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  1. JohnBriggs12
    He's a viable option. This guy had pretty good power numbers in the minor leagues. He slugged a very respectable .443 in 2014. That makes him not only a platoon candidate but a decent fall back at 3B if as I suspect Ramirez slides further. I'm certainly not sold on Hector Gomez who right now is the guy he'd have to beat out or Herrera who's a better hitter from the left side.
  2. JohnBriggs12
    Canha's an interesting name to be sure. Brewers already have Rogers and Jimenez on their 40 man and Halton who posted an .896 OPS vs. LHP last season on their AAA roster. Not sure they'd want to devote 3 40 man slots to guys competing for that job. But if they wanted to replace Jimenez who's out of options anyway with Canha, I could see doing that especially if he can play well enough to fill in at 3B and in corner OF. Taylor Featherstone (.938 OPS vs. LHP at AA in 2014) sticks out as a potential platoon candidate at 2B.
  3. JohnBriggs12
    I don't think Smoltz quite makes it on first ballot. If he wasn't on same ballot as Johnson and Martinez he would but I think he waits a year. Biggio gets in this year to round out the class with Piazza and Smoltz just short. Sheffield won't get 40%.
  4. JohnBriggs12
    Guerrero at 46 (soon to be 47) will be by a considerable amount, the youngest coach on the staff. I think part of the problem with the staff last year was that they were all essentially around Roenicke's age (close to 60). They got rid of 60 year old Garth Iorg and soon to be 64 year old Johnny Narron and replaced them with Guerrero and 52 year old Darnell Coles. They needed guys who could in theory relate a little better to today's players.
  5. JohnBriggs12
    At least Ramirez and Sandoval are out of the NL. For all the KC's and TB that come around, buying a championship still is the easiest way to go for teams like Red Sox.
  6. JohnBriggs12
    You don't spend an extra $10 million to keep a declining 36-37 year old Ramirez and then go trade arguably your best player for untested ones. Maybe in July if you are 20 games under .500 you do but not now.
  7. JohnBriggs12
    In fairness, the Brewer fist base coach also handles defense in the infield which is more intricate than just hitting them grounders these days.
  8. JohnBriggs12
    Doesn't strikeout many but also did not walk people either. Interesting candidate. I'm sure they have or will look into him. Boyer would likely be an upgrade over Wooten as the last RH in the pen just based on experience. There will undoubtedly be other names out there as well. If Thornburg and Henderson return, then he'd be competing with Kintzler for the last spot.
  9. JohnBriggs12
    Pretty clear isn't it that Counsell is the GM in waiting. Melvin's timetable for retiring might be 2-3 years down the road or when Roenicke is let go, whichever comes first, the latter to allow his successor to pick the next manager.
  10. JohnBriggs12
    There's plenty to worry about this team, but getting burned by the loss of a guy in Rule 5 draft is pretty far down my list. If the system ever gets to the point where the talent level is that deep, we will all be happy.
  11. JohnBriggs12
    Padres just DFA'd non-tender candidate Blaine Boyer. Boyer was solid last year out of the pen for Padres and would make sense on either a minor league deal or a modest major league deal. Brewers still have guys they could take off their 40 man (Morris and Wooten specifically) if they want to make room.
  12. JohnBriggs12
    The Brewers 2014 season can be broken down pretty easily. One of their biggest bats the first 81 games when they reached 19 games over .500 was Ramirez. Over the final 81 games he drove in a grand total of 26 runs mostly from the cleanup spot. If you believe he can rebound (frankly I don't) then you should be optimistic. I just think the offensive issues that plagued them in 2014 will now be at 3B instead of 1B. The more lefties Gennett sees, the better he will hit them and I think seeing them regularly will actually help him against RH too by keeping his swing from getting too long and forcing him to not pull off pitches. I don't think it's a coincidence that Gennett started off hot after seeing a lot of lefties in Arizona. If they find a real quality RH bat to platoon with him then fine, but I wouldn't just stick some career minor leaguer in there. Melvin seems content with his current roster which tells me he's getting decent health reports on Henderson and Thornburg. If those two are in fact ready to go next year, the pen should be okay with a tweak here and there.
  13. JohnBriggs12
    Other than then the Brewers, what teams select players in the Rule 5 with the intention to "stash" them? Most teams selecting players look for guys they think can actually help them in an area of need this season. If it looks like they can't, they get offered back. Bradley has never been a loogy and hasn't done enough for anyone to think he can be slotted into a rotation in 2015. So he's very unlikely to be taken.
  14. JohnBriggs12
    "Discount" is a relative term. You are probably looking at something like 6 years $135 million for Zimmermann (two n's by the way at the end). That's $25 million less than Greinke, so that's the discount I suppose.
  15. JohnBriggs12
    Count me as dumbfounded that Hunter Morris is still on the roster. He's no better than 3rd on the LH side of first base platoon depth chart. Agree 100% that Strong needed to be protected. His showing in the AFL was going to generate interest. It wouldn't shock me if he makes the Brewer roster out of spring training. Rivera is a bit of a surprise too, especially with Arcia in the system. Guess his age figured in. Goforth's numbers were worse in 2014 at Huntsville than they were in 2013, so I don't think he'll generate much interest. I don't think anyone figures to get taken.
