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  1. Roderick
    You think of it that way. I think of it as we just gave up Victor Roache or Evan Frederickson. Or Kentrail Davis or Tony Gwynn, Jr., actual draft picks of the Brewers at #39 overall. Besides not comparing to a specific player (Lutz), the comparison should be to the norms for players picked in that area. You could take it one step further - did we pay overslot for Lutz? If so, you really can't compare his value to the #39/#40 pick (I have seen both thrown out there). Specifically Lutz value should be supposedly higher pick then where he went.
  2. Roderick
    I assume history was just fogging up the prediction some. He was hoping another Seattle GM would do a Adam Lind deal with us. We could use some more lottery tickets that hit a jackpot for us. Edit: Never mind, it was the same GM. Think DiPoto would do that again?
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    His option was for 3.5 million, so he would have cost us a little more to retain. I'm guessing cost & being out of options were just too much to overcome with cheaper, optionable alternatives who likely carry similar internal projections on hand. Yes, I wouldn't have paid that much on the option either. But, they could have been negotiating for him the same as the Pirates, so maybe it would have cost $2.2M or something with bidding. I like that he could go three innings on any particular day and the potential that you maybe feel is still a little untapped.
  4. Roderick
    Yeah, at $2.05M, I would have kept him. Great insurance policy if you trade Chase Anderson, and something happens to a couple of the other projected starters.
  5. Roderick
    Keep in mind that a small market club also looks at this like now we don't have to spend $2M on the draft, that was probably budgeted for already (unless they assumed they would trade the pick). That means they can spend it however they want to help the organization. Could increase our Brewers ML payroll by that amount for a season or they could throw it at scouting or other prospect acquisition costs.
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    I am for having a roster spot for a loogy. I am just wondering why that pitcher couldn't have been Cedeno at basically the same salary, but no draft pick. Yeah, he wasn't great in a couple of spots last year for us, but his track record doesn't seem much off from Claudio. So, assuming they saw something in Cedeno they really didn't like, I am okay with this trade. As for those that say pick up a retread later, the problem with that is you don't know which retread is going to have a good season and you will have used up a roster spot while trying to find out. This guy seems about as reliable as relievers go (or course I thought that about David Riske too), and hopefully we see some park effect and defense making it look better.
  8. Roderick
    If you are limiting yourself to one year, then you very well are probably not targeting the best 2B. So you are probably contradicting yourself. I think a lefty bat to platoon with Perez would be enough to get through to Hiura. Sign Murphy one year and trade away Thames.
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    Not in this instance. If you save money on 2B, then you have that money for midseason acquistions or even picking up a new catcher or pitcher now. And the position to save at is 2B, as Hiura is in the wings and will come up when he is conservatively can save us a year of control. Perez can play there if needed, especially if we pick up a lefty bat. And if Hiura isn't an improvement due to injury or performance, 2B isn't that hard to usually find a guy to trade for.
  10. Roderick
    More than that if he was free agent today. But since they would be buying out his two years of arbitration and tacking on four more years, that should be in the ballpark for age 28-33.
  11. Roderick
    Actually selling off ownership shares puts money in MA's pocket, not the Brewers pocket to pay for payroll. But an increasing valuation also makes it easier to devise a debt structure to account for higher payrolls for a few years where the club runs a deficit.
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  13. Roderick
    Depends on how much prospect capital. I would look into it, because he is short term and a lefty bat.
  14. Roderick
    Obviously the Brewers were below average hitting from the catching position last year. But we weren't that bad, that I would call it a federal emergency if we run with Pina and Kratz/Nottingham next year. Especially if they give us the same defense and game calling as last year - which was above league average.
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    Is or was there ever a time where the team had a window where they couldn't sign a player if they didn't offer them arbitration? In other words, they had to wait longer than other teams to sign them as a free agent. For some reason that is something that tickles the brain.
