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I would dig the Brewers acquiring Bellinger, plays great defense, runs well, and has hit well this year. Regrettably he’s still a “star” player and his terrific production (bWAR of 2.5 in 60 games) this year means Cubs will get a decent return when they trade him. Likely too rich for the Brewers’ blood. -
Talk is one thing, but the Angels have never been a team that “sells”. It’s a headline but I’d be surprised if he was actually dealt.
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Correction, he’s actually owed $115 million through the end of ‘27 but his Cardinals extension allows that money to be deferred. Still has no trade clause as far as what’s been published
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Arenado has a full no trade clause and approximately 100 million dollars guaranteed between now and the end of ‘26, and no future contributions from Colorado after ‘this year. Since he’s cost prohibitive to all but the largest market teams, and can dictate where he goes, the likelihood he’s traded is realistically nil.
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Pointing to a list again, they’re meaningless like a best dressed at the Oscars list. In fact all the comments I originally made about Frelick Misorowski and Black which you disagreed with most of, were in fact made by Keith Law, so what’s that tell you. Anyways, Robert has an bwar of 4.1 at the All-Star break, they’re not going to trade him. Even assuming for the purpose of argument they did, the Sox would in fact get those “can’t miss prospects” offered in return, the very type of prospects the Brewers simply don’t have enough of.
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You think every team has 20 minor league players who have a realistic shot at becoming notable major leaguers? If you do, there’s no reason to discuss the matter further.
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You’re right I don’t put much stock in prospect lists because they’re junk. For example, tomorrow 30 or so players in current top 100 lists will magically be 30 dropped from those lists despite no causal action or inaction by the player. Rather names need to be cleared to make room for the amateur players who were just drafted in the first round and have yet to play a professional inning. I’m certainly not an expert on the minor leagues because I don’t really care about it or have time for it. I do know a team is lucky if 1 or 2 players on a Top 20 list become notable major league players. I read articles from major publications written by folks who have actually seen these players in person multiple times. I just don’t put value in what somebody writes based on a player’s draft position, video compilation clips, and stat sheets. . In the context of the players I mentioned previously those are opinion statements from journalists who have actually seen the players play and are probably more true than not.
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I think fans on this site, not unexpectedly, value Brewer prospects than most other sources do. Maybe outside Chourio, most of the players you cite have legitimate concerns about their game: Frelick-lack of major league power, Misiorowski-lack of major league command, Black- fringy major league arm, lack of MLB caliber power. Face it, none of these guys are blue chippers in the vein of players like De La Cruz , Kris Bryant, Carroll, Bryce Harper where the only question is how big a star they would be in the majors. This is why most of the pundits rank their system in the middle of the pack: lack of impact talent close to the majors and lack of overall depth. Lets not forget, less than a year ago Brice Turang was one of their top prospects (a player so far looks like a slick fielding no hit infielder), Point is: even if Rick Hahn inexplicably decided to trade Robert, he would have much better packages of players to choose from than anything the Brewers could muster.
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No, Robert is under control through 2027, at a total cost of $67 million. Surely, the White Sox will sell off what short term pieces they can later this month, and I suppose in the purest sense every player on every is available at the right price. However, an All-Star CFer (4.1 bwar through 90 games) with a contract like Roberts’, the Brewers don’t have enough blue chippers to interest the White Sox in trade. Also keep in mind, the Sox have a good number of players under contract/control for at least 3 more years: Robert, Jimenez, Moancada, Vaughn, Burger, Cease, Crochet that’s too much talent for a team to “blow it up” and start over.
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Keston Hiura has a .984 OPS in Nashville
Jopal78 replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Let me put it more bluntly and you can have the final word as far as I’m concerned: Who cares what his stats were last year? He was given a shot to make the team this spring failed to do so, was cut, and every other team in both leagues passed on him. That tells you all we need to know about the importance of his statistics from last year. That tells you all we need to know about the importance of his statistics from last year. There is a reason/s Hiura is not on the Brewers 40 man roster. Repeatedly pointing out the obvious, that Winker has not played well, and citing Hiura’s has stats either from last year or from AAA doesn’t really move this debate anywhere. -
Keston Hiura has a .984 OPS in Nashville
Jopal78 replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I don’t believe Hiura has “found something” at this point. He is who he is. Call him up and he’ll likely be a low OBP hitter with homeruns. Nonetheless here’s a few thoughts. The Brewers use Contreras at DH 15% of the time. They’ve used their other position players at DH 41% of the time. Hiura doesn’t play defense and while he might play 1B, 2B or LF he is a liability in the field. So one reason is how the Brewers use their DH position. They rotate players through at DH the majority of the time. Another is the Brewers are a “pitching and defense” team, a guy like Hiura who is a liability everywhere he plays isn’t an ideal fit. And his inability to make contact hurts him as a PH too. Third, Winker isn’t going to play 1B and doesn’t play OF often. With a 10 million dollar salary, it’s not cheap for the Brewers so (rightly or wrongly)he probably gets chance after chance to give them some return on their money. Fourth, the great unknown, the Team brass knows these players better than game tape and stat sheet, and based n that inside knowledge they prefer their roster as currently constructed . -
Keston Hiura has a .984 OPS in Nashville
Jopal78 replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
It is though you assume the Brewers brass hasn’t looked at a stat sheet. Come on, Instead of being a broken record maybe come up with some hypothesis as to why Hiura isn’t on the 40 man roster despite your opinions on his fit. -
Preller seemingly has compromising photos of the owner or something as he’s been there a looong time (2015) has had one winning season outside Covid Ball. Never won 90 games even, and has hamstrung them with several contracts that run into the 2030s.
