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Love the idea, but shouldn't this be in the Brewers Talk forum rather than transactions?
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Alonso or Bregman. I'm not picky. Be the surprise team out of nowhere, a la AZ with Burnes. . . . Fun to dream. Other than pure HRs, Bregman's basic numbers incl. OPS seem better than Alonso's, and they're the same age.
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Late to the thread but not to the news or the emotions. I became a casual Brewers fan in 1978, a die-hard one in 1980, and became an avid Brewers radio listener in 1983 when we moved back to WI, when many games weren't on TV and radio was all that was available. Got Ueck's & Hank Aaron's autographs at the first Diamond Dinner I attended in that '82-'83 off-season. Ueck's been the sound of Brewers baseball to me for 40+ years. I've heard lots of teams' radio announcers during many cross-country drives in the 1990s, and nobody's radio guys come close to how good Bob was/is -- never (politely excusing world-class Vin Scully from any comparisons, though I'd rather be listening to Bob, who's every bit as good, just with a different style). BA & Rock are fantastic on the TV side. But no Brewers moment, however big or small, good or bad, was complete without hearing Ueck's radio call. MLB's 19-minute video montage on Twitter yesterday was awesome. But as many have said, what made Ueck great was how good, funny, entertaining, and engaging he was during the ordinary moments. As one of my buddies said, what's been getting seemingly little attention is how he worked to the very end. He called the last Brewers game they played during his life. And he was still as great at his job as he ever was. Just brilliant. Just real. Just Ueck.
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Brendan Rodgers from the Rockies
MNBrew replied to Scooterfletcher's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
Overall, if his non-Coors numbers are notably worse, I'm inclined to think there may be others middle IFs out there who could be more appealing. If his price truly isn't crazy high, and if other more appealing options don't materialize, maybe circumstances play the Brewers into the mix. Tyler Black has also been a highly touted prospect. There are reasons to be skeptical there, too, but he has hardly fully dis-proved himself, either, and he's as inexpensive as he (or anyone) could possibly be at this point. Vinny Capra doesn't excite me, nor does the 2024 version of Monasterio. I'm not a betting man, but Oliver Dunn or Isaac Collins don't have any big claim staked going into ST, either. Per baseball-reference.com, Rodgers & I were born in the same hospital and he graduated from the same HS as a couple of my siblings -- all of which makes me smile, though I'm not any more sold on him as a potential Brewer. I wouldn't be surprised if nothing happens (well, Alex Bregman would be cool -- seemingly beyond unlikely but still fun to dream), but it also wouldn't surprise if Matt Arnold & Co. come up with one more surprising darkhorse for the mix. -
However unlikely, Alex Bregman as a Brewer in 2025 is a super exciting idea. I don't know who the Bergman guy is. ;-)
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With Frelick a Gold Glover last year, plus Perkins a runner-up. Love this depth!
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I totally love how you're always behind the annual Brewers Optimism thread. Keep it up! P.S. I agree.
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The Brewers have a decent track record on moves like this, which suggests pretty clearly that the Brewers see something in him that they feel Texas didn't fully develop or capitalize on. I still like Tyler Jay, so I'm hoping he goes unclaimed and would take an NRI deal.
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I'd take him in a heartbeat. Sounds like he's more flexible on the type of deal than his agent is.
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Baty and lotto pitching prospect for CRod
MNBrew replied to Scooterfletcher's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
It's very possible Baty is this half-decade's version of Dominic Smith -- once-hyped Mets prospect who's now blocked -- who may or not ever be what they thought he might be. Brewers history is rife with guys like this, too, only the hype's mainly known locally vs. nationally like NY prospects. -
Baty and lotto pitching prospect for CRod
MNBrew replied to Scooterfletcher's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
Depends completely on how strong of a prospect the Brewers believe CRod to be. Given how we have to go out to find guys to fill our rotation, I wouldn't be in favor of trading a potentially near-MLB-ready young SP for Baty. Baty's buried in NY, thus fallen at least a little out of favor (or preferred prospect status), so I'd propose a position player like Black & maybe a couple B prospects at the most. -
Civale & 1 Quero-level prospect at the most -- add Black only if it nets Miranda -- so only 2-for-1 or 3-for-2.
