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  1. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Why does it matter that Castellanos is out there? They already have enough OF and their hole is at 3B. And no he’s not a 3B just like Braun isn’t Because I'm concerned about not having enough lineup protection for Yelich above all else. They still need a big bat. No question about it. If you can get a guy like him, you do it, and figure out positions/playing time later. I don't worry about defense so much with all the shifting etc that goes on now days. You make it work. Bat always plays. That's pretty much where I'm at too. If they aren't going to pony up 4 years and $100 million for Donaldson, I would roll with the next best bat on the free agent market in Castellanos, and simply deal with his defense at 3B. He's not Braun-level bad there. I think they could make it work with the shifts, and the Brewers seem pretty adept at getting their infielders to the point where they are competent out there. I do believe that Castellanos's bat would make this lineup one of the best in the NL, and the guy is only 27.
  2. Ron Robinsons Beard
    By all indications Diaz is a well below avg. thirdbaseman. His arm is, at most, average and he has large negative numbers as a 3B. I doubt seriously that the Astros would part with Gurriel unless Stearns overwhelmed them, which he is very unlikely to do. Very creative thinking of Nunez. A lot of power and a decent thirdbaseman. I have no idea what it would take to get him, but it's the O's so who knows. FWIW, the BTV website has Nunez with a value of 1. On the Brewers side, for example, Supak has a value of 1.1. Nunez (5 years of control) could also be packaged with Givens (value of 8 - 2 years of control). Again, for example, Peralta has a value of 9.4 (5 years of control). If that's what the site has him valued at, the site is wrong.
  3. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Packers offense wasn't great tonight, but did enough despite the bad first quarter. Defense was top notch. The Vikings played a flat out terrible football game, though.
  4. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I think the fairytale is believing that the Brewers are ever going to be one of those teams. Also, there are plenty of teams out there that have proven year after year that spending money doesn't equate to success. Therefore, it would stand to reason that saving money doesn't equal failure.
  5. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Let me know when running a higher payroll equals having a better team. The Brewers have made some cost-cutting moves, but the moves they've made have been with the goal of staying competitive. They are obviously taking a few leaps of faith, so we'll see what happens. But right now this is looking like a pretty competitive squad, as long as they get solid starting pitching.
  6. Ron Robinsons Beard
    It makes sense. The guy had a track record of two very solid to excellent seasons before losing it last year. Baseball GMs aren't stupid. They see a guy who obviously has talent and had a very down year. The Broxton comparison just doesn't work. Broxton has always been an extreme swing-and-miss guy. Shaw has been much better, even going back to his time with the Red Sox
  7. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Right down to the money pretty much. A little more for Smoak, but he was substantially better than Shaw last year. Will be an interesting dynamic to compare the two in 2020.
  8. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Glad to hear this. Hoping for the best for Travis. Hopefully he finds his swing and can make some noise in the AL East. I'm glad he is out of the NL Central, as he's a guy I foresaw potentially figuring things out and being a thorn in the Brewers' side playing somewhere like Pittsburgh or St. Louis. I don't foresee the Blue Jays being good, but if Shaw plays well, he could be a deadline trade chip, and he's young enough to get a good deal in next year's market.
  9. Ron Robinsons Beard
    This is where I'm at as well. The team has made a couple head-scratchers, that's for sure. It's also important to note that they aren't perfect on moves over the last few years, and it's more than likely that a few of these moves they've made this offseason are likely to fail. But most of the moves aren't going to be with an expectation of huge upside either. They've filled a bunch of holes with players with relatively similar grades to those they were replacing. Yeah, not exciting, but depending on what they can figure out at 3B, should be solid.
  10. Ron Robinsons Beard
    This is where I'm at as well. The team has made a couple head-scratchers, that's for sure. It's also important to note that they aren't perfect on moves over the last few years, and it's more than likely that a few of these moves they've made this offseason are likely to fail. But most of the moves aren't going to be with an expectation of huge upside either. They've filled a bunch of holes with players with relatively similar grades to those they were replacing. Yeah, not exciting, but depending on what they can figure out at 3B, should be solid.
  11. Ron Robinsons Beard
    So he deserves the benefit of the doubt, but he sucks? Woof. The poster didn't say that. I don't happen to agree with the post at all really, but that isn't what was said. No, I do not believe they are done with position players. I think they still make a move to cover third. I'll reserve my opinion until I see the whole result but in my opinon being disappointed with this off-season is a very short sighted view. I don't know about that. I mean, he is literally saying that Stearns has proven naysayers wrong and deserves the benefit of the doubt, then immediately goes to the dumpster diving stuff and that the moves are extremely disappointing. Wouldn't that be a pretty strong way of showing displeasure with the GM's job performance?
  12. Ron Robinsons Beard
    So he deserves the benefit of the doubt, but he sucks? Woof. The poster didn't say that. I don't happen to agree with the post at all really, but that isn't what was said. No, I do not believe they are done with position players. I think they still make a move to cover third. I'll reserve my opinion until I see the whole result but in my opinon being disappointed with this off-season is a very short sighted view. I don't know about that. I mean, he is literally saying that Stearns has proven naysayers wrong and deserves the benefit of the doubt, then immediately goes to the dumpster diving stuff and that the moves are extremely disappointing. Wouldn't that be a pretty strong way of showing displeasure with the GM's job performance?
