Question of the week: grade the offseason

[liveforoctober]

37 minutes ago, Turning2 said:

I'm get paid to do what I do, not to nerd out scouring rosters to find workable upgrades. There are always guys that could be traded for. Sometimes the price might be high, but not necessarily not contract wise. It might just cost you prospect capital. If you don't have the cash but you have prospect capital, it's reasonable to spend it in the right circumstances. Since you seem to troll my posts, you already should know who I thought was a good match. No, it wasn't Castellanos. 

I have no idea what you have and haven't posted in the past. If you say I respond to you a lot I'll take your word for it but I don't recognize your name. There are a few triggers I have with fans in general and in this case the one you hit squarely is the "They are bad at their jobs and I can do it better but I don't need to prove it" response. If that is your general schtick on here than I likely have responded to you. My partial apologies if that has been our relationship.

[brewcrewdue80]

Im on a B/B-

I like the Peralta and Durbin deals as a whole.

Im not as high on the Zerpa trade. Brewers OF construction with Mitchell returning I'd have wanted Perkins being dealt over Collins.

Zerpa has 8 career starts in last 3 years. If the Brewers turned him in to a Starter it's  strictly as a 1st through 3rd inning starter.  I dont think I seen a 100 IP professional season for him.

Williams looks like a solid addition. 

I just dont see the team as having took a step back. Im excited to see Woodruff out there. On the mound he's top 15 maybe top 20 in the game with the recent SPs entering the league.

[wallus]

Badoo signing- C. Not a lot of risk and we seem to do okay with these overall.

Zerpa trade- B. The team must have thought Collins was a fluke. I would definitely take Zerpa over Mears and you gain a year of control.

Woody QO- A. I think you should take the risk of the QO aggressively. Woody will be the "vet" of the rotation and will hopefully have a healthy season.

Peralta trade- A. You get two guys that are as high as top 50 prospects for one year of Freddy and Myers that you picked up off the scrap heap? I also like that the players are at positions of need and will be contributing soon. 

Durbin trade- A- The pitchers will help us this season and I think Hamilton will surprise. I would have prefered to trade Durbin next year but this was too good to pass up on.

Regnifo signing- B-. He will be a decent stopgap and will hopefully be more 23/24 than 25 in performance. I would have prefered Urias but the team is betting on the younger player.

Sanchez signing- A- The backup catcher gets little playing time on the team because of Contreras. We signed Gary for not much more over the minimum and he will likely provide decent production.

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Overall grade: B+. Going in to the offseason, I had two priorities at the top. Trade Freddy for a haul and get starting pitching depth. The front office accomplished both of those goals. Nitpicking a couple of things.... I wanted them to trade Megill for prospects. I get the argument to hang onto him this season but I think he is a major regression candidate. 

I also think the team should have been more aggressive adding a guy like Marte or Abrams. Now it is impossible to know if a reasonable deal could be had but I would not have an issue cashing in on a few of our prospects for a good player with control.