JefferyLeonard

You're right, it makes ZERO sense to give a player who fits perfectly at perhaps your biggest position of need a multi year contract so you know, you don't have to worry about that position for awhile? You're right, that makes no sense.

It's not trolling, it's truth, and the fact of the matter is, this board can't handle and doesn't want to hear the truth because they drink the kool aid this organization has fed them about not being able to spend more yadda yadda yadda. Guillable, guillable fans, every single one of you.

So just because it didn't work for San Diego(or insert whatever team here that people want to use to make themselves feel better), means it automatically won't/wouldn't work for the Brewers? Okay cool. That's like using the transitory property in sports...Team A, beat Team C, and lost to team B, but team C beat team B etc etc

Only if you're not willing to spend it. That is the ONLY thing that prevents such a scenario. Nothing else. So apparently it IS in fact a hard concept to understand. One does not prevent the other.

Is it your $$?? Yeah, I didn't think so. This is the biggest thing I cannot stand about most sports fans...commenting on how this would be a bad contract or "I don't want him for what it would cost". Who cares?? IT'S NOT YOUR MONEY!

And who since then? I will hang up and listen for your answer.

So I see people want me to stop by here because they THINK this is somehow a slap at me that the Brewers signed Hoskins. Except...it's not. Was I NOT saying all off season here that he was the player I most wanted? Indeed I was, so kudos to the Crew for finally signing him. That being said, I am NOT the least bit surprised it's essentially a 1 year deal. Typical Brewers. So deathly afraid of signing a FA(this means someone not already on their team) to anything other than a 1 year deal or maybe one year with an option or in this case an opt out. I cannot help but laugh at everyone here implying that because Mark "splurged" 17 million for ONE year(OMG wow, $17 million for ONE year), that this makes him "not cheap". Newsflash....it still does. Especially when your payroll next year will have no one(outside of Yelich) making any kind of money. This isn't something he hasn't done before. He's the king of one year deals, and brewer fans suck it up and go "OMG look at Mark spending all this money". It's pathetic really how you all get suckered into that way of thinking. Wake me up when he finally(it won't happen) decides to sign a FA to a standard 3-4 year deal for 80-100 mill total. Then we'll talk about him NOT being cheap. I mean Hoskins is such a perfect fit, and yet, still would only do one year and gave HIM an opt out. LOL Now all you kool aid drinkers will come along and defend him by saying "uhhh derp uhhh how do we know Hoskins would have signed for any more then 1 year". Ummm it's called $$. I'd bet anyone if Mark offered him 3 yrs $60 million or 4 years $80 million he at MINIMUM would have thought long and hard about it, and most likely taken it, that's how I know. OMG OMG OMG this pushes the Brewers payroll to what?? 120 Million?? *faints* I'm just so shocked! What do you think a guy like Jimmy Haslam would have the payroll at? I bet it would be $150 million or more. You know why? All that dude cares about is winning titles and will do anything to put himself in a position to win one. Look what he's done with the bucks already, and how he spends with the Browns. He doesn't care if he loses a few million along the way, or market size or anything like that if it gives him the best chance to win a title. Exactly the way an owner should operate. Are you listening Mark??

As you can see, nothing will change if you are a cable/Dtv subscriber. You will watch the games as you normally would(if you're in the market of course).

https://x.com/JeffPassan/status/1745650235001462874?s=20

That's fine too. Right in the Brewers wheel house then. They love their one year deals.

Okay and this is no offense to anyone here, but so many people here get so excited over prospects. I get it to some extent. But, I'm not sure if many people want to admit to themselves that there is a better then average chance they fail or are no better then mediocre at the big league level. Now, I'm speaking just from an offensive perspective here, but Turang is never going to hit much, we all say what happened with Weimer, Frelick fell off a cliff towards the end of the season, Mitchell is an unknown, Chourio SHOULD be okay. What if Black never reaches the monumental levels here people seem to think he will? Then what happens? That's hurting the organization, because none or only 1 or 2 of them work out. So you're taking steps backwards. And it's going to be really glaring with the rest of the lineup the way it is. You can't live on great pitching/bullpen forever. At some point, you have to be able to hit to win games. The Brewers just don't seem to be all that interested in even TRYING to improve it(even if it fails), and would rather use the "hope" strategy, that several guys figure it out all at the same time. The likelihood of that is very small. You'd think they would know that, but apparently not.

Maybe, but what if...what if he hits .260-.270 with 30-35 bombs? Let's say Tyler Black hits .290 with 15 bombs. What's more valuable?

This lineup needs power hitters, BADLY. I'll take Hoskins's bombs any day in this lineup. I'd be totally fine with JD too

Well, there's a simple solution then, up the damn payroll. Smallest market or not, $120 million is plain laughable. I'd also bet that whatever you want to say Hoskins numbers are(unless they are plain brutally bad), would still likely be better(and maybe substantially so) then anyone else they put over there, at least for the 1st couple years. The numbers may not meet what he's getting paid(hint: most players #'s don't), but if they are still better than anyone else they put over there, isn't that money well spent, since it's still making the team better? Two things can be true at once, that he doesn't live up to whatever contract they give him, but the #'s are still good enough to improve the team.

So let's say they gave Hoskins 4/55 million. Just under $14 mill a year, you mean to tell me that would cripple the franchise if it didn't work? If that's enough to cripple the franchise then Mark has no business owning the team and should sell. Period.