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Collins is not a guy who's good enough to headline a deal for Hader. So far major league pitching has overpowered him to the tune of 44 K's in 102 AB's. It's also questionable if he can remain primarily a catcher. Besides the White Sox gave lefty reliever Aaron Bummer a hefty contract a year ago. Bummer is their closer in waiting. Collins could be had for a lot less than Hader. He's got no position on the White Sox and he's already used up a couple options.
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I'd personally like to see them bring back Cory Spangenberg. I certainly like him over Peterson or Sogard. He was decent in Japan, .263/.318/482.
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Shortstop Ha-Seong Kim to be Posted
JohnBriggs12 replied to Eye Black's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
Stearns wanted Urias. He traded for him before any free agents signed with anyone. Urias had a rough year injury-wise, but I think it's pretty foolish to dismiss him given his age and track record. Urias had two very good offensive years at El Paso in a good hitters environment. But he hasn't done much of anything in over 400 major league PA and this season Arcia was by far the better offensive player and I'd take Arcia's defense at SS over Urias. It's too early to give up on him, but he hasn't shown enough to hand him a job either. The ideal situation is that he suddenly finds his AAA form and he becomes an option at 3B. -
Wish the Brewers had Kevin Seitzer. Maybe they could get Atlanta's assistant hitting coach, Jose Castro?
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Shortstop Ha-Seong Kim to be Posted
JohnBriggs12 replied to Eye Black's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
We all saw first hand that an approach like the Brewers employed last year simply doesn't work. You can't plug holes with a lot of veterans who have had some good years but on the whole are cheap because they haven't produced year in and year out. Smoak? Sure he'd had some very good seasons, but he was at a point in his career where he had become a nomad. Gyorko was the only one that turned out but there's no guaranty he'll be as productive next year. Vogelbach turned out but he was a zero risk, and still young enough to establish stronger ties to this organization. If they have some money to allocate to veteran nomads, I'd prefer they focus on Kim instead. -
Actually Gyorko is more than passable at 3B. He's a plus defender there. Gyorko's bat plays better at 3B. On the other hand, 1B is more of a pure offensive position and Gyorko's bat is subpar there. I'd take a shot at C.J. Cron in FA on a one year deal for first base and bring back Braun at a lesser amount to DH against LHP.
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Cain actually did them a favor by opting out for all but 5 games last year. What the ultimate payroll is for 2021, probably depends on the outlook for return of fans. They likely won't know that until Feb. 1st when most experts believe a vaccine could be universally available and they'll have some data from early vaccinations of the vulnerable groups. If they have to restrict attendance to say 50%, or lower for first couple months, they are going to need more concessions from players union. It's really up in the air.
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Man, that would suck. The White Sox have been my second favorite team my whole life. This would be a tragic hire. Jerry Reinsdorf is loyal to the extreme, but bringing in a guy 76 years old? I don't see it.
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When they let Moose, Grandal, Thames, Aguilar, Davies and Grisham all go since the 2019 deadline and Braun possibly finished, their roster has been decimated to the point that it's at best a .500 team and years away from contending. Trading one of their most valuable trade pieces for actual major league talent in return might improve the team. The most promising group in their system is starting pitchers. We don't really know how close to the majors Small, Kelly etc. are, but when he was drafted, Small was considered one of the most advanced pitchers in the draft. Maybe you hold on to Woodruff another year but he'd be in great demand as he's reaching his arbitration years. Hader seems to be the guy who could bring back a nice package but Woodruff is the other option if they are really looking to acquire an impact bat via trade.
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Until you see what the return would be for Woodruff, I don't think you can rule it out completely. Agree with you on Burnes. He'll be cheap longer than Woodruff. As for homegrown pitching, dealing Woodruff would allow you to keep both Hader and Williams and at least consider making Williams a starter. After all this thread is titled "surprise trades". Most are listing guys they want to see traded but those guys have no trade value.
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Has everyone given up on Williams as a starter? I know he gets by relieving almost exclusively with two outstanding pitches, but I'm sure he could be effective getting through lineups 2-3 times mixing in a slider or a cutter. Top starters have more value than top relievers, and generally last longer.
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There's very few players on the Brewer roster who's trade value isn't way way down. They could get a ton for Woodruff though, probably more than they'd get in return for Hader. No way is Arcia non-tendered. He made tremendous progress offensively this year even though the numbers only show modest improvement and with Urias not looking like an improvement, Arcia is rock solid as Brewer SS entering 2021.
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As I mentioned the list provided was just all of the prospects listed around the value range of the question that was posed. That being said, many of the players listed are not “years away”. The only reason players like Jones and Larnach haven’t yet played in Triple-A is because there weren’t minor league baseball games this year. Trevor Larnach is 4 months older than Luis Urias. Third baseman Nolan Jones will be 23 at the start of next baseball season and likely be in the majors at some point within the next calendar year. Ramos is likely looking at a 2022 ETA. Others from the prospect list like catcher Luis Campusano made his MLB debut this season despite never having played above high-A ball, and shortstop Andres Gimenez also debuted this season. I agree that I don’t think a Hader trade is likely this offseason, but I wouldn’t be opposed to the Brewers centering a Hader trade around a high upside player on the brink of making their MLB debut if they really believed in the talent. Given his recent history of acquiring young high level minor league prospects or those on the cusp of the major leagues, I don't trust Stearns. He's traded away more of those that have turned into solid major leaguers than he's acquired. I guess you can say jury is still out on Urias, but the results so far are less than promising.
