Washington Nationals Preparing To Sell... What Players Might Interest The Brewers?

[TURBO]

25 minutes ago, BrewerFan said:

 

If it wasn't for the awful version of him we saw last year, I doubt there'd be much resistance. 

 

Yup

[TURBO]

1 minute ago, sveumrules said:

He was acquired via trade for Kolten Wong, not signed as a free agent.

You know what I meant, sorry for the confusion.  I should have said he was our big acquisition, my bad.

[sveumrules]

1 minute ago, TURBO said:

You know what I meant, sorry for the confusion.  I should have said he was our big acquisition, my bad.

I thought Contreras was the big acquisition of the 2023 offseason?

[Fear The Chorizo]

1 hour ago, sveumrules said:

I thought Contreras was the big acquisition of the 2023 offseason?

Not from a financial standpoint

[sveumrules]

19 minutes ago, Fear The Chorizo said:

Not from a financial standpoint

Wong made $10M in 2023, Winker only made $8.25M.

[Fear The Chorizo]

13 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

Wong made $10M in 2023, Winker only made $8.25M.

How much did Contreras make last year?  

[brewerfan82]

44 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

Wong made $10M in 2023, Winker only made $8.25M.

 

30 minutes ago, Fear The Chorizo said:

How much did Contreras make last year?  

$1.55M. And Ruiz made $0.72M. So the Contreras acquisition increased payroll $0.83M (plus another ~1M for Payamps), while the Winker acquisition decreased payroll by $1.75M. But really, what a silly thing to be arguing, lol.

[Scooterfletcher]

Patrick Corbin for free could be a good dice roll but prob not.  Idk

[Redd Vencher]

6 hours ago, brewerfan82 said:

 

$1.55M. And Ruiz made $0.72M. So the Contreras acquisition increased payroll $0.83M (plus another ~1M for Payamps), while the Winker acquisition decreased payroll by $1.75M. But really, what a silly thing to be arguing, lol.

The Winker trade didn't decrease payroll as the Brewers sent the difference in salary to the Mariners.

[TURBO]

17 hours ago, sveumrules said:

I thought Contreras was the big acquisition of the 2023 offseason?

I'm talking about $ here, how much did Contreras cost us vs Winker?

You know this, you just like to argue for arguments sake.

[TURBO]

15 hours ago, sveumrules said:

Wong made $10M in 2023, Winker only made $8.25M.

What does Wong have to do with this?  geez

[sveumrules]

9 minutes ago, TURBO said:

What does Wong have to do with this?  geez

Wong is the player they traded for Winker, so Jesse’s salary didn’t actually add anything to the payroll.

I was just pointing out that the largesse of his contract and the big-ness of his acquisition were being overstated in the grand scheme of things.

They moved Wong to open a spot for Turang with the hopes Winker would bounce back to his pre-injury form and provide better DH production than McCutchen did for $8.5M the year before.

Winker plus Turang was like $10M cheaper than Wong plus McCutchen.

[Jopal78]

On 7/11/2024 at 10:41 AM, sveumrules said:

Wong is the player they traded for Winker, so Jesse’s salary didn’t actually add anything to the payroll.

I was just pointing out that the largesse of his contract and the big-ness of his acquisition were being overstated in the grand scheme of things.

They moved Wong to open a spot for Turang with the hopes Winker would bounce back to his pre-injury form and provide better DH production than McCutchen did for $8.5M the year before.

Winker plus Turang was like $10M cheaper than Wong plus McCutchen.

To be precise, the Brewers included cash with Wong because he made more so probably closer to neutral from a payroll standpoint.