  16. JohnBriggs12
    I'd hit Ramirez 7th regardless. He's not a middle of the order hitter anymore, and you don't want him clogging the bases with RBI guys following him. Vs RHP: Gennett, 2B Lucroy, C Gomez, CF Braun, RF Lind, 1B Davis/Matt Clark (split) Ramirez, 3B Segura, SS Vs. LHP: Gordon Beckham, 2B Lucroy, C/1B Gomez, CF Braun, RF Davis, LF Rogers/Jimenez/Halton, 1B or Maldonado C Ramirez, 3B Segura, SS It's premature to post a lineup when you don't know what the team will look like. I chose to anticipate some moves. I see Parra being traded/non-tendered and I see Brewers picking up Beckham once he's non-tendered by Angels. I also could see them finding a better offensive catcher to allow Lucroy to play first virtually all the time vs. LHP.
  17. JohnBriggs12
    Here's a suggestion. The signing of Russell Martin has left the Blue Jays with a $5 million backup, Dioneer Navarro. How about offering Toronto Maldonado for Navarro? Navarro could then become, in effect, the RH platoon partner of Lind. He's a career .270/.335/.434 hitter vs. LHP, good enough in my opinion to allow Lucroy to man 1B on a regular basis against LH starters. From Toronto's perspective, they save around $4 million in what they are shelling out for the catcher position.
  18. JohnBriggs12
    Wade LeBlanc's career path is pretty similar to Zach Duke's. Had some limited success as a starter, might turn into a decent lefty reliever. He wasn't bad down the stretch for the Angels either. Huff is another guy worth taking a look at. Problem with LeBlanc and Huff is that both aren't particularly effective vs. LH hitters.
  19. JohnBriggs12
    I'm guessing Corey Hart ends up in KC.
  20. JohnBriggs12
    We aren't getting reports but that doesn't mean the Brewers aren't. The Brewers will most certainly add some arms for the pen, but it's November. To quote #12, r e l a x. The White Sox gave Duke a contract equates to the guy you give the 7th inning to hold a lead on an everyday basis. Brewers generally don't pay top dollar to fill that role. Duke's fine in certain situations in late innings when 2 of the 3 scheduled hitters are lefties but he's not a guy that day in and day out you use to protect a lead regardless of the hitters coming up unless he's going really, really good.
  21. JohnBriggs12
    Yes, that speaks more to how weak the Brewers were rather than any sort of elevation of my perception of Davis. You simply need more production out of a corner outfielder, in order to contend, than a 107 OPS+ and a .298 OBP vs RHP According to Fangraphs, Davis was 14th among Left-Fielders in the entire MLB in WAR. So while he certainly wasn't awful, he definitely wasn't great either. I see LF as an area that the Brewers could use an upgrade. Perhaps platooning Davis w/ Parra will help. And it certainly is possible that Davis will hit better in 2015. It isn't very likely that his defense will improve much, which to me means there is a reasonable assumption that he will basically be a replacement level performer against RHP. Trading for Justin Upton (who was 5th among MLB LF'ers with a 3.9 WAR, and who will be a free agent in 2016), is, I believe, the kind of move a team would make if they were serious about contending in 2015, not penciling in Khris Davis as a starter. The Brewers best chance to improve the corner OF production is for Braun to be the player he was from 2007-2012. Davis was middle of the pack in his first full season. If Braun performs to his level of the past, they have a very productive outfield.
  22. JohnBriggs12
    Michael Strong will get a long look this spring to fill a loogy role too. If Henderson and Thornburg are healthy (and those are certainly big ifs), there bullpen could be quite fine as is too.
  23. JohnBriggs12
    Agreed. Duke is not the kind of guy you pay full retail for. One of Melvin's best attributes is patience in the reliever market. I am confident he'll find a nugget or two on sale.
  24. JohnBriggs12
    Melvin's bullpen strategy has always been to wait out the reliever market. There's usually a lot of guys scrambling for jobs come January. $15 million commitment to Duke is pretty extravagant. Michael Strong has barely pitched above A ball, but he's going to get a long look in Arizona off his fall league success. I've heard the White Sox have interest in K-Rod also. Their pen was awful last year.
  25. JohnBriggs12
    Schafer hasn't done much but it's not all that unusual for guys who's strength is defense and who play as infrequently as Schafer to struggle putting up respectable numbers. Take a couple playoff teams. The Giants 5th outfielder was Juan Perez. He hit .170/.224/.270 in 109 PA. The Nats 5th OF was Nate McLouth who posted .173/.280/.237 in 162 PA. We're in an era where pitching is dominating. The 5th outfielder and defensive specialist isn't going to be a difference maker. If Schafer played everyday his numbers would be considerably better, but he's fine in his role. Kotsay took plenty of grief on this board a few years ago but guys that can come up in late innings and give quality AB after quality AB after not seeing a lot of action are pretty rare. But his forte was hitting not defense.
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