Bauers to Red Sox 4/58M

[DR28]

23 minutes ago, Eye Black said:

Brewers about to acquire Triston Casas from the Red Sox and turn him into the next Jake Bauers.

Yes please! Casas is the odd man out here.

[JosephC]

Bauers annual fWAR-

2018 = 0.0

2019 = -0.8

2021 = -0.3

2023 = -0.3

2024 = 0.1

2025 = 0.8

2026 = 3.6

Career fWAR = 3.2

Now 31 years old.

Have to admit, looks like there is significantly more potential downside to this deal then potential upside.  Fangraphs put his 2026 value at 29.1 million, so they have 1 fWAR = 9.1 million.  With a 58 million dollar contract, that mean he will have to be worth 6.4 WAR over the next 4 years for this to be a break even for Boston.  Early projection services are projecting him at 2 WAR on average for 2027.  Again, 31 years old.  I'll take the under on that 6.4 WAR figure.

 

[LouisEly]

1 hour ago, bjkrautk said:

Boston heard Pat Murphy talking about Jake going to the Yankees, and had to make sure that didn't happen.

Bauers is a rich f***** now, just like Murph said.

[adambr2]

56 minutes ago, treego14 said:

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

I don’t understand, why? How do you know this isn’t the team preference anyway?

Trading a 31 year old coming off a career year who has 1 year and 23 million dollars left on his contract for a pretty good prospect (comp pick after Round 1) is EXACTLY the kind of trade that the Brewers would like to make. 

[adambr2]

1 hour ago, treego14 said:

Make the MLB fair again!

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

The Big Leagues remain the Rigged Leagues!

You know the Brewers could easily give Bauers 4/58, right? 

How is it MLB’s fault that they don’t want to?

You know I kind of felt bad that a longtime poster such as yourself missed out on the season when the Brewers finally win the World Series due to a boycotting of the “Rigged Leagues”.

Then I see posts like this and am reminded that you got exactly what you asked for. 

[KCBrewerfan34]

Why would you ever boo Bauers?? Totally ridiculous. 
 

Are the Brewers guaranteed that Comp pick or could the rules change, even though he signed before 12/1 

[Outlander]

This is why Tyler Black is still on the 40 man, even though he is strong side platoon I imagine Vaughn is pretty much the every day starter with Black on the bench and eventually one of Burke/Fischer come up like Lara and Cooper did last season. Not sure what they do with Adams, would have been a good option with Bauers on the team but not so much with Vaughn.

[ErnieRilesBrianGiles]

You heard it here first...King Vaughn 2027 is going to be Rake Bauers 2026, deja vu all over again:

Career year...qualifying offer....life changing contract...comp pick...rinse and repeat, baby!

I BREWlieve!