jerichoholicninja

Never even heard of this award before. Congratulations I guess.

So... am I misunderstanding or are you saying this uncertainty is a justification for trading Santana for Yelich and adding a lot more...? (sincere question - I truly might be misunderstanding) I have never once said to trade Santana. Actually in other threads I have said that I could see Stearns trading Santana because of his atrocious defense but no where in this thread have I advocated for trading Santana and I have no idea how anyone came to that conclusion. I was simply using Santana as an example when someone earlier said that Yelich wouldn't improve out outfield and, in terms of MLB production, Santana is a one year wonder (so far) while Yelich has been a successful hitter (and better hitter than Santana prior to 2017) since the year he was called up.

Yelich's career numbers are better than anything Santana did prior to last year. His bat blows Broxton's out of the water. And at this point he's probably equal to or better than Braun. I really didn't think he was anything special either until I looked up his numbers. He's the high AVG, high OBP hitter this offense could really use and he's got 4 years of (albeit somewhat expensive) control left. This is incredibly misleading(to the point of being meaningless) considering Santana had somewhat sporadic PA as a 22 year old and then dealt with a nagging should in his age 23 season(which he still posted near 800 OPS). Saying Yelich's career numbers are better than Santana's rookie year of sporadic PA and an injury plagued year is...yeah meaningless. Based on Santana's most recent season and minor league numbers against Yelich's track record, Santana is the more productive player at the plate and figures to be going forward. And no, Yelich is not equal to or better than Braun with the bat. Not yet. That said, Yelich would most likely be an improvement in CF this year. I'd prefer to see the Brewers give our young players a look rather than trade for Yelich. Brinson has a very real chance of being better than Yelich going forward, he absolutely will be better defensively and is younger/cheaper. Phillips has a chance to be equally productive as he has more power, and will also be better defensively. Broxton is likely traded. The Brewers will never be a team where we are completely set with stud players at every position. We always need to be bringing up cost-controlled talent as it develops, and cycling out players as they approach FA. Trading prospects for established players at every position not only drains the farm of talent, but it blocks off roster space and doesn't allow the talent we retain to continue development at the MLB level. That generally will lead to a "window" situation rather than being consistently competitive. The point is that Yelich came up hitting and hasn't stopped. Santana had a great year last year but there's no guarantee his 2017 season is his true ability. As for the Braun/Yelich comparison, Yelich was the better hitter last year and they're basically the same over the last two. Factor in age, defense, and Braun's constant injuries and Yelich is easily the better player.

If the Browns are smart, they trade that number 1 pick for a boatload of picks. Not sure if the Giants are willing to give that up to move up one spot but maybe the Jets would.

Hosmer, at the price he's asking for, is not worth it for pretty much any team in baseball. Unless the Padres are truly serious about their dumbfounding pursuit of him, he's probably looking at signing a one year deal just before spring training and trying free agency again next year.

When I was a kid, being sick meant 1 day of being really sick followed by being back to almost 100% the next. The whole thing lasting 3 days at most. Now, being sick means at least a week of feeling like crap. There's 2-3 days of "pre-sick" where I feel a little off but just not really sick, followed by 2-3 days of the full sickness, and then another 2-3 days of slowly getting better. I've had some sort of upper respiratory infection for at least a week and I think I finally might be on the downside of it.

Maybe. They're been very inconsistent about the things they care about lately. I could see the NFL doing nothing. I could also see the NFL docking a draft pick or two.

For 4/5 starters, the Crew had Guerra, Jungmann, Suter, Wilkerson, and Woodruff as 40-man options. Add Derby and Ventura for NRI candidates at AAA. All make league minimum or roughly that. Gallardo makes $2 million non-guaranteed. If he is a solid 4/5 (Garza-esque), he's an OK value, but still costs three times what any of the other seven cost. Paying Chacin $16 million over two years to do what any of the seven pre-Gallardo/Chacin options can do for roughly $600K is NOT a good value. AndI think Suter, Woodruff, Derby, and Ventura all have potential to be #3 starters or better. Chacin is a good value as a #3 starter. Gallardo would be an insane value as a #3 (I would have done a one-year deal with two or three years of team options). When was the last time Gallardo was worthy of a rotation spot, let alone a #3 starter?

Yelich's career numbers are better than anything Santana did prior to last year. His bat blows Broxton's out of the water. And at this point he's probably equal to or better than Braun. I really didn't think he was anything special either until I looked up his numbers. He's the high AVG, high OBP hitter this offense could really use and he's got 4 years of (albeit somewhat expensive) control left.

[sarcasm]Release Rodgers. They don't have a choice now, right?[/sarcasm]

No. The guy had about half-ish of a really good season after a lot of mediocrity or worse.

