Brewers fill their first base vacancy with former Astros slugger Chris Carter, per AP and @Ken_Rosenthal. Story coming to Brewers .com.
— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) January 6, 2016
http://m.brewers.mlb.com/news/...r-signs-with-brewers
37 hrs! Strike outs galore! Perfect!!
"It's a chance to play first base every day, and I already knew the GM, David Stearns. It felt like a good fit for me."
Carter, who turned 29 just before Christmas, was a regular in the Astros' lineup for the three seasons Stearns worked in that club's front office. Carter hit 90 home runs in 422 games in Houston, and also struck out 545 times, including a Major League-leading 232 whiffs in 2013, when he recorded 29 home runs and 82 RBIs in his first full season as a Major League starter.
He hit 37 home runs in '14 and added 24 more in '15, when Carter batted .199 with 64 RBIs and 151 strikeouts in 129 games, including 105 starts at first base and seven as the designated hitter.
When he gets hot, Carter is a force at the plate. He helped the Astros wrap up an American League Wild Card spot in 2015 by batting .353 (12-for-34) with six home runs and 10 RBIs in the team's final 15 regular season games. Of hitters with at least 35 plate appearances during that stretch, Carter led the Majors in OPS (1.376) and slugging percentage (.971) as the Astros edged the Angels by one game to earn a postseason berth.
3TO is back, cheap, and really the only bad outcome is he plays "OK."
Interesting... Looks like this 2016 Brewer team is going to strike out a lot...
But those strike outs are no worse than any other outs.
Yeah because the KC royals didn't debunk that theory at all.
remember that time TD was running around telling everyone what they said was a strawman but he really didn't understand what a strawman was. That was awesome.
Your argument is not deductively valid. (I'll give you a couple minutes to google that)
Remember that time when el ka bong wasn't an idiot, said no one ever.
Stick to telling us how strike outs have nothing to do with scoring runs come playoff time and your make believe friends. While your wasting your life away posting your diatribe, I've got better things to do than trade insults with some fiddle dick about the Brewers success with crummy management.
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Good argument, for a single season.
RHP Wily Peralta, LHP Will Smith & SS Jean Segura signed 1-year contracts, avoiding arbitration. No other #Brewers are arbitration eligible.
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) January 15, 2016
Jonathan Lucroy thinks trade would be best for him and Brewers
"I want to win and I don't see us winning in the foreseeable future. I want to go to a World Series. That's what all players want. Rebuilding is not a lot of fun for any veteran guy."
Luc is (as always) honest here. Best possible thing is to go out and rake early in the season so you can be traded to a contender. Hate to see him go, but he probably isn't part of the rebuild.
He's still miles better than Maldy, unless you are an idiot.
New #Brewers OF Rymer Liriano was once seen as a top prospect. Blew out his elbow and has to regain his steam. Great pick up for Crew.
— Bernie Pleskoff (@BerniePleskoff) January 28, 2016
Should Shane Peterson clear waivers, #Brewers will have him AND Rymer Liriano, who is 3 years younger. That's why moves like this are made.
— Tom (@Haudricourt) January 29, 2016
SD designated Rhymer Liriano for assignment after signing SS Alexei Ramirez. Rated SD's No. 6 prospect by @BaseballAmerica entering 2015.
— Tom (@Haudricourt) January 28, 2016
Pirates have announced hiring Brewers' Joe Block to broadcast team, per @BiertempfelTrib. Looks like a promotion for @JLevering4.
— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) January 30, 2016
Although I didn't mind Block too much, it sure seems like the Scalawags could have done much better. Hopefully they pair him with a color guy. I thought he was much better when having one when Ueck didn't travel the past couple of years.
Brewers trade Jean Segura and Tyler Wagner to Arizona for Chase Anderson, Aaron Hill, Isan Diaz and cash.
I like this Stearns kid.
Hey, if he can pull some magic and make one of our starters turn into Dallas Keuchel.. I'll be really happy. Not a bad trade, I understand they probably had to move Segura. They added a proven 4/5 as well as a decent prospect on top of Hill's veteran presence (I doubt he produces much-but they need leadership).
Fascinating chat with Garza, who's going into the season with "not a little chip, but a big chip on my shoulder." Says no ill will to org.
— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) January 31, 2016
Garza says he will "pitch selfishly" and "pitch for me" in 2016 rather than trying to please others.
— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) January 31, 2016
If he is going to selfishly keep guys from getting on base, I am cool with that
El-ka-Bong. I agree. Maybe he can selfishly eat up about 7-8 innings every start by keeping his team in the game and prevent their long relievers from getting extra work.
Yeah, if he can selfishly establish some value so we can get a draft pick for him after he rejects a 1 year tender.. I'm cool with that too. Or, if he selfishly plays really well before the ASB and we can trade him for a few prospects, I'd be cool with that.
Hope he's cool with that.
Even if he pitches well, it will be a long time before he can reject a 1 year tender.
