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  1. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Certainly nice to have so many decent or potentially high-upside options available that it makes a guy like Houser expendable. I'm old enough to remember a time when this team would have penciled a pitcher like Houser into at least the #2 spot in their rotation, and been happy with it.
  2. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Risk vs. reward scenario. If all they are going to get is a couple lottery-ticket types, it's probably best to hang onto him as a pen option. I would personally feel much more comfortable handing Houser the ball in a set-up role than most guys they have slated for pen work currently. But if you just simply don't like Houser, I get where you are coming from.
  3. Ron Robinsons Beard
    The difference is that Houser actually has a track record of being very effective pitching out of the pen. Junk and Wilson do not.
  4. Ron Robinsons Beard
    They must have had some sort of inkling that he might be taken in the Rule 5 draft. Guess we'll see if anyone claims him now.
  5. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Perhaps if the team was giving indications that they were preparing for a rebuild, you'd have a point. But the moves they've made, to me at least, scream "reload" and not "rebuild". The trades they've made have been for MLB or close to MLB-ready players. They aren't going to suddenly reverse course and start selling off valuable veterans for 17 year olds while in the midst of a pennant race. I'm not saying that they should 100% avoid finding talent to populate the low minors and instructional leagues, but that has not been the team's recent trend, and it's hard to see that changing until they do decide to go full rebuild.
  6. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I think you have your best and middle case reversed.
  7. Ron Robinsons Beard
    To be fair, while there are reverse splits, Anderson is still loads better against lefties than Keston.
  8. Ron Robinsons Beard
    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.
  9. Ron Robinsons Beard
    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.
  10. Ron Robinsons Beard
    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.
  11. Ron Robinsons Beard
    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.
  12. Ron Robinsons Beard
    $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.
  13. Ron Robinsons Beard
    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.
  14. Ron Robinsons Beard
    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.
  15. Ron Robinsons Beard
    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.
  16. Ron Robinsons Beard
    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.
  17. Ron Robinsons Beard
    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.
  18. Ron Robinsons Beard
    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.
  19. Ron Robinsons Beard
    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.
  20. Ron Robinsons Beard
    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.
  21. Ron Robinsons Beard
    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.
  22. Ron Robinsons Beard
    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.
  23. Ron Robinsons Beard
    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.
  24. Ron Robinsons Beard
    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.
  25. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Because buying free agents is the only way to build a competitive baseball team? Sure, I guess.
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