I've got a contact on LinkedIn who's always sharing posts by HR and Recruiter people talking about do's and dont's of finding a job and interviews. Basically the original poster will say "doing this will increase your chances of getting the job" and then half of the comments will be people saying "that's a great idea, that would really make a candidate stand out to me" and the other half saying "I would never hire a candidate who did that". It's such a crap game where you never know the rules and those rules change with every person you deal with.

Standard post from the OP.

Gallardo and Chacin has slightly less than zero impact on Woodruff or any SP's future with the organization. Yo will only be here a year if he even makes it out of Arizona and Chacin for 2. They still need guys to fill out a rotation after they're gone.

I don't know how the discussion can get any further than Hammonds. It is him, hands down.

After seeing how much money Tampa sent to the Giants, this deal now really makes no sense for them, unless they really love Arroyo.

I've seen it mentioned in this thread and the Gallardo thread that they just need someone to hold a rotation spot for half a year until Nelson comes back. Last I remember, the Brewers said they don't know how long his recovery will be. Even if he does get healthy in 2018, there's no guarantee he will be the same pitcher next year or even ever again. If I'm Stearns, I'm making my moves with the thinking that Nelson never throws another inning for the Brewers. If he comes back healthy and pitches well, great, then you have depth. But making any moves expecting Jimmy to continue where he left off is quite foolish in my opinion.

Isn't that a given that they will unless Ted is fired before the draft?

Longoria has been declining for a few years already. He hit a bunch of Hr's in 2016 otherwise his OBP and AVG were right in line with his decline and his numbers are only going to get worse playing in SF. Even getting Span back the Rays win the trade since they only have to pay him for 2018 as opposed to paying Longoria for 5 more years. The offseason of the salary dump continues.

Below is the teams ranked by WAR from the graph above followed by how many top 5 picks they've had from 2011-2016 (I left out 2017 since no 2017 draft players have reached the majors yet). I see very little correlation between a top 5 pick and productive drafting (using the assumption your first round pick should provide most of the WAR). This is very crude and based off of not a large sample size and many of the last few draft classes are still in the minors, but it looks like a really high doesn't make much of a difference. Scouting and developing are what you need. Bos - 0 Hou - 5 Oak - 0 Tor - 0 ChC - 2 Cle - 1 Sea - 2 Tex - 1 Stl - 0 Bal - 2 Fla - 1 SF - 0 LAD - 0 Col - 3 AZ - 1 NYM - 0 Was - 0 SD - 0 Pit - 1 ChW - 1 Det - 0 NYY - 0 Atl - 1 Phi - 1 Min - 3 Mil - 1 KC - 2 LAA - 0 TB - 0 Cin - 1

Drury just isn't much of an upgrade over anything. Low OBP and some power for a MI or UT guy. Defense looks to be average to below average.

Stearns was rather coy and giggly when asked about Realmuto on MLB Network today. Nothing specific, but said any player that's been made available that can help the club he would be interested in.

Realistically, Kendricks has played 1 game with Rodgers and the rest with Hundley as his QB. I don't think you can glean much about him from this season.

The upgrade from Moreland to Hosmer is not worth the years or money. They can give that money that JD Martinez instead and really up their offense.

You do know why, you just don't agree with it. And that's fine. No WS crown this year if they sign a big name reliever or not. So stick to the plan. Develop the young arms in the pen, pick up a few flyers- which usually results in at least one really good BP arm, and live to fight another day. Exactly. Also, Houser and Williams aren't waiver wire material or quintessential AAAA guys. It's disingenuous to put the Brewers' young arms in the same category as guys like Goforth or Jungmann, and "minor league carousel" is inappropriately pejorative. I hate to sound like Briggs, but Houser and Williams have proven exactly nothing to expect them to be good MLB bullpen options in 2018. Maybe they will be, I could totally see that happening, but I think it's just as likely they are average or worse. Any of those free agent RP's that have been signed so far could be great or fail too. I think it's more likely they succeed seeing as they've had successful seasons in the past and many of them have been closers at some point. Swarzack aside, there aren't one year wonders getting signed. I get that some people don't want to spend money. As Brewer fans we've been conditioned to believe that spending money on free agents is bad. I am one of those people who doesn't want us to big players in free agency too but I don't see signing any of these RP's for $6-$8M a season as anything more than a drop or two in the bucket. Our payroll is tiny with Braun as the only long term commitment. Pinching pennies over what is really a small amount just seems like trying to save money for the sake of being cheap. Would Pat Neshek alone win us the World Series in 2018? No. But I think it's a near certainty that acquiring him at the deadline last year gets us in the wild card game, maybe even wins the division. The whole "bullpens are unpredictable so just fill them with cheap guys" idea is being taken way too literally.