  16. Roderick
    Seems to me if the Brewers knew they were going to drop Lyles and Cedeno, they should have protected Olczak. I sure hope no one takes him, as I can see him being on the AAA up and down shuttle next year with Houser+. A couple of months of seasoning in AAA and the Brewers will have figured out if Albers and whatever other retread(s) they sign to try in the pen are going to work out or not. I guess Wilkerson can be the low leverage inning eater. Albers?, Barnes, Houser, Jeffress, Hader, Knebel, Williams, Guerra. Need one more, minimum.
  17. Roderick
    I have no problem with Braun at 1B, as long as they don't play him if he is not close to 100%. But they will. If he is playing 1B and he plays actual defense, he won't be healthy very long. How many times does a 1B dive for a grounder? On average one a game? I figure each one of those is a roll of a dice if his back comes up lame for 2-3 weeks. I would hope to have a better option than Thames as a backup plan.
  18. Roderick
    I have no problem platooning Perez and Dietrich, until Hiura is ready. Perez has been better than average against lefties the last three years. But, we really should unload Thames if we pick up Dietrich. Hit by pitch is part of the obp calculation, right?
  19. Roderick
    I think I would rather keep the young pitchers and look to trade Anderson. I realize percentages say that not all of Burnes, Peralta and Woodruff are going to be good starters, but the more darts I get to throw at the wall, the better chance I hit a bullseye. And I am doing that while paying min. wage.
  20. Roderick
    Chase Anderson has at least a little positive value. Someone would probably take Thames off our hands if we take a little off the top of his contract. Whereas, Grienke would probably get about $25M less than what his contract is on the open market today. The Diamondbacks would still owe us in prospect value or contract paydown if the trade was based on C.Anderson and Thames for Grienke. But I think this is a good place to start.
  21. Roderick
    1. Hiura 2. Brown, Z. 3. Turang 4. Ray 5. Lutz 6. Erceg 7. Supak 8. Gray 9. Nottingham 10. Dubon 11. Stokes 12. Ashby 13. Houser 14. Gatewood 15. Diplan 16. Henry 17. Webb 18. Grisham 19. Harber 20. Lemons 21. Ward 22. Bello 23. Rodriquez, C. 24. Fernandez, E. 25. Garcia, E. 26. Wilson, W.
  22. Roderick
    Question? If they put Olczak on the 40 man roster, and then loved someone from another team they wanted to draft. Could they then drop a Jennings/Kratz/Saladino/Wilkerson to draft that player? Or if you are at 40 today, you can't draft anyone?
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    The AFL is most assuredly NOT MLB pitching. I like Hiura too, but the kid hasn't played a second of AAA baseball. He may fit into the back portion of this team's contender window, but I doubt he does right now. I guess I don't know what you consider to be our contender window. But I would not spend too many resources on a 2B, as I think Hiura can be up fulltime in June. I'm not expecting Braun's rookie season, but I doubt he would be too much over his head. Pair him up with an aging lefty stick to take some righties and we are set.
  24. Roderick
    I can see trading for a true #1 (which is not Greinke). I can even understand looking for a lefty starter (not that big of priority to me). I can see signing a low-cost Miley type or two. Just seems to me that assets could be better used elsewhere if it is not one of the above.
  25. Roderick
    Or it tells us they had room on the 40 man roster at this point in time. Nothing stopping them from removing him when a spot is needed. It tells me that they like him enough that they didn't want to risk losing him as a minor league free agent, or if resigned to a minors deal, in the Rule 5 draft. I'm not sure if he would have qualified for free agency or not, but he surely would have been Rule 5 eligible. I guess my question is, does the Brewers putting him on the 40 man roster when they did really mean anything? Could they have been protecting him, to keep their options open, up until they drop him before the rule 5 draft 40 man roster is set November 19th (my guess from last years date)? I assume if they decide they want to protect other prospects on the 40 man roster, they would just take Taylor off from it before then. Or would that not just make sense. Not sure on the nuances.
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