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Bruce since 2017: .301/.474 Gracia since 2017: .336/.456 (Those numbers also include the two best years of Garcia’s career.) If you can have Bruce for just his salary, what GM would give up any capital to acquire basically the same guy with a 10 million dollar salary to boot.
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Looks like Jay Bruce will opt out of his deal with the Yankees. The Sox could sign him up without giving up anything. The difference between Bruce and Garcia is likely de minimis. Plus players like Puig are sitting at home without deals.
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Sure is a bear market on the Cubs in this thread. They still have five really good hitters: Rizzo, Bryant, Baez, Contreras and Happ. Kyle Hendricks is a top of the rotation starter and Zach Davies is a quality starting pitcher. Alec Mills, Trevor Williams and Arrieta are okay if unspectacular. There's some questions in their bullpen, but unless their hitters fall on their faces early and the break up the team, they have enough talent to compete for the division.
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As a silly aside, if the Cubs flounder and break up their core wouldn’t it be satisfying for them to have to face two of their own former prospects they traded away (Vogelbach and McKinney) 15 times this year?
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Spring Training Battle: 3B (and SS and UT)
Jopal78 replied to brewerfan82's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
...or Arcia sees his future isn’t in Milwaukee and this year and next year represent the difference between fighting for a job as a journeyman shortstop or getting a multi-year guarantee somewhere so he is hyper motivated to max out every drop of his talent. -
They won’t keep Taylor (who has options) over Vogelbach. As a 6th outfielder he wouldn’t play.
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There is a reason Taylor is entering his 10th! season with the organization and has less than 75 major league at bats; and it has nothing to do with his talents being underappreciated. In fact, one could say the Brewers have been very patient with Taylor. For example, in the 2nd round of the 2012 draft 15 teams drafted a player(s) out of high school with their pick(s).Tyrone Taylor is the only one still with his original organization. Of the 17 high school players taken in the 2nd round of the 2012 draft, 10 of the 17 high school players selected in the 2nd round were jettisoned by their original organization without every seeing time in the major leagues. Only four of the 17 saw time in the majors with the club who drafted them (Taylor, Carson Kelly, Dylan Cozens and Duane Underwood Jr.). It's easy to get lost in the major league small sample size, spring training stats or the thin air in the PCL; however Tyrone Taylor is basically a CFer with speed who doesn't steel a lot of bases, doesn't get on base exceptionally well or hit for power. He's a fringe major leaguer who's best assets right now are his remaining option and major league minimum salary.
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I don’t think Zimmermann would stay in Appleton if he doesn’t make the roster. He would try to catch on elsewhere or simply retire
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I think Vogelbach is the better hitter too, but we’re talking about someone who is going to be the 2nd pinch hitter, spot starter at 1B and maybe a DH once in awhile. Who’s more likely to stay fresh with sporadic playing time. I have no guess
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Free Agent Signing Thread (Non-Brewers)
Jopal78 replied to Eye Black's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Isn’t that really it though? Every player seems likeable with an interviewer throwing them soft ball questions or flattering them. It’s no different than any other walk of life. For example, the person you work with may seem great for the time you see them at work and maybe a terrible person outside work. You’d never know. Whatever is up with Jeffress, if anything, the fans would be the last to know. -
They should take these type of no risk chances on any pitcher who once was a “name”
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2 jacks today and the ability to play 1B McKinney is going to make the 26 man. Will be interesting to see what happens with Vogelbach.
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How many games are the Brewers going to see a left handed starter? The Cubs have no lefties in their rotation. Wade Miley is the only LH starter in the Reds rotation, the Cardinals have one lefty, Kim, in their rotation, and the Pirates have two in Brault and Tyler Anderson if both are in the rotation. Most of the other NL Clubs such as Atlanta, New York, Philadelphia, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, and Arizona have one a piece. The Brewers might see a left handed starter once a week, and there's solid odds that they'll miss at least half of the "tough lefties" in the National League (Kershaw, Snell, Patrick Corbin, Max Fried) with 6 or 7 games against each non-division club.
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Tim Dillard, Vinny Rottino join Brewers broadcast team
Jopal78 replied to markedman5's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
i don't believe that pregame and postgame analysis by fox sports wisconsin has ever been included in mlb.tv streaming, and the youtube tv and facebook live streams of brewers games have employed talent outside of fox sports wisconsin, no? (i remember dan plesac calling a game or two.) I have MLB.TV streaming, the broadcast ends about 45 seconds after the final out of the game. -
Don’t look now, but Shelby Miller has been lights out for the Cubs this spring so far and should open with the big league team. Kudos to the Brewers for taking no risk flyers on every pitcher who used to be a “name”. They might get lucky someday and find one who has something left in the tank. As for Zimmermann he looks spent, and probably will try to look for another major league job before hanging up the spikes.
