Yesterday Corey Knabel was traded to the Dodgers for a player to be named later or cash. In his limited work last season the Dodgers thought they saw enough to try to get him back to where he was before the injury. The Brewers thought otherwise.
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Not much of a risk for a big market, big spending team like the Dodgers. His velocity was down from upper 90s pre injury but started to regain his strength later in the year. Bottom line, Brewers are dumping salary so this isn’t completely surprising given he is due to make 5.1MM this year.
If i had to guess, there’s a good chance Lo Cain gets traded given he’s at 16MM for this year. Perhaps Josh Hader as well.
@Tschmack posted:Not much of a risk for a big market, big spending team like the Dodgers. His velocity was down from upper 90s pre injury but started to regain his strength later in the year. Bottom line, Brewers are dumping salary so this isn’t completely surprising given he is due to make 5.1MM this year.
If i had to guess, there’s a good chance Lo Cain gets traded given he’s at 16MM for this year. Perhaps Josh Hader as well.
Since Cain was mediocre in 2019 and didn't play in 2020, you are better off bringing him back, showing he's still got something in the tank and then moving him at the trade deadline. Otherwise, you are selling at the lowest point possible.
I'd move Hader now. His value will never be higher. He's still good, but the Brewers need major league caliber position players and he could probably get you 2-3 good pieces. They also have some bullpen arms that can replace some of his production. In terms of position players, the Brewers two stars both had terrible slumps last year and several of their other regulars were among the worst in the majors at their positions.
The Brewers have basically intimated they are going to reduce salary. So I see no path for retaining Cain but do agree maybe better to wait when his value is higher.
As for Hader, his salary will continue to increase due to arbitration eligibility and quite honestly the time to have dealt him was a year ago. His value will only diminish as time goes on and relievers in general are a fickle group. When things fall off they tend to fall off quickly. He’s still very good but I’d argue he’s not dominant like he was a couple of years ago. Still, for a team like Milwaukee he’s a luxury. I was hoping Knebel would recover then they’d have a couple of trade options but Williams came out of nowhere so that could make Hader expendable. The question is who wants him and what could the Brewers get back in return? San Diego would be a logical fit.
