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From Jim Bowden (The Athletic) regarding Garrett Mitchell:

 

The Milwaukee Brewers then drafted outfielder Garrett Mitchell out of UCLA at No. 20. Mitchell has the best overall tools of all the outfielders. He’s an off-the-charts runner and has been compared to Starling Marté of the Arizona Diamondbacks. There were some health questions surrounding him, as he has Type 1 diabetes. There is also a question of how much he’ll hit and what the game power will look like. However, the raw power is there and I think he’ll hit enough to make all the tools reach his maximum potential.

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RollieTime First Round Pick

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Can’t complain about the draft. Interesting strategy to go with all hitters. Something to consider with how the Brewers conducted their draft is that being a pitcher and not facing live action/game action for an extended period of time could have long term effects of a pitcher possibly losing feel of a pitch, reduced velocity, or shaky control. Hitters have timing to work on to get back in gear, but being a pitcher and not facing competition for 18+ months with no minor league season could be detrimental to not only their development, but also their careers.

 

Hitters are a much safer bet in not having long term fall out from an extended lay off of baseball activities.

 

Of course this is all in my opinion. It’s just a very real thing to consider when deciding on who to draft.

 

Love the Garrett Mitchell pick and was surprised we could bring in a top 10 talent that far down in the first round. He seems to manage his diabetes quite well and appears to be a non-issue at this point. He will fly through the minors and could be an MLB contributor at some point in 2022. He has all the tools to be a star in the making.

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Ok why weren’t you guys guessing Zamora?:

This from his agent

It's amazing the way things work out 3 years ago (2017) the only team that had interest in @freddyzamoraa was the Milwaukee Brewers. They invited him to a pre-draft workout in Milwaukee. I told Freddy go experience it... it is a great the opportunity, see what is feels to play in a big league stadium. Fast Foward the clock June 2020 that same team took him in pick #53. Destiny my friends. Big shout out to Brewers scouts Charlie Sullivan and Lazaro Llanes for seeing the player that freddy is.. like I always tell my boys. #BELIEVE #Lets Get It @brewers

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Recapping the Brewers 5 Draft Picks:

https://brewcrewreview.podbean.com/e/brew-crew-review-podcast-108-brewers-2020-mlb-draft-picks-could-we-have-baseball-in-just-a-few-weeks/

 

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Does anyone else get Loretta vibes from Warren and Hart vibes from Wiemer?

 

When it comes to profile, Hart instantly jumped into my head. Size, power, arm, and speed fit great. Not sure what Hart’s scouting report was coming out of high school as 11th rounder but based on results, think Hart had less contact concerns. He pretty much hit right away. Dominated AA & think won MVP that year. So not sure if his bat had the hole Wiemer does but Hart potential is def there!

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Does anyone else get Loretta vibes from Warren and Hart vibes from Wiemer?

 

When it comes to profile, Hart instantly jumped into my head. Size, power, arm, and speed fit great. Not sure what Hart’s scouting report was coming out of high school as 11th rounder but based on results, think Hart had less contact concerns. He pretty much hit right away. Dominated AA & think won MVP that year. So not sure if his bat had the hole Wiemer does but Hart potential is def there!

 

I've seen a few Rob Deer comparisons for Wiemer.

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Does anyone else get Loretta vibes from Warren and Hart vibes from Wiemer?

 

When it comes to profile, Hart instantly jumped into my head. Size, power, arm, and speed fit great. Not sure what Hart’s scouting report was coming out of high school as 11th rounder but based on results, think Hart had less contact concerns. He pretty much hit right away. Dominated AA & think won MVP that year. So not sure if his bat had the hole Wiemer does but Hart potential is def there!

 

I've seen a few Rob Deer comparisons for Wiemer.

 

yep, seen that. So more Brandan Katin than Corey Hart? Still kind of shocked Katin never got a few at bats

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Via ESPN1420 in Louisiana: Cajuns SS Hayden Cantrelle was drafted 151st overall by the Milwaukee Brewers during the 2020 NFL Draft. On Monday, his father Kevin Cantrelle talked about the process of Hayden being drafted, how he's stayed in shape during corona, his YouTube channel, and much more.

 

Good listen, actually...

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Via ESPN1420 in Louisiana: Cajuns SS Hayden Cantrelle was drafted 151st overall by the Milwaukee Brewers during the 2020 NFL Draft. On Monday, his father Kevin Cantrelle talked about the process of Hayden being drafted, how he's stayed in shape during corona, his YouTube channel, and much more.

 

Good listen, actually...

 

Neat the Brewers are in the NFL now! :laughing

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From FanGraphs, By the Numbers: Evaluating the 2020 Amateur Draft

 

Spoiler Alert: The Brewers ranked at the very top by a few different draft measures including “Value Added Versus Expected Pick” and “Draft Pick Value”.

thanks for sharing, very interesting read. the 2 categories the brewers lead the league in was scewed for teams later in the draft, but still they didn't pick last. Long term its going to be interesting to see if this strategy works. Team have forever tries to manipulate the draft pools, but taking underslot and then overslot guys, similar to what the Red Sox did. Brewers pretty much stayed at slot. Since this process is a crapshoot anyway, this seems like a solid strategy to me. time will tell.

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Great to see! They seem much higher on Brewers than listening to Callis on Bill Michaels. He liked draft but like we have all said, each prospect they grabbed has at least one great tool if not multiple but each has some risk with another tool.

 

Warren kind of gives off a richer man’s Zelous Wheeler. Good hit tool & makes a lot of contact & real versatile but power hasn’t really shown much & Overall does everything good but nothing great. Gritty guy. I was real big fan of Wheeler & think Warren has higher ceiling for sure. Probably just me. I don’t see him staying at catcher. Hoping power comes enough for 3rd down road. Think 2nd or LF very well could become his home. Brewers have maybe more quality depth at Catcher in system than any team out there.

 

Cantrelle is sneaky great pick. His swagger & athleticism is through roof as well. Overall he could really pop up as a top prospect

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Great to see! They seem much higher on Brewers than listening to Callis on Bill Michaels. He liked draft but like we have all said, each prospect they grabbed has at least one great tool if not multiple but each has some risk with another tool.

 

Warren kind of gives off a richer man’s Zelous Wheeler. Good hit tool & makes a lot of contact & real versatile but power hasn’t really shown much & Overall does everything good but nothing great. Gritty guy. I was real big fan of Wheeler & think Warren has higher ceiling for sure. Probably just me. I don’t see him staying at catcher. Hoping power comes enough for 3rd down road. Think 2nd or LF very well could become his home. Brewers have maybe more quality depth at Catcher in system than any team out there.

 

Cantrelle is sneaky great pick. His swagger & athleticism is through roof as well. Overall he could really pop up as a top prospect

 

Understand that the article basically said we did well compared to one person's draft ranking, given where we drafted. It has nothing to do with the actual people we drafted and predicting their MLB success (which is the actual point of the draft). Without even looking, I'm sure I'd prefer to have the Tigers draft picks than ours given they were able to draft 20 picks earlier than we did and had a comp pick. So we can still have an "meh" draft, but do well for picking 20th.

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