hit a ton of doubles which helps boost the ISO some. I try not to overreact to slumps & regression and think he’ll he fine eventually, but he’ll certainly need a platoon partner at minimum.

Agreed, but the the crunch will be due to Roch and Bonemer, not Peters.

Not an easy problem to address now less than fifty games out. (Hopefully not even Ron wants to rush Bonemer up to a corner outfield spot before the playoffs begin.) Who would have ever thought Keider Montero and Parker Messick would be the two best AL Central pitchers standing going into the second week of August? Strangest season in a good way (especially with the bar set so very low) since 2000.

Lord Meidroth commands you to get off his sack, because you have been there from the beginning and he already knows he’s good. 😉 All kidding aside, he’s basically Altuve Jr. without the cheating and the “supplements”.

Lackey!!! Ultimately, they have a bit of a mess on their hands with natural infielders Antonacci Bonemer Cholowsky and Carlson all trying to fit in somewhere... Trade them for pitching? The funny thing is that I couldn't do anything but pick out of a hat right now between Mune Vargas Colson in terms of "fair market value" extensions on all three of them. You could even make your Meidroth extension case right there...especially if the small market Brewers can reward Luis Lara and Pratt so early and so confidently. (Marketing departments across MLB would certainly argue on behalf of Murakami.)

I don’t think Antoncci’s future should be in LF so not a problem I’m really worried about. He should be the 2B next year…or is it crazy to think Sam could play CF? Either way, the roster crunch is coming where there aren’t going to be 3 starting spots for Sam, Meidroth and Peters.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/castilu02.shtml Holy statistics!!! For pretty much 9 seasons, his bWAR has been declining. Peak was clearly 2019-2023...obviously 2020 was the shortened Covid season. 2018 is the only anomaly. Then the slight improvements from 2024 to 2025 before the collapse this season. 2024 1.9 2025 2.3 Right now, it's at -0.9!!! Prior to 2026, never negative. Note: don't ever buy high priced pitchers on the wrong side of their career decline

Currently at 3.0 fWAR on the season, which is a 4.3 win season pace. That fWAR ranks 2nd overall on the team behind Vargas and is the best in the AL amongst all 2B. His 121 wRC+ ranks 2nd overall amongst AL 2B. Yes, a lot of blue on his Statcast page, but don’t ignore that 87th percentile squared up rate. There is a reason this kid has 11 bombs already despite below average raw power. He’s an intelligent hitter who has two elite skills and still trying to find the appropriate trade-offs to optimize his output. He’s currently ranked in the 92nd percentile for OAA and is constantly making great plays out there. Him and Colson are absolutely fantastic at turning double plays. In the event of injury, the kid could slide over to SS and give you average defense there. He is heady player who does the small things on the field that make a big difference. The kid is also the heart & soul of the team. He plays the game with an intensity second only to Pyscho Sam. Every time there is a big moment he’s the first one out there to celebrate with his teammates. To say he brings the fire would be an understatement. His role in the clubhouse is a key part of this team exceeding expectations this year. Ultimately this kid is an absolute stud. Hands down Chase is my favorite player on this roster and last night’s clutch performance only cemented that for me. At this point, it’s not Meidroth who should be worried about Roch’s eventual arrival. IMO, he should be our starting 2B for the next five years and I could give two fucks if the haters disagree.

Right now our outfield is a mess, not much power, B. Mont and Peters have hit the skids, I thought we’d see more power from Braden. Grichuk isn’t an everyday player. Antonacci has been pretty good but LF isn’t his best position plus Venable insists on platooning him, he needs to be out there every game and at the top of the order. I’m not sure if Doyle is going to help that much.

14th in OPS and sinking recently with Braden and Peters struggling https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/2026-mlb-team-outfield-rankings-by-team 24th in homers Cubs/PCA of course are #1

Quero Time, let's go !! Haase is hitting .381 in 6 games at Charlotte.

Kind of think something will come out in a few years about them cheating.

Listening to the game testerday DJ was shocked how every Red Sox batter was able to foul off every high fastball, no matter how much velocity it had on it.

I agree on Quero, it’s too early to give up on him. I don’t know what went wrong with him this year and hopefully they can fix him.

Quero is 23 years old and could benefit from an offseason program and more development time in Charlotte. I’m ok with a Teel & Bart platoon to start the season with Edgar in AAA serving as the #3. Romo just can’t be part of the plan. I get the pitching staff must love throwing to him and he’s probably a clubhouse guy, but the dude can’t hit a lick and isn’t elite behind the plate.