Worst thing about Counsell going to the Cubs is it has made the inferiority complex some fans have with the Cubs totally out of control. Just because Counsell went to the Cubs doesn't mean every ex-Brewer is heading there as well.
It also appears that nobody was willing to do it otherwise the Brewers would have traded Woodruff to whatever team was willing to tender him. That means this wasn't just a Brewers thing.
I mean when you trade a top 30 prospect for a guy with 0 options it seems pretty clear that said player will be a part of the 26 man roster to open next season.
The more I think about it, the less I understand it. Why didn't we just add Hiura to the 40-man roster before he declared minor league FA instead of trading for Bauers??
I'm pretty perplexed on this one. Bauers' had solid underlying numbers last year but has not been good in his MLB career. Brewers must have been lower on Avina than I would have imagined.
Also did you think you could just straight up lie and get away with it? This is the only part where Burnes is mentioned. Where does it mention Morel as the centerpiece in a potential Burnes trade? Oh wait Morel was mentioned as the centerpiece of a Pete Alonso trade earlier in the article…do you think we are just stupid and you can lie straight to our faces and we will believe it?
This is what someone from baseball prospectus has to say about Jesse Rogers being a mouthpiece for Jed Hoyer. Trueblood as a Cubs fan should know better. It’s insulting to post on a Brewers board that Morel could be the centerpiece of a Burnes trade.
Dunn has flashed legit power so I don't think he's really comparable to Collins. I very much doubt Brewers make this trade for a guy with Collins offensive profile.
I didn’t want him either way but heck no now. Torn ACL, MCL, hamstring all at once is crazy. Hard to imagine he’s back to pre injury form at all in 2024.
Don’t think it really makes sense considering pitching is not currently looking like a strong suit for next year and I’d imagine the Reds want MLB ready pitching. Doubt we would trade Gasser for India.
I mean he's had 102 and 111 IP the last 2 years with some brief times where he didn't consistently pitch due to being in the bullpen/rotation no-man's land.
It definitely isn't enough trade value to justify the Brewers trading him.
Right now our rotation looks like this for 2024. Burnes/Peralta/Houser/Rea/Gasser or FA. With Burnes being a potential trade piece the Brewers do not remotely have the pitching depth to trade a guy like Houser.
Easy choice to tender him and bring him back. He doesn't have much trade value and at his arb 3 number is a bargain for the 120+ IP of league average-ish ERA he will give you.
I think they should/need to protect Tobias Myers. His FB has elite traits that would definitely play up in a bullpen role where his FB is sitting more upper 90’s than mid to lower 90’s.
I mean can they legally do that? With FO executives I thought you couldn't prevent them from interviewing for positions that would be promotions. I believe that was the whole reason we changed Stearns position from GM to POBO so the Mets/others couldn't interview him for POBO roles. Does that rule not apply for coaching staff members?