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Jopal78 replied to TwinsBrewersWorldSeries's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I think any of those players “could” be jettisoned or sent down based on their contract status. However, why would they get rid of Gary Sanchez? Given Contreras’s proclivity to play almost every day, Sanchez sees very little playing time. Yet with sporadic playing time el Gary has a 113 OPS+. He’s also one of the few bats on the club with the potential to go deep at any time. -
Likely a fresh arm that’s disposable Zastryzny has 90 career innings across parts of 7 seasons. They could as easily DFA him when they need another fresh arm.
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Frelick doesn’t have an issue with making contact or controlling the strike zone, he just doesn’t hit the ball hard enough. Last year he starting pulling the ball and got some homers, but it appears to me pitchers have made an adjustment against him and he’s back to putting the ball in play but not driving it, which has always limited his offensive production.
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But even if he shakes out of it, what is he? A light hitting CFer miscast as a corner OFer? The Brewers drafted Frelick for his high floor and athleticism, and that is seemingly what they got: an average major leaguer without a lot of upside.
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Ok, I’ll bite. Mark Attanasio is high finance, private equity, institutional capital rich. This narrative that owners pocket their baseball team’s money is ridiculous, and just dumb sportswriter drivel. The Brewers are merely one asset in a much larger portfolio of Attanasio’s holdings. He’s interested in increasing the team’s value ten fold more than the cash it generates on a year to year basis. Teams like the Brewers and Pirates spend what their market provides balanced against what the executives propose in their annual budget.
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The Union is never going to agree to a hard cap on their members’ earnings. Maybe some sort of lower soft cap/competitive balance tax and altering how it’s calculated so teams cannot manipulate it with deferments, and real penalties for going over. Those coupled with increased revenue sharing and the revenue sharing money being spent on baseball operations is probably the best either side is going to get. Maybe a watered down floor for revenue sharing recipients.
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Brewers got swept in the NLCS by LA last year, right? What was it 2015 when the Royals won the World Series? The last non financial big dog to even make the World Series was who? The D’Backs in 2023 then the Rays way back during Covid ball? So about once every 3-4 years or so.
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They can argue whatever they want. They created the system, executives operated within the system to use their financial clout to get an advantage over the other teams. Those are all facts. They certainly didn’t intend to create a two tiered system where the same half dozen teams are in the World Series all the time. The biggest stars in the union are the prime examples for the argument that money is devalued in society today Judge (40 million) Soto (60 million) and Ohtani (70 million). Never a better climate to try to paint the union as the bad guys, out for themselves at the expense of “the game”.
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The players are not going to agree to a cap period. The owners likely won’t have their house in order enough to advance any coherent arguments in their favor to win in the court of public opinion.
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It’s interesting, this time around the owners seemingly hold all the cards. They can argue to the public: “Labor agreements always have unintended consequences and over the years we’ve unintentionally created disparity in our game. No fan should feel their team has no chance to compete because of the system, so we are looking to restore balance in our sport the way it used to be”. Problem is MLB is horrible at these things and probably can’t even get their house in order. The Dodgers have hundreds of millions of dollars guaranteed decades into the future, the Braves have shareholders whom they owe a fiduciary duty, and idiot owners like Nuttig who cuts a guy (Tellez) in September before he can earn a salary escalator on a one year deal.
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Yep, they proposed increased revenue sharing to argue they’re the good guys. Then they tied it to an integrity tax to make sure that money is funneled into union members salary and not used for other things that might help a club gain an edge: international scouting, pitching labs, data capture. All of which will help an organization be more successful than funneling money into a couple of mediocre vets just to meet a soft salary floor. I will credit the union that they know they have a real problem with potential dissension in their ranks that the system works for the stars but not for players like, for example, Jake Bauers: 30 years old, played parts of 7 seasons, hasn’t reached free agency yet has less career earnings than some first year arbitration players like Brice Turang for example.
