Cain to Brewers

[CubinNY]

Unless they trade Santana or Braun, I really don't see the point here.

Braun to 1st

 

And Thames?

I dunno

[Bryants Disco Ball]

I'm too lazy to look this up: Do the Brewers as a small market have to give up any picks for signing Cain?

[Agony and Ivy]

Braun to 1st

 

And Thames?

I dunno

 

They'll be trading Santana and Phillips for pitching I'd bet and I wonder if Neil Walker doesn't sign there as well.

[Cubswin11]

I'm too lazy to look this up: Do the Brewers as a small market have to give up any picks for signing Cain?

Yeah, think 2nd or 3rd pick and int. Money as well

[Agony and Ivy]

 

And Thames?

I dunno

 

They'll be trading Santana and Phillips for pitching I'd bet and I wonder if Neil Walker doesn't sign there as well.

 

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Well that's clearly not happening now

[imb]

Braun to 1st

 

And Thames?

I dunno

 

Thames was like borderline replacement level after the first month of the season. He's not important

[CubinNY]

 

And Thames?

I dunno

 

Thames was like borderline replacement level after the first month of the season. He's not important

That’s exactly what I wanted to say. Yep.

 

But really I was thinking, Braun is starting to break down and a move to first makes sense.

[Cubswin11]

Yelich and Cain are the only 2 Brewers who project to finish inside the top 300, THREE HUNDRED, in MLB for WAR

[davell]

I know I'm going to shift my pants when they trade for Odorizzi now.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Yelich and Cain are the only 2 Brewers who project to finish inside the top 300, THREE HUNDRED, in MLB for WAR

 

Good God, how is that even possible?

[Cubswin11]

Yelich and Cain are the only 2 Brewers who project to finish inside the top 300, THREE HUNDRED, in MLB for WAR

 

Good God, how is that even possible?

Because they suck. Jimmy Nelson technically does as well but his shoulder exploded

[imb]

Yelich and Cain are the only 2 Brewers who project to finish inside the top 300, THREE HUNDRED, in MLB for WAR

 

there is no way that will hold true. You do 300 players and you're running into negative WAR guys

[We Got The Whole 9]

I like Cain as a guy who can give you 8-9 WAR pretty comfortably over the next 3 years but I would be terrified of owing him 35m for his age 35 and 36 seasons. And a NTC, to boot.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Yes, Morosi. Likely would not accept.

 

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[Derwood]

Yelich and Cain are the only 2 Brewers who project to finish inside the top 300, THREE HUNDRED, in MLB for WAR

 

there is no way that will hold true. You do 300 players and you're running into negative WAR guys

 

2017 fWAR leaderboard doesn't hit 0.0 WAR until 792, and -0.1 until 932

[Cubswin11]

Yelich and Cain are the only 2 Brewers who project to finish inside the top 300, THREE HUNDRED, in MLB for WAR

 

there is no way that will hold true. You do 300 players and you're running into negative WAR guys

Sure at the end of the year actually it might not be true but right now it is with projections. Go to about the 9th paragraph. It’s real and it’s spectacular.

 

 

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-brewers-are-trying-to-add-to-the-top/

Edited January 26, 2018 by Cubswin11

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Yes, Morosi. Likely would not accept.

 

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His Twitter account should be suspended for that.

[David]

I like Cain as a guy who can give you 8-9 WAR pretty comfortably over the next 3 years but I would be terrified of owing him 35m for his age 35 and 36 seasons. And a NTC, to boot.

 

if you're getting $60ish+M worth of value over the first 3 years pretty comfortably, there's not a lot he has to do over those last two seasons for the contract to be value neutral.

[Thusly Boned]

Yes, Morosi. Likely would not accept.

 

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The players they had that would have netted Archer already went in the Yelich trade.

[imb]

Yelich and Cain are the only 2 Brewers who project to finish inside the top 300, THREE HUNDRED, in MLB for WAR

 

there is no way that will hold true. You do 300 players and you're running into negative WAR guys

 

2017 fWAR leaderboard doesn't hit 0.0 WAR until 792, and -0.1 until 932

 

oh i guess i wasn't thinking of unqualified players

[Derwood]

 

there is no way that will hold true. You do 300 players and you're running into negative WAR guys

 

2017 fWAR leaderboard doesn't hit 0.0 WAR until 792, and -0.1 until 932

 

oh i guess i wasn't thinking of unqualified players

 

Sure, right, I don't know what the cut off is for that. I just went with Fangraphs WAR leaderboard

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/warleaders.aspx?season=2017&team=all

[imb]

 

2017 fWAR leaderboard doesn't hit 0.0 WAR until 792, and -0.1 until 932

 

oh i guess i wasn't thinking of unqualified players

 

Sure, right, I don't know what the cut off is for that. I just went with Fangraphs WAR leaderboard

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/warleaders.aspx?season=2017&team=all

 

i just learned that jon jay was more valuable than ryan braun last year lmao

[George Hayduke]

 

why would you think that

If the Cubs don't make a move heading into the regular season, their moves are Chatwood and Morrow and lost Arrieta? The Brewers were nearly better than them last year.

#nearly

[cubfan]

I'm too lazy to look this up: Do the Brewers as a small market have to give up any picks for signing Cain?

 

Someone over on the Brewers boards said they lost the 73rd pick if I remember right.

[imb]

I'm too lazy to look this up: Do the Brewers as a small market have to give up any picks for signing Cain?

 

Someone over on the Brewers boards said they lost the 73rd pick if I remember right.

 

you can almost hear the window closing a little