brewerfan82

Love this conversation! Glad it shows up in every thread now! ?‍♂️

For reference, here are the active (plus Urias) roster's splits during the Yelich "bad years": 2020-22 vs. RHP: 2020-22 vs. LHP: There's definitely something left to be desired on the offensive end, but with the current team makeup, Yelich still should be hitting in the top 3 spots of the lineup (esp with his OBP) and the hitting versus lefthanded pitching should look better as the season goes on. It'd be nice to have some other "superstar" options on offense, but we came into the offseason with little room left on the payroll, not a lot of depth in the minors to trade from, and knowing the talent on the major league team was heavily in favor of the pitching. It kind of is what it is. As-is, this is a team that's projected as arguably the favorite in the division and has a pretty darn good chance to get into the playoffs for the 5th straight year. In order for them to take the next step you just have to hope a few hitters step up to help make this offense a little better than expected. A lot of guys, both pitching and hitting, are off to slow starts, but 10 games is a very small sample size and I fully expect things to improve as we continue through the season and hopefully DS can make a couple of nice moves along the way that shore up any lingering shortcomings. This is a good time to be a Brewer fan and I'm legitimately soaking it all in!

Yelich's Preseason Projections on FanGraphs:

I would guess this has something to do with it: https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/milwaukee-brewers/payroll/

Good observation. I might still take a flyer on him and see if he can bounce back with limited playing time for half a season, but only if he's basically free. 2020-21 vs. LHP:

Interesting he said they're talking to catchers (as opposed to talking to teams about possible trades). Not sure if that necessarily means outside of the organization or not. Unsigned FA catchers: https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/free-agent-tracker?sign=unsigned&pos=c Wilson Ramos would be an intriguing pickup at this point (the other two, not so much). 2019-21 vs. LHP: 2019-21 Defense:

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I understand the values are far from accurate, but if the baseball trade values site is even in the right universe on player values, it would take an incredible haul to pry both those players from the A's:

Just for reference, 2019-21 vs. LHP: Defense 2019-21:

I just want them to acquire him, eventually trade him to the Mariners, and then eventually have him be the first player effected by the new "Jacob Nottingham" rule

Literally...

Just for reference, here are 2019-21 splits for the potential outfielders + Conforto: 2019-21 vs. RHP: # Name Team G AB PA H 1B 2B 3B HR R RBI BB IBB SO HBP SF SH GDP SB CS BB% K% AVG OBP SLG OPS wRC+ 1 Christian Yelich MIL 286 750 902 216 131 36 3 46 152 126 140 18 211 8 4 0 9 33 7 15.5% 23.4% .288 .404 .528 .932 142 2 Michael Conforto NYM 305 787 935 212 117 49 1 45 135 133 125 8 203 16 7 0 14 9 3 13.4% 21.7% .269 .378 .506 .883 138 3 Tyrone Taylor MIL 95 190 216 44 21 11 3 9 24 39 18 1 43 7 1 0 4 3 1 8.3% 19.9% .232 .319 .463 .783 106 4 Hunter Renfroe - - - 296 748 814 166 78 43 0 45 108 122 55 0 235 3 8 0 10 7 1 6.8% 28.9% .222 .275 .460 .735 91 5 Andrew McCutchen PHI 246 643 748 138 80 30 0 28 100 96 96 1 174 1 8 0 9 9 2 12.8% 23.3% .215 .314 .392 .706 88 6 Lorenzo Cain MIL 214 606 668 160 115 33 0 12 77 59 51 0 115 8 2 0 13 15 8 7.6% 17.2% .264 .328 .378 .706 88 2019-21 vs. LHP: # Name Team G AB PA H 1B 2B 3B HR R RBI BB IBB SO HBP SF SH GDP SB CS BB% K% AVG OBP SLG OPS wRC+ 1 Andrew McCutchen PHI 151 275 329 80 44 15 2 19 55 47 50 1 61 4 0 0 6 3 0 15.2% 18.5% .291 .407 .567 .975 157 2 Hunter Renfroe - - - 193 335 391 83 41 14 1 27 63 60 49 1 86 2 5 0 5 1 1 12.5% 22.0% .248 .343 .537 .880 130 3 Christian Yelich MIL 210 338 400 85 44 19 3 19 57 44 56 5 96 4 2 0 8 10 0 14.0% 24.0% .251 .363 .494 .857 122 4 Tyrone Taylor MIL 61 101 108 29 20 4 0 5 16 11 5 0 25 2 0 0 3 3 0 4.6% 23.1% .287 .333 .475 .809 115 5 Michael Conforto NYM 224 370 425 88 65 12 0 11 47 45 42 0 107 13 0 0 17 2 2 9.9% 25.2% .238 .336 .359 .696 97 6 Lorenzo Cain MIL 118 231 262 58 40 11 0 7 42 27 28 1 41 0 3 0 7 16 2 10.7% 15.6% .251 .328 .390 .718 89 And defensive stats 2019-21 (min. 100 innings): # Name Team Pos Inn rSZ rCERA rSB rGDP rARM rGFP rPM rTS DRS ARM DPR RngR ErrR UZR UZR/150 FRM OAA RAA Def 1 Lorenzo Cain MIL CF 1814.0 0 -3 6 23 26 -4.1 15.0 0.9 11.8 9.7 20 18 14.9 2 Tyrone Taylor MIL CF 155.1 0 1 0 1 2 -0.7 1.4 0.2 1.0 8.0 1 1 1.2 3 Tyrone Taylor MIL LF 239.1 0 -1 0 3 2 0.4 1.6 0.3 2.3 13.2 1 1 1.1 4 Tyrone Taylor MIL RF 246.0 0 -1 0 4 3 -0.8 2.4 0.3 1.9 10.9 2 2 0.6 5 Hunter Renfroe SDP LF 478.1 3 1 2 6 -0.5 1.7 0.1 1.3 3.0 2 2 -1.2 6 Michael Conforto NYM CF 268.0 -1 0 -3 -4 0.3 -2.5 0.3 -1.9 -15.2 -1 -1 -1.4 7 Hunter Renfroe - - - RF 1955.2 0 7 0 4 11 7.1 1.1 -3.0 5.3 3.1 0 0 -4.8 8 Christian Yelich MIL RF 1064.1 0 1 -2 -3 -4 -0.6 1.2 -0.2 0.4 0.5 -4 -4 -5.0 9 Christian Yelich MIL LF 1356.0 0 -5 0 -1 -6 -4.4 3.0 1.3 -0.1 -1.0 0 0 -7.1 10 Michael Conforto NYM RF 2407.0 0 6 -2 -5 -1 3.3 -9.3 1.7 -4.4 -2.2 1 1 -16.8 11 Andrew McCutchen PHI LF 1803.1 0 -3 -1 -5 -9 -2.0 -7.2 -0.5 -9.8 -9.0 -10 -9 -19.0

