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  1. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Disagree. Arroyo is a long-time MLB player. And he likely has a late March/early April opt-out. So if he doesn't make the team out of Spring Training, I doubt he sees any time in Nashville. This is basically a non-roster MLB Spring Training invite.
  2. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Pop yes ... but those batting average numbers are a dumpster fire.
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    Joey Votto is 40 years old, and as most senior players tend to do, has fought injuries the last two seasons while putting up basically below replacement-level numbers. The batting average, and with that his once-coveted OBP, has plummeted. Yes, he's a former MVP and multiple time All Star. But he hasn't been good in a couple years. If there is one positive, its that his power numbers have managed to stay relatively decent. He's always hit well at Am Fam Field, which tends to boost lefty power hitters. But even with those factors, we aren't likely looking at much upside, unless some kind of crazy career resurgence comes out of nowhere. And that typically doesn't happen with 40-year-old power hitters.
  5. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Even before the accusations, Bauer was a guy well-known as a Class A jerk. But Josh Donaldson seemed to work out ok last year, so ....
  6. Ron Robinsons Beard
    This idea has been repeated to you over and over again, but you have yet to fully comprehend it. EVERY TEAM MAKES ACQUISITIONS LIKE THIS! This is how MLB baseball works in the offseason. You can certainly negotiate with free agents, but they have no deadline on when they need to sign. It's the beginning of January. Players won't even be reporting for Spring Training for another 5-6 weeks.
  7. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Back to Nola .... IMO this is a solid reclamation-type project. He's been a solid offensive contributor in the past, and while it is doubtful that he's suddenly going to find his prime-years bat at 34, he's a solid veteran capable of playing multiple positions, and someone they can stash in Nashville until he either gets hot enough to warrant a call-up, or hits his opt-out date (whatever that may be).
  8. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Probably not. The trade is kind of a nothingburger. Two bottom-of-the-roster types for an injured, marginal prospect. About as BLAH of a deal as you're gonna get. Definitely not moving any needles in any significant direction.
  9. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I think we as fans are often guilty of putting more value on certain players than what their actual value is in the eyes of MLB GMs. I'm sure Arnold shopped Taylor and Houser. It is likely that other teams knew there was a good chance that both would be non-tendered. Taylor just doesn't fit into the prospective roster construction. Houser probably does, but his prospective arb salary creates a cost/benefit problem. I get that both of these guys have been kicking around this organization for a long time, but its safe to say that neither has really fulfilled the high promise they once had. And while there is still value in players like that, veterans who kick around the bottom end of teams' 25- and 40-man rosters are pretty regularly moved in deals like this.
  10. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Judging by the return the Brewers got, I assume that both Taylor and Houser were probably on the negative end of the tender/non-tender discussion. The Mets stepped in and offered a marginally-valued nugget, and saved the Brewers the need to have to inform two of the longest tenured players on the MLB roster that their services were no longer going to be required. I've always been a Houser fan, so this one hurts. He was the last one standing from that incredible 2015 deal that netted Josh Hader, among other contributors. I think, if anything, this trade signals a commitment to youth. Churio/Mitchell/Frelick/Weimer ... Ashby/Gasser. I think they signed Joe Ross to basically serve Houser's role, at probably a higher upside and fraction of the cost. I think it's important to remember that it's only Dec. 21. The 2024 Opening Day roster is far from set. This is typically the kind of move that starts a domino effect of more substantial moves.
  11. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Cueing up the snarky, sarcastic and ill-thought-out "World Series here we come" hot takes in 5 ... 4 ... 3 ...
  12. Ron Robinsons Beard
    And only acquire names who would be familiar to even the most novice baseball fan, apparently.
  13. Ron Robinsons Beard
    LOL, these are basically February contracts they are giving out in December. But if it gets the hot stove fired up a bit more ...
  14. Ron Robinsons Beard
    The Rangers have some very nice prospects, but like the Brewers, many of them are outfielders. That said, Evan Carter and Wyatt Langford are stud OF prospects, and Brock Porter is a very projectable TOR-type starting pitcher, although he's only 20.
  15. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I remember similar snarky posts when the Brewers acquired Bryce Wilson last year. He ended up being a stud. That of course doesn't guarantee that Clarke will work out, but this team has put up a pretty solid batting average on pitchers of similar histories.
  16. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Sweeney is also 6'2" and a solid 215 pounds with only adequate athleticism for the SS position as it stands. He was noted during the draft process as a guy who may need to eventually move to 1B or the corner OF. He has played some 3B, but has fringy arm strength for that position.
  17. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Vivas is a legit high-end 22-year-old prospect. I believe he was Top 15 in a loaded Dodgers system before the trade. Now slotted in as New York's #10 prospect.
  18. Ron Robinsons Beard
    This guy has always been a gamer, and has played hurt in the past. I've never once questioned his toughness or dedication to the game. There has to be something underlying here that he can't get past. To say he isn't playing because he doesn't want to comes off as kinda disingenuous. If he quit on the team, there are protocols they can go through as far as suspending and not paying him. But no one has said a peep about that.
  19. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Mitchell had a shoulder injury. That shouldn't have any effect on his speed.
  20. Ron Robinsons Beard
    For years I've been hoping for the Brewers to draft a big, strong power-hitting Scott Rolen type to man the hot corner, but they've always shied away from that type of player in favor of smaller, more positionally versatile defenders, to varying degrees of success (mostly underwhelming). Wilken certainly seems like a change in that philosophy, as. physically at least, he's a Rolen clone. I'm excited to see how he works out moving forward. It would be awesome to have the perpetual hole at 3B sewn up for the next decade.
  21. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I'd imagine that those two option years (and their value) were a key component to getting Chourio and his representation to sign off on this deal.
  22. Ron Robinsons Beard
    So many have been long clamoring for a shift in philosophy, getting away from so many all-or-nothing, low-contact bats in favor of guys who are going to put balls in play and get on base. And now that we have an exciting, uber-talented 23-year-old who does just that, we have posters advocating trading him away? No. Just no.
  23. Ron Robinsons Beard
    He's not saying anything that wasn't an expectation. Arnold telling McCalvy yesterday that they expect Burnes to be a Brewer is basically GM-speak for "we don't need to move him, but go ahead and shoot your shot" to other GMs.
  24. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I highly doubt that, come the end of this deal, there will be much consternation whether those options get picked up. The Brewers are banking on him being a star, which will make them a bargain. But if he isn't, you pay the cheap buyout and move on.
  25. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I wouldn't mind him coming back, as long as he wasn't considered the major component of the deal. Considering his major injury concerns and the fact that he hasn't exactly lived up to the immense promise he had as a prospect, I can't imagine he would be.
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