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  1. HighHeat19
    I would be happy with a Braun for AJ Puk straight up. Once again, I don't think Oakland would want to take on that contract.
  2. HighHeat19
    Well, after the Dodgers trade for Forsythe, we can throw this idea out the window.
  3. HighHeat19
    I am surprised Hernan Perez is not more of a trade target for the Dodgers. The Dodgers are looking for a way to acquire a second baseman without giving up Bellinger, DeLeon or Verdugo. On paper, it looks as if the plan for Perez is to start at 3rd base versus lefties. And maybe as insurance for Arcia. Villar would slide over to short and Perez to second but they even have Scooter to cover second. We also have Brinson and others OF's in our minors that can cover the OF depth, so he is not needed as much as OF depth. I know that Perez is cheap and young and also has quite a bit of value. But he is still a part time player. 5 extremely positives for Perez and a Dodger connection: The Dodgers NEED a second baseman, they could use speed on the basepaths as they were 27th in SB's last year, The Dodgers NEED another right handed bat in that lineup, Perez is cheap which is a huge plus for the Dodgers in luxury tax penalties and finally Perez is young. Perez fits all of the criteria in what the Dodgers would want in a second baseman. It almost makes more sense than a Braun to the Dodgers trade. I could see a deal of Perez for a combo of Brock Stewart, Josh Sborz and Jacob Rhame. Thoughts?
  4. HighHeat19
    Exactly MKE81. If nobody wants Wieters now, how are you going to flip him come July? He would have to hit be better than last year's numbers by a long shot to get value back from him. And 7-9 million a year for a .700 OPS? 30 y.o.? Look how hard it was to get a decent package for Lucroy. And his salary, contract, numbers and D are far superior than Wieters. Roll with the young guys and get them experience for when the Crew gets competitive. If the Brewers rolled with the "sign and flip a vet" theory last year, they wouldn't of found the Villar's, the Perez's and the Broxton's of the world. Stearn's has stayed the course. Young controllable talent.
  5. HighHeat19
    Stearns breaks away from his wedding rehearsal dinner. Busts out the phone sitting on the John, and acquires Chamberlain. My kind of GM.
  6. HighHeat19
    Pass.
  7. HighHeat19
    TPlush is right on with this. Villar isn't going anywhere. The Dodgers could make Scooter work as a platoon if they have too. The Dodgers are gauging everyone's price right now. Stearns can still make a great trade, but he's going to have to dig again for the right prospects in the Dodger's system. The Dodger's are coming across as the person who shows up at your garage sale and wants to buy your $5 lamp for .50. They keep it up and teams are going to spite them. It wouldn't surprise me if the pissed Stearns off by their offers since there was little to no dialect over the past 3 months.
  8. HighHeat19
    This. The goal is to win. Not moving pieces around for the sake of value. If the long -term picture was of no concern and the goal was simply to win as many games as possible every year, we wouldn't have traded Lucroy. Value is extremely crucial to a rebuild. Obviously we want the best possible value for Braun, but the Dodgers are certainly smart to value, too. Also, did you really mean to quote and agree with yourself? Lucroy's contract is/was not going to make it to when the Brewers will compete again. Braun's very well can. Did I quote and agree with myself? Of course. I like myself.
  9. HighHeat19
    I would doubt this very much, but if they are anywhere even close, one is a 24-25 year old with upside doing it for less than a million dollars, and one is a 36-37 year old with no upside doing it for $19M. Big difference. Assuming the 24-25 year old makes the big league roster during that time. Remember it's about a 50/50 chance that Bellinger will make it as an everyday player. Braun won't be Pujols ancient at that timeframe either. Braun is actually very fit compared to most his age. Look how long Konerko played and put up outstanding numbers.
  10. HighHeat19
    This. The goal is to win. Not moving pieces around for the sake of value.
  11. HighHeat19
    Braun at first base in 2019 and 2020 would put up better stats than Bellinger at first base during that same time frame when the Brewers are to compete. Keep Braun then if your going to get robbed.
