billymac

Freddie is not a fan of our ballpark and doesn’t pick the ball up well, don’t see him accepting a trade here https://larrybrownsports.com/baseball/freddie-freeman-rips-miller-park-little-league/366439

I would love this offseason!

I really don't care for anything the Yankees will be offering I would think the Twins would maybe need to sign Donaldson for this to add to their infielder depth, but I really want a deal done with the Twins focusing on Luis Arraez and Brusdar Graterol with another lower level prospect or two. Arraez is an absolute hitting machine, as a 22 year old this past year hit 334/399/439 with a 123 OPS+. He played 17 of 95 games at 3rd without an error. Throughout the 6 years in the minors he averaged 331/385/414 and I don't know how he was never a highly regarded prospect. I would put him at 3rd and not look back. Move him to 2nd if the DH opens in the NL and move Hiura to DH. He is pegged as the starting 2nd baseman this year for them, so they would need to fill that gap, possibly add Orlando Arcia to the trade who could fill in at 2nd. The Brewers definitely need more contact and OBP guys to fill their roster. Graterol hits 100 routinely and mixes in a hard slider, slower curve and changeup. Gets a ton of ground balls and could be a "Future as a frontline starter". Ranked as the #53 over prospect in baseball. He could start in AAA and be with the big club later this season, or be a part of the bullpen right out of spring training. This would be two immediate impact players for the ball club, both with 6 years control. Add in another lottery ticket or two which Stearns is great at finding gems. Looking at the Twins bullpen, recently signed Tyler Clippard and Sergio Romo and they have only one impact left hander in Taylor Rogers. I'm sure they are looking to expand on their 101 win season from last year.

If they have an inkling that the DH might happen in the NL in 2021, could always rotate him between 3rd and OF for a year, then DH starting in 2021, gamble, but might be worth it to get his bat in the lineup

He had two serious injuries last year for pitchers. At that price, glad he’s not a Brewer.

Big fan of trading for Camargo. Hopefully Donaldson signs soon and the rest of the 3b dominos start to fall in place.

Am I off base in saying that any deal for Ramirez would probably have to start with Hiura+? And, I'm sure that would be a deal breaker for Stearns. Ramirez is controlled for 4 more years at a relatively cheap price (for a guy of his ability). Not sure if the Indians would have much motivation to move him at this point. If Hiura was off the table, I'm guessing we'd have to package Urias, Small and Feliciano. And honestly, I'm not even convinced that would be nearly enough to get Ramirez. Unfortunately, our farm system is just so bad right now that it makes it nearly impossible to put together trade offers for guys of this stature. I think the only way you get Ramirez is if you bring in a third team to offer prospects to Indians and that third team gets Hader, we get Ramirez. Would be awesome.

EE came out a few weeks ago and said he'd only want to play for an AL team. I'm thinking the Brewers might have leaked this to gain leverage for a FA or trade. Hopefully for a trade as no one on the FA market really excites me at 1B

we are being told by beat writers that its close. the brewers or his agent hasn't said anything. I don't think we clearly know where they are in negotiations. i woudn't read much into the fact that this was reported 3 days ago and nothing has been official. I think the only thing that is clear is that the brewers are interested. Haudricourt was the one I believe that said that negotiations were intensifying today, based on his track record of never knowing anything, he has no clue and was going off of info from Friday. Now if @BrewerWorld came out and said it, that's different

we are being told by beat writers that its close. the brewers or his agent hasn't said anything. I don't think we clearly know where they are in negotiations. i woudn't read much into the fact that this was reported 3 days ago and nothing has been official. I think the only thing that is clear is that the brewers are interested. Haudricourt was the one I believe that said that negotiations were intensifying today, based on his track record of never knowing anything, he has no clue and was going off of info from Friday.

I would hold out for Luis Severino or Gleyber Torres if dealing with the Yankees. Does Hader and Urias for Torres even start a discussion?

Don’t know how to link tweets on mobile, but @redsoxstats said Boston is floating that they’d be offering David Price and attach a younger player like Benitendi to lower payroll, both controlled through end of 2022

4.7 bWAR in 2018 OPS+ 2016 - 120 2017 - 112 2018 - 128 2019 - 121 Only 27 years old

With the Diamondbacks depth at IF, wonder what the cost would be for Eduardo Escobar to man third as a trade target. Switch hitter, 269/320/511 last year, 35 HR's, can play multiple positions. Seems like a Stearns type of target. Owed only 14M over the next two years. The Dbacks depth chart on ESPN shows Lamb as their starting 3B and Escobar as their 2B.

Cron had what was described as “significant” thumb surgery by Thad Levine. Those can be pretty tricky to recover from, would be worried about his power upon his return.