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1. Fire Capers 2. Trade for Devante Parker 3. Cut/Restructure Clay, Cobb, Nelson 4. Sign Trey Burton and DeMarcus Lawrence 5. Draft Harold Landry (OLB Boston College) 6. Sign Adams 7. Move Ty back to the slot
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Brewers Biggest Need
OnaBadger58 replied to BrewCrewBlueDevil's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
Patience -
If we can get Walker for 2 years, i agree. I'd take 2 years of Kinsler over 4 years of Walker though.
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Christian Yelich
OnaBadger58 replied to Warning Track Power's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
He also plays a lot of games at pitchers parks in Miami, Washington, and New York. His defense is much better the. Santanas. It's not worth selling the farm on him, but I wouldn't sell his talent short either. -
I was (and still am) hoping for the exact opposite. If this is what Swarzy and Shaw are getting, would love to see what Stearns could get back in a Knebel trade. Probably not the sexy thing to do, but I agree.
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Mets Agree To Terms With Anthony Swarzak - 2-years/$14M
OnaBadger58 replied to MadThinker88's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I do agree that Stearns did little to improve the bullpen last offseason (which I was alright with). There is no way to tell what Stearns has done/not done during these meetings. It has been said that he has offers out to free agents, so I feel like saying he has been reactionary may not be accurate. These contracts have been awfully steep regardless if we have the available money or not. -
Harrison is the type of bat this team could use. He also fits the versatility that Stearns loves. Agree that Cole is kind if douchey, but he seems like the player you like if he's on your team (aka not John Lackey level).
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Santana for Machado. Make it happen Stearns!
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Nothing new but.... Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal One team to watch on #Rays’ Chris Archer: The #Brewers. Deep in prospects, and assistant GM Matt Arnold previously was Rays’ director of player personnel. 2:53 PM - 12 Dec 2017
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It's not one pitch 70% of the time, but back to Randy Johnson, he threw 52.8% FB, 38.6% Slider, so basically a two-pitch pitcher. He threw the occasional change-up for most of his career, then gave up on that when he started throwing a splitter more at the end of his career. Ben Sheets threw 63.1% FB / 30.7% curve ball for his career. If you're going to make it on two pitches, they'd better be darned good pitches. Hader could potentially do that, but would obviously be much better off if he can get the change-up to league average. Lance Lynn has thrown no lower than 70% fastball in his career (in 2016, he threw 85%). This is the main reason why I wouldn't come close to signing him.
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That's Boros being Boros. Of course he's pumping up his guy. That's his job - and he's good at it. He can ask for whatever he wants - it doesn't mean anyone will give him a deal that long and at those dollars. Exactly. It's early in Free Agency, so you are going to hear/see some pretty inflated numbers for players. No different that JD Martinez seeking a $200 million contract. Set the bar high, and work your way down.
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Williams and Houser should be given every opportunity to be in the bullpen (edit: to start) 2018. That's why I'd like to see Swarzak resigned and maybe a flyer type of signing (said Rondon in a different thread). There are plenty of options coming up from the minors that spending a lot of money on the bullpen shouldn't be necessary. And for Williams, I would not be having him as the 8th option, bobbing him up and down from the minors to the majors. No sense in putting any extra pressure to produce on an inexperienced player. Leave that to the Suter's and Wilkenson's of this team.
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Relief Pitching Targets
OnaBadger58 replied to KeithStone53151's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
Sign Swarzak and try to get Rendon for a 2 year deal. I'm in the keep Hader in the bullpen camp (although with Nelson's injury, that became pretty tough). Knebel Swarzak Hader Rendon T. Williams Jeffress Barnes Houser/Suter -
Relief Pitching Targets
OnaBadger58 replied to KeithStone53151's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
Jon Heyman @JonHeyman Neshek headed to the phillies. 16-17M range @ToddZolecki mentioned 3:30 PM - 11 Dec 2017 -
He'll be right on the edge for the medical hardship, but I would imagine it will be granted to him. Tough loss in a seemingly already "lost" season.
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The Angels GM has been scouting him since he was in high school (he was with the Yanks). I think that played a huge role, as they gained a good relationship throughout the years.
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Agreed. Though I'm not sure where this speculation is coming from that Scioscia can't or doesn't want Ohtani to play the field and pitch. Is there any sort of support/sources for this, or is it purely a "well he's an older manager therefore by default he's conventional..."? https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/08/sports/ohtani-angels.html Here's an article about Ohtani. This paragraph is towards the bottom: "Any talk of Ohtani playing the outfield or truly playing every day is probably just talk. He has appeared in the outfield a total of eight times in the last four seasons, and all eight appearances were in 2014. His typical workweek in Japan consisted of starting a game as a pitcher, being a D.H. for the next few days, then taking two days off before his next start. To think that he could handle more frequent work, and the demands of playing a position in the field, after not doing so against lesser competition in Japan, is a stretch."
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I like Scioscia, but I agree he doesn't seem to be the best fit for Ohtani. This is the last year of Scioscia's contract, so it will be interesting to see how things shake out. Another poor year and Josh Paul, the Angels new bench coach, may be the new manager.
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Calhoun is a GG RF, so I think Ohtani will be relagated to the DH role with a couple of spot starts in the outfield (unless they trade Calhoun). Looks like old Albert will be limping out to play 1B as of right now. Upton and Calhoun can occasionally DH as well. Just because a guy is a good defender doesn't mean he can't DH. And just because a guy can play outfield doesn't mean he should. This guy is supposed to be an ace. I don't think the Angels are going to throw their ace in the outfield for 80 games because he can play the outfield.
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Good find, thanks for posting this homer. -What Harrison did in the AFL has really jumped him to another level. Good for him, he deserves it all. -Marcos Diplan ETA is 2018? I know he was added to the 40 man, but I do not see that happening. -Gatewood hit is 20/30 and his raw power is 70/80. A future 3TO player. -Freddy Peralta rated much lower than the community ranking at #12. I don't see how he can be rated lower than Corey Ray. -Happy to see Yamamoto at #21 (although the write up isn't all that encouraging). -The Brewers as of now have 5 prospects ranked above average and 10 at average or better (Cubs have 2 players ranked avg.) -Carmona is at #18. Didn't realize he was a switch hitter. Says if he was draft eligable this year, his tools would put him in the 1st or second round.
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Calhoun is a GG RF, so I think Ohtani will be relagated to the DH role with a couple of spot starts in the outfield (unless they trade Calhoun). Looks like old Albert will be limping out to play 1B as of right now.
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The Angels have always been my second favorite team, so this news is awesome! With all of the injuries their SP have had in the past two years, this surprises me the he picked the Angels. It will be fun to see what Ohtani brings to the MLB.
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He's was good in 2014,2015, and 2017, so I would think he'd produce closer to those numbers as opposed to the one year where he played on 79 games and struggled. I'd imagine coming off a PED suspension, Gordon was pressing to prove himself to be just as good without the PEDs. Not saying that's a difinitive reason, but 2016 does look to be a bit of an outlier.
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Not sure, but the Mariners have to be close to maxed out for their International pool money. Not sure what you mean by Seattle being maxxed out. Don't think there is a limit to the amount a team could acquire. Just that it is acquired BEFORE the team signs someone with the money. Seattle would be getting 2017-18 pool money from the Brewers in this scenario.. There is a cap. You can add 75% of you international pool allotment. The Mariners have spent almost $4 million so far. The should be able to have about $4.3 million max left that they can spend. So the Mariners have some room to add more International pool money.
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Not sure, but the Mariners have to be close to maxed out for their International pool money.