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  1. The Raiders are 100% in that situation. They have a playoff-level amount of skill position talent, a massive hole at QB, and a Las Vegas fanbase they are trying to drum up excitement in. The fit almost makes too much sense to actually work.
  2. The guy in the video on the home page here speculated it would be Singleton. Personally, if I were Tyson Miller, I'd feel nervous. With Anderson's ability to play OF, Blake Perkins's days on the 40-man could potentially be numbered as well. Alexander is also a solid choice, although his ability to swing between starting and relieving might mak then see him as a solid depth candidate.
  3. I think it's more of an "eye test" assessment. Urias does not have the typical body type that most fans think of when they picture their ideal 3B. But he's actually been fine there both defensively and on the offensive side. The nice thing about him is that he also has the ability to play an above-average 2B, and he's probably more of a sure thing as a lineup regular than simply handing a starting job to Turang out of Spring Training.
  4. Yes, it is the type of deal that likely guarantees him a roster spot. But it isn't the type of deal that is going to keep him from being DFA'd if he sucks. It's actually pretty similar to what they gave Brock Holt and Jedd Gyorko a few years ago. Pretty low risk.
  5. $5.5 million max deal for a solid bounceback candidate with a decent track record at the position of need. I would think that the chance of Anderson bouncing back at 29 years old is substantially higher than Mike Moustakas bouncing back at 34 ... even if Moose bounced a little bit higher at his peak.
  6. I think you are underestimating the amount of revenue acquiring Rodgers would bring in for a team. Not only would a team trade for him, if there were more than one team involved, it could very likely turn into a bidding war.
  7. At worst he doesn't make it out of Spring Training. At best, the Brewers have a solid above-average starting 3B, enabling Urias to jump over to 2B, where he should be able to come close to replicating Wong's numbers. If he's somewhere in the middle, he's a versatile platoon player who grades out pretty well defensively at 3B and in the corner OF, and should be able to provide some of the right-handed power that they lost with Renfroe.
  8. There are certainly some free agents remaining that would be solid fits on this roster. 1B Trey Mancini - He would be a great bat to have, especially against left-handed pitchers, He could platoon with Tellez and see time as a DH and even in the corner OF. 3B Brian Anderson - Another versatile guy who can see time at 3B, 1B and in the OF. Having him would allow the Brewers to move Urias to 2B if they don't feel Turang is quite ready for a full time role. LHP Andrew Chafin - Having him around would go a long way toward shoring up the pen and once again making it a potential strength. UTL Tommy La Stella - Would be a decent veteran bat to have on the bench. Can play most anywhere. I mean, Jedd Gyorko worked out a few years ago. There are lots of interesting relievers still out there as well.
  9. Being a fan of the Milwaukee Brewers is the ultimate lesson in "life is a journey, so enjoy the trip." I suppose that is the case even if you never reach your destination.
  10. Not me. Turning a lottery ticket into Freddy is a pretty major aberration, and definitely not the norm in these types of deals. Most of the time these deals for projectable teens amount to nothing. I'd much rather have Houser's solid MLB arm on the roster for the next 3 years during this contention window, than a hope and prayer we, even in a best-case won't see until at least its rebuild time. Contending teams don't deal off pieces that they consider part of their immediate plans for shots in the dark, unless extenuating circumstances come into play.
  11. Not me. Turning a lottery ticket into Freddy is a pretty major aberration, and definitely not the norm in these types of deals. Most of the time these deals for projectable teens amount to nothing. I'd much rather have Houser's solid MLB arm on the roster for the next 3 years during this contention window, than a hope and prayer we, even in a best-case won't see until at least its rebuild time. Contending teams don't deal off pieces that they consider part of their immediate plans for shots in the dark, unless extenuating circumstances come into play.
  12. Agreed. I think Lauer probably brings back a substantially better package given that he's younger than Houser, has had more recent and consistent success, and is a lefty. I guess I just like the idea of Houser working out of the pen better than getting a handful of 18-year-olds for him if that's all that's out there.
