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  1. JohnBriggs12
    With Thames gone, why not bring Jesus back? His bad year was a heck of lot better than Shaw's.
  2. JohnBriggs12
    Everything the Brewers have done so far this offseason has freed up payroll. Lauer is slightly younger and cheaper than Davies and is left handed. I'm fine with that swap. I'm hoping that means they are serious players for a top bat or top arm or both. Grisham would have been 4th outfielder. Urias will be starting SS. It's a lot easier finding a good solid bat to share the backup OF role with Gamel than it is a young starting SS with upside.
  3. JohnBriggs12
    Darn.
  4. JohnBriggs12
    Exactly. Vizquel was not as flashy but has a better career fielding percentage, an unheard of .985 for a SS. In this strikeout era, infield defense is less valuable but in Vizquel's prime it was still valuable. Ozzie did steal 580 bases, but Vizquel was no slouch either with over 400 himself. Keep in mind though that Ozzie played in the NL when teams ran a lot more than they did in the AL. Vizquel's best offensive year (.333/.397/.436) blows away Smith's best (.303/.392/.383) too.
  5. JohnBriggs12
    Good bat, but a poor defender. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Brewers made a play for him. We’d probably see a lot of Pina subbing in late for defense, but at least Narvaez could help fill the offensive hole left by Grandal’s departure. Narvaez brings a lot of the offensive attributes that Grandal did. I like the idea of going after him.
  6. JohnBriggs12
    Stearns hasn't gauged the market. This was not the year to sit and wait for catching and my gut tells me waiting for the Moustakas market to come to him is a mistake too.
  7. JohnBriggs12
    Very good question and one that I've been asking a long time. Okay, I admit I'm prejudiced as Hintze and I are both alums of the same high school, but it's not like the guys ahead of him have been Mr. Automatic from shorter distances. It kind of speaks to Chryst's coaching style. Hintze was never going to get a chance behind Gaglianone because Chryst doesn't make guys accountable. Hintze should have gotten a shot last year after the kicker blew the BYU game. This year it seems the kicking job was decided in fall camp based on Larsh having a slight advantage inside 40 yards in practice conditions in August. Never mind that Hintze had proven he could make pressure kicks in Camp Randall by being named MVP of a state championship game played in cold weather as a senior in high school. A missed FG factored big time in the loss to Illinois and it wasn't Larsh's first (or last) miss on what should be almost automatic kicks in perfect conditions. Think about where Hintze is now. He's proven his leg is NFL strong, but other than than two career attempts from 62 yards, and a stellar touchback percent on kickoffs, he has no resume to land an NFL job. Hopefully for him, there's some special teams coaches out there that will give him a look, but if not, Chryst's and his coaches timidity in using their strongest legged kicker might cost a guy an NFL shot and maybe a win in each of the last couple seasons.
  8. JohnBriggs12
    Vogt lacks so much behind the plate. They have to have a better upgrade than Vogt. Teams don't run anymore. Doesn't matter who's behind the plate. Per B-R, Vogt was a -.01 dwar player in 2019, and a 1.2 WAR player overall. They could do a lot worse. He might be the best catching bat still out there.
  9. JohnBriggs12
    Brewers seem to be gobbling up arms that have shown they can keep the ball in the park. Maybe that has something to do with new 3 batter rule. Castillo allowed just 4 HR in 99 innings last year. Wouldn't shock me at all if he finds his way on the major league roster at some point in 2020.
  10. JohnBriggs12
    I don't see Segura as an option at all. He is due $15M each year for the next 3 years. Way too much money for Stearns. It's an overpay but not a ridiculous one if you get him in a pure salary dump and he's young enough and controllable to enough to move him for the last year or two of his contract by eating some of that deal. To sign most FA requires an overpay.
  11. JohnBriggs12
    Old time stat or no, the guy's been a run producer with not a lot around him and he's coming off a 123 RBI season at age 32 and he played 159 games. In fact in four of his six seasons he's had at least 154 games played in all of those he's driven in 100+. Batting behind Grandal who's always on base? He might drive in 135.
  12. JohnBriggs12
    Okay, the Brewers number one target has signed elsewhere so they'll likely look to a cheap veteran option to pair with Pina. So where do they spend the $40 to $50 million (in 2020) they may have earmarked for this FA class by dealing Anderson and not picking up Thames' option. We know this. Braun's salary comes off the books in 2021 and Cain's comes off in 2023. We also know that barring a re-sign of Moustakas, they have a huge hole at 3B. That takes us to Rendon, the number one 3B on the FA market. Besides a return to Washington, the other team assumed to have the money and the interest is the Dodgers. A while back there was a report that Rendon was more interested in a shorter term deal with a high AAV rather than a little less AAV spread over 7 or 8 years. What if the Brewers narrow their focus in the FA market to Rendon and one arm? Can they realistically come up with something like a 4 year $140 million offer or 5 at $160 million with an opt out after 2 years? Finally lets say the Dodgers beat that and grab him. That leaves one year of Justin Turner out there to be had. I realize the Brewers have other spots that could use an upgrade, but having a lineup that includes Yelich, Rendon and Hiura would be pretty imposing.
  13. JohnBriggs12
    It's all timing. White Sox were at point where it made sense for them to do whatever it took to land a player that perfectly fit a need. By anyone else's standards, they overpaid By theirs the didn't.