  12. HighHeat19
    Bellinger alone will never put up the stats Braun has or will moving forward.
  13. HighHeat19
    So some of you are saying we would only get one of Bellinger or Verdugo for Braun. We know the success rate of high rated prospects is nowhere near 100 percent. And we should give up a all star caliber player who we know will flat out hit and be the difference maker the Dodgers could of used last year and would benefit the Dodgers tremendously this year for 1 top prospect who may turn out to be mediocre? No. I'm getting Bellinger and Verdugo in return. Hell, the Twins were asking for DeLeon and Bellinger. And I view Verdugo a lesser prospect than DeLeon. We give up a guaranteed asset, then we need a guaranteed asset in return. 2 players in the top 100 get us a closer to a guaranteed asset, and that's not even a 100%. And whatever happened to interest over time. Technically the Dodgers would be getting an asset now. We have to wait for our assets to grow.
  14. HighHeat19
    It's looking like the sticking point for a Dozier trade is that the Twins are requiring a top pitching prospect in return. Hence DeLeon and they also asked for Bellinger. If the Dodgers do not acquire Dozier, I see no reason that Braun couldn't fetch Bellinger and Verdugo together. Possibly Scooter could be sent their way too with Sheffield added to Milwaukee.
  15. HighHeat19
    Well, forget my last post as Seattle has just traded for Jared Dyson.
  16. HighHeat19
    MLB trade rumors reports that The Mariners are looking to add an outfielder. Is Seattle close enough to California? And Braun's wife (from Canada) maybe open to moving there. Possibly a buy low candidate in Kyle Lewis after he tore his knee up and Tyler O'Neill. The Mariners seem to be lacking in pitching prospects however.
  17. HighHeat19
    If the Brewers want Bellinger and DeLeon, the Brewers will have to sweeten the pot. And that would mean adding Villar to the offer. I would also want alot more back from the Dodgers as well for Braun and Villar. However, these prospects are getting overblown value wise the last few years. This copycat league has inflated prospects by the way of what the Cubs, Astros have done recently. So all teams jump the bandwagon of the rebuilds and this causes inflation of the perceived process of young talent. Reminds me when the 3-4 d in football became popular again about 15 years ago. What made it great in the beginning was the lack of teams running it, hence the number of players that fit the scheme and were available to run it, and the relatively low cost/draft round that you could get them at. Part of me says the Nats and Red Sox came out ahead in these "highly" touted prospects for stars. Quite frankly, if you trade a star away, you should receive 2 future "no doubt about it" stars in return. One star for the star traded, and the other one for interest, or if one star does not pan out. Brewers don't get what they like, then piss on the Dodgers. Maybe the Crew comes in at .500 this year and turns around next year and becomes big time buyers in the trade market. Sell a Philips, or Corey Ray, or even an Arcia for proven cost effective commodity such as the trades for Sale and Eaton.
  18. HighHeat19
    Agreed. I could see a trade of Verdugo, Lux, Will Smith, going to the Twins for Dozier, which is a priority in L.A. Bellinger will be the immediate first baseman when Adrian leaves. Can't see him going. DeLeon, age wise, is too close to the Majors. I don't see the Dodgers moving him. Alvarez, was given too much $ by L.A. Can't see him going. Maybe the crew gets to pick from the Dodgers scrap heap which doesn't include Bellinger, Alvarez, or DeLeon, and whatever maybe left after the Twins trade for Dozier. After that the Brewers will probably just keep Braun.
