Garin Cecchini to Brewers for Cash Considerations

[billymac]

per Alex Speier

[craigharmann]

Awesome!!

[patrickgpe]

awesome, i know brewcrewball had him as a trade consideration, before he was DFA'd

[And That]

I like this move a lot - glad they traded for him as opposed to trying to claim on waivers.

[bylo tesi me]

[BrewBalls]

Great move and adds another position player to our active roster. I really like the way Stearns is building this years roster. Young versatile players who can get on base at a decent clip.

[Boomer5]

Nice flyer on a guy that was a top 100 guy two years ago I believe.

[pacopete4]

First off, there is only one R in his first name I believe.

 

Secondly, it is another guy that can play 1B, 3B, and some LF. Versatility. Hopefully he finds his stroke and gets on base.

[patrickgpe]

well he got on base alot in 2013 in A+ and AA ball, but not so much in AAA or the bigs. Still like the move, low risk.

[Matt Breen]

Love it.

 

You can see the kinds of players Stearns is trying to add with Walsh (in the Rule 5 draft) and Cecchini - high OBP types. He said that when he was hired that getting on base was important.

[Kelbysdaddy]

Good get for us! Nice pick-ups today.

[Harold Hutchison]

Hmmm...

CF: Reed

3B: Cecchini

1B: Braun

C: Lucroy

LF: Davis

RF: Santana

2B: Walsh

SS: Villar

Pitcher

 

Could be a lot worse... some pop in the middle, a lot of OBP around it...

[bensheeps]

Love the move (Been proposing trading for Cecchini for the last year +).

 

Hoping he can regain the stroke he showed a couple of years ago.

 

Know his defense at 3rd has been questioned; do people see him as a 3rd base possibility or more of a 1st base possibility?

[patrickgpe]

hard to think that they would bring in a guy like Alverez which is not an on base / scrappy / young player after the moves today.

[BrewBalls]

Know his defense at 3rd has been questioned; do people see him as a 3rd base possibility or more of a 1st base possibility?

I see him as an option at 3B depending on his defense. Otherwise, he could be an option at 1B as a platoon mate with Rogers or a solid bench player who can fill in at 4 positions. Any way you look at it the Brewers got a cheap roster option for virtually nothing.

[And That]

This is also a great way to use excess cash, granted they're probably not sending the Red Sox a ton of money.

 

Plus seeing the many and various ways his name will be spelling-butchered is bound to be entertaining.

[djoctagone]

garin cecchini will enter 2016 with one minor league option remaining.

[brewerfan82]

hard to think that they would bring in a guy like Alverez which is not an on base / scrappy / young player after the moves today.

 

Or it makes it easier to have a guy like Alvarez in your lineup with so many OBP guys surrounding him and maximizing his RBI production when he does blast one.

[RobertR]

Like the pickup a lot. Realistically I think he's looking to start the season in AAA and get time when a stopgap is traded. Hard to see any downside to this.

[kalle8]

This is also a great way to use excess cash, granted they're probably not sending the Red Sox a ton of money.

 

Plus seeing the many and various ways his name will be spelling-butchered is bound to be entertaining.

 

pron: tchekkiney, or something in the neighborhood.

[CheezWizHed]

This is also a great way to use excess cash, granted they're probably not sending the Red Sox a ton of money.

 

Plus seeing the many and various ways his name will be spelling-butchered is bound to be entertaining.

 

pron: tchekkiney, or something in the neighborhood.

 

Gratzie!

[bill hAll Star]

I wouldn't close any doors (re: comment about Alvarez a few pages back). The Rays trotted out Carlos Pena forever when they had a lot of OBP guys.

 

At this point, team cohesion isn't a huge deal yet. You want a bit of an identity to form, but for the next 2 years, I'm more concerned with throwing as many darts and seeing what sticks. If Alvarez blossoms, you can either trade him for someone you like, or you just deal with the fact that you got a stud for peanuts and he doesn't fit your exact mold.

 

In 2018 I may start to get concerned about the "type" of guy we bring in to supplement the roster.

[torts]

wow, SOLID

[CheezWizHed]

Hmmm... Baseball reference said: chick-KEE-nee

[dacbrewers]

Great...another guy with limited range and erratic arm to play 3rd.