Both sides need to selfishly help each other to get him on a WS team
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How about best everyday lineup of all time? My god that team was loaded. And the pitching wasn't bad either (two HOF pitchers in the playoffs (Sutton and Fingers), plus a very underrated Caldwell, and the Cy Young winner that year (Vuckovich).
How much would that the payroll for that team be? They were obviously loaded beyond the infield. I put out some estimates. Feel free to argue (I probably underestimated salaries as most of these players were arbitration-eligible or beyond in 1982)
Simmons - career 50 WAR. 8 time all-star. 1982 stats 759 OPS, 23 HR, 97 RBI
Estimated salary in 2016: 15 million a year
Cooper - career 35 WAR. 5 time all-star. 1982 (870, 32, 121)
Estimated salary in 2016: 20 million a year
Gantner- career 22 WAR. 1982 (704, 4, 43). 8 million a year
Yount HOF - career 77 WAR. 1982 (957, 29, 114 and a gold glove). 25 million a year
Molitor HOF - career 75 WAR. 1982 (816, 19, 71). 20 million a year
Oglivie. career 25 WAR. 1982 (780, 34, 102). 12 million a year.
Thomas. career 20 WAR. 1982 (850, 39, 112). 14 million a year. Gorman looks a lot better as a money-ball type player because he walked a lot.
Charlie Moore. career 10 WAR. 1982 (659, 6, 49). 5 million. The only below-average player.
Don Money- DH 4 time all star, career 36 WAR. 1982 (891, 16, 55). 10 million
Roy Howell - DH. career 11 WAR. 1982 (655, 4, 28). 4 million
133 million just for the top 10 position players, and that's a conservative estimate.
Pitchers
Don Sutton (HOF). career 69 WAR. Estimated salary of 25 million.
Mike Caldwell. career 19 WAR. 15 million.
Moose Haas. career 18 WAR. 12 million
Pete Vuckovich. career 17 WAR. Cy Young winner. 15 million
McClure. career 10 WAR. 5 million
Augustine. career 4 WAR. 3 million
Slaton. Career 18 WAR. 8 million
Easterly. Career 2 WAR. 3 million
Rollie Fingers (HOF). 25 WAR. Cy young previous year. 20 million.
106 million for those 9 pitchers.
About 239 million plus another 6 reserves so you're probably looking at 250 million.
That team might rank near the top of all teams that didn't win the World Series. 4 HOFers, plus at least two perennial all-stars (Simmons and Cooper).
Maybe only the mid-1990s Mariners with Griffey, A-Rod, Randy Johnson, Edgar Martinez, and a few others would rank in the same level in the last 30 years or so.
Rosenthal on Segura's bounce back chances.
I can't imagine the devastation of losing my kid. I believe that did impact what we saw on the field from Seggy. but the second part (and bulk of) KR's article focuses on money.
But Segura, during his time with the Brewers, also was troubled by something else, something that contributed to him growing distracted, according to several people who know him.
If being insulted by a 40 million dollar offer makes you play like ****, then to bad for you. I really don't like the "if the club would have paid me more, I would have played better" excuse, because it might be the ****tiest of all excuses.
I don't wish Jean any ill will. KR on the other hand, this is ****ty journalism.
New #Brewers ad: Craig Counsell "Born a Brewer" https://t.co/NsoxDgo5VP
— Brew Crew Ball (@BrewCrewBall) February 8, 2016
Khris Davis traded to Oakland for a pitcher and catcher prospects. Davis had good power but also made some goofy mistakes and errors. Doesn't surprise me he was on the block.
This team is going to be f**king awful.
But I prefer this to the moves that would have been made by the clown that previously ran the show. It would be more typical of the Brewers to have given David Freese 40 million dollars to plug that third base hole left vacant by Ramirez and then get into a bidding war for J.A. Happ because they needed a veteran lefty to pair with the trio of young starters. And with big-time moves like that they could have gone on to win 76 games instead of the 59 they'll probably win next year. A loser is a loser no matter how close they got to .500.
I know they want to keep Lucroy because he's the face of the franchise. But seriously, if they got a decent offer for him then what sense is there in keeping him? Is he really that much better at working with young pitchers than Maldonado?
The Brewers' rebuild rolls on. Latest to go is Khris Davis. Details on today's trade with the A's: https://t.co/pvNPrNSkew
— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) February 13, 2016
The #Brewers have acquired two young prospects, C Jacob Nottingham and RHP Bubba Derby, from Oakland in exchange for OF Khris Davis.
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) February 12, 2016
Brewers GM David Stearns is high on the catching prospect he acquired today: pic.twitter.com/xJew984dsn
— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) February 13, 2016
59 games might end up on the high end for wins this year. If they make the playoffs in 3 years I'll be fine with it.
there has certainly been an influx of young, controllable talent. When your marketing dept uses the face of the manager in the primary advertisement, then everyone knows this is going to be a hard year to find wins.
It needed to happen, now we find out what kind of scouting dept Melvin and Stearns put together.