Bauers to Red Sox 4/58M

[Yaz]

This is a sad day for me.   I knew he would get his due but geez.  He proved so many wrong in 2026.   Glad he saved his best season to date for this year and helped the Brewers win W.S.   Best wishes to him in Boston.  Glad it was there because of the teams in the AL East that is the only team I ever liked when I was young due to the damn Yankees.

[Brewcrew82]

Count me as not convinced Vaughn will be the primary first baseman. 

[treego14]

Make the MLB fair again!

Why do we have to lose one of our stars again?

The Big Leagues remain the Rigged Leagues!

[homer]

I'll probably watch this once a week for the rest of my days:

 

[OldSchoolSnapper]

I'm indifferent. I would have welcomed him back at the QO price, but not even really interested in a second year. I think he just played his best season. I don't see it as an insurmountable loss. 

[sveumrules]

We know the Brewers have been playing match ups based on swing paths versus the opposing SP's arsenal the last couple years now.

Even though they are both righties, Vaughn (flatter swing) and Adams (more of an uppercut guy I believe) could still make for decent platoon partners.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Echoing the good for Jake sentiments. I thought he might get 3/45 or 2/33 or something, so this seems right from an AAV perspective. That said, the Brewers can't really offer a guy in his thirties a 4-year deal. That's risk only a bigger market team can take on.

With the Comp A pick, this works out for everyone. Good luck, Jake. We'll always have maybe the best bat-flip in Brewers history.

Vaughn probably gets the ABs people have been wanting for him if he sticks around, that's for sure.

[markedman5]

He should get a standing ovation from our fans when he returns this season.

[Marc Newfield of Dreams]

I know May already elected FA, but this one feels like the start of the 2026 chapter closing. And that chapter was the greatest one ever written. Kinda bums me out.

[treego14]

1 minute ago, markedman5 said:

He should get a standing ovation from our fans when he returns this season.

Just one ... then boo him for leaving us!

[treego14]

3 minutes ago, Marc Newfield of Dreams said:

I know May already elected FA, but this one feels like the start of the 2026 chapter closing. And that chapter was the greatest one ever written. Kinda bums me out.

Do the Dodgers let one of their prime stars go after winning a World Series?  Nope.

It's still the Rigged Leagues!

[MrTPlush]

Brewers could have afforded this and had to situation made sense I think they do. However, he just did not fit the Brewers team to be a long term piece. His defense isn’t great and our minor league roster has so many promising players to give a chance. Add in the fact they very well could be extending Contreras, it doesn’t make sense to have Bauers clog up 1B and/or DH for 4 years. Plus Vaughn is not terrible option for next year. Way too much downside and risk to make it worth paying him.

Great guy, great player…happy to welcome him back for eternity.

[homer]

2 minutes ago, treego14 said:

Do the Dodgers let one of their prime stars go after winning a World Series?  Nope.

It's still the Rigged Leagues!

And that may have prevented them from winning a third WS in a row.

[adambr2]

Happy for him , and it’s fine for the Brewers, too.

And also a reminder that what someone says in the middle of a World Series celebrations “you’re not going to get rid of me that easily” is probably not going to be the same thing as they say when they tell their family that they have a 58 million dollar contract on the table and what that will mean for their family and future generations. (And I certainly don’t begrudge him for that).

[markedman5]

 

[folly412]

Glad Jake got paid.  It would make sense to pay this if we didn't have Adams, Burke, Fischer, and Bitonti all in the system and weren't getting a pick out of it as well.  Just happens to be about the last place we could prioritize a big contract. 

[markedman5]

6 minutes ago, treego14 said:

Do the Dodgers let one of their prime stars go after winning a World Series?  Nope.

It's still the Rigged Leagues!

Corey Seager…….

[owbc]

37 minutes ago, kestrel79 said:

Excited to see the Red Sox field their half Brewers starting lineup of Bauers, Siegler, Mona, and Caleb. Good for him and we get a pick.

Would be funny to see the Red Sox make a deep playoff run with a bunch of former Brewers. We have like 2 teams worth of good players so somebody has to take them.