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One way I judge a signing on whether two years from now the guy you sign could be dealt. Ramirez is fools gold. Nice numbers but no impact. Sort of like Carlos Lee without the likeability factor. Astros would love to have somebody take Lee. Brewers will be looking for someone to take Ramirez off their hands in 2 years.
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well, since brewers.com says aram is only looking for 3 years, it wouldn't be the end of the world if he's a bust after two year...

 

i think aram at 3 years and anything under 45 million improves the team...and shouldn't get too much in the way of other improvements...

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well, since brewers.com says aram is only looking for 3 years, it wouldn't be the end of the world if he's a bust after two year...

 

i think aram at 3 years and anything under 45 million improves the team...and shouldn't get too much in the way of other improvements...

I know you said anywhere under 3years/$45million but man...if the Brewers give him anywhere close to this I will go nuts. I think he's worth at most 3 years/$33 million and that is pushing it for me.

 

 

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i don't want them to spend that much on him either, but i don't think the extra 5 or so million a year will make much difference to the rest of the roster...i hope it's not for that much, but i wouldn't be surprised
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One way I judge a signing on whether two years from now the guy you sign could be dealt. Ramirez is fools gold. Nice numbers but no impact. Sort of like Carlos Lee without the likeability factor. Astros would love to have somebody take Lee. Brewers will be looking for someone to take Ramirez off their hands in 2 years

 

How does nice numbers and no impact make any sense? Putting up good offensive numbers certainly has an impact on the team. Is it implied that Aram is some kind of anti clutch player that accumulates stats in meaningless situation or that is poor fielding and poor demeanor somehow counteracts his offensive firepower? I guess I am not sure what you are getting at here.

 

The Astros would love to get rid of Lee because the owe him a bagillion dollars and are a horrible team. The Brewers wouldn't owe Aram nearly the annual salary and the Brewers are positioned to be competitve. I don't see how the situation is all that similar

 

Aram has been one of the best offensive 3B in the NL for a long time now; I would gladly take him for the right price. I would take him for 3/30 in a heartbeat.

 

Obviously signing Aram wouldn't be without risk but there isn't a decent FA out there this year that is not without a good amount of risk. Aram, Rollins, Furcal, Fielder