Brock Beauchamp

I hate to say it but I'm blowing it up a bit. I just see the prevailing winds moving against the Brewers in 2024. I'd hope this team can compete for a wild card with the intent of retooling for 2025. I'm trading Corbin Burnes, hopefully for near-ready MLB players. Call the expected teams and hunt for the best deal: Orioles, Dodgers, Yankees, et al. I also shop Williams with the same expectation. Again, I won't list specific names because that always feels unrealistic. Shop him around and if there is a reasonable deal to be had, take it. I shop Adames but am in less of a rush to deal him. He's coming off a down season and if there is a rebound in his bat, I'll either make a July trade or get the QO out of him. I round out the roster with a bunch of reclamation guys: Cron, Urshela, Sanchez at catcher. The Twins managed to improve his glove a little in 2021, maybe the Brewers can eke that much more out of him behind the dish. I extend Woodruff for 2024-25 with the expectation he will not pitch in 2024. The outfield will be wild. Four names with intriguing skillsets and absolutely ZERO idea how it will pan out. The only significant signing I make is Lucas Giolito. I think he's a really good bounceback candidate that, if everything goes right, is a direct Burnes replacement. He's almost surely willing to go for a one-year deal and the Brewers pitching development system could be attractive for him to regain value. Would this team compete for a Wild Card? Dunno. It's possible but with the potential return on Burnes and Williams and possibly Adames, the Brewers could be in a really nice position heading into 2025-2027. C: William Contreras ($0.77M) 1B: Christian Yelich ($26M) 2B: Brice Turang ($0.77M) 3B: Gio Urshela ($5M) SS: Willy Adames ($12.40M) LF: Garrett Mitchell ($.77M) CF: Sal Frelick ($0.77M) RF: Tyrone Taylor ($1.70M) DH: CJ Cron ($4M) Bench OF: Joey Wiemer ($0.77M) Utility: Abraham Toro ($1.30M) Utility: Andruw Monasterio ($.77M) Backup C: Gary Sanchez ($3M) SP1: Lucas Giolito ($14M) SP2: Freddy Peralta ($5.50M) SP3: Wade Miley ($9.00M) SP4: Adrian Houser ($5.60M) SP5: Colin Rea ($3.50M) CL: Abner Uribe ($.77M) RP: Elvis Peguero ($0.77M) RP: Hoby Milner ($1.70M) RP: Bryse Wilson ($1.30M) RP: Joel Payamps ($1.70M) RP: Trevor Megill ($0.77M) RP: Brandon Woodruff (placeholder) ($3M) RP: Reclamation Arm ($1M) Payroll is 23.84% under budget

He's the least appealing option on the list of names I've seen, IMO. I just don't get why the Brewers would go that route.

Welcome to the site! That username, though. 😂

Ken Rosenthal posted a list of names that are of interest to the Brewers in their quest to replace departing manager Craig Counsell. Unsurprisingly, coaching staff of teams like the Astros and Dodgers make the list, though some of the names are both surprising and familiar. Apparently, Milwaukee is keeping the door open to an internal option, Rickie Weeks. The long-time Brewer came back to the organization early in 2022 as an assistant to player development. Also on the list is grizzled veteran of the diamond and dugout, Don Mattingly. While Mattingly has shown to be a capable manager for teams in the past, it's hard to envision a development-first and progressive organization like the Brewers is interested in an aging rehire but only time will tell what their plans might be. View full rumor

Things feel dire in a way they haven’t in quite some time but I’m reserving judgment for awhile. We really don’t know who Matt Arnold is as a GM yet. Last offseason, he floored me with the Contreras trade. This offseason hasn’t really started yet and the one move that happened - Counsell - probably didn’t have much to do with the front office. That situation felt like the rare situation where Attanasio was steering the ship and that’s not a situation that will arise often. I’ll likely have a more formed opinion in mid-February.

Ouch.

I watched Molitor manage in Minnesota. Love him but not as a manager. He absolutely thrashed the late innings bullpen guys. He has all the traits I like on paper but watching him destroy a bullpen by July makes me never want to see him in a dugout again.

Our own social team posted this news on Facebook before I had heard anything and I thought they were trolling the page.

Welcome to the site and great post! I get why this happened. It makes sense from both sides. But… the Cubs?!?!? That’s what hurts the most.

Sure did. WOW, what a weird twist today was.

Indeed it is. THE CUBS?!?!?!?!

Todd Rosiak of the Journal-Sentinel mentioned on Twitter that the Brewers have an offer out to manager Craig Counsell that will make him the highest-paid manage in Major League Baseball. Rumors have been circulating that if the Brewers match the best offer to Counsell, it's likely he remains in Milwaukee to manage the team. Now the real question is "how invested is Steve Cohen in this situation?" The Mets owner has shown an unrivaled willingness to shove money in the direction of players he likes and there's little reason to believe he won't do the same for a manager should he decide Counsell is a must-have person in the Mets organization. View full rumor

That's a nice roster. I can't stand Bauer but get why people want him. Depending on what the Cubs do this offseason, that's a roster that could definitely compete for another division title, I think.

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I'm pretty okay with this move. I think the Brewers got as much out of Canha as could reasonably be expected. Their track record in replacing that value hasn't been good but the thinking behind it is solid. Hopefully they'll do a better job of replacing 2024 Canha production for less cost or improving 2024 Canha production for the same cost.* *I don't think 2024 Canha will look much like the 2023 Canha we saw in Milwaukee

Honestly, I'd put the number even lower than that unless you were so flush at the position that it becomes hard to play them at the more premium position.

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As of right now, almost certainly. I don't think the scales will move on that until we're well into spring training.

Not necessarily. A new trend in MLB is to sign fringe players to MLB-guaranteed money. That all but guarantees no team will claim them as you do the minor league shuffle several times a season. The risk is much larger if the team has to take on a prorated portion of $700k to a little over a million.