  19. HighHeat19
    "We don't know" is the answer for every trade value of every player - because every evaluation tool has different values for every player. This would happen with Bryce Harper or Chris Sale or Scooter Gennett. My point was simply to take some data and plug into an evaluation tool. As different tools bring out different answers. Different people like different tools (rWAR, fWAR, WARP) - thus every evaluation of a player is always different. And again, this is plugging in data. It doesn't take into account the intangibles and nuances associated with a person. It doesn't account for the player's injury history, their body type and skill set - all things that may make a team feel a player will age better - or worse - than average. To just plug in numbers and come up with an answer is foolish. So ultimately, every player's trade value is 'we don't know." I disagree. I believe their is a sabermetric formula in the world of MLB that we may not no anything about. And it may even be a dynamic formula that differentiates between teams based on what a team values or devalues in it's ideal world of what it takes to win a championship. I have always felt this formula is out out there. Something that takes into consideration of clutch, all stats, height and weight, ballpark dimensions, hair color, etc. Almost an underground secret society of sabermetric junkies that we are totally oblivious to that they even exist.
  20. HighHeat19
    Utilizing Spock like logic you could essentially trade Mr. Braun for a 33rd round draft pick from last year. Pocket the savings. And know that you can nab the free agent of your choice when the Brewers are looking to compete again when the season "actually counts". From a computer's standpoint this theory would make sense in the worst case scenario that was just mentioned. Theoretically, as long as they don't have to eat any of his salary, giving him away would bring the Crew closer to a Championship in the next 8 years as weird as that may sound. Think about it.
  21. HighHeat19
    The odds are that one of Braun's rib, back and hand is going to act up this year. His numbers will go down as well, seeing that he no longer has even Lucroy or Carter around him. He will be older. A straight up trade for Giolito only may look lopsided in favor of the team gaining Braun. But it would still make more sense for the goal which is to win 2019 and beyond. I picture the common Brewer fan as Gollum and Ryan Braun as the Ring. http://image.slidesharecdn.com/presentation1-090609070702-phpapp02/95/gollum-wins-the-ring-9-728.jpg?cb=1244531264
  22. HighHeat19
    That's the problem. It is a rush. You don't move Braun before the regular season he is stuck with you now matter what. The Brewers lose all power because you no longer have competition competing for him. And what good is having a player bat .330 40 bombs and 100 RBI's (which I doubt will even happen but let's say it does). The Brewers are not going to the playoffs in 2017 or 18. It's like the millionaire going down on the Titanic. Sure he has a million dollars but it isn't going to keep the Titanic afloat.
  23. HighHeat19
    With the trade rights Braun has he is going nowhere. The Dodgers thought they could salary dump McCarthy and dump Puig on the Crew in July. Kind of a Ha Ha, piss on the little guys from L.A. brass. Puig put on his Big Boy pants and now the Dodgers want to keep him. Indian Givers if you ask me. Braun will be in LF next year. Braun wants to be in Milwaukee, L.A. or Miami. He truly likes Milwaukee, which is odd for a big city guy.
  24. HighHeat19
    I don't think Braun will be traded. At least not by Friday.
  25. HighHeat19
    Something is not adding up. You go from a trade that was 20 min. away from not happening to no chatter what-so-ever in regards to Braun. The trouble is the Brewers are tied to technically one team to trade Braun, and that's the Dodgers. And the Dodgers know it. The only other team would of been the Giants with their lack of OF power and they didn't act in July. That told the Dodgers that the Giants have no interest when the Giants could of used Braun the most. Part of me wonders if the Dodgers didn't play the Brewers on July 31st to see who else was interested with the full intent of not making a trade, in order to gauge and reduce the asking price this offseason. We also know that San Diego, Miami and Arizona would "technically" have no interest. I don't see a trade happening with Braun until possibly spring training because the Dodgers are in control. They simply have the power due to the circumstances mentioned above. The only power the Brewers could possibly have is that Braun changed one team in his contract who he can be traded too. We still do not know what team that is. If the Dodgers are unaware of what that team is as well, it could force the Dodgers to A) act sooner or B) offer a tad more as it could be any team, and possibly force the Dodger's hand. This could also be a savvy move by Braun's agent to nudge the Dodgers to act. However, I don't think the latter statement is the case. The Dodgers have the upperhand and are playing the floor. And the Brewers and Braun now wait.
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