Brewers acquire Jake Bauers from NYY

[TURBO]

7 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

Jake Bauers has moved down the depth chart.

lol

I hope he moves off the depth chart.

[patrickgpe]

20 minutes ago, TURBO said:

lol

I hope he moves off the depth chart.

me too, i'd rather use Miller to spell Hoskins and keep his versatility. 

[MVP2110]

This does make the Bauers acquisition even more confusing. I'm sure they have some underlying data they like and that's the reason they got him but how often is he even going to play? I'd imagine Yelich, Chourio, Frelick, Mitchell, & Wiemer are all ahead of him for ABs in the OF, he's certainly behind Hoskins at 1b. So is it just occasional starts as a DH and maybe once or twice a month at 1b? 

[brewerfan82]

I think Bauers is just a depth move. I know he had a little bit of an acquisition cost and he's out of options, but I still view him more of an "invite to Spring Training and see what he's got" kind of pick up like Perkins or Voit than anything they were planning on being a more concrete part of the team's 2024 plans. I think he's just here to compete for the 26th man on the roster and he may not be that bad of an option in that role as 28 year old currently projected with a 90 wRC+ with the possibility of outperforming that with some sort of break out this year.

[Outlander]

Going into the season with Bauers as the starting 1B was scary but now that the Brewers have an obvious everyday player I think there is room for Bauers on the team. Can't ignore August and September but through July he would have been a top Brewer bat behind only Contreras and Yelich. The Brewers were 24th in HR last year, Bauers can play a role, hopefully much better than the likes of Winker/Tellez/Voit/Singleton/Ruf.

[Playing Catch]

I pretty much hated the Avina/Sanchez trade. For those of you who believe I support every move this FO does, I didn't like this one. And I didn't even like Avina that much!

[markedman5]

 

[Playing Catch]

6 hours ago, markedman5 said:

 

As he mentions, "SSS," but these peripherals suggest... dare I say, intrigue? Guarded excitement?

[Frisbee Slider]

Jake Bauers is approaching.900 OPS over last 52 AB. 

[Matt Breen]

13 hours ago, Frisbee Slider said:

Jake Bauers is approaching.900 OPS over last 52 AB. 

The moment I wrote an article saying the Bauers era had to end - he went on a rampage. Figures. Let's hope he proves me really wrong.

[Outlander]

9 hours ago, reillymcshane said:

The moment I wrote an article saying the Bauers era had to end - he went on a rampage. Figures. Let's hope he proves me really wrong.

For your next article please be critical of the Brewers for extending Chourio before even playing a game in the majors.

[Scooterfletcher]

I thought at the time of obtaining him, that someone mentioned a Bauers-Murphy connection that may have been the root of the acquisition.  

[jay87shot]

9 minutes ago, Scooterfletcher said:

I thought at the time of obtaining him, that someone mentioned a Bauers-Murphy connection that may have been the root of the acquisition.  

Bauers-Arnold, Bauers was in the Rays system when Arnold was in Tampa

[Thurston Fluff]

12 hours ago, reillymcshane said:

The moment I wrote an article saying the Bauers era had to end - he went on a rampage. Figures. Let's hope he proves me really wrong.

I thought of that article when I saw the post. Mostly because I agreed with you. I guess the hasty judgement crew is at least two deep.

[TURBO]

If Bauers is doing this in July, I will eat my words.

I'm all for riding him while hot, but what he is doing now, he hasn't done before for an extended period of time.

I still think he will be DFA'd at some point, depending on how long we stick with him when he comes back down to earth.  When he does come back down to earth, I'd guess we keep trotting him out there for way too long before we finally decide he needs to go.

[Frisbee Slider]

With last night’s injury, this probably is ill timed.

Player A: 0.4 WAR, 131 OPS+
Player B: 0.4 WAR, 127 OPS+

2024 stats

[Outlander]

This was mentioned way back when he was acquired but he was a 800 OPS guy for the Yankees until August 1 when the bottom fell out. He has done this before, would be great if he did it for the whole year this time around.

[Jopal78]

With Chourio being overmatched and Hoskins down with the hamstring injury, it turns out picking up Bauer was a pretty good move. 
 

