Thurston Fluff
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Everything posted by Thurston Fluff
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I think they'd have to address options and years of control before being added to the 40 man on top of taking away a year of control. Too many games can be played to manipulate service time for five years actually being five years.
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I'm good with whatever they do. Peralta's value is probably higher given the contract. Burnes made $15,637,000 his final year. Peralta is making a little over half that. I could see the Brewers packaging a decent prospect or a controllable player like Collins or Black for a higher end prospect.
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I don't see any version of a salary cap the players would accept that didn't involve complete revenue sharing like they have in the NFL. With it there is no team that can't afford to be at or near the top in payroll.
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Why would a team capable of absorbing that much risk not just buy a pitcher of the same caliber who doesn't have that much risk? Your last sentence is exactly why Woody may prefer to stay here. He doesn't want to be stashed away for half a year so the team can save him for the playoffs. Woody's situation seems more like what a team like the Brewers deal in than the Dodgers.
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The other part of my reasoning is to maximize his future value he needs to be in a good situation to have a good year. If he goes to a place for an extra $10 million that he'd get here but get pushed too hard or not have the pitching pedigree the Brewers have he could lose far more than he gains. I don't think there's a better situation for a one year prove it deal than what the Brewers offer.
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He also ended the season injured and tailed off a bit as the season went on. I think teams will want to see him stay healthy and productive for a full season before committing $25 million a year. I think he could end up with a Hoskins prove it type of deal as easily as he does a 3/75.
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In the end only one team doesn't end with disappointment. Getting the "can't win in the post season" monkey off our backs will help get me get past the sting of the Dodgers series. It doesn't hurt knowing we had the youngest team to make the playoffs and have one of the top farm systems in all of baseball to draw from. Other team's players are getting older. Ours are just getting closer to their prime.
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There is no scenario where you have a cap without a floor and revenue sharing. Which makes big teams hoarding money unlikely. It also would not allow for teams to just keep a player just because. it does the opposite of that. Something I don't ever here mentioned is what equalizing salaries does to the product. As it stands teams like the Dodgers don't have to be particularly good at player development or finding hidden talent others overlook. They just buy the best money can buy and be done with it. The Brewers have to improve every aspect of their system to compete. That means they find and develop talent other teams can't. Even the playing field forces all teams to improve their player development. doing that improves the entire league's talent.
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IIRC there's a mutual option with Woody for $20 million with a $10 million buyout. I could see a scenario where Woody decides to take his end. He's coming off shoulder surgery and ended the season injured. He might get a better deal somewhere else but he probably get a much better deal by staying healthy and productive for a full year. There would be no better place to do a prove you're healthy as still productive season that than here. If he does the Brewers would be stupid not to take him back. It would only be a $10 million risk.
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At some point a rested Anderson is better than Uribe pitching three games in a row and going more than one inning in some of them. I felt the last two appearances from Abner crossed that line.
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The Cubs won three elimination games this post season. Two against the best team in baseball. I don't see any reason we can't win four given we're a better team than they are. Especially considering we don't have win any against the best team in baseball.
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We're still on route 11. We just stopped for gas.
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11's gonna happen. Don't know the route we're going to take but all roads lead to 11.
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That's one of the things I heard repeated multiple times and never understood why. How they all could just ignore the Brewers performed against all those more talented teams in entire season is beyond me.
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Murphy was right about EVERYTHING
Thurston Fluff replied to edfunderburk's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I might be giving him too much credit for this but I think essentially going with a bullpen day was in part because he wanted to keep Priester for Wrigley. The best option against a homer hitting team in an environment that can be homer friendly is a ground ball pitcher. -
Putting up the numbers Raleigh is at the position he plays should count for something. The workload of a catcher takes so much great a toll on the body than someone who plays any other position. That plus the extra mental preparation it takes to know all the hitters and pitchers makes it much harder to put up the numbers on offense he has.
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Assuming it's not roster management "injury" I hope it's a dead arm thing vs some type of discomfort in the shoulder or elbow. Given how long he was off I could see the former. If so a break until the playoffs wouldn't be the worst thing.
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Yea, not many fans wearing a we're number two t-shirt out there.
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The NL central not only have the best team in the NL, it's worst team has a better record than the worst team in the NL East and West. While the West has more teams above .500, it's best record would only be good for third in the central. By pretty much any measure the central is the best division top to bottom in the national league. Considering where it was predicted to be to start the season it's been a pretty amazing run top to bottom.
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Trade deadline day thread
Thurston Fluff replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Not to nitpick too much but we did get a high leverage reliever. He just happened to get injured. Thankfully it happened after he helped us get through a tough stretch. -
Peralta’s Realistic CY Young Opportunity
Thurston Fluff replied to rickh150's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Isn't what the individual does to help win a playoff spot part of the individual's accomplishments? If all you have to do is focus on your numbers and winning the game, eating innings, ending a losing streak or whatever is necessary to help your team win are not, you approach the game differently. So does your manager with regard of how he uses you. It should not be all that matters but neither should pure analytics. Zach Greinke once said he pitched to the analytics because that was what he thought would get the best results. He later said that was a mistake because it changed the way he pitched to produce results other than what was needed to win the game. All that said, Skenes is an incredible pitcher having a great season and I think he deserving of front runner status as of today. -
Would we have been better off trading actual prospects for Ryan Helsley? Sometimes it pays off sometimes it doesn't. The reasons may vary but the results are what matter. The fact is the Brewers did trade for a legitimate high leverage reliever for essentially no prospects in a sellers market and got a months worth of relief help during a stretch it was needed. That is not nothing.
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How was Shelby Miller anything other than adding bullpen depth at the deadline? He's a better baserunner, defender and has shown the ability to pinch hit and produce as well with sporadic playing time as he does with regular ab's (limited as that may be.) Also the alternatives are to option Vaughn or DFA Bauers allowing another contender to pick him up. Bauers may not be one of our best bench player options but he could be a competitors.
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The the world of Major league baseball it can.
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I believe you can call up someone earlier after the minor league season ends.