  13. Agreed. I think Lauer probably brings back a substantially better package given that he's younger than Houser, has had more recent and consistent success, and is a lefty. I guess I just like the idea of Houser working out of the pen better than getting a handful of 18-year-olds for him if that's all that's out there.
  14. If all they are going to get, though, is lottery tickets, wouldn't it be more prudent just to hang onto him? Even if he isn't in the rotation, he's proven that he can be a solid if not close to dominant reliever. If the team is truly in a contention window, that alone makes Houser is a very useful piece.
  15. If all they are going to get, though, is lottery tickets, wouldn't it be more prudent just to hang onto him? Even if he isn't in the rotation, he's proven that he can be a solid if not close to dominant reliever. If the team is truly in a contention window, that alone makes Houser is a very useful piece.
  16. Small and Ashby have been on a similar trajectory for a few years now, and I was sort of expecting both to be up and make an MLB impact in the same general time frame. But it isn't surprising that Ashby is making the leap while Small isn't. Ashby has the raw stuff to get away with periodically spotty command, but Small simply doesn't. Small has the ability to be a solid MLB pitcher, but he's never going to have the raw stuff that Ashby has, so unless he can harness his command and basically become a finesse lefty, I fear he'll never make an impact.
  17. I suppose he could be complaining because the Brewers haven't signed any of their young guys to extensions, but I kinda doubt it. I guess I could be wrong, but he appears to be upset because the team hasn't signed any free agents of note. I guess I was just pointing out that there are more ways to skin a cat.
  18. Because buying free agents is the only way to build a competitive baseball team? Sure, I guess.
  19. The guy is an enigma, plain and simple. He's a RHH who can't touch lefties, strikes out at an astronomical, excess Rob Deer-like rate and plays defense about as well as I do with my 42-year-old body and bad knee. Maybe we need to accept that, while he maybe was a little mismanaged last year, perhaps he's also simply not very good.
  20. Right ... valuations that don't make sense. Yes, Tatis is 7 years younger than Yelich, but he's locked into a deal that is more than double the contract that Yelich signed, and pays him through his age 35 season in 2034. Yelich's deal pays him through age 36 in 2029. It seems that Yelich's down last few years have negatively affected his value at a MUCH greater ratio than Tatis missing all of 2022 according to that website. I don't deny that Tatis should have more value moving forward based on his age alone, but saying that Yelich has $-112.2 million in value, while saying Tatis has $112.5 million is pure foolish poppycock.
  21. The Grisham/Davies for Urias/Lauer deal appeared to be highway robbery in the Brewers' favor before they retroactively went in and adjusted values about 30 minutes after the trade went down. You are correct ... teams make dumb trades from time to time. But, I am going to trust an MLB team's valuation of a player over an open source website run by fans every time. BTV is a fun site to mess with if you are bored. But there are people out there who treat it as gospel, and it is far from that, in my opinion.
  22. Right ... it takes two to tango, and every other team in the majors has seen Keston put up three seasons of pretty terrible ABs now. But all it takes is one team who believes they can fix him I suppose.
  23. The fact that Hiura hasn't been dumped yet may be an indication that they consider him part of their future plans. I can't imagine his leash is very long, though. He has no more option years left, and simply cannot continue to K at a 40+% clip if he ever wants to be a major league contributor.
  24. The fact that Hiura hasn't been dumped yet may be an indication that they consider him part of their future plans. I can't imagine his leash is very long, though. He has no more option years left, and simply cannot continue to K at a 40+% clip if he ever wants to be a major league contributor.
  25. All you have to do is go back a couple weeks to the Brewers trade for Contreras. It is obvious that they were undervaluing Estuary Ruiz pretty significantly. Also, going back a little further, they missed so much on the Grisham/Davies for Urias/Lauer deal that they actually retroactively went in and adjusted their player values (raising Grisham significantly and lowering Urias significantly) to make it appear as though the deal was more even, instead of being lopsided in the Brewers favor. It is a fun thing, but it is 100% put together by fans, and is FAR from scientific or accurate.
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