Offseason thread - Hunter Morris Traded to Pitt

Thunder Muscle · Post #381 » by **Thunder Muscle** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 1:44 pm

Good luck with that K-Rod...

Francisco Rodriguez, who was previously believed to be holding out for a two-year deal, would sign a one-year pact for a premium price of $10 million, according to a report.

Most teams have spent their offseason budget and won't have the financial wiggle room to meet the reliever's demand.

Post #382 » by **humanrefutation** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 8:32 pm

http://baseball.realgm.com/wiretap/4196 ... 0M-In-2015

LMAO

Post #383 » by **ReasonablySober** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 2:29 am

5 other letters of apology from around Major League Baseball

God I laughed. Sample...

Hunter Pence:

The best is #5.

Post #384 » by **ReasonablySober** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 4:19 am

I'm so pissed off none of you ******s have said anything about that link. It is without a doubt the best thing written baseball related this this winter. All of you can go to hell.

trwi7 · Post #385 » by **trwi7** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 7:22 am

5 is great. Also lawled a great deal at Pineda's with the pine tar smudges.

Thunder Muscle · Post #386 » by **Thunder Muscle** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 1:33 pm

#5 is good --- "Pat the Bat" lmao.

Post #387 » by **ReasonablySober** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 3:18 pm

Moncada to the Red Sox for $31.5, so $63 total. I haven't seen anything to indicate the Brewers made a serious bid. Somewhat interesting that the number is less than they were prepared to offer Abreu.

Post #388 » by **humanrefutation** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 3:25 pm

humanrefutation wrote:http://baseball.realgm.com/wiretap/4196 ... 0M-In-2015

LMAO

HAHAHAHAHaHaHaHahahahaha...ha. *ahem*.

http://baseball.realgm.com/wiretap/4201 ... -Rodriguez

Post #389 » by **ReasonablySober** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:45 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/joelsherman1/status/569895504231964672[/tweet]

I wonder if it means the Brewers were offering $30. It would be a number between the $27 the Yankees offered and what he eventually signed for.

Post #390 » by **ReasonablySober** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:46 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/haudricourt/status/569900888661164032[/tweet]

Damn.

Post #391 » by **humanrefutation** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:20 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/joelsherman1/status/569895504231964672[/tweet]

I wonder if it means the Brewers were offering $30. It would be a number between the $27 the Yankees offered and what he eventually signed for.

If we were that sold on Moncada, I wouldn't have minded offering a few more million to bring him in.

Post #392 » by **ReasonablySober** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:23 pm

Now that we found out the Brewers were the first to officially offer him, it makes me think the money probably wasn't close.

wichmae · Post #393 » by **wichmae** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:34 pm

IM becoming very worried with the way we are spending money here in Milwaukee. There is no fiscal responsibility in terms of the talent they are paying in re K-Rod

Kerb Hohl · Post #394 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 6:26 pm

Did they sign him back or something?

RayRayJones · Post #395 » by **RayRayJones** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 7:25 pm

wichmae wrote:IM becoming very worried with the way we are spending money here in Milwaukee. There is no fiscal responsibility in terms of the talent they are paying in re K-Rod

Is there really any financial commitment though? It's likely to be a 1 year deal and then poof, he's gone. While I'm in the (obvious) camp of not signing KRod for the money he wants, I'm not sure there's much else the Brewers can do. We're in a win or go home season, with very little done in the off season. I think KRod can be serviceable and, maybe more importantly, could be worth something at the deadline when we're selling anything that hits, fields, or throws a ball.

Post #396 » by **ReasonablySober** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 7:40 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/adammccalvy/status/569944294561181696[/tweet]

wichmae · Post #397 » by **wichmae** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 7:44 pm

RayRayJones wrote:
wichmae wrote:IM becoming very worried with the way we are spending money here in Milwaukee. There is no fiscal responsibility in terms of the talent they are paying in re K-Rod

Is there really any financial commitment though? It's likely to be a 1 year deal and then poof, he's gone. While I'm in the (obvious) camp of not signing KRod for the money he wants, I'm not sure there's much else the Brewers can do. We're in a win or go home season, with very little done in the off season. I think KRod can be serviceable and, maybe more importantly, could be worth something at the deadline when we're selling anything that hits, fields, or throws a ball.

Apparently he wants a two year deal according to reports.

RayRayJones · Post #398 » by **RayRayJones** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 7:54 pm

wichmae wrote:Apparently he wants a two year deal according to reports.

Yeah, that's what has been reported throughout the off season, just goin' off of Thunder Muscles' mention of a report 5 days ago saying he'd do 1yr/10mm.

Francisco Rodriguez, who was previously believed to be holding out for a two-year deal, would sign a one-year pact for a premium price of $10 million, according to a report.

Most teams have spent their offseason budget and won't have the financial wiggle room to meet the reliever's demand.

In which case, I'm okay with the deal. Obviously a few mil less would be cool, but we need something other than Papelbon sitting at the back of our bullpen.

Kerb Hohl · Post #399 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 8:18 pm

In terms of value, I hate bringing back K-Rod or Papelbon. I think both are barely above average relievers (Papelbon has been better) but both are due for even further decline. The Brewers also have about 8 options that are decent to good at this point. No Aroldis Chapmans, but Knebel, Cotts/Smith (LOOGYs - I hope), Thornburg if he stays at RP, Henderson, Kintzler, Jeffress, Wooten, and Broxton are just fine assuming Ron understands how to use a bullpen.

That said, if either is brought in for 1, or at a low cost on 2 years, I will think it is stupid but not care. At this point, that is all that is left on the market in their half-assed "going for it" year before the roster completely changes over in 2016.

Thunder Muscle · Post #400 » by **Thunder Muscle** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:23 pm

wichmae wrote:IM becoming very worried with the way we are spending money here in Milwaukee. There is no fiscal responsibility in terms of the talent they are paying in re K-Rod

I'm more worried about a conflicting direction the organization has than the actual spending. I guess its not my money to worry about, but I feel like we're kind of slowly slipping back to the mentality of the 90s of lets get some veterans here to possibly win now, but also try to build the farm system back up in the process ---- generally didn't work. Or the obvious Bucks mentality.

I just am not clear on what the direction of the team is. Is it all-in each year? Or do they have a 5 year plan? It feels like are half-assed attempting both which concerns me.