Dark mode must be the new white and gold vs. blue and black dress thing. I don't get the appeal and a quick google search seems to indicate it isn't good for your eyes either. I think the site looks great as is (although I will agree that it could be a "little" more condensed). That said, glad there are solutions for those who like it!

I agree, it's been a rather smooth transition and there's a lot of nice new features that I'm really enjoying (being mobile friendly and taking advantage of the following/stream features are game changers, the in-post improvements when it comes to posting Twitter posts and tables and being able to "like" posts are super nice as well). Shout out to @Brock Beauchamp and team for all you're doing! Love that you're listening to the community as you fine tune the site. For those that haven't run across it yet, Brock has set up a thread to post suggestions as well: But I like the idea of keeping this thread as a place to show appreciation as well. Great work all! ??

Hard to argue that MA is significantly cheaper than the Twins owner when they basically have the same payroll and have been fairly comparable the past few seasons (https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/payroll/): 2022: Brewers $109M vs. Twins $107M (incl. Correa signing) 2021: $99M vs. $120M 2020: $41M vs. $55M 2019: $135M vs. $125M 4-Year Average: $96M vs. $102M

Good to see Yeli with a hit and an RBI. Also Renfroe looks built, just missed a homer.

We've got some mystery team action going on today

Yeah looks like the baseball trade simulator side puts both Lange and Kelly at 1.7 surplus value, so he seems to be a good comp. I would have been good with that swap.

Wonder what the equivalent would have been in the Brewers' system.

Will be interesting to hear the return for him. I was really hoping we'd be able to pick him up.

Logically I would say they should have been in the "All set at shortstop, thanks" category, but it's not like they're not known for both 1.) taking 1 year flyers on guys that slip by the initial offseason market, and 2.) acquiring players for positions that seem to be already set. So who knows?!

I don't know, I think the Olson trade and contract extension looks pretty good. You're basically getting Olson for $21M per year for his age 28 to 35 seasons vs. Freeman getting $27M per year for his age 32 to 37 seasons (not to mention it sounded like Freeman MAY have given LA a "discount", although ATL may have been the only other place he would have done the same for). Projections are showing Olson as a 4.4/4.8 WAR, 137/144 wRC+ (Steamer/ZiPS) guy next year vs. Freeman as a 4.6/4.0 WAR, 141/135 wRC+ guy next year, so they're pretty comparable while Olson's just getting into his prime years and Freeman is exiting them. ATL had to give up some nice prospects going this route, but I think the $6M per year savings (if it allows them to add an extra WAR to the roster elsewhere) and the fact you're getting Olson for his age 28-31 seasons instead of Freeman for his age 36-37 seasons probably make it a pretty solid decision.

