Brock Beauchamp
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Oh, I'm not crying for mid-tier players but baseball would be better if more revenue sharing happened, coupled with younger players getting paid a lot more with older players getting paid a lot less. The sport would do better for itself if players were paid commensurate with their on-field ability at the time. The sport would be more compelling if Juan Soto made $25m right now and Xander Bogaerts didn't have a guaranteed eleventy-seven year deal. -
To add to this a bit, this is why you so often see players like Kolten Wong or Gio Urshela dished off via trade in their final year of arb. Some team might need one year of a player at that price but even though it’s a solid value for the team that controls said player, the system doesn’t properly rate and value that player so they move on. Yet one more way MLB bites mid-tier players in the ass and devalues them into a lower tier. The entire system is so broken.
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It's not likely, that's the situation. Baseball arbitration is an archaic system that is based on rather strict rules and outdated modes of evaluating players (it's a union arbitration that is not baseball specific, so you get arbitrators who know nothing of baseball's intricacies). If you're arb 1, you basically get X% of your free agent value. If you're arb 2, you basically get X2% of your free agent value. If you're arb 3, you basically get X3% of your free agent value. At the far end of the spectrum, you occasionally see a player get something close to their actual free agent value in their arb 3/4 years (usually 4th year if that player happened to be super 2). The entire system is based on number of arb years with actual talent being a distant secondary part of the equation.
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Rumor: Dear Brewers, Please Go Get Kyle Garlick
Brock Beauchamp replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Yeah, but the fact Garlick has done it at the MLB level a couple of times now inspires a lot more confidence in me. -
Rumor: Dear Brewers, Please Go Get Kyle Garlick
Brock Beauchamp replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Yeah, but the fact Garlick has done it at the MLB level a couple of times now inspires a lot more confidence in me. -
Kyle Garlick has been a part-time and oft-injured part of the Minnesota Twins for the past two seasons. He's limited to corner outfield and doesn't even play that very well. In the wake of yesterday's Carlos Correa deal, the Twins waived Garlick off the 40-man roster. But what he does is pound left-handed pitching beyond what anyone with his skillset should be able to do. In his brief MLB career, he has a .538 slugging percentage against southpaws and an .839 OPS. As good as he is against LHP, he's equally bad against righties, posting an abysmal .582 OPS against them. But he's cheap and fills a very specific role the Brewers could use in 2023. View full rumor
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Kyle Garlick has been a part-time and oft-injured part of the Minnesota Twins for the past two seasons. He's limited to corner outfield and doesn't even play that very well. In the wake of yesterday's Carlos Correa deal, the Twins waived Garlick off the 40-man roster. But what he does is pound left-handed pitching beyond what anyone with his skillset should be able to do. In his brief MLB career, he has a .538 slugging percentage against southpaws and an .839 OPS. As good as he is against LHP, he's equally bad against righties, posting an abysmal .582 OPS against them. But he's cheap and fills a very specific role the Brewers could use in 2023. -
Yeah, I honestly don't see them moving a starter, particularly Houser, because I don't see the return being significant enough to warrant the move. In some ways, I'd be less surprised to see them move Burnes than Houser.
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Yeah, I honestly don't see them moving a starter, particularly Houser, because I don't see the return being significant enough to warrant the move. In some ways, I'd be less surprised to see them move Burnes than Houser.
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I think it's definitely something to keep an eye on but after being traded and having a bad season by his own standards, frustration isn't surprising. I mean, we all have our moments of acting like asses when stress levels rise. We'll see whether Winker learned anything from his 2022 season soon enough.
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I believe this can be true for front office personnel but aren't managers always publicly extended? Or is this just a thing that has flown under my radar and gone unnoticed over the years?
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On paper that's a pretty fair deal IMO but the Twins aren't looking for Houser-leveal talent. They have Gray, Mahle, Maeda, Ryan, and Ober along with several AAA prospects. If the Twins acquire a pitcher, he almost needs to be as good or better than Sonny Gray for it to make an impact.
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On paper that's a pretty fair deal IMO but the Twins aren't looking for Houser-leveal talent. They have Gray, Mahle, Maeda, Ryan, and Ober along with several AAA prospects. If the Twins acquire a pitcher, he almost needs to be as good or better than Sonny Gray for it to make an impact.
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With the Brewers looking at seven starting pitchers after the Miley trade, MLBTR speculates a Houser trade is possible. Houser could easily be the odd man out and if a trade happens, it could be late in the offseason or even during spring training. Personally, I'm leaning away from the Brewers trading any of their possible starters but it's a definite possibility. With so many to choose from and all of them legit candidates to start MLB games, GM Matt Arnold could decide the team is better by trading a pitcher for another asset at a position of more need. -
With the Brewers looking at seven starting pitchers after the Miley trade, MLBTR speculates a Houser trade is possible. Houser could easily be the odd man out and if a trade happens, it could be late in the offseason or even during spring training. Personally, I'm leaning away from the Brewers trading any of their possible starters but it's a definite possibility. With so many to choose from and all of them legit candidates to start MLB games, GM Matt Arnold could decide the team is better by trading a pitcher for another asset at a position of more need. View full rumor
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Yikes. BTV sure spits out some weird numbers at times.
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Yikes. BTV sure spits out some weird numbers at times.
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That's partially why I chose it.
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They could certainly do that with different titles but it all cascades down. Last I checked, the Twins also had two or three assistant GMs. Front offices are a lot bigger now and the titles generally reflect that. But, alas, they are just titles.
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Most teams use the POBO to add another layer to the front office; front offices have exploded in size over the past 20 years and more management is needed to handle all the scouts, analytics, development, coaching, etc. I'm most familiar with the Twins in this regard. Their POBO sets high-level instructions for development, approach, etc. but it's actually the GM that is more public-facing and agrees to terms on most contracts, that sort of thing. The GM seems to be more of a day-to-day manager.
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Probably, but I find it odd they haven't named him POBO if that's their plan.
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1. That's what I believe as well. 2. Yes, Counsell's deal is also expiring.
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Yeah, we use the Baseball-Reference linker and it's not perfect. Unfortunately, we can't do anything except remove the link, which I will do now.
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Oh, I wouldn't give Lauer away, merely shop him and see if the team can improve overall with a trade. Planning on a six man rotation isn't the worst thing in the world if no one is interested in him.
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There are several routes the Brewers could take here but I'd be pretty disappointed if they punt Ashby to the bullpen so quickly. Personally, I'd be shopping Lauer pretty hard right now and see if there are any decent offers on the table.
