Brewers sign Matt Albers - 2 year deal

[KeithStone53151]

 

I like the signing. My guess is 2/$5 million type deal.

[soulrefreshing]

Right on. 2 years, 5 mil.

[bill hAll Star]

If we're to believe HighHeat as gospel (and given the results, I'd be close to it), maybe this is the smaller deal he mentioned that was brewing outside of the Santana deal (which hasn't happened yet for whatever reason).

[KeithStone53151]

If we're to believe HighHeat as gospel (and given the results, I'd be close to it), maybe this is the smaller deal he mentioned that was brewing outside of the Santana deal (which hasn't happened yet for whatever reason).

 

He specifically noted it was a trade. I'm excited for that guy to get back, I enjoyed dreaming on those insider tid bits.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Not a huge fan of mid-30s relievers, but man did he have a great year last year! Low cost as well. I like it.

[mattyo]

Very low risk, was solid last year. Why not?

[3and2Fastball]

Albers is a great signing, especially at that price. While he is entering his age 35 year old season, and has been inconsistent year to year, he was fantastic last season (1.62 ERA, 0.852 WHIP)

[djd1228]

He had a career year last year and crazy low babip/era. Probably wont be as good as last year, probably similar to jacob barnes with less walks but less strikeouts

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

If we're to believe HighHeat as gospel (and given the results, I'd be close to it), maybe this is the smaller deal he mentioned that was brewing outside of the Santana deal (which hasn't happened yet for whatever reason).

 

My guess is the smaller deal is Broxton or perhaps one of our 1B if Braun is moving there.

[KeithStone53151]

Hard not to like this signing at 2/5. If he sucks, very easy to cut bait and eat the cost. More likely he gives us some very good innings. That bullpen is really starting to fill out, we're going to have some serious competition for the last couple spots.

[wallus]

Why was he so cheap other than being old?

[djoctagone]

at the 2012 non-waiver trade deadline, matt albers and scott podsednik were traded from boston to arizona for craig breslow.

[jjgott]

Ugh, all I can think about is how DC radio coined him Fat Matt. Hope he shows up to camp in the BSOL.

[ThisIsMyCrew]

Can’t ignore at .85 whip! Wow. Doesn’t seem to walk many. Looks like a solid signing.

[KeithStone53151]

Why was he so cheap other than being old?

 

Age, he had a terrible 2016, his stuff isn't incredibly overpower...fangraphs had him at 93.5 mph fastball and 87.1 mph slider last year...doesn't throw much else. Almost makes it shocking that a guy with that stuff posted such incredible numbers last year.

[djoctagone]

Why was he so cheap other than being old?

in 2015 and in 2017, all he could get were minor league contracts with invitations to big league camp. this appears to be a major league contract.

[DR28]

Awesome move!

 

This completes our bullpen now...

 

Knebel

Hader

Albers

Logan

Barnes

Jeffress

Suter/Gallardo

[JohnBriggs12]

 

I like the signing. My guess is 2/$5 million type deal.

 

Basically he signed for the same deal as Hughes got from the Reds. He was awful for the White Sox in 2016 but rebounded well in 2017 and other than that season, he's been good since 2012. His name did come up in a thread somewhere when all the relievers had been getting gobbled up for big bucks.

[djoctagone]

it appears that this is a major league deal. someone will have to be removed from the 40-man roster when the deal is made official.

[NOMAAM]

H e replace Hughes. Quality guy imo.

[brewerfan82]

 

I like the signing. My guess is 2/$5 million type deal.

 

My guess is a little more than that. He's a slight upgrade over Jared Hughes. He was awful for the White Sox in 2016 but rebounded well in 2017 and other than that season, he's been good since 2012. His name did come up in a thread somewhere when all the relievers had been getting gobbled up for big bucks.

Rosenthal confirmed that it's 2/$5M

 

[DR28]

I love our bullpen!

 

Stearns, all we need is that SP now!!

[pacopete4]

Is there a buyout or a date in which we can cut this guy and not be on the hook for al $5M?

[SRB]

Low risk, high reward. He was very good last season full stop, but even if he starts struggling if you look at his career splits he could be an effective ROOGY (he has been historically quite bad vs LHB). We already have two LHP locked in to the bullpen, so Albers compliments them.

[wildcat2237]

Great 2015, horrible 2016, great 2017.

 

How weird.

 

At 2 years/$5 million I'm okay with the risk. Not even Neftali Feliz money