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Brewers sign Left-Handed RP Dan Jennings
Ron Robinsons Beard replied to Brewer Fever's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Jennings would seemingly make Drake redundant. I imagine Williams will be up. Brewers will need to clear a 40-man spot for Jennings, though. -
Anyone want to set odds that Drake is used in a key situation sometime in the first couple games? In more than his weird reverse-split LOOGY role? I'd say 2:1.
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I would choose a different word for my description. Stearns managed to take an already odd roster construction and make it worse. I know the roster is likely to change within the next week, but it seems we have the only GM in the majors who still values corner outfielders and first basemen. He's collecting them like baseball cards. When baseball cards were a bigger deal, 10- and 11-man pitching staffs were the norm. We're going with an early '90s-style roster! Maybe Stearns is banking on the NL adopting the DH quicker than we all think? He's four-deep at that position!
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I would choose a different word for my description. Stearns managed to take an already odd roster construction and make it worse. I know the roster is likely to change within the next week, but it seems we have the only GM in the majors who still values corner outfielders and first basemen. He's collecting them like baseball cards.
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Bullpen guy would likely replace Choi or one of the other 18 first basemen on the team. The way the roster is constructed currently, they are probably two relievers short.
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Incredibly interesting. My guess is they are trying to sign someone like Daniel Hudson or Dan Jennings.
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@Haudricourt Follow Follow @Haudricourt More Stearns on likelihood of external pitching move: "We're continuing to explore it... I do think we're gaining some traction in that area. I don't know if we'll get anything done but we'll see where it leads." That's interesting
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Oliver Drake makes the team, and Taylor Williams does not. That is disappointing.
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Well, assuming he lived his life right, his ceiling is even higher now
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Meet your 2018 Milwaukee Brewers - Orlando Arcia and 24 1st Basemen!
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That's fair. This is definitely related to the outfield log-jam though, and started with a conversation about wanting to give Phillips more of a chance. Signing Cain after they acquired Yelich was a pretty big surprise and many here still question it. It's fair to be for or against the signing and for or against trading him if they stumble, but acting like trading him is some kind of taboo under the circumstances is zealously conservative. Trading him during the latter portion of his contract is feasible. But trading him during the 2018 season, regardless of how the team fares, just isn't going to happen. If Phillips is ever going to be a regular in the team's OF in the next 3 years, it's going to be either in RF or due to a long-term Cain injury.
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#14 pick is not in play for OBJ
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I can't wait until Voght comes back and we have three catchers on the roster. LOL, to go along with their 14 1B/corner OFers?
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Packers are not in on OBJ as of right now. They are monitoring his market, though, and there is interest. Gute was a huge advocate for trading for Randy Moss back in 2007, and believes the team missed the boat on what possibly would have been the piece needed to put them over the top. Right now the Giants are asking for two #1 picks. That asking price will likely come down, but not by much. My personal thought - I wonder if the Giants may be tempted by Randall Cobb and either a 2018 2nd rounder or a 2019 1st rounder?
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I have never questioned signing Cain, except that it was puzzling that they signed him without making an upgrade to the pitching staff. But I also believe that Stearns had a plan in place to upgrade the staff, and that plan has fallen through, which has gotten us to the point where we are. I have come to believe that the Cain move was both a short and long-term move, in the hope that a player with his skillset will maintain his health and value into his mid-30s. Is there a risk there? Certainly. But I personally like the approach over, say, signing junk such as Jarrod Dyson to start until you deem a player like Corey Ray is "ready". Any attempt to trade Cain in the first year of his contract would be absolute marketing suicide. It is admitting that the team is bad, and will likely be bad for the next 4-5 years. That would completely defy everything that the team has done this offseason as far as acquiring players and making commitments to young, talented players. That is why I am 100% sure it will not happen in 2018, and probably 99.5% sure it won't happen in 2019. If we get to 2020, and the team is not a contender, you may see a player like Cain shopped. But even then, that would be admitting that the team is in yet another rebuild. With the young talent both on the team and in the pipeline, I don't see that happening.
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Bandy has been fine this spring, and seems to be very popular/respected in the locker room. I suspect they roll with him until Vogt is healthy enough to come back, then we'll see. They wouldn't have DL'd Vogt if they didn't have plans for him being on the roster this season.
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Braun to Start at 1B vs Lefties
Ron Robinsons Beard replied to markedman5's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
The thought behind trading Santana was that we would get an upgrade at another position, notably starting pitching. One of those LF could play passable defense at RF, but they could not start 30 games on the mound. I would gladly lose our depth at MLB OFs if we could have received a good, young starting pitcher for Santana. I'm sure Stearns would have loved that too, but unfortunately the market for corner OF dried up, and we are in the situation we're in. At the end of the day, "odd" roster and all, we are a talented team that should compete for the playoffs. I am very excited to get the season going after a long off-season. Not to mention the fact that Santana, while a valuable hitter, does not fit the way Stearns is remaking the lineup. You don't acquire Yelich and Cain, two high-contact, low strikeout guys, and stick with the opposite in Santana. I have a feeling there will eventually be a market for Santana. Hopefully he starts hot, and that market develops further. -
Santana+Hader+Phillips>>>>> Shaw plus the rest I would certainly enjoy reading your reasoning for that other trade being better. Yes, I know we sent them Fiers as well but Gomez was the headliner. Don't sleep on Houser being a MLB contributor as well. He was also a big time prospect before going under the knife, and has looked very good in both the fall league and spring training.
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Tommy John almost seems like a right of passage for hard throwers nowadays. I'd still take Puk's upside over Ray, especially considering the value of pitching in today's market. Puk looked absolutely electric this spring. This is obviously a setback for him, but he should emerge fine on the other side. He has legit ace potential, whereas Ray, unless he really picks it up, profiles as a #4 OF.
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2018 Brewers Season Predictions
Ron Robinsons Beard replied to Eye Black's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Well, if you are going to nitpick, turnabout is fair play. Are the Brewers only playing 161 games this year? -
2018 Brewers Optimism Thread!
Ron Robinsons Beard replied to torts's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
So happy to see the 2018 rendition of this thread! Rotation and positional roster makeup questions aside, this team has the makings of being an extremely fun team to root for. Tons of fun personalities that have already seemed to mesh quite well together. The offseason has dragged on seemingly forever, but we've finally reached Opening Day Eve -
Certainly you're not remembering Tyler Thornburg for Travis Shaw, Mauricio Dubon, Josh Pennington, and Yeison Coca... I'm sure he does. Don't be condescending. The Red Sox deal was good as well, but the Astros deal has been terrific, and could very well prove to be franchise-changing, especially if Phillips matures and Houser comes back strong. If Santana either follows up his year last year with another great year, or is dealt for a high-value return, that's an even bigger bonus.
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That's not evidence. No dogma in the world would ever be challenged under this logic. That would be an awful world to live in. I'm sure there are literally hundreds of examples just in my lifetime of where a player should have been traded in the season after they signed a big free agent contract, but wasn't because teams were either too stubborn to admit or a mistake or too slow to recognize changing circumstances. OMG does this season need to start. You keep on keeping on, though.
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What about the Marlins the year after they signed Jose Reyes, Heath Bell and Mark Buerhle? Didn't they tear that down real quick? Yep good call. I would say that the Marlins situation was an outlier, though. The two franchises are not comparable. Perhaps if Attanasio pushed the payroll to $190 million this year, and the team starts horrible, but that didn't and won't happen.
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Has a player ever been traded in the first year of a big money, multi-year contract? I personally can't think of a time it has ever happened. That makes me think the idea is silly.
