Is Mark A positioning the Brewers for a sale?

[MrTPlush]

28 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

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[sveumrules]

I believe Mark A is positioning the Brewers for sale...to Steve Cohen...for TEN BILLION DOLLARS

[SeaBass]

6 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

I believe Mark A is positioning the Brewers for sale...to Steve Cohen...for TEN BILLION DOLLARS

[Brewcrew82]

Don't tell Blighty...Though, they'll probably counter by shouting "No World Series!". Well, you can't get to the World Series if you don't win, and of the three teams ahead of us, only one has actually won a World Series in that timeframe...

[jerichoholicninja]

Ships and rings are all that matter.

[BrewFan130]

In the case of Burnes and Woodruff, I don't see it financially smart to even offer either of a long term deal at this point in time Both players are at the top of game which means their financial value is at its peak as well. As long as they have team control of both guys I'd imagine it to be in the Brewers best interest to wait a bit. On top of that, they'll never be able to afford them both.  you never know if there could be career ending injury, at this point in time I think waiting is the only move

[jerichoholicninja]

Is there any team out there that could or would resign all of Burnes, Woodruff, and Adames? Maybe the teams that have been throwing stupid money around like the Mets and Padres but most everyone else is only going to extend one of them. 

[Playing Catch]

3 hours ago, jerichoholicninja said:

Is there any team out there that could or would resign all of Burnes, Woodruff, and Adames? Maybe the teams that have been throwing stupid money around like the Mets and Padres but most everyone else is only going to extend one of them. 

I was going to say the same thing. It's not just small-market teams that lose players to FA. Scherzer, Seager, DeGrom all signed with new teams.

[Fear The Chorizo]

What the Brewers are doing with arms like Burnes and Woodruff is exactly how a small market franchise needs to operate in the current MLB financial system with pitchers who will be on the verge of 30 (or in Woodruff's case older than 30) when they reach UFA - it's not like as soon as core pieces turn into good players that they're dumping them for more prospects to avoid paying escalating arbitration salaries - they are paying those players they know they won't be able to extend what the system dictates to control them through their prime years of production, while occasionally offering pre-arbitration extensions to riskier arms that may be looking for longterm security (i.e., Peralta and Ashby, who have already shown to have issues staying on the mound due to health, but the extension value doesn't crater the team's budget if/when they are injured and not performing).  The goal of an organization like the Brewers is to have a couple young rotation arms or players ready to take over for core players as they approach free agency so they maintain flexibility with roster management and can decide to either roll with that veteran right up to him becoming a free agent or trade him an offseason or so early to maximize value.

Particularly with pitching, for every 1 free agent contract or extension that pays a HOF-caliber starter market value way into his 30s that works out, there are 20x as many that turn out to be bad investments for the organization due to declining production, injuries costing large chunks of the guaranteed contract term, or oftentimes both.  I don't want my team risking those odds of a lemon contract for a pitcher, no matter how great he is in his late 20s.

[brewcrewdue80]

Could it be said where the Brewers are financially as a team payroll on their 1st time experiencing this  as a Franchise?  Yelich is paid more money than any Brewer in the past.  They now have 3 players on the same team control with FA values near and above where Yelich is making yearly.  Now you're dealing with choosing which of the 3 to extend. This is different than the mid pay amounts you had with Weeks and Hart. Your looking at top tier paydays with Burnes and Woodruff. 2nd tier with Adames. Yelich extension was 1st tier stuff.  Braun&Fielder were 1+1 not 1+3.  

Now complaining about the current payroll and not signing Free Agents, what do you expect? Sign a 100pct big FA and no extensions towards the other 3? This where you would be looking to sign 1 of the 3 to an extension that saves just a little than 100pct value of FA signing? 

We're now also dealing with the rookies, all of whom you may want to sign to extensions.. and now Chourio another year back.

It's a completely different scenario on spending than the team has ever faced.