I sort of have a gut feeling that Hoskins will not be opting out of the 22 million the Brewers will owe him in ‘25. Which makes having a competent defensive, first baseman even more valuable with Hoskins inability to run and play good defense.

[sveumrules]

2 minutes ago, Jopal78 said:

I sort of have a gut feeling that Hoskins will not be opting out of the 22 million the Brewers will owe him in ‘25.

Hoskins gets the $4M buyout either way - whether he opts out after this year or the mutual option isn’t exercised after next year - so “only” an $18M decision.

[Jopal78]

10 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

Hoskins gets the $4M buyout either way - whether he opts out after this year or the mutual option isn’t exercised after next year - so “only” an $18M decision.

Exactly 18+4 =22.

The Brewers  potentially owe Hoskins 22 million for 2025. 
 

Either way, with our without Hoskins next year, not bad to have Bauers on the roster given the lack of in house replacements for first base/DH/corner OF
 

[sveumrules]

1 minute ago, Jopal78 said:

Exactly 18+4 =22.

The Brewers  potentially owe Hoskins 22 million for 2025. 

The Brewers owe him the $4M no matter what so it’s either 1/16 or 2/34, an $18M decision for Hoskins.

[Jopal78]

1 hour ago, sveumrules said:

The Brewers owe him the $4M no matter what so it’s either 1/16 or 2/34, an $18M decision for Hoskins.

Please read more carefully, what I said was 100% correct, the Brewers will owe Hoskins 22 million dollars in ‘25 if he decides to return.

I don’t know why you’re arguing with me over semantics.  
 

Given Hoskins hasn’t done much besides hit homers, and is now injured it could very well be he returns in ‘25.

 

[sveumrules]

2 minutes ago, Jopal78 said:

Please read more carefully, what I said was 100% correct, the Brewers will owe Hoskins 22 million dollars in ‘25 if he decides to return

You said, “…Hoskins will not be opting out of the 22 million the Brewers will owe him in ‘25.”

I was just pointing out that Hoskins would only be opting out of $18M since he gets the $4M either way.

I wasn’t arguing semantics, just clearing up the details on the contract.

[LouisEly]

Right now Fangraphs has 44 first basemen with at least 100 PAs this season.  Ranking by fWAR, Bauers is 21st, Hoskins is 23rd.  Ranking by wRC+, Hoskins is 15th and Bauers is 22nd.

Bauers is literally an average 1B so far this season.  Hoskins slightly above average.  Not a lot of guys out there who are significantly better (and who would be available).

[nate82]

5 minutes ago, LouisEly said:

Right now Fangraphs has 44 first basemen with at least 100 PAs this season.  Ranking by fWAR, Bauers is 21st, Hoskins is 23rd.  Ranking by wRC+, Hoskins is 15th and Bauers is 22nd.

Bauers is literally an average 1B so far this season.  Hoskins slightly above average.  Not a lot of guys out there who are significantly better (and who would be available).

Christian Walker would be significantly better than Hoskins and Bauers but that is about it.  Beyond Walker the next best available would be Alonso. I hope the Cardinals and Cubs continue to suck and stay under .500 so the Cardinals trade Goldschmidt to the Yankees and that leaves really only the Brewers looking for 1B help.   Could make Walker attaining Walker or Alonso easier.  The only other team I can think of that would need 1B help would probably be the Twins. 

Alonso may not even be available because the NL Wild Card race looks like it is going to be whoever sucks the less right now for the final spot.  Only the Rockies and Marlins right now look to be out of it with everyone else being 1-2 games out of the final wildcard spot.  At some point some of these teams will go on a losing streak and someone will go on a winning streak.  There will be some separation at some point just right now it is a cluster <insert your favorite four letter cuss word>.

Right now there are only 4 teams in the NL above .500 and one team at .500.  That won't stay like that for the rest of the season but usually by now you can tell who will be sellers and who will be buyers and right now there are only four buyers and two definite sellers in the NL.  Everyone else in the NL are just big question marks and some of these NL teams have what everyone else wants in a trade.  The AL is a little bit better off but there are only three definite sellers and at least six definite buyers.  The Red Sox, Blue Jays and Tigers all could be buyers or could be a mixture of both depending on what becomes available.  I could see the Blue Jays or Red Sox trading for Luzardo even if they are out of it.