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Yeah, I knew the Brewers would make a big splash with a SP this off-season. I called that all the way. They actually had to to keep fans interested and focused on the team and a large part of it has to do with ticket sales and making this team a contender. I love this move and the Brewers in my view will be contenders once DM gets those RP's that he will get. As Brewers fans we should be thrilled with the possibility of contending as soon as next year. I know I am.

link? ALL of there actions prove this. They are putting everybody above Hunter Morris. He's dead last on the very long 1B list.

I'm still very confused why people think Hunter Morris has a future with the Brewers at 1B when he clearly doesn't according to the Brewers organization.

First and foremost the Brewers WILL contend next season. This has been a very slow off-season and trades for SP don't usually happen till after the top FA pitchers are off the market and this Tanaka deal is delaying things by a few weeks, which doesn't happen every off-season. I wouldn't be surprised if DM signs a FA SP or trades for one once the other dominoes start falling. I also expect him to sign 2-3 RP's.

Alan Trammell is HOF'r

Schafer, Tyrone taylor, Gindl Gomez etc.. They don't have to be premium at all. Teams view players even with an average to below average bat in CF with good defense and upside to be a must have player. They aren't that common. I didn't mean to state it as fact, but now you know I'm very confident.

I live in Ohio and we have multiple home teams. Pittsburg games are usually blacked out unless i get the sports pack and in that way I get all the pittsburg/Brewers games.

HIGH probability based on what? Your opinion? If this is based on your opinion, please say so, don't try and pass your opinions off as some kind of inside informational facts... When other mlb teams see how many CF's you honestly don't think that will be the first things they inquire about? CF is 1 of 2 premium position the other is SS.

Do you have any evidence of this, or are you just speculating, hoping your boy comes back? You sound a little sure of yourself... It's speculation he tries to pass off as fact. No. There's just a high probability.

If a medium to big trade is pulled off one of our CF's are going in the package. That frees up room for a Morgan type move. I love him. People actually followed the Brewers WAY more closely just to see what he would do next. Nobody ever follows the Brewers! He gave mlb network a boner. I like him and the attention; especially since I see the Brewers competing for the division next season.

Get direct tv and gets the sports package and you will be able to watch your team and not have 1 blackout all year.

Because he brings entertainment and money to the Brewers franchise and he's a better backup than anybody we have on the roster for the OF. He is the type of player that will always find a new way to entertain.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10242405/nyjer-morgan-covets-mlb-spot-japan-stint His fan base now includes the Japanese and it's growing. Let's sign him.

Yup. Do not give up Thornburg for Davis. That will haunt us for a long long time.

This is exactly why I'm proposing this.

Agree. Put Lohse on the block. The entire reasoning in everyone's mind by agreeing to pay Tanaka 15mil+ is because he can be the addition to send your team in to serious Playoff contention/WS hopes. Overpaying because he's young for a FA. You don't add Tanaka to get rid of Lohse or Gallardo. You're adding Tanaka because with Lohse/Gallardo/Peralta He becomes your #2-4 pitcher that plays with Lohse/Gallardo the next 2seasons and gets you in to the Playoffs and believing beyond the first round of it. I don't see Milwaukee doing that at all. At only 18 million a year and him only being 25 the Brewers should go 8/140 17.5 million a year. That's better than 6/125 I thought would be needed. He'd never make more than Braun. Braun is set to make 10mil this year 12mil next year. There is zero chance you can sign Tanaka for 8/140 pay him less than or equal to 10/12 the next 2 years and for the remaining money to then not exceed Braun's Annual Pay the remaining 6years. So indeed, Tanaka will make more than Braun, I just envision it being more than Braun this year and next year before settling in slightly below Braun. That's why I see this as insanity. A person who's never thrown a ML pitch, gone through the minors, is set to make more this year than a MVP with 7years experience being MVP-like. I just have this thought, why don't American kids just move to Japan and take their talents there for 2-4years after High School and let that Japanese club then post them? Because rather than now make 500k the next 3years, they will be seeing 7+mil come their way via a Free Agent contract? I'm waiting for someone to expose this loophole this way at some point. Just look at the number of players who've recently signed with Asian ballclubs, they are making more money there while rebuilding on their reputation to some day get a contract to come back. If it's working for ballplayers in their late 20s why not just seek it out in your late teens? I disagree completely. Braun will make more due to the MVP bonuses. He will also starting in 2016 make 19 million+ a year, which is more than Tanaka at 17.5. You can make the case for lohse in the short term like next year contending. However as a GM you need to look long term and should we sign tanaka what do we do with Nelson, Thornburg, and Helllweg? The way i see it we have a SP to spare. Lohse would be worth a lot likely more than Ramirez. Trade him and another prospect for a top 3B prospect to replace Ramirez and that will make Ramirez expendable after next season, and should he have a good season we can pick up the option and trade him for prospects also, and call up that 3B prospect to replace him. Those two moves will save the Brewers 25 million over 2 years, plus Weeks will be off the books so that is 11 million more, and the Brewers are getting 26 million in additional revenue and are only at 83 million right now and have been close to 100 million.. Use that money for extensions, Gallardo, Segura, Gomez, Lucroy, and Peralta. The new core that will go along with Tanaka/Braun. I have a lot of faith in Nelson, and Thornburg to both make a big impact in their 1st season. I see us contending either way. I'm not worried. I say go hard after Tanaka. A top of the rotation of Tanaka, Gallardo, Peralta and Estrada is very good combine that with our offense and SP depth and it's a contender.

