TRADE: Brewers Acquire Catcher Danny Jansen from Tampa Bay Rays

[Spencer Michaelis]

I like Jansen as an addition. I wouldn't be surprised at all if he's an above average hitter for the final two months, and the Brewers fix some of the framing issues that @Jake McKibbin talked about under Jack's article. I've also been wondering if the fact that the Rays usually have their catchers give middle/middle targets means their catchers are reaching for pretty much any pitch that's on the corners and potentially causing some framing issues. Combine that with Jake's point that he has moved to a one-knee stance he potentially isn't very comfortable with, I wonder if it might be a quicker fix than it appears at first glance.

I won't get into it too much, but there were other reasons (outside of the valid swing/approach concerns) that the Brewers were lower on Areinamo as well. I would've been very surprised if he'd still been in the organization after the deadline, he was the prospect I expected them to move more than any other.

[Rick Daltons Flamethrower]

17 hours ago, endaround said:

Bad

Yikes

[Rick Daltons Flamethrower]

14 hours ago, Jason Wang said:

Across his 587 innings behind the dish this year, he has been worth 2 Defensive Runs Saved.

He is one of the worst at pitch framing (-4 rSZ, -8 Framing Runs Above Average), has a decent catcher ERA of 3.68 (2 rCERA), has had mixed results controlling guys on the base paths (2 rSB, -2 Caught Stealing Runs Above Average), but is outstanding at blocks (9 Blocks Above Average, 2 Blocking Runs Saved).

In other words he is good at some things and bad at others. Not sure if that helps 😬

Appreciate this information. I trust Matt Arnold's judgement more than my opinions. He usually is on the right side of a trade. Thanks Jason

[LouisEly]

21 hours ago, gregmag said:

Our best A+ bat

Marco Dinges? 

Being the best A+ bat (outside of Dinges) this year is kind of like being the tallest Dachshund.  Our top prospects are at other levels.