Brewers release 14 minor leaguers (including Evan Frederickson), two more retire

Frederickson was a supplemental round pick (#35 overall) in 2008.

Here are the others:

RHP David Johnson
LHP Chris Cody
C James Skelton
LHP Brandon Ritchie
IF Peter Fatse
RHP Rigoberto Almonte
RHP Jose Sanchez
RHP Ryan Bernal
LHP Travis Stortz
LHP Dexter Bobo
LHP Marques Kyles
LHP Casey Baron
LHP Bobby Bramhall

Also, catchers Austin Stockfisch and Mike Melillo have retired.

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1st and 2nd round picks in 2008:

Brett Lawrie – Blue Jays minor leaguer
Jake Odorizzi – Royals minor leaguer
Evan Frederickson – released
Seth Lintz – 7.35 career ERA in three seasons of rookie ball
Cutter Dykstra – Nationals minor leaguer
Cody Adams – released

Glass half empty: Zero useful players still in the Brewers organization.
Glass half full: Helped net us Zack Greinke, Shaun Marcum, and Nyjer Morgan. Nyjer Morgan, people!

by Cheeseandcorn on Mar 30, 2011 3:31 PM CDT reply actions

Interesting to look at

You can’t do too much better than the first two picks.

You can’t do too much worse than the next 4

Get a ife broseph

by Supertramp on Mar 30, 2011 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions

I too like this way of looking at things

and thnk Bruce Said’s first draft wasn’t a complete failure, unlike his next 2

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by Hyatt on Mar 30, 2011 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions

This was a Jack Z draft

Why was last year’s draft a failure for Seid?

Get a ife broseph

by Supertramp on Mar 30, 2011 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions

Dexter Bobo?!

Noooooo!

Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.

by sjlee on Mar 30, 2011 3:34 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs

Who's more upset?

Clowns? Or Monkeys?

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by tcyoung on Apr 1, 2011 7:56 AM CDT up reply actions

chris cody

and mr bobo I recognize

by PagsBrewCrew on Mar 30, 2011 4:35 PM CDT reply actions

James Skelton

In the organization all of one month.

My goodness.

by BrewHaHeather on Mar 30, 2011 5:16 PM CDT reply actions

Frederickson

He further solidifies my feeling that as a general rule (this probably applies to all professional sports), teams should avoid wasting high picks on “Workout Wonders”. He was basically seen as a 4th/5th round project pick based on tools and track record a few months before the draft, then shot up the draft boards of a few teams with some reportedly impressive private workouts. He would have made a good high upside candidate about 100 or so picks after we took him, but as it is this was just a wasted pick from the start.

That said, I’m still kind of surprised that we’ve given up on him this soon. Chances are slim that he’ll turn it around at this point, but I guess I’m not sure what the downside of keeping him around is. It’s not like we’ve got a system loaded with prospects that would be blocked by him.

by rob deer's moustache will destroy us all on Mar 30, 2011 6:36 PM CDT reply actions

I'm assuming they saw him in Spring Training and he was still terrible

So he’d be taking someone’s spot in the system. He’s 24 years old, at some point you have to cut your losses.

Get a ife broseph

by Supertramp on Mar 30, 2011 7:03 PM CDT up reply actions

"teams should avoid wasting high picks on "Workout Wonders"

I believe Max Walla (2009 second round pick) is a similar story. Showed a ton of power in the pre-draft workout and nothing afterward. But yeah, never really liked the Frderickson pick either.

My goodness.

by BrewHaHeather on Mar 30, 2011 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions

That pick was even weirder IMO

At least you can try and add to stuff to a guy who throws in the high 90s. Teach him one other good pitch and he’s a bullpen option.

If the guy with monster power in BP can’t hit a breaking ball when he gets to the minors, you’re pretty much out of luck.

Get a ife broseph

by Supertramp on Mar 31, 2011 8:59 AM CDT up reply actions

I disagree

What about Pedro Serano? He couldn’t hit a curve ball for anything, but he the fastball very much. However, it wasn’t until I relinquished his voodoo ways that he was able to finally get ahold of a curveball.

Just sayin’….

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by MadtownTim on Apr 1, 2011 6:55 AM CDT up reply actions

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