  13. Ron Robinsons Beard
    So he deserves the benefit of the doubt, but he sucks? Woof.
  14. Ron Robinsons Beard
    So he deserves the benefit of the doubt, but he sucks? Woof.
  15. Ron Robinsons Beard
    If they play well, who gives a crap who they played for previously?
  16. Ron Robinsons Beard
    If they play well, who gives a crap who they played for previously?
  17. Ron Robinsons Beard
    As a back up/reserve IF only, I'm not upset with this (but the cost was ridiculous) but we all know that CC will play him more than a back-up/reserve type guy. CC can't not play him, he sees himself in Sogard, and plays him far more innings than should be the case. Lots of people in this very thread have "lauded" this move. If anyone criticizes any move the Brewers make, they are treated like fools. That attitude is getting old. As fans, we are allowed to not like moves, and when that is the case, no one should be made to feel like idiots because they disagree with something. As I have said before, people who constantly make negative posts are just as bad as those that think every move is brilliant. I'm totally skeptical of the Sogard signing. But if they are viewing him as an upgrade to Hernan Perez, I get it. if he's making regular starts at 3B, I'm gonna be pissed. It just remains to be seen what the future holds in this case. In Sogard's case, I don't think the fact that he's a former Brewer should play any role in how he's viewed. What should, though, is that he's a 34-year old career replacement-level middle infielder with little pop up until last season. The Brewers are paying him like they think his breakout last year was real, and that gives me some slight concern that they may be viewing him as a bigger cog in the 2020 team than what he should be.
  18. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Thinking about the little nerd guy having any kind of a large role on this team makes me violently ill. I thought this page was turned a long time ago, yet here we are, starting a new novel. He was just so bad the last time he played here, and it seems people have forgotten just how terrible he was when we released him. Let that sink in, we cut him, released him, and now we are paying him 4.5 million to return. Baseball is strange sometimes. No one is forgetting how bad he was. Also, no one is really lauding this move. If Sogard can match what he did last year, he's a valuable reserve. That's a big if, though. If they signed him to start at 3B, I think most everyone would agree that is universally terrible. But as a utility IF and insurance for a young gun in Urias at SS and a terrible defender at 2B in Hiura, he's probably OK.
  19. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I'm not sure that statement is accurate at all. It's like the people saying the Reds will be bad again, and not challenge for the Central. I think both teams have greatly improved. I never said the Reds will be bad again. I said the Reds are bad until they prove they aren't. The White Sox are in the same boat. "Winning" the offseason doesn't amount to a hill of beans.
  20. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Failed to the tune of a 20+ bWAR career with the Braves. You know how many pitchers have achieved that wearing a Brewer uniform? Hint, you can count them all on one hand, even if that hand is missing some fingers. I like Teheran as a reliable, mid-to-back-end-of-the-rotation guy and would have picked him over Anderson, even with the difference in salary. And this is the primary reason why. Teheran became a full time starter in 2013, and from 2013-2019 he's made 222 starts (32 starts per year) and has thrown 1334 innings (191 innings per year). Over that same time-frame, Anderson has made 108 starts (15 starts per year) and has thrown 591 1/3 innings (84 innings per season). The other thing is that people will knock Teheran on his peripherals, but the bottom line is run prevention and Teheran has posted a better ERA than FIP for SEVEN consecutive seasons. Over the last three seasons his ERA has been 4.09 and it dropped when going from 2017 to 2018 and then dropped again when going from 2018 to 2019. Looking at durability and run prevention, I think he's a really solid investment at 9 million. You're missing the point. Of all the ultra-hyped Braves pitchers over the years, Teheran was probably the most hyped of all. I mean, we're talking Future Cy Young, 20-game-winner, multiple All-Star appearance future #1 Ace for the next decade kind of hype. He's been fine, but when you consider that the best thing you can say about a guy who was that hyped up is that "at least he's been durable", something is wrong.
  21. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I have absolutely no issues with Sogard as the team's utility infielder. He'd make for a great late-inning Hiura replacement and perhaps even one of the team's better pinch hitters. I'm also about 97% sure that is the role the Brewers have him pegged for in 2020. If the Brewers are banking on Eric Sogard being their primary 3B, or platooning with a guy like Ryon Healy, that is going to be extremely disappointing. I won't go so far as to say that would be punting on getting near the same production at they got the last few years from the 3B position, but it is inching toward that territory.
  22. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Just another ultra-hyped Braves pitcher flame-out. I don't know if I've ever seen a team get more hype and national publicity over the years for supposedly churning out top-notch, high-end pitching, yet they are grabbing trash pitchers every year to make up for their "high-end" guys consistently failing.
  23. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Take a look at the 40-man roster. There are several guys on it who could pretty easily be outrighted and likely kept in the organization if they wanted them. Even if the 40-man is full, it far from means they are done tinkering.
  24. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Smoak played 684 games for Toronto but only 496 games for Seattle. He was drafted by Oakland and made his major league debut with Texas. This is like suggesting Gary Sheffield was mostly a Brewer just because he played his first 300 games there. You don't understand. Smoak is not the only ex Mariner Stearnes has signed. He's not even the second. So What?
  25. Ron Robinsons Beard
    You have certainly made your feelings on Brett Anderson perfectly clear and obvious.
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