  14. JohnBriggs12
    I think they could afford those 3 and Grandal They need those 3 plus Pomeranz and Gregorious. An upgrade at SS is needed to offset the downgrade at catcher
  15. JohnBriggs12
    Grandal and the White Sox were a perfect fit. White Sox badly need both a LH bat and OBP. Grandal provides both. The young core of their team won't start getting expensive for 3-4 years so they could overpay. Stearns has work to do I'd be all over Moose and Didi and they should have room for Pomeranz and a starter too
  16. JohnBriggs12
    Bird has 32 HR in 700 major league plate appearances. He also has a career .881 OPS in the minors. Injuries derailed him the last few years. With 3 options remaining, what's the downside? He gives them insurance if they start the year with Shaw/Freitas platoon at 1B and Shaw is still in his funk.
  17. JohnBriggs12
    I could see them banking on a Shaw rebound if they upgrade SS. If Shaw fails it is a much easier position to upgrade or find a replacement. How long a leash can they give Shaw? He could well pick up where he left off. They certainly can't afford to wait till July if he's hitting .160 on Mothers Day and there's not going to be alternatives on the market in May. At the very least they need to bring in a guy with ability to handle the job full time. Starlin Castro started 42 games at 3B last year for Marlins and played fine there. With how Brewers move infielders around, he makes a lot of sense over hoping and praying Travis Shaw isn't Chris Davis without the big contract. At least you know what you're getting in Castro.
  18. JohnBriggs12
    I think either Suter or Peralta end up in the rotation at the start of the year. No way Burnes makes the roster opening day. I look for them to bring back Jay Jackson on a very modest deal to flesh out the pen and I can't believe your FA list doesn't contain Pomeranz who I believe might be first on their list of to-do's.
  19. JohnBriggs12
    Then kindly explain how you expect to fill all of those holes with limited resources? Limited resources? The payroll is sitting at where $90 million give or take? That's peanuts for a team that drew nearly 3 million. I think they have at least $40 million in payroll room for 2020, perhaps as much as $50 million. It's 2020, baseball revenues are up considerably from what they were when the Brewers couldn't afford to keep Fielder. If there was no luxury tax, the big revenue teams would all have payrolls over 300 million and still be making money. The Brewers revenue is in the middle of the division, considerably less than Cubs and Cards but tens of millions more than the Reds and Bucs.
  20. JohnBriggs12
    Not picking up Thames option is a headscratcher to be sure, but I'm wondering if they feel he'll still be out there if their preferred options fall through.
  21. JohnBriggs12
    Unless he agrees to a minor league deal after being non-tendered, I just don't see how a contender can put any reliance on a guy who hit .157 and slugged .270 in 270 PA. He's Chris Davis part 2. They'd need a serious upgrade at SS, and a solid backup plan at 1B to even consider Shaw as more than an afterthought.
  22. JohnBriggs12
    Grandal has a good enough bat that he could be transitioned to primarily a 1B in the 3rd and 4th year of a deal. Most experts seem to see him getting 4 years at $65 million. I think he's worth that for the Brewers considering what they paid for Cain at a similar age. Grandal's been pretty durable. If they don't bring back Moose, they should have enough to bring in two corner IF at lesser amounts and years. These days finding guys capable of 25-30 HR at those spots isn't that difficult. I think they could get Healy and Thames for about $8-10 million combined and those two are capable of 50 HR between them. If they miss out on Grandal, I'd go hard after Didi Gregorious for an offensive upgrade at SS and hope to find a productive catcher from the rest of the FA group to platoon with Pina. Two teams supposed to be hard after Grandal are the Reds and White Sox. If he signs with the Reds, I'd make a play to deal for Tucker Barnhart. I don't see Reds keeping Barnhart who'll make about $4 million next year.
  23. JohnBriggs12
    Between the 4th of May and June 13, he started 31 games. That may have led to his injuries. As a platoon player, he might start 10 times a month and pinch hit the rest of the time. Boy he raked against LHP though. I've always liked (feared Pence) and I think he fits a need perfectly on this team. The alternative to fill that spot in a platoon with Grisham is Tyrone Taylor. Though the sample size was microscopic, it's impressive that Taylor only fanned one time in 10 major league AB's. It's also noteworthy that Taylor had a breakout August in San Antonio that was almost Grisham-like: .346/.418/.598. So I might take a flyer on Pence to start the year but if he falters or is injured, Taylor might very well be up to the job. Of course this all assumes Braun will be moved to 1B, a big assumption.
  24. JohnBriggs12
    Did you watch the game? Carolina had receivers running free all day. The slippery field aided the offense. With McCaffrey, there's no more dangerous team from the 2 yard line then Carolina. Earlier he basically walked in from the 5 yard line. Packers stopped him though that's disputable on the last play that just as easily could have been called a touchdown and the Packers were extremely lucky the Panthers didn't run him on earlier downs. Just because it turned out okay, doesn't make the decision to punt there the right one. Carolina had the ball back out to their own 40 in no time. That's were they would have gotten the ball if Packers failed on 4th down. My point is, you end the game when the opportunity arises when you have a QB of Rodgers ability running the show. He should be able to complete a 3 yard pass when he has too and you take away all doubt. Carolina came a lot closer to winning that game than they should have.
  25. JohnBriggs12
    Had the Panthers scored (and they missed by inches maybe), odds were very good they would get the 2 pointer, then win the toss and march right down the field in OT and score a winning TD without Rodgers ever seeing the field again. By punting the game was taken out of your Hall of Famer's hands and put entirely on the defense and the toss of a coin. That's exactly what happened in that Eagles game in 2003 and was the beginning of the end of Mike Sherman's tenure. How long did it take Carolina to get the ball back to where the Packers had it? 2 plays? This Packer defense has shown it's very vulnerable.
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