2019 Brewers Trades/News - Yelich Avoids Surgery; Out 8-10 Weeks

[ReasonablySober]

Josh Hader is in the 100th percentile for strikeouts and the 2nd percentile for hard hit rate. Only 7 pitchers allow more SLG on contact.

0-0 count: .412 average, 1.412 slugging, 5 home runs
All other counts: .129 average, .298 slugging, 8 home runs

Throws a 4 seam fastball 85% of the time on the first pitch.

https://www.mlb.com/brewers/news/josh-hader-has-a-home-run-problem

He also isn't throwing the ball down in the zone as often it looks like.

[crkone]

Josh Hader is in the 100th percentile for strikeouts and the 2nd percentile for hard hit rate. Only 7 pitchers allow more SLG on contact.

0-0 count: .412 average, 1.412 slugging, 5 home runs
All other counts: .129 average, .298 slugging, 8 home runs

Throws a 4 seam fastball 85% of the time on the first pitch.

https://www.mlb.com/brewers/news/josh-hader-has-a-home-run-problem

He also isn't throwing the ball down in the zone as often it looks like.

Yeah they get into that.

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[Kerb Hohl]

Another RH platoon bat for September if so.

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[Kerb Hohl]

Man, after the Jeffress thing...I was thinking a few weeks/months ago that 2020 was going to be the squeeze year in payroll. The year where Attanasio may have to go to his absolute max and things would naturally cool off in the payroll in following years, probably.

But here we are, they should have some room (but a lot of spots to fill).

I'm going to guess at arby for guys they will/could keep. I'll also assume the mutual options don't get picked up by the player.

Locks ($60)
Braun ($17)
Grandal mutual option buyout ($2.25)
Cain ($16)
Yelich ($12.5)
Moustakas mutual option buyout ($3)
Guerra ($4)
Knebel ($5.25)

Probably ($16.5)
Davies ($5.5)
Thames ($7.5) - I think Shaw is DFA'ed so you overpay a bit for a lefty MLB bat. Maybe this goes in "maybe" as you could try to find similar production and save a few million.
Gamel ($1) - Will probably spend a good deal of the year at AAA
Claudio ($2.5)

Maybe ($23.5)
Anderson ($8.5) - You probably decline this and in theory could bring him back at $4 million or something. But declining probably means he's gone, not a huge loss but that is what can happen.
Nelson ($4)
Perez ($3.5)
Arcia ($2.5)
Shaw ($5) - Really doubt it at this point.


The rest of the guys are all pre-arby or their salary will be negligible. I'll say that roughly 20 guys will make $15 million at the bottom of the 40-man (and this includes contributors like Hader, Woodruff, and Hiura).

TLDR; They should have ~$40 million to spend on maybe 10 players if they are willing to spend roughly $130 million. Obviously things can drastically change if they move guys around and make trades, but there is room now with albeit more spots to fill. They could do a Mous/Grandal-esque thing with 2 2nd tier free agents and bring in one more 2nd tier guy and then fill in with Matt Albers-type signings.

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[HaroldinGMinor]

Well, Go Pack Go.

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Blech.

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Barry Bonds did this 15 straight years.

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Barry Bonds did this 15 straight years.

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Barry Bonds did this 15 straight years.

LOL.

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[Kerb Hohl]

I am assuming Twirl meant without the juiced ball (though for part of it actually on the juice) Bonds roughly did that if you normalize it to non-juiced ball.

One of my favorite things to do is look at the Bonds HGH stat lines late in his career. He had a .609 OBP in 2004.

Albert Poo Holes put up similar numbers to them (without the juiced ball and without the steals) in 2001-2011. Completely obvious that he never did steroids. I mean, so clearly obvious that he did it "the right way." Also very obvious that he is actually the age he says he is as he fell off a literal cliff at age "31" (lol).

[neiLz]

Would be amazing if the team rallies around the yelich injury and makes a push and take the wild card. IF the brewers/cubs tie for the 2nd wild card, do they again play the cubs at wrigley for a tie breaker. I am seeing the season record is cubs 10-9 vs the crew but i can't count.

Anyway, if the cubs do not make the wild card, then Maddon and everyone else running the cubs should be let go.

[Kerb Hohl]

Would be amazing if the team rallies around the yelich injury and makes a push and take the wild card. IF the brewers/cubs tie for the 2nd wild card, do they again play the cubs at wrigley for a tie breaker. I am seeing the season record is cubs 10-9 vs the crew but i can't count.

Anyway, if the cubs do not make the wild card, then Maddon and everyone else running the cubs should be let go.

The Brewers won 10-9 so it would be at Miller Park.

[ibanezjp]

I know we don’t know if he needs surgery or not yet but what’s the typical recovery time? Is this maybe gonna make him miss some of next season?