Should the Brewers Extend Brian Anderson?

I would be ok with like a 1 year extension and say 5/6 million but not much more or longer. With Miller playing well and Urias close to being back Anderson should be in RF more. He has had a nice year but is still just an average player in my mind.

I would.  The Brewers won't.  They only like to keep filling the same holes in roster every year.  Which is pretty much the same holes they make for themselves.

Anderson is the 3B.  Turang plays SS and Miller at 2B.  When Willy and Urias get back to the active roster,  Willy is at SS/Urias is at 2B with Miller as the utility player.  Turang gets sent down.  Ride with Taylor in RF.

i'd be ok with extending Anderson.  2yr deal for $10M would be ok.  I doubt Anderson would go for a 1yr extension as he will want the security of a longer deal.  He has some flexibility being able to play 3B/RF and likely a few other positions.  Question is with his injury history, not sure the Brewers would do it

$5 million per year? Anderson is an above average 3B or an above average RF if healthy. Anderson should get at least  2 years $22 million with a 3rd year option.

There’s no need to rush to extend him. He’s a guy who was non-tendered largely because of his recent injury history keeping him off the field/unproductive on the field. Rushing to extend him because he’s stayed healthy for 50-ish games could seriously backfire for Milwaukee.  

51 minutes ago, endaround said:

$5 million per year? Anderson is an above average 3B or an above average RF if healthy. Anderson should get at least  2 years $22 million with a 3rd year option.

Then how come he was available for 1 year, $3.5M in late January?

Two months isn't going to convince any GM to give him $11M/year for multiple years if none were willing to give him more than $4M for one year a couple of months ago.

Sure, if Anderson took an extreme cut rate deal like those suggested above. But  in reality that’s not going to happen.
 

People around here must really not pay attention to going rates for free agents in todays game.

Anderson, if he keeps his production up, will be a 10 million a year player at  minimum, and given the dearth at 3B league wide most likely in the 12-13 million dollar range, a price at which the Brewers won’t be interested. 

1 hour ago, LouisEly said:

Then how come he was available for 1 year, $3.5M in late January?

Two months isn't going to convince any GM to give him $11M/year for multiple years if none were willing to give him more than $4M for one year a couple of months ago.

Because he played in 67 games in 2021 and 98 games in 2022. So yes he'll be available for $5 million if he has a season ending injury this year in the next month.

1 hour ago, endaround said:

Because he played in 67 games in 2021 and 98 games in 2022. So yes he'll be available for $5 million if he has a season ending injury this year in the next month.

His injury history is exactly why I wouldn't want to give him any sort of extension, so no thanks to extending a 30 yr old guy who can't stay healthy because he's a corner IF/OF option who's hitting about 0.250 and OPS-ing in the mid-700s - pretty much his career norms.

The Brewers should be looking for ways to upgrade his roster spot moving forward, not solidify him into it.