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Boxberger and Zimmermann sure have not pitched like there is anything left in the tank. However, absent some other veteran coming aboard, the most grizzled veteran coming out of the pen would be Suter with all of 250 major league innings under his belt. While I don't think it matters not having a journeyman veteran arm out of the pen, Milwaukee seems to have one every year with varying results: David Phelps, Alex Wilson, Dan Jennings, JJ Hoover, Jared Hughes, Tommy Millone, Blaine Boyer etc. That suggests to me one of Boxberger or Zimmermann will have a real chance of making the team.
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But it’s apples and oranges. The Rays have a talent laden system where they can trade players as they get expensive because they already have players in house to step in. Milwaukee by contrast doesn’t have MLB ready talent to step in. The cupboards are bare when it comes to elite talent and/or mlb ready talent
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First of all, an assertion that the Brewers may have the fewest question marks of any team in baseball is ....questionable to put it generously..If you read carefully it actually says Division Secondly, I've been on record numerous times stating that I am perfectly content and even *pleased* to keep Hader because I also believe we are a contending team. Okay I simply stated (and others such as Reilly agreed) that if we were to deal Hader, I would want the greatest possible return, not necessarily the most MLB ready return. I suppose it depends on your definition of "greatest". A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. In other words, more probably true than not, greatest possible return IS MLB ready players. Less risk than high ceiling players multiple levels away from the majors And finally, Stearns/Arnold could trade Hader for Dominguez today, have Dominguez totally flame out and never play an inning in MLB, and they're still not getting fired for it. Again ready carefully, it says if they "break up a playoff caliber team"
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Freddy Peralta being stretched out as a starter?
Jopal78 replied to TURBO's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I hope Peralta makes the rotation especially if he bumps Lindblom from it. Lindblom may throw 5 different pitches, but he seemingly is always doing more battle with his command than he is the batter at the plate. It is questionable if he will maintain his 2020 FIP, going forward when teams see him multiple times and have video to watch. -
Which is why teams don’t trade all star pitchers for 18 year old kids. Dominguez is not exactly your average 18 year old kid, he has the possible ceiling of a Mike Trout. And if he became even half as good as Trout, trading any reliever for him would be a homerun return. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way in baseball. There are teams trying to compete, there are teams trying to rebuild, and there’s a couple that perpetually spin their wheels like the Angels and Rockies. You’d be spot on if the Brewers were a 90 loss team, but they’re not. They are trying to win and may have the fewest question marks of any team in their division. Breaking up a playoff caliber roster to get some A-ball player who may be awesome in three years is video game stuff, real GMs will never do it because it probably means getting fired in the process. There’s just no pleasing sports fans though. A team can be a joke for twenty years and finally achieve consistent success yet their fans want them to blow it up and play for some mythical day in the future.
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Dominguez swings like Eric Thames. I have my doubts. He just turned 18 last month. I don't think you'll ever find a fully developed 18 year old prospect. Which is why teams don’t trade all star pitchers for 18 year old kids.
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Every player on every team is available, for the right price. I think Milwaukee's General Manager's comments are congruent with that thought. As others have stated, the Brewers are trying to win now, trading Hader makes it more difficult for them to win now. Moreover, trading players from their major league roster for players who won't help the Brewers win for multiple seasons down the road is counter productive to what they are trying to do. As such, the "right price" for Hader should be, and by all accounts is, very high.
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Conversely, why would the Brewers trade arguably the best relief pitcher in the game for a 20 year old kid who has yet to play more than 3 games above Rookie Ball. Literally he could be the second coming of Mickey Mantle or just as likely fizzle out in AA.
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Spring Training Battle: 3B (and SS and UT)
Jopal78 replied to brewerfan82's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
With Robertson on a major league deal, he’s all but certain to break camp with the club. Thus, if Urias doesn’t win the starting shortstop job, he probably should be optioned to AAA. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to have a 23 year old sitting the bench as the 2nd utility infielder. That would also allow them to keep Fisher and then either McKinney or Vogelbach. McKinney has versatility, but Vogelbach has some successful major league experience. -
Spring Training Battle: 3B (and SS and UT)
Jopal78 replied to brewerfan82's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
The number of strike outs is irrelevant it’s the percentage of at bats where struck out which is close to 30% of the time. Not a bad depth option, but there’s a reason he’s a ten year minor leaguer with his third organization.
