J.D. Martinez

[Ewitkows1]

Rumor is the red Sox are listening to offers. This is the bat we need in the middle of the lineup. 

[bulldogboy0733]

I like him but he seems to be hurt with a bad back. 

[Brewcrew82]

I prefer Josh Bell, to be honest. 

[wntrtxn21]

The price in prospects would have to be small and the Red Sox would have to kick in some cash. If the deal were done tomorrow, Martinez would cost around $7.5M.  I'd rather have the switch hitting Bell who can play a position if needed. 

[phnxcrew]

28 minutes ago, wntrtxn21 said:

The price in prospects would have to be small and the Red Sox would have to kick in some cash. If the deal were done tomorrow, Martinez would cost around $7.5M.  I'd rather have the switch hitting Bell who can play a position if needed. 

Why not both? we have DH and 1b occupied by very mediocre bats.  Yelich,   Adames, bell & Martinez would actually score some runs.  I think they’d rather take on salary then moving up the quality of the prospect 5-6 spots, IMO.

[LouisEly]

Martinez's June OPS of .713, July OPS of .675.

McCutchen's June OPS of .911, July OPS of .750.

Martinez's May OPS was due to a .520 BABIP.  His April/June/July are more like what to expect.

I'd rather have McCutchen who can at least play a passable OF.

[brewers888]

36 minutes ago, LouisEly said:

Martinez's June OPS of .713, July OPS of .675.

McCutchen's June OPS of .911, July OPS of .750.

Martinez's May OPS was due to a .520 BABIP.  His April/June/July are more like what to expect.

I'd rather have McCutchen who can at least play a passable OF.

Martinez is a far better hitter than McCutchen or really anyone in this lineup so if he comes cheap sign me up.

[Brewcrew82]

1 hour ago, brewers888 said:

Martinez is a far better hitter than McCutchen or really anyone in this lineup so if he comes cheap sign me up.

Just like Castellanos was the clear better hitter/player than everyone else, right? I think it's far from a certainty based on Martinez's age and his subpar play over the last couple months. And, as also stated above, he's got no value whatsoever on defense as he's limited strictly to DH. That matters a lot to a team like the Brewers that already has McCutchen and likes to rotate its other position players at DH....

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

11 hours ago, brewers888 said:

Martinez is a far better hitter than McCutchen or really anyone in this lineup so if he comes cheap sign me up.

He certainly has more name recognition than most in our current line-up. It appears that you very much put merit in such things, because as an actual baseball player, Martinez at this point in his career isn't going to do a heck of a lot to help the lineup.

[StearnsFTW]

Really, really doesn't seem like a Stearns guy with his inability to play the field. 

[Jim French Stepstool]

I haven't seen nearly enough of Martinez recently to have a strong opinion, but as noted above his inability to defend doesn't seem to make him a good fit. Plus, I'm pretty sure adding him would lead to McCutchen playing much more CF in the last two months than I would like to see.

[brewers888]

I guess only Mike Trout is an upgrade over McCutchen so why trade for anyone since we have such an incredible lineup and are so fortunate to have McCutchen who really should have been benched for Hiura.