jjfanec
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Yelich has Báez at least matched on #4. Maybe their personalities are different, but if watching Yelich isn't flat-out exciting, then I don't know how to baseball anymore. While I completely agree Baez gets publicity for his excitement. There are numerous articles out there about him being the most exciting player and for his celebrations. It shouldnt matter but neither should him being from a big market team but I think both might. I am about as big of Yelich fan as you can find and think he should win because right now outside of Baez being able to play SS he really doesnt have much over Yelich - similar home runs and stolen bases. Only really RBIs but Yelich has been batting 1 or 2 a lot of the year so that makes sense. The fact that Yelich is leading the league in BA and OPS is crazy -
With the Carpenter slipping a lot and the Dbacks looking like they will miss the playoffs I get the feeling it is Yelich vs Baez. Yelich has a better offensive profile. Baez plays a more premium position. Should be interesting.
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You forget Baez has a few things going for him. Some legitimate some not 1. He is doing it as an infielder who plays multiple positions. 2. He has a very slight lead in WAR, home runs and RBIs 3. He plays for Chicago 4. He is exciting to watch I dont think 3 or 4 should matter but they will. Really number 2 is a wash almost. Especially when you factor in yelich's commanding lead in ops and all those stats. 1 is legitimate but I think Yelich has covered a ton of ground. In mind it would hard not to give it to the guy who leads in batting average and ops if that happens.
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Yeah, that was high quality January baseball reading right there. Hot takes just flying. Obviously there were people who loved the deal, and people who hated it. Hopefully those who hated it, or were extremely upset by the prospects we gave up, have come around. Yelich truly has proven to be a special player. I cant imagine anyone disliking the deal now. Look at this way. We could (but definitely wont) trade Yelich this offseason and get a much better return than what we gave up and we would have had a year of Yelich. It seems like DS and his staff knew which players to sell high on in this deal. Yelich has been so much fun to watch. We are looking at a guy who should have a batting average above .300, hit 30 hrs and steal 20 bases while sporting .380 plus obp. That isnt a very common stat line. I think Baez will win MVP but Yelich will be right there. Crazy to even try to pick between he and Cain right now
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Yelich is currently making a run at the NL batting title. His .314 average is right there with Freeman at .319. So in the NL he is top 5 in batting average, top 10 in OBP, top 15 in slugging which leads to top 10 in OPS - including now the top OF, while being top 15 in steals. That is an incredibly great line.
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Yelich is now second behind only Matt Kemp for ops among qualified OFers in the NL. Add in his steals too I am not sure what else we could want. Anyone who watches him can see how pure his swing is. He has great at bats, worst the count, and hits the ball very hard. A few too many ground balls maybe but all in all it is hard to be disappointed
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Yeah well no offense to BF but a lot of the proposals on here tend to not be very realistic. As I said elsewhere in this thread, getting 5 years of Yelich for just two Baseball America Top 100 prospects, only one of which is a Top 50 prospect, is incredible. It's certainly not an overpay. BA rankings are a good way of stepping back to get objective value on players who we as Brewers fans are overfamiliar with and thus overvalue. Agreed. When brewerfan poster proposal are your barometer you will always think we lost a trade. Every fan base overvalues their own prospects/players and undervalues other teams'
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What would need to happen with those prospects for the trade to be fine for you guys? If brinson and Harrison both become solid starters but Diaz and Ya flame out is it ok? Or can only one of those two turn into a starter? I have only seen a couple reports but both think the Brewers did a good job selling high on prospects in this deal. My gut after most trades is as fans we overvalue our own prospects but sometime front office people just don't love what they see in their own guys. I have no idea how good those 4 are. It could end up being a terrible deal. All I know is right now yelich at his age and that contract is a huge value for the Brewers. Have there been analysts who think the Brewers gave up way too much?
