Moose is back! [1 yr/$10mm guaranteed; $11mm mutual 2020 option -- post #186]

[markedman5]

[miggs721]

Hell yeah!!!! The band is back toegether

[ntretts]

I like this deal, only a one year pact. Never hurts to add another quality veteran bat without a big financial commitment.

[KCBrewerfan34]

Let’s play 2 and sign Keuchel and we’re ready to roll. Ownership commitment to this kind of payroll is nothing short of amazing.

 

Is it really 9 million?

[3and2Fastball]

Fantastic!!!! Great news!

[pacopete4]

Mooooooooooooooossssssseeeeeeeee!!

[IntentionalHBP]

What happens if Hiura gets called up

[Warning Track Power]

Love this team and that lineup is wow!!

 

1. Cain

2. Yelich

3. Braun

4. Shaw

5. Aguilar

6. Grandal

7. Moose

8. Arcia

 

If Arcia can just be around .250 they should have one of the top offenses in baseball.

 

As a side note...Thank you for owning this team Mark Attanasio. His commitment to winning in the smallest market in baseball is unreal.

[markedman5]

10 million........Mark really pushing the payroll.....

 

[markedman5]

What happens if Hiura gets called up

 

He likely won't......unless somebody gets hurt

[KCBrewerfan34]

Unless Hiura goes for Kluber.......

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Hard to dislike it. A year is fine.

[Lathund]

What happens if Hiura gets called up

 

Spangenberg or Gamel gets optioned, and on any given day we'll have a bench of Piña, Perez and two from Hiura/Moose/Shaw/Aguilar/Braun/Thames with the other four playing. Could also spell the end of Thames of course, but IMO should only do that for a decent return, not just for the sake of it.

 

I'd have prefered an actual 2B, but I'm OK with this. We know who Moose is, and clearly he liked Milwaukee and the players, coaches and front office liked Moose. It makes the team better, there's no long term risk involved. Similar to last season we'd be talking about a logjam, but it worked itself out then and it will again. Having too many good players is never a bad problem to have.

[Invader3K]

I like this deal, and wanted him back. Just seems like a good fit for this season. This year's lineup is shaping up to look pretty good.

[Humans Need Water]

Great addition. Lineup is nunzeo. While Thames could technically still be on the 25 since Perez can play any position trading him would offset 60% of the Moose signing so he'd essentially cost 4M above the current team salary. That would still leave Keuchel in play.

 

This does nothing to prevent Hiura from coming up when the Brewers deem him ready. It's free service time shortly into the season anyway. So whether he's merely starting a couple games per week at 2b, pinch hitting every night and/or playing DH/2b on the road vs AL teams he deepens the lineup even more. There's a 0% chance he's sitting in AAA until he's needed to DH for AL road games or until Sept as a call up given his bat is already MLB ready.

[wallus]

Whew, now Aguilar can stay at first base.

[SRB]

I'm not a huge fan of this but I guess that money wasn't headed anywhere else.

[torts]

So excited. Love tha moose!

[Lathund]

Projection systems like Moose this year. ZiPS project him for 3.2 fWAR with less than 600 PA, and PECOTA have him at 2.5 WARP. Normally these things are fairly conservative, it's encouraging to see that at least two of them see something they like.

[IndyCrew]

Love it. Injuries and hot/cold streaks usually sort things out (See outfield last year).

[IntentionalHBP]

What happens if Hiura gets called up

[MoreTrife]

Projection systems like Moose this year. ZiPS project him for 3.2 fWAR with less than 600 PA, and PECOTA have him at 2.5 WARP. Normally these things are fairly conservative, it's encouraging to see that at least two of them see something they like.

 

That's good to hear. Other than facing righties at Miller Park, I don't have a lot of faith in him.

[markedman5]

Apparently Moose turned down Multi year deal to return

 

[BrewFan130]

I really like the idea of keeping that lineup the same from last year with Grandal as sole addition. I thought the team was unified as a whole in a way the Brewers haven’t been in decades and keeping a group together that came as close as they did last season should only intensify the comradery.

 

I am surprised Moose wasn’t locked up on a multi year deal by another team. It seems a bit crazy that a player with his talent has had to sign 1 year deals over the past 2 seasons. Although, Machado still being unsigned is probably affecting that a bit.

[LouisEly]

Apparently Moose turned down Multi year deal to return

 

Keaton?