Agree. Put Lohse on the block.

An extra 26 million in revenue this year and we are only at 83 million,and we've as high as what close to 100 million? You get the point.

Don't forget that Tanaka's cost will begin at 31.7million less than Darvish because of the 20mil limit posting fee. So Darvish's 6/56mil contract was really 6/107.7mil. I guess on level with Darvish would then be 6/87.7mil with the Grienke deal being compared at 6/127mil Now with the 20mil max bid it's not just 1 team that will get to negotiate with Tanaka, so that too drives up his price. You're talking Tanaka being bid on by the Cubs, Dodgers, Yankees, Angels, Diamondbacks all discussing contract deals with Tanaka's agent. So a team isn't just negotiating to Tanaka's demands but having to negotiate a higher contract then what any of these deep pocket franchises care to offer. And in the Cubs, Yankees, Angels position, they don't have a top 100 Pitching prospect in their pipelines should they lose out on Tanaka. All indications are that ARod's suspension will be reduced a ton to nullified meaning the Yankees are already over the luxury tax for 2014. If that's going to be the case they'll jump on the bidding to I think Grienke's pay day 6/127 neighborhood. Eh, let's go 7/127. At only 18 million a year and him only being 25 the Brewers should go 8/140 17.5 million a year. That's better than 6/125 I thought would be needed. He'd never make more than Braun.

This deal makes sense for the Brewers if they eventually plan on trading Braun. With the increase money from MLB and new TV contract the Brewers can afford the first 2 years with Braun, but then would have to trade Braun after 1-2 years, which they can do and get 2-3 REALLY good players for him. If I was the Brewers I'be be serious players for Tanaka with the intention of Trading Ryan Braun. Another option would be to trade Lohse and Ramirez for young top prospects and eat lot's of salary to get better players That alone saves 25 million and adds top young players making the minimum like a 3B man and 1B man. Then you keep both. Only on a 4-5 year deal for Tanaka. That would allow them to give Thornburg or Nelson a shot at the rotation where I think they will thrive.

1.) Peralta, Segura and Gallardo extended. 2.) A real 1B proven 1B man who is in his 20's. 3.) A trade for a young top 3B prospect. Give up pitching if you have to this will be a huge hole in 2 years. 4.)Estrada traded after having a good 1st half to make room for Jimmy Nelson. estra is getting expensive and this is a great way to lower payroll. 5.) Gennett full-time at 2B and Weeks traded and be able to pay no more than half of his salary.

A few facts, Major League Baseball/Nippon Pro Baseball posting agreement, ratified DEC 16, makes it so there is literally no punishment for any team checking in with a posted player. Here are the big rules to the new agreement: 1. An NPB team will name a "release fee" for a player not exceeding $20 million. That is the amount that an MLB team will have to bid, or I guess just agree to at this point, to pay if they were to sign the player. 2. The NPB team will then officially post the player, along with the fee, between Nov. 1 and Feb. 1. 3. For 30 days following the posting, any of the 30 MLB teams can negotiate with the player so long as they are willing to give up the designated release fee. If an agreement is reached, fee goes to the NPB team, player to the MLB team. If not signing is made within 30 days, the player is returned to his NPB team and cannot be reposted until the following year. What this means is the highest the posting fee can be is 20 million and that means anyone of the 30 MLB teams can offer to pay the 20 million and start negotiating with him to try to work out a deal. 20 million at least for the next 3 years according to the agreement. This means more teams involved. The teams can pull back and not have to commit that 20 million till a deal is reached and I believe it can be paid in installments. However, the reall question and what makes this unlikely isn't the posting money, but the actual contract money to get a deal done. Big market's have the edge. A small market team would have to go crazy with spending like the Reds did with Votto. The Yankees are dealing with the increase penalties if they go over 189 million threshold and it revolvs around Arod being supended which would make them a player for him. I'm not saying the Brewers can't get him, but if they do they would have to commit CC Sabathia type money to him. I think they should bet on a great year from Ryan Braun in 2014-2015 then trade him and by doing this it would free up the money in 2016 for Tanaka and he can be the franchise player. The Brewers need an ace and this might be there e only opportunity to get one. I say go for it.

The fact that the Brewers have been looking for a real 1B man that is proven speaks VOLUMES of what they think of Morris. Morris will never see Milwaukee unless 2-3 other 1B man get injured, and even then it's iffy.

Something tells me we are going to get a 1B man that we didn't even know was available and same with a SP...

If you buy into the Fangraph's WAR projections (courtesy of Disciples of Uecker), the Brewers are currently around a 76 or 77 win team, and these two moves would likely add about 4 wins. In other words, they would be projected for a near .500 finish with the moves. Another way to look at it is the Brewers current cumulative team WAR projection is 27.9, and a team typically needs around 40.0 to be considered a "contender". I don't care what the war or fangraphs projections is. if we had a pitcher like Garza and a good defensive/offensive 1B man with the same bullpen production as last season we are contenders in the NL central with a healthy roster.