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  1. 82brewcrew82
    Did we hear about the Urias deal until it happened? We didn't hear about the Navarez deal until the day it happened. Of all those rumors of who the Brewers were going after the last couple of years, how many actually came to fruition? How many were legit rumors? Do you honestly believe that DS hasn't gone into the off season with a plan? I'm sorry you are disappointed DS isn't sharing his plan with you but that was probably a pretty high expectation for you to have. Let it play out and see what happens. If the plan turns out to be garbage, then I'd think most of the board will have something to say about it.
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    I think I'd do that. I doubt the Indians would.
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    So the money conscious Rays are going to trade a decently priced starter (cheap for his level of performance, at times) for a reliever who is go to be crazy expensive for a reliever after this year? I don’t know if that really makes sense. The Rays had a 62 million dollar payroll in 2019. When you only have 60+ million for 40 players and a minimum salary of 600,000k, is it easier to fit an elite reliever making 6-8 million, or a starting pitcher making 11-12?? The Rays are pretty smart. I'm guessing they could find multiple near elite relivers for 6-8 mil. I don't know too many teams that wouldnt keep the starter and its probably not all that difficult of a decison.
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    This is it exactly...so if we know that, the Brewers have to know that, yet this is the pool they continue to want to swim in, especially with pitching. At some point, it's like anything else in life, you get what you pay for. Except baseball is literally unlike anything else in life. It's not like there is some guarantee that comes along with a big money contract. DS is doing exactly what a small market team should be doing.
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    Regardless of whether past regimes have had success developing pitching or not is really no baring on whether this regime will. I'd argue this regime is already probably better at identifying and developing pitching than any in recent memory (recent being relative of course). I've not seen any small market team consistently spend big on starting pitching and have that be a sustainable method for success. You can ask whatever question you want but we all know why DS doesn't spend on starting pitching, he simply doesn't see the value. You can agree or disagree but to ask why is a strange question. Benefit of the doubt, sure, why not? He seems pretty good at this whold GM thing but hey, I'm sure you're plan is good too.
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    We thought it was a huge mistake last year when they went cheap on the rotation, and we were right. Losing Lyles like this is embarrassing. Its becoming clear that Attanasio has slashed the budget. This is just a horrible take. I'd be embarrassed if they'd signed him to the deal the Ranters did. Lyles just isn't that good unless you start cherry picking small sample sizes. Making the playoffs two years running with seemingly patchwork rotations is a mistake? I'm not sure you and I have the same interpretation of the word mistake. Plenty of teams that would seem to have better rotations have failed to win world series the past couple of seasons. Some of them, GASP!, have even failed to make the playoffs altogether. Lastly, I am absolutely positive that there are more moves to come and the only mistake here is making declarative statements about payroll when you know absolutely nothing about their plans. Bottom line is that DS is, thankfully, better than you (or me for that matter) at this whole GM thing. I think I'll hang with him.
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    Why? Aside from 75 or so innings with the Brewers over the last two years, Lyles has never been all that good.
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    Where is it written that you have to throw good money after bad or increase your payroll significantly in order to improve the team?
  9. 82brewcrew82
    No, they're just winging it. They may not even have a player starting at 3B on opening day. They’ll be in the shift [sarcasm]Position-less baseball is the future[/sarcasm]
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    Good for Moose. Dumb for the Reds. I don't see any way they don't trade Hader now. Too many holes to fill otherwise.
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    That hinges on whether Shaw bounces back or not and/or whether Cain was hurt or in decline. If he does, then yes, we can live with that lineup.
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    Is it possible the Brewers are wanting the Padres to take a player that may not slip to the Brewers in the rule 5 draft and then have them flip that player to the Brewers? I would assume the Padres select higher than the Brewers in the rule 5 and that would open up a few more possabilities.
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    I agree that Milwaukee won the upside and value plays with regard to this trade. I also agree that Urias is exactly the type of player that a team like Milwaukee should be targeting. Lastly, I agree that Urias has the minor league pedigree and performance that makes him likely to be a staple in the middle of the diamond for years. Having said that, teams don't get Ws for upside and value so let's not pretend there is zero risk here. Having a great September doesn't really answer those questions for me on either offense or defense. I do put a lot of faith in the scouting department so I have no question they see something in Lauer that they can leverage. I do think that eventually this trade is looked upon as a very good one for the Brewers but we aren't there yet and its not a given.
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    I think they'll spend but I highly doubt that is going to be on a rotation add. I'd like them to take a run at Alex Wood if they think he is healthy but I doubt we see much more than something like that. I think they spend on offense.
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    This is a complete upside play on the Brewers part. Looking at major league production the Padres got the better pitcher (125 ERA+ to a 95 ERA+ and that is with Lauer pitching the majority of his games in the NL west). The also got the better position player. Lauer improved year one to year two but he is giong to need to take another step (and probably a big one given the change in park factors) to be a plus in the pitching exchange. Urias definately has some potential and was brought in specifically to threaten Arcia. If you believe in the scouting department of the Milwaukee Brewers then you probably like this trade but there is plenty to be concerned about.
