adambr2

I have a hard time not pronouncing it SH-OOP.

He'll get around $10M, I'd guess. Not a significant raise but something. He's actually someone you may consider flipping in the offseason if he produces the rest of the year and you feel Hiura is ready.

Is anyone outside of the ultra-casual fan really going to have negative feedback on Braun leaving anymore? I just don't see anyone these days saying "Well Braun is gone, so I'm not watching or going to games." Hypothetically, if the Packers were able to survive the backlash from moving on from Brett Favre after 16 seasons, I think the Brewers would do just fine if they decided to move on from Braun. People find new favorites. At the end of the day if you're winning, that pretty much takes care of everything else.

I don't like using blue, in my experience I've found that using the blue font makes it feel....I don't know, less sarcasticy, you know?

It basically has no chance of happening, considering he was not claimed in August 2016 when he was a lot more productive than he is now. Hypothetically, yes if he was claimed they should let him walk for free, as the roster and financial flexibility benefits would outweigh what he brings at this point. But again not happening, because to answer the other part of it, yes if hypothetically claimed he can refuse it with 10/5 rights and would do so unless the claiming team was the Dodgers.

Again -- there isn't a 2% chance. This has nothing to do with punishment or working on anything. Highly controlled players on a minimum salary who were All-Stars OPSing 1.000 at the AS break do not clear waivers. He would be claimed. Players having a season like Aguilar who go through a tough 6 for 50 stretch do not get outrighted off a 40 man roster. What you are saying with McGehee did not happen, he did not play in our Minor League system. Yes, if he goes 2 for 40 over the next 2 weeks he will lose playing time and sit on the bench more. By then it'll be 2 weeks out from rosters expanding, and thus a moot point anyway.

Assume we play about 40% of our remaining games against lefties (should be close to that) and 60% against righties, we could divvy it up like this: Shaw and Moose start 100% of the time against RHP and split against LHP. 80% of all starts each. Against LHP, Schoop always starts vs. LHP at 2nd and Arcia always at SS. They split the righties at SS. 70% of all starts each. In this scenario everyone starts at least 70% of games and you still have room for PH and defensive replacements late too. My reservation with my own plan here is that both of Schoop and Arcia are reverse split types who don't really fit as a platoon player.

Check your condescending tone at the door. No need to freak out people, I'm not saying send him down long term. I don't know why the immediate reaction is to act as thought AAA is punishment or something. He has really been struggling since a week before the ASG, it's not like he's had one bad week or something. A week in AA is just what the doctor ordered sometimes, happens all the time- even with players who have no options remaining. I rarely accept the premise something can NEVER happen, and I don't know how more clear I can be by saying I highly doubt they would go that route. But no, it's not impossible. It is impossible because he has no options, and if you tried outrighting him he'd be claimed immediately.

Don't see any reason Counsell won't be good to his word on this one.

Oops.

Since it wasn’t Braun, we can probably go ahead and count this one. Broxton actually seems to always be the one on the end of the "gone or not" arguments.

Miley was pretty fired up and yelled something. Might have been "Frozen Yogurt."

I remember part of this forum thinking he was the backbone of the trade for some odd reason even though it was really clear he was the throw in at the time. So who was the backbone? That was a weird trade that makes about as much sense to me now as it did then.

I thought this was odd. Counsell said at first no Schoop wasn't going to play SS, they Stearns says yes, then Counsell backtracks. Does not appear that they were on the same page which you kind of assume they would be on this.

I asked this in a couple other threads, but it is more appropriate here. What are the rules regarding option years, service time and FA eligibility, and how does the Jonathan Schoop situation fit into those rules? This is my understanding, someone please correct me if I'm wrong. Schoop had 4.027 years service time entering 2018, or 4 years + 27 days. He would need to be under 6 years after 2019 to control him through 2020. I don't know what he has left for options remaining but if he does have options he should indeed be able to be optioned. For simplicity, say the 2019 season starts on April 1st and ends September 30th. (183 days). A player needs 172 days on the MLB roster for a full credited season, so Schoop would need to be down until April 13th (from the beginning of the season) not to get a full year in 2019. Since he has an additional 27 days on top of 4 years, you would need to keep him down an additional 28 days after April 13th, or May 11th, 2019 being the hypothetical date you could keep Schoop down until to buy an additional service year in 2020. Should also note that this would be a pretty clear and deliberate manipulation of service time that would probably upset Schoop, his agent, and the MLBPA. Not going to speculate what more could come out of it then. EDIT: Correction on Schoop's ability to be optioned that I discussed in the 3rd paragraph. As of late August Schoop will hit 5 years service time and require consent to option him. So you could likely not plan to option him entering 2019. You would have to option him like right now, because they still can, and it seems they would have to keep him down 39 days to buy extra control in 2020. In other words, not happening.

Yep. Ortiz has a nice ceiling, but he's basically been treading water for 2 years since since we acquired him. There's a lot of room for doubt there. Villar....eh. I liked him more than most, but he was probably on his way to being non tendered anyway this fall anyway. Its just an early roster dump. Hopefully he can find some success in Baltimore. Carmona could be something, but statistically he's probably more likely to wind up being another Lara. In any event, we are years from knowing. Medeiros was the hardest one for me to see go, but Soria was a nice addition.

Not here.... still liked him over other guys sent packin (Miller, Villar, Saladino soon). I think the fact that no one else of 29 other teams wanted him for the prorated veteran minimum and therefore he was totally available to sign a minor league deal is a pretty good indication of how highly his "skills" are regarded.

I suppose everything is subject to change but Counsell said he is not playing SS.

I wish we had gotten Ramos, that is basically my only disappointment. I know he's been hurt but he could have been a big boost at catcher when he returns for a very small cost.

Schoop has some crazy strange platoon splits. The first few years of his career he had some major reverse splits where he hit much better against RHP. Last season he destroyed LHP at a .955 OPS clip and hit a much more modest, but still good .805 OPS. I'm going to chalk up his early season struggles to injuries. He's been amazing lately.

He walked into the Orioles clubhouse having zero idea he was traded. That was at 4pm ET...so I really doubt it. That would be a quick turnaround. Could probably pull it off if the Orioles were in Anaheim, but being in New York, I'm gonna count on not having Schoop tonight.

I'm glad the deadline passed and all of Hiura, Burnes, Peralta, and Ray are still here. Medeiros is probably the one I'll miss the most.

Stearns has always liked his pitching staff better than what everyone else thinks about it. Still surprised anyone was tentatively shocked or surprised not to trade for a pitcher.

Brinson did.

Guy was 12th in MVP voting last year. Competenent defender, crazy good power for a middle infielder and only 26. Nothing in the trade to miss much besides Ortiz. I realize Carmona was top 30 but he's the definition of a lottery ticket.