Those games should remain as scheduled, correct?

Just to put some stats out there for the players being mentioned as possibilities to roundout the roster (both internally and otherwise)... 2019-21 vs. RHP: # Name Team G AB PA H 1B 2B 3B HR R RBI BB IBB SO HBP SF SH GDP SB CS BB% K% AVG OBP SLG OPS wRC+ 1 Austin Meadows TBR 307 811 927 218 108 50 8 52 147 145 102 9 192 10 4 0 6 16 8 11.0% 20.7% .269 .356 .543 .899 142 2 Luke Voit NYY 233 618 713 164 96 27 1 40 107 110 78 1 202 16 1 0 21 0 0 10.9% 28.3% .265 .362 .506 .868 134 3 J.D. Davis NYM 233 516 590 151 100 28 1 22 67 72 56 0 153 14 4 0 18 3 0 9.5% 25.9% .293 .375 .479 .853 133 4 Joey Gallo - - - 254 607 752 124 56 21 1 46 115 93 140 11 255 4 1 0 6 10 1 18.6% 33.9% .204 .356 .470 .826 120 5 Keston Hiura MIL 186 521 586 132 68 29 3 32 80 80 37 0 194 23 3 2 14 11 1 6.3% 33.1% .253 .329 .505 .834 116 6 Dominic Smith NYM 252 589 650 151 87 37 1 26 87 84 43 2 152 12 6 0 15 3 2 6.6% 23.4% .256 .317 .455 .772 109 7 Tommy Pham - - - 318 838 954 199 126 39 4 30 108 103 104 1 200 8 4 0 25 33 7 10.9% 21.0% .237 .326 .401 .727 100 8 Jace Peterson - - - 141 332 386 77 52 14 2 9 49 38 49 0 92 3 2 0 2 13 1 12.7% 23.8% .232 .334 .367 .702 91 9 David Dahl - - - 166 465 509 125 78 26 5 16 68 70 31 0 129 4 6 3 5 7 5 6.1% 25.3% .269 .316 .449 .766 91 10 Mike Brosseau TBR 94 162 180 33 20 8 1 4 16 12 12 0 62 5 0 1 4 3 0 6.7% 34.4% .204 .279 .340 .619 74 2019-21 vs. LHP: # Name Team G AB PA H 1B 2B 3B HR R RBI BB IBB SO HBP SF SH GDP SB CS BB% K% AVG OBP SLG OPS wRC+ 1 Tommy Pham - - - 179 313 386 88 59 20 0 9 56 26 70 6 78 2 1 0 9 12 3 18.1% 20.2% .281 .415 .431 .846 135 2 Mike Brosseau TBR 104 206 229 57 32 13 0 12 34 34 18 0 61 2 3 0 1 2 0 7.9% 26.6% .277 .336 .515 .851 131 3 Dominic Smith NYM 147 211 239 64 44 14 0 6 18 41 22 0 49 3 3 0 5 0 1 9.2% 20.5% .303 .372 .455 .827 129 4 J.D. Davis NYM 146 263 303 73 47 15 0 11 42 27 37 4 68 2 1 0 8 1 0 12.2% 22.4% .278 .370 .460 .830 125 5 Joey Gallo - - - 180 325 387 71 31 15 1 24 52 59 52 0 151 8 1 1 0 2 1 13.4% 39.0% .218 .339 .492 .832 123 6 Luke Voit NYY 123 237 272 59 38 6 1 14 32 39 31 1 68 3 1 0 7 0 0 11.4% 25.0% .249 .342 .460 .802 116 7 Jace Peterson - - - 52 73 86 19 17 1 0 1 7 9 10 0 20 1 2 0 0 2 1 11.6% 23.3% .260 .349 .315 .664 84 8 Austin Meadows TBR 205 369 407 84 53 16 3 12 34 63 28 0 111 4 6 0 1 2 3 6.9% 27.3% .228 .285 .385 .670 83 9 Keston Hiura MIL 112 183 205 38 27 7 0 4 17 20 18 3 75 3 1 0 5 4 4 8.8% 36.6% .208 .288 .311 .599 58 10 David Dahl - - - 104 207 223 48 28 15 2 3 27 18 11 0 68 2 3 0 1 0 0 4.9% 30.5% .232 .274 .367 .641 56 Voit (134/116), Davis (133/125), Gallo (120/123), Smith (109/129), and Pham (100/135) would all be nice additions in that they have wRC+ of at least 100 against both RHP and LHP.