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Bingo. Though the Brewers shouldn’t trade any of their key prospects this year. Adding one veteran hitter isn’t going to vault them into the upper half of the league in hitting. Plus, with a sea change of players likely leaving in the next year or so: Caratini, Tellez, Adames, Burnes, Woodruff, Houser, Miley, Teheran, Winker, Anderson etc., they will need those prospects. In all likelihood the Brewers try to get incrementally better where they can acquire players cheaply in terms of prospect capital (like Matt Bush in ‘22, Daniel Norris in ‘21, Jordan Lyles in ‘19 etc.).
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Luke Voit has an OPS of over 1.000 in Syracuse…. Oh wait.
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The Mets are not going to eat cash just to do it. Like their most recent trade where they ate Flexen’s contract in order to get Trevor Gott for their pen and who they can control. Given the Brewers outlook it doesn’t make much sense to trade real assets for a 1B, If anything , given the GMs comments about Woodruff and improvement from within, they’ll probably dumpster dive for some veterans they can get in exchange for minor league depth pieces and taking on cash.
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Of course it is, that’s the risk of being a deadline buyer and acquiring controllable talent. They were in first place when they made that deal and choked down the stretch. It’s really no different than the Brewers with Sabathia. The outcome was different (made playoffs) so it’s easier to swallow, but the Brewers traded away a player who has a 35 career WAR; who made 5 all star teams, and but for injuries would be on a 3,000 career hit track.
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No, you’re right I knew they passed on Abbott for another college player, got the year wrong. Argument still stands as Russell Smith appears to have been a cost saving selection and so far doesn’t look like a major leaguer.
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Think the Brewers wish they could do the Freddy Zamora pick over again? Abbott is in the majors and looks legit. Zamora , another college player, is still in AA and doesn’t have a clear path to Milwaukee even if his play warranted it.
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Nope, my statement remains 100% correct. His BB:9 in AAA is in fact higher than those other two. Maybe he’s turned the corner with his command. The Brewers could use some good news from the farm system. But keep in mind there is a reason pitchers are being signed off the street and going right to the major leagues while guys like Gasser and Small cool their heels in AAA.
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Gasser is walking more batters per 9 in AAA than did Colin Rea and Jason Alexander. That’s why he has yet to be a viable option for the major league team.
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This is the truth. The Brewers hitters outside Yelich and Contreras have been awful this year. Nobody has even gone on a lengthy hot streak in a very long time. Therefore, perceptions get altered, and a guy with a good month gets viewed as something more. I don’t think anyone here would have Owen Miller in their list of the ten or fifteen best middle infielders in the Division, and most likely he wouldn’t be starting regularly for any other team in the Division either (Miller has started 50 of 74 games for the Brewers). So it’s sad for us fans that the Brewer hitters are so bad, and thus we end up acknowledging the achievement of Brewer hitters being mediocre.
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And here is where we can agree to disagree. Hernan Perez has a career OPS of .680 and is out of the major leagues. The Brewers paid cash for a guy who has been worse so far in his career.
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But that’s the point, I didn’t make you part of the argument. Your opinion was dumb, and I was literally curious if you were joking or trying to keep the posts fresh because you own the place and clicks and traffic mean dollars.
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It’s not passive aggressive. If want to call picking up a journeyman utility infielder with a career OPS if .650 for cash considerations “a hell of a deal”. Fine. Then I’m equally free to assume you don’t know what you’re talking about when it comes to Brewers baseball, Dude. For example, picking up Jesus Aguilar from Cleveland for nothing, then having him make an All Star team is a “hell of a deal” to me. There is a difference between sarcasm and passive-aggressive. Too often folks with thin skin cry passive-aggressive when their opinion is met with sarcasm. I don’t think I can be any more direct in disagreeing with your opinion here.