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I'm in the Chicago area and know several White Sox fans. They all are celebrating Renteria's firing as well as Don Cooper finally being axed. Renteria stubbornly kept penciling in an over the hill Encarnacion in the middle of their order when he had much better options at DH with either McCann or Grandal on days they weren't catching (they had a third catcher on their roster in Zach Collins). He also mishandled their pitching staff badly, once leaving Dallas Keuchel in a game they led 9-0 after 7 innings, despite the fact that Keuchel was battling back issues all year.
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Stearns & Company Five Years In
JohnBriggs12 replied to sveumrules's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
An F? For a team that made the playoff? Yikes. I could understand b/c range, but this is a bit harsh. They were 16th out of 16 teams that made the playoffs and the arrow is pointing in the wrong direction. He went from F to D by seeing value in Vogelbach that the rest of the league didn't and a few others turned out ok, but his big move was the deal with SD and that was a clunker. Overall though he gets no more than a B. -
Chicago Tribune is projecting the Cubs non tendering both Bryant and Schwarber. Both are eligible for FA in 2022. I imagine either or both might be open to a one year prove it deal to re-establish their value in the 2020 FA market. It's hard to see the Brewers stretching their payroll coming off the revenue disaster that was 2020, but it's an example of what might be a very interesting offseason market.
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two arbitration-eligble players (including josh hader)
JohnBriggs12 replied to djoctagone's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Healy never got a chance in 2020. Given the Brewers needs at corner infield spots, taking a chance on a guy that hit 62 HR in 2 1/2 seasons between 2016 and 2018 seems like a no-brainer. He'd probably take a major league contract for something less than a million. No need to offer Peterson as he'll end up on a minor league deal somewhere. -
I don't think we should dismiss Narvaez. Look, he came to a new team where he had to learn the pitching staff and with the reputation as a sub par defensive catcher. So I'm guessing his offense wasn't his main concern reporting to spring training. Then spring training was cut short, and he sat around for 3 and a half months and had 3 weeks to prepare for a season with just a few inter-squad games on one exhibition against another team. He hadn't seen much of the pitchers in the NL Central either. His numbers against AL pitching this year were much less ghastly: .242/.390/.242. New team + short season + less time preparing + slow start = player putting extra pressure on himself. If you buy that Yelich has excuses, you have to buy that Narvaez had more. Looking at Narvaez' numbers, the interesting thing is that when he was ahead in the count, he had a 1.033 OPS. Problem is he was almost always behind in counts. With zero strikes, he was a .333/.500/.600 hitter. There might not be a worse hitter in baseball with two strikes than Narvaez though. He hit just .108 with 39 K's when pitchers got to two strikes. Was it that he was taking strikes early in counts or swinging out of the zone or both the reason he got behind so much?
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Shortstop Ha-Seong Kim to be Posted
JohnBriggs12 replied to Eye Black's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
I don't think SS is the biggest hole on the team. It's 3B and it's not close. I'd look at Kim as a 3B. Let's compare Kim to Jung Ho Kang. Kang played SS almost exclusively in KBO, and posted a career .886 OPS in 9 seasons in KBO. In his first couple years in MLB, Kang posted OPS of .816 and .867. Kim has a career .864 OPS in 7 years and theoretically is just coming into his prime. I'd take Kang type numbers (without the baggage thank you). Depends on what the cost would be. -
I think a lot of what's happened since 2014 has to due with extreme shifting. When you put 3 infielders on either side of 2nd base, the corner infielders can play closer to the lines and take away doubles and it's very hard to pull anything on the ground through on a hitter's pull side. Hitters have combated shifts by trying to lift balls over shifts and that's contributed to the increased strikeout and HR rates. It was a better game and much more watchable before shifts took over. Players and pitchers didn't all have to have the same skill set to be successful.
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Probably means that he might need one or two stints on the DL over the course of 162 games next year to keep him strong all year.
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He had a track record of hitting on bad teams in the AL none of which were expected to contend. That being said some players simply did not adjust very well to the odd circumstances they had to deal with. They were essentially locked down away from the park. On the other hand, he never looked comfortable at the plate the entire time in a Brewer uniform.
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Lamb makes a lot of sense. If they could get Lamb and Cron, that would free up Gyroko to platoon with either Lamb or Vogelbach assuming Braun's not back. Lamb's by no means a sure thing but he's shown signs of the player with Oakland he was with Arizona in 2016 and 2017.
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Sogard to Brewers - 1 year, $4.5m w Club Option
JohnBriggs12 replied to JDBrewCrew's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Maybe Stearns should give him decent infielders, then Sogard wouldn’t be a good option to play. He gave him Gyorko and still played Sogard over him. Let's not get carried away with Gyorko. By comparison with most on this roster, he was solid, but his OPS against RHP was under .700. He's better as a platoon player. If Gyroko is batting 4th or 5th, your lineup has issues. -
I think they need a "4th starter" in that group. If Braun doesn't return, they need to shoot higher than Gamel. They'll need a LH bat added to the mix who's starter quality. I'm not sure Gamel is quite in that category though he certainly has his moments. I like Taylor but with Cain back his value is more as depth behind Cain, though he could press Garcia if Garcia doesn't pick it up. I can see them trying to upgrade over Gamel but failing and bringing him back.