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  1. Harold Hutchison
    One other thought: Claudio, if he does improve, becomes an asset that can be flipped for prospects.
  2. Harold Hutchison
    Dodged bullets, but missed an opportunity...
  3. Harold Hutchison
    I would have given Miley a QO, and I want him back. He was very solid, and I bet being fully healthy would have given him the chance to put up a very good season. Maybe not 2.57 ERA good, but 3.00 ERA good. Gio Gonzalez has a better track record, with some recent regression, but was also in that same range. Miley would have been my preference, though.
  4. Harold Hutchison
    2.57 ERA and 1.215 WHIP points to a TOR-type to me. TOR types come four ways: 1. You have a home-grown talent who simply dominates via his stuff. 2. You trade for somebody who simply dominates via his stuff. 3. You sign somebody who simply dominates via his stuff as a free agent. 4. You are able to take a pitcher, and maybe make a tweak or two (throw pitch B more often or fix a mindset), and take his performance up to higher levels than before. Miley was a TOR starter acquired the fourth way.
  5. Harold Hutchison
    do tell. we have a LF, CF, SS, 1b, and C that are RH, and our park favors LH hitters. I'd like another lefty if possible, especially since most pitchers are righty. Both the SS and C struggled offensively, the SS so badly he was sent to the minors. The 1B was very streaky.
  6. Harold Hutchison
    Murphy would be worth $5 million in 2019 and 2020, and a team option of $6 million in 2021, and another team option of $7 million in 2022. The 2021 option has a $1 million buyout, the 2022 option has a $2 million buyout.
  7. Harold Hutchison
    So it's ok to disregard that Tulo did nothing last year due to injury, and use his 2016-2017 stats to determine his value, while ignoring Arcia's 2017 stats? I think that's a strong case of cherry picking. Tulo is at league minimum, and even his bad years have decent offensive production. Taking a spring training flyer on him with the option years isn't a bad idea. If he does rebound, it becomes a bargain for us, and the BLue Jays pay for his revival in Milwaukee.
  8. Harold Hutchison
    It's worth looking into - and maybe for more than just one year - say, one year and a couple of team options. Tulowitzki, if he holds at the Toronto level from 2016-2017 (.74 OPS, 94 OPS+), would have been about 125-130 points of OPS better than the 2018 version of Arcia. Not a small difference, and very acceptable off the bench.
  9. Harold Hutchison
    I can't fathom the Crew not protecting him. Let Cedeno/Jennings go to free up the spot, but this was just poor roster management.
  10. Harold Hutchison
    Didn't know about Andrews' offensive package. Call him the Toolbox?
  11. Harold Hutchison
    This. When a .300 hitter who has routinely hit 30+ doubles, rarely strikes out, and averaged 15 homers, and won't cost any compensation is available, you say YES!
  12. Harold Hutchison
    Per Baseball-Reference, Murphy has played 2B, 1B, 3B, and LF in the majors. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/murphda08.shtml I'd say he is flexible enough to be a decent starter for the first part of 2019. When Hiura forces his way up, Murphy them can be a backup option at all four positions.
  13. Harold Hutchison
    6 years of crap is still worth nothing. The primary CF for the Rangers had a .591 OPS. Taylor would fill that hole for them...
  14. Harold Hutchison
    I'd be willing to go for three years for Murphy. He's got a good hit-for-average tool, and he brings positional flexibility (has played 3B, 1B, LF in his major-league career) to the mix as well. He hits lots of doubles, and doesn't strike out much. It's worth that sort of deal, IMO. 3 years, $19.5 million.
  15. Harold Hutchison
    Leg kicks aside... is Taylor a "sell high" candidate for the Crew?
  16. Harold Hutchison
    Sigh, what a huge homer trade. Taylor gives the Rangers a young controllable CF - they had atrocious production from that position. Herrera and bickford are lottery tickets to add some value, but the Rangers get Taylor for six years.
  17. Harold Hutchison
    Actually, given when Baines played... I think it's more about some equality for those who didn't juice. Baines doesn't have the eye-popping numbers of Sosa and McGwire, but he also never juiced.
  18. Harold Hutchison
    If it weren't for the 1981 and the 1994-1995 labor disputes, I think Baines definitely gets the 3,000 hits and about 400+ home runs. I'd probably have a lot of other players ahead of him for the HOF, but I think he probably got a mulligan for that, and it doesn't bother me that much. He played 22 seasons. As for Lee Smith... I've got ZERO problems, and think he warranted the Hall of Fame. It's very simple: He and Bruce Sutter defined the modern relief pitcher as someone who closed out games. Sutter is already in... Smith deserved to be in as well.
  19. Harold Hutchison
    I disagree. I think they both have a future in Milwaukee as the replacements for Thames, Braun, Santana, and Broxton. Ideally, the Crew would work Ray in all three outfield spots and first base, and use Stokes in all three OF spots as well. Ray and Stokes will spend most of 2019 in San Antonio. Braun's deal ends after 2020, when Broxton and Santana will both be pretty expensive in arby - and will have established enough value to land some lottery ticket-type prospects in Adam Lind-esque deals. The big question is if one of them can seize a starting spot, and if the other can be effective as a 4th OF or an OF/1B.
  20. Harold Hutchison
    Hey he was 35th ranked prospect by BA. Unfortunately that was 11 years ago. That's an example why ranking low level arms so high is pure folly, especially from big market organizations like the Mets. I think that's an example, too, of these ranking services disproportionately ranking guys for big markets higher than similarly talented players in small market organizations. The big markets can spend money to market the heck out of their younger prospects, which puts them on the national radar sooner, making them more valuable to idiot GMs who take national rankings seriously. If Guerra would have been in the Brewers organization 11 years ago, dollars to doughnuts says no one knows who he is, perhaps even guys running his own organization. This is another case where baseball is unequal. On the flip side, that means a Brent Suter can surprise the heck out of everyone...
  21. Harold Hutchison
    Brewers get: IF Jurickson Profar 3B Shurten Apostel Rangers get: OF Tyrone Taylor RHP Phil Bickford RHP Carlos Herrera
  22. Harold Hutchison
    This is my big question: Are two years of Ray worth more than 5+ from any of Burnes, Woodruff, and Peralta?
  23. Harold Hutchison
    That creep with the Dodgers did just that, IIRC...
  24. Harold Hutchison
    If the shift is not banned, then this lineup could work. Shaw was adequate at second base, and if he performs as he has in 2017 and 2018... then we can take our time with Keston Hiura... Of course, we could flip Braun and Jesus across the infield...
  25. Harold Hutchison
    If the Crew got Haniger, this could be an interesting lineup: cf: Cain lf: Yelich 3b: Aguilar rf: Haniger 1b: Braun 2b: Shaw c: Pina ss: Arcia I could live with that for 2019... Or, option B: Mariners get: 1B Jesus Aguilar RHP Chase Anderson Brewers get: 3B Kyle Seager OF Mitch Haniger
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