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Not sure on actual numbers, but the best player in CFB this season (Harrison Jr.) is sitting because he's set to be a top 5 draft pick and their starting QB transferred, then their primary backup got knocked out early with injury. Mizzou has some guys out as well - any player with eyes on the NFL would be foolish to play in the bowl game the way this system is set up, and even the guys who suit up aren't invested in the outcome of this game despite it being one of the marquee non-CFP bowls. OSU was within 1 score of being the top ranked team in the CFB playoff, and they had a better resume with 1 loss than Alabama did, IMO.
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OSU vs Mizzou, without any motivation and the current transfer portal climate...looks like a mid level high school JV game. And these are a pair of top 10 teams! College football is really screwing up their product
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I'm not expecting Santana to be more than he has shown to be the past few seasons, which would still be a big upgrade at 1B, and he wouldn't require a platoon mate on the roster to have competent offensive production from a corner IF position. plus he's still a quality defender over there. The past few seasons, it seems like the Brewers have been chasing their tails trying to set up platoon options at 1B and 3B plus DH, often taking up 3-4 or even 5 roster spots and wind up getting below average offensive production to show for it from all 3 of those everyday lineup spots. To me, there's value in plugging Santana in as the primary 1B and dedicating 1 roster spot to that position, then rolling the dice with Black at 3rd and signing a veteran DH to give your roster flexibility/depth elsewhere. DH, IMO, should be a bigger priority in free agency for a team like the Brewers than 1B...if their model is defensive versatility to build the position player roster, I'd be much more ok with that if they would view the DH as more than an afterthought/bench role when Yelich or Contreras isn't occupying that spot in the lineup. Even if the Brewers hold onto Burnes to start the season instead of trading him (and I hope that is the case), they have plenty of budget available to sign Santana and one of the more sought after DHs...particularly if they let Black open the season at 3B making league minimum.
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Instead of spending $18-20M a season for at least 2-3 years to add Hoskins via free agency to play first, coming off a knee surgery, I'd prefer the Brewers sign Santana to a 1-yr (~$7-8M) deal to play 1st, then also make another free agent splash in adding either Jorge Soler (3-4 yr deal) or JD Martinez (1-2 yr deal) to be their everyday DH...Yelich could still get plenty of DH ab's against righty starters if there's a need to keep his bat in the lineup, and Contreras could actually get legit days off instead of DH-ing when he isn't catching a game. This type of approach would allocate a similar dollar amount and actually bolster the lineup at two spots with veteran RH hitters with pop (Santana is a switch hitter) instead of one.
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Stefanski should be coach of the year...and that defense could carry them in the playoffs
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If they want a washed up veteran quarterback, sure.
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No, there isn't a realistic number that makes sense for the Brewers to offer Hader that he would actually sign and return as a free agent, where both sides would be happy with the contract terms. Frankly, I'm ok with not having a reliever signed to what will likely be a 9 figure contract to pitch into his mid-late 30s that pays him like he's going to remain an all-time great, when Hader has been fortunate to avoid significant arm injuries thus far in his career.
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They also have a highly questionable quarterback situation heading into next year, and not the greatest salary cap situation when your best player (Jefferson) is likely to demand a WR market-setting contract in the offseason and their best lineman (Darrisaw) is also in line for a big payday to avoid holdouts/trade demands. Their GM has gotten mixed reviews - kudos for some adept free agent pickups and trades to add productive pieces to the roster, but his first couple of drafts are being widely panned despite having a bunch of picks to work with. The Vikes are a roster in limbo, and their arrow is either pointing sideways or down for the next few seasons because of it despite having what appears to be good coaches on both sides of the ball.
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Statement win for the Ravens last night
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MLB 2023/2024 Free Agency Thread
Fear The Chorizo replied to wiguy94's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
It's because baseball is a young man's game more than ever, and organizations can continue churning out and cycling through good young and much cheaper players to put together winning clubs and avoid even playing in the marquee free agent sandbox that at this point really only includes a small handful of teams consistently. Well run organizations can establish a consistent mid-tier payroll and still win enough games to be in playoff contention every season, regardless of the division they play in. The expanded playoffs is a check on runaway huge market teams and their spending, because it doesn't let them just dictate regular season success into a ws shot with a small group of playoff teams. I for one dislike the expanded playoffs and its wonky format - but if mlb doesn't change the financial structure of the sport it's the only way to try and even out the playing field in terms of which teams win titles. -
MLB 2023/2024 Free Agency Thread
Fear The Chorizo replied to wiguy94's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
For as maddening as it is for the Dodgers to seemingly have anyone they want on their MLB team along with producing a steady stream of impact talent from their minor league system, it is really refreshing to know that besides a COVID-shortened season, they haven't won squat during this period when they make even the Yankees look poor. -
Brewers and Nationals In On Carlos Santana
Fear The Chorizo replied to Jastro's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
Santana is a switch -hitting, really good defensive 1B that gives the roster a much-needed veteran presence, and he can still provide some pop hitting in the 5-7 range in the lineup of a good ballclub. Knowing he won't cost $15M plus a season for multiple years to sign, he makes alot of sense for the Brewers in 2024. If the team falls on its face, he'd also be a viable deadline trade candidate if the full fledged fire sale is on come July. -
Because the website is run by a Twins fan and many key writers are Cub fans. I'm convinced many of these "articles" are geared towards intentional clickbait for regular posters on the Brewers/Twins/Cubs boards to wind up clicking all over the sites just to help with generating ad revenue. The Twins are looking to shed payroll - I really doubt they'd be interested in acquiring Burnes for 1 year at a similar cost to retaining Polanco, plus having to ship an actual package of legit prospect talent in order to do so. Much more likely they find a team to take what amounts to a salary dump trade in Polanco for a couple of low level minor league lotto tickets or young - pre arbitration OF. In that regard, the Brewers are actually a decent trade fit for Polanco....but not with sending Burnes to the Twins.