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Free agents we are talking to
MNBrew replied to Scooterfletcher's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
The national-level writers/reporters are always the ones delivering rumor stuff, not so much the local beat writers. This isn't just a Milwaukee thing. The usual tripe about us having lousy beat writers is needless & poor form. Haudricourt could have a little edge to his personality that put people off, but he was a solid beat writer who was pretty widely respected within the profession. -
WAY too soon to give up on him. He's never gotten a real substantial test run in the bigs. Not every prospect looks like a major league on their first few callups. He was a high draft pick who's generally done well in the minors. He could prove to be a real asset given time. For lots of reasons it's hardly an apples-to-apples comparison, but Jace Peterson had much more of a track record (though hardly stellar) when he first came to & came up with the Brewers. Big fat nothingburger. But they saw something and stuck with him long enough to start to produce.
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Definite upgrade for the White Sox. Definite downgrade for Wilson, though probably a good opportunity. Wishing him well!
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Interesting. This year's version of Jared Koenig? AAA depth if nothing else. Nothing to lose, that's for sure.
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I'd be all over signing Alonso (preferably) or Goldschmidt. Moving Hoskins into the DH role would be a considerable upgrade over the sum of 2024 Sanchez & Bauers, especially if Hoskins' 2nd year back from injury is closer to his career norms.
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Right. You happened to elaborate on his premise. I'm just saying I think it's way to early to assume anything. To your point on more power, I tend to agree, and I'd think any addition that addresses that is likely to be at a corner IF spot or DH. Thankfully, Gary Sanchez & his 9 HRs cannot be that guy this year (not that he really ever was that guy last year; they just signed him thinking he'd be).
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"Too many starters" is based on a lot of assumptions -- among them: perfect health, no missed turns, and a couple guys coming back from injuries -- and since the FO's goal is clearly to improve our rotation and overall SP depth, there's zero reason to consider moving any of them right now, especially the reasonably proven, veteran arms of Cortes & Civale.
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We're still closer to the final out of the 2024 World Series than the start of 2025 spring training workouts. There's a lot of offseason to go. I wouldn't be writing Dunn/Durbin into the starting lineup let alone the opening day roster just yet
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So many of the trade ideas I've read here since the season ended seem unrealistic. This one seems more viable, though I think it would need a little beefing up on both sides (no great ideas of who to include in order to accomplish that) to be work.
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Rengifo had a good 2024 at the plate. His career numbers make that look like an outlier, and for anyone clamoring for a power bat, he's neither that in any consequential way or much of an OBP guy, either (career .312 OBP & .707 OPS). No thanks.
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They had 37 on the roster before picking up Wolfram & Connor Thomas. When they traded Devin, they replaced him with two 40-man guys. Thus Sveumrules' post.
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Exactly! To elaborate . . . No one's handing him a starting IF spot, let alone before ST even starts -- at least not from the Brewers organization. Upon acquiring a Durbin-type, no MLB would do that. Nor are they publicly going to shred him or say something like "hopefully he can at least out-produce Monasterio'." They went after (or agreed on - however you look at it) Durbin for a reason and what we're reading about him from the trade is always going to highlight his positives. If he lives up to what they see his potential is, then that's great.
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The Brewers will never "win" the off-season. But there are a few likely moves coming at some point -- even if the players acquired seem underwhelming -- because there are some roster spots available. I could see... - at least one starting-caliber corner IF acquisition - a Williams trade - at least 1 if not 2 SP acquired (not glitzy/stud types, more Ross-type moves) - another potential arm or two for the BP - depth guys for AAA (hardly interesting most of the time, but we've learned how frequently good moves here can have some MLB payoffs) - probably at least a couple utility middle-IF types to "up" the bar from Monasterio's 2024 contributions (at least offensively) .... and it's possible 1 or more of these are addressed in the return for Williams if he's traded. That's a decent amount of moves. And if we've learned anything from Matt Arnold, it's that some of the seemingly-nobody-types they'll sign could turn out to be far more relevant and impactful than we'd ever think at the time. Also, we've learned well that some moves could well still be coming even once ST has begun.