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    Castro is a decent option if you're sure he can sustain his performance from last year. I'm not sure his history suggests that doing so is likely.
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    I don't know. Doesn't seem like a Stearns guy to me.
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    Ah, now we have another "seer" on the board. Who said anything at all about Nelson much less keeping all three. I don't think they keep all three but I'd bet they keep one or two. I'm not particularly attached to any of them but if they have to keep one of them, Arcia is the smart play and keeping Shaw seems likely as well.
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    I'm right there with you. If Thames and his .851 OPS is deemed not worth $7.5 million, I'm specifically having a hard time seeing them give Shaw $4.7M. Kinda seems like Stearns is in clean house mode this offseason, but do we think he can pull off a major overhaul, or is he up to something else? There's only so many holes you can fill in the offseason when you can't spend $200M. I'm a little concerned that we need a couple starting pitchers, at least one reliever maybe more, a 1B, a 3B, a SS, and a C. That's a lot of holes to fill, we may have to settle for some holes somewhere. Exactly. I mean, replace Arcia. I have no problem with that but then you are going to have Pina at catcher or you are going to have Shaw at third. Pick your poison but they aren't fixing every thing on this team.
  20. 82brewcrew82
    I didn't say it was to just cobble together a roster. When you are a rebuilding team you can afford to take chances on guys and hope they miraculously find out how to use their long lost potential they apparently had. You aren't trying to win 90+ games so if the player bombs it means nothing to the team in the short term. The Brewers are not in that kind of position and taking a slight upgrade with a known ceiling versus hoping for an Arcia breakout is typically the wiser move. I guess I just disagree with the principal that this team that doesn't take chances on guys. They take chances constantly on players and I think that is a necessary strategy for a team like this. The roster was literally littered with players they took chances on.
  21. 82brewcrew82
    OSS was this: That would literally seem to imply that he thinks "something's in the works", like right now. Obviously they are going to adds players so yeah, in a general sense they are going to make moves "sometime". That comment doesn't need to made unless you think he was just stating the obvious. Sheesh, but you keep doing you.
  22. 82brewcrew82
    Except the current team is not competitive, it may not even be a .500 baseball team. We have financial flexibility because half our team is gone or due for raises in arbitration if we give it to them. They really don't have a ton of flexibility after arby raises and if they were to sign Lyles/Pomeranz/Moose/Grandal. All that and you really haven't improved the team. It is nice we could decide to redistribute that to different needs...but I don't know if it is truly what most call financial flexibility. Usually that means you have a good roster and money to spend to make it better. Most of our money will be needed to hopefully give us a similar team on paper. I think you are combining roster flexibility with financial flexibility. They certainly have some money to spend and could free up more. Braun, Cain, Shaw and Yelich were the nucleus of the 2018 team that came within a game of the World Series. Those guys are still here (whatever your opinon of Shaw is) and Have Hiura and maybe Grisham to add to that mix. We had Arcia and Pina starting regularly on those teams. They aren't ever going to have a Dodgers level rotation. I think they can add a starter and a bullpen arm in addition to bolstering the offense in most (but not all) the places that need it. This team isn't that far off.
  23. 82brewcrew82
    I didn't say he didn't make significant moves. I remember after Yelich/Cain everyone was saying "this is the precursor to a big pitching acquisition". It didn't happen. His moves come out of the blue. Every time this board gets excited about a move being a precursor to another move it never really materializes. I don't think this move is a precursor to any other move in particular. That was the point. I agree. There’s a lot of different options they could do at first right now. Who knows what they are going to do, but it’s definitely exciting to speculate. It’s a fun time being a competitive team while also having a lot of financial flexibility. It’s one of those offseasons where there are a ton of different avenues they could go down and almost all of them would make sense with so many moving parts. Exactly. I mean, they have a plan because a case could have easily been made to keep both Anderson and Thames and not shed that salary. They are going to at least try and make a splash an reshape this roster. Time will tell what that ends up being.
  24. 82brewcrew82
    I didn't say he didn't make significant moves. I remember after Yelich/Cain everyone was saying "this is the precursor to a big pitching acquisition". It didn't happen. His moves come out of the blue. Every time this board gets excited about a move being a precursor to another move it never really materializes. I don't think this move is a precursor to any other move in particular. That was the point.
  25. 82brewcrew82
    We say this all the time but nothing ever really is. Yeah it's hard to come up with anything significant they've done in either of the last 2 offseasons. Just the usual bottom of the barrel scraping and mining for diamonds in the rough. The closest they've come to making as splash was trading for Yelich and signing Cain the same day in 2018 followed by signing Grandal and bringing back Moustakas in 2019. Other than those minor moves, it's hard to come up with anything significant. Hey! Look at the airplane buzzing your head!
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