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I hear this argument alot about not getting a good enough player or package back - I'm interested in specifically what you feel would be appropriate trade compensation for either Taylor or Houser based on their age, established roles as bottom of a MLB roster depth, years left of team control, and cost. Especially considering these guys are borderline non-tender candidates. With how the current arbitration process works, it's not just as simple as saying "so and so makes $10M a season after he signed a free agent deal to give you the same pitching value as Houser" without also adding the numerous pre arbitration or minor league free agent arms who provided equal to better value than Houser did on the mound last season, to the calculus, too (all who which would have much longer team control remaining). Same goes for Taylor, who was injured/terrible during the 1st half of last season and game back with a good two months of play to get his offensive numbers more in line with career averages - which are exactly that for a reserve OF....meh. The Brewers very likely got the best years of Taylor and Houser's careers given their ages playing for them in Milwaukee - these aren't the type of guys you want hanging around on your roster well into their 30s, good organizations have more talented and cheaper options to take their spots (or plan to acquire players from outside the organization to do so), and this appears to be the case in Milwaukee.
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Well, Quero is on the 40 man roster...longterm I can see Contreras as a pretty darn good DH assuming Quero is in their longterm plans at catcher. Contreras is a decent defensive catcher, don't get me wrong - but by all accounts Quero is a stud defensively.
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When you are going into the season with FOUR young outfielders all more than capable of playing CF along with the other OF positions, with one of them signed to an 8 year pre-mlb contract extension and just added to the 40 man roster, and your current franchise player based on contract size also will likely play more than half the time in LF, your 30 yr old 5th/6th OF on the 40 man roster is pretty much expendable, especially once he starts making more than league minimum as he works through salary arbitration. My mistake before thinking Taylor is further along in his years of MLB service time at 30 yrs old. At his age, it's alot more likely he'll get nontendered in the next offseason or two and maybe the Brewers can bring him back to be that super 4th OF again for a couple months a season.
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Taylor also hit 0.160 in the first half of 2023.
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The 40 man roster spots mean more to the Brewers at this point than the $...neither Taylor or Houser had options left and were in their 3rd year of salary arbitration = they've got the least amount of 40 man roster flexibility and team control remaining and they're much more expensive than other younger and more talented players who need to be on the field or on the mound in Milwaukee. As others have pointed out, freeing up both a chunk of payroll budget and roster spaces seems to indicate something else is in the works to go along with this move, too.
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The Rays currently have the player they signed longterm to be their franchise player in legal jeopardy, who may not see the field again, they traded Adames after a down year in the first place that led many to believe he's a much better player than he actually is for arms that are either out of the organization or once again injured, and their current MLB pitching staff has more elbow problems than the Dodgers does. The Rays wish they were the Brewers right about now...
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I would rather have the potential upside of young OFs taking Taylor's ABs and playing time this year, and the exact same thing could be said of Gasser taking Houser's innings for way less than $6m with the potential for him to also pitch better while developing at the MLB level. Just because this pair of 30 yr old backups were 1 year shy of free agency doesn't make them coveted assets for a team looking to improve talent on their mlb roster.
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I know...fresh off a division title and lost in the playoffs to the team who got to the WS from the NL...just in bad shape
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HighHeat got hired here?
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I think the flip side of this trade is how Mets fans have to be feeling about Stearns continuing to stockpile guys that had permanently occupied the bottom of the Milwaukee Brewers MLB roster in recent seasons.
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So you can use those expendable MLB assets to bring in a flyer of a prospect who you can stash and potentially get 6+ years of MLB control on, rather than pay roughly $8M in 2024 for bench players/swing arms on your roster.
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This is a trade a team makes to free up 40 man roster space in order to add elsewhere on the roster via free agency (or add another prospect or two to it...Gasser? Black?). If the Brewers don't have plans of trading any of their other young OFs and want Chourio in Milwaukee to start the season, Taylor has no spot on this roster. Houser's best role has been that of a long man in the bullpen, and at the MLB level he's just a guy - you don't pay "just a guy" almost $6M in arbitration.