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Really? I saw a competitive integrity tax for teams that spend less than 150 million on payroll. (That’s 13 teams this year including the Brewers) Killing the QO, eliminating any draft pick compensation for losing free agents, eliminating any draft penalties for signing free agents, reducing free agency to 5 years, increasing pre arbitration salaries, increasing the pre-arbitration bonus pool, and expanding the eligibility of super 2 status to qualify for arbitration. It’s a boot to the throat for small market clubs. Nobody should lose sight of the fact the #1 goal of the players union is to get as much money as possible for its members. Likewise, the revenue sharing proposal is just a fig leave of cover so they can argue they do care about the integrity of the game.
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I’d add that it’s not Peralta’s fault the Mets stumbled out of the gate and are looking up in their division. Moreover, with 13 games left head to head with the Braves the Mets certainly aren’t finished just yet in their division, likewise talks of selling are mostly sport writer fantasy
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The OP is right, the Mets have received more from Peralta here and now than Milwaukee has from their pieces. But they have 5 more years to get something out of Williams and Sproat. More importantly, I wouldn’t say Sproat “mows down” lineups, in fact clean innings with him seem few and far between. MLB is littered with guys who throw 99 and have no idea where it’s going. That’s Sproat right now (He striking out nearly 10 batters per 9 innings but has a K:BB ratio of less than 2:1). I doubt they’re going to move him to the pen as another long man; they’ll want him to continue to work as a starter. When (if) Woodruff comes of the IL, they’ll ship him off to AAA
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Or is the Brewers success a product of having to constantly trade impending free agents which keeps adding extra minor league talent into the organization beyond the amateur draft/international signings. If all things were equal, that avenue of adding extra talent would likely diminish if not dry up completely.
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Were there posts for a Priester extension? Brewers certainly dodged a bullet there. Pre-arbitration extensions with pitchers are difficult to attain because of the exploding salary structure for starting pitching and teams also needing to protect themselves from injury risk. As fans, I think everyone would like to see Harrison and Misiorowski head the rotation for many years to come, but is very unlikely that either get extended.
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You can sign any player to an extension if you’re willing to pay them what they want.
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They’re 9 games under .500. There’s a lot of season left but the Tigers need to really play well the next 10 weeks
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He initially complained of his arm “feeling dead” so I’d say him feeling good is as positive of a sign as we’ll get,
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Yeah his injury history is proved into his guarantee, but I doubt the substantial interest part. It’s like when the Brewers traded for Shelby Miller they got him for free by absorbing some salary, and almost immediately was injured again. Same thing with Trevor Rosenthal. Never was able to ring the bell for Milwaukee Those are insignificant moves for role players. Buxton is a middle of the order hitter
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Buxton would likely be on a Hall of Fame trajectory if he didn’t average less than 90 games played per season. … and as we know too well with Yelich, players who are constantly injured with sprains, strains, spasms, do not suddenly get healthier as they age into their mid 30s. Thats why no team is going to trade for a veteran guy with a 40+ million dollar guarantee remaining when they can’t count on him to be available when they need him. That being said, given where the Twins are in the success cycle I’m sure Minnesota would love to move Buxton’s contract. The most likely explanation why they haven’t yet is lack of interest due to unreliability and financial cost. Apparently the Twins are not yet in salary dump mode either where they’ll pay part of his contract to move him just for the financial savings.
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No. Like I said, he’s the Twins best player. Why would they move him for anything but elite prospects? And Minnesota isn’t at the point where they’re willing to give him away simply for salary relief. .
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Nope. Nobody is paying for a guy who can’t be counted on to ring the bell.
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Buxton has already missed 15% of his team’s games this year. Plus. he’s owed 40+ million dollars through the end of 2028. With his unreliability and remaining guarantee the Twins are stuck with him. Nobody is going to give the Twins prospects for Buxton, and unless the Twins intend to tank there’s no incentive for Minnesota to include cash simply to move him.
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Surgery for TOS is typically 8 months or more between surgery and taking a big league mound again. Lack of command could be nothing more than rust. However, nerve issues absolutely could manifest with an inability to spin the ball like before and diminished velocity.
