Bernman wrote:I'm getting Hader to commit to throwing a 2nd offspeed pitch for a year, namely that curveball which was nasty in the minors but at times he had trouble harnessing it, before seriously considering dealing him. Then he'd be an extra level of dominant as a reliever or could convert to being potentially an ace starter. Hard to give up on that. You'd have to pay much more in FA and we have a hard time developing difference making pitchers in the farm. I think the Brewers could end up really regretting this if they're serious.
Do you really think that the Brewers have not tried to have him work on a 3rd pitch or at least have explored how and if that would make him more effective?
Bernman wrote:Also a bad strategy to halfway re-stock because the Brewers are supposedly at the end of a run of relative success to some. The Brewers should eventually be full sellers. But until then have to commit to winning now. They've never really peaked. Were ahead of schedule, actually. They originally said it was a 5-year rebuild plan. They'd be partially rebuilding when they planned contendership would start.
I'm with you here. If they dealt Hader and Yelich tomorrow and said they were doing everything to be ready for a dominant team in 2022, I'd be on board. It would make no sense to me to trade Hader for future players and then not spend money on guys this year but keep Yelich and some of the other remaining vets. That would be building a 78 win team for no reason other than to save the owner some money.
