Brewers Were Interested in Eloy Jimenez at the Trade Deadline; Are They Still Interested?

[Underachiever]

23 hours ago, Fear The Chorizo said:

You're expecting way too much from young talent - there will be hiccups. 

Not to mention that the hiccups will probably put Garrett Mitchell on the IL for two months.

[SF70]

20 hours ago, Fear The Chorizo said:

I expect Wiemer to open next season in AAA and don't really want him back in a MLB batters box until he quiets down his swing/approach.  TT is a great fit as a reserve OF, being able to give any of the LH hitting OF starters (Yelich, Mitchell, Frelick) a day off and still wind up with a few hundred plate appearances - although he's getting kind of expensive in that role.

The other side of this is between all the young OF's you mentioned, at least one of them should be dealt to make room for Chourio, and that should happen this offseason (or at the latest by next year's deadline if they plan on keeping Chourio down for service time reasons to open the 2024 season).  That's just a roster spot #'s game with guys all having a bunch of team control and a guy who's more talented than all of them beating the MLB door down for everyday playing time.

To me, the DH position should be independent from any other position grouping for their roster - so the outfield logjam they need to sort out has no bearing on what the Brewers should do at the DH position, which IMO is bring in a veteran RH hitter via free agency or trade.

I would possibly agree with your reasoning IF they trade a non-TT OF this offseason, but I think they would be selling too low and thus will hold for now. 

Agree Wiemer should AAA to start the year, but even IF Chourio is held back until S2, that still creates a massive log-jam of talented OF’s post S2 that will need to play, neither of whom, except for Yelich, should DH.

[SF70]

17 hours ago, wntrtxn21 said:

Rather than put any money towards Garver or lose prospects and money for Jimenez, I would like to see the Brewers put any money that would go to them and go all-in on Hoskins. He has a career 920 OPS and .400 OBP against lefties and fills a big need. Let the young OFs play more and use Yelich at least 50% of the time as a DH. 

I’d rather they put the money towards extensions. Start with Adames this offseason, Chourio before the end of the ‘24 season. 

[Rick Daltons Flamethrower]

No money or prospects for Jimenez. That would be  crazy train. No need for that kind of a far fetched attempt. Let him sink and sleep ! He is a Winkler.

[bigred]

6 hours ago, Rick Daltons Flamethrower said:

No money or prospects for Jimenez. That would be  crazy train. No need for that kind of a far fetched attempt. Let him sink and sleep ! He is a Winkler.

Who's Winkler? Henry? 😎😉

[TURBO]

On 12/3/2023 at 1:08 AM, bigred said:

Who's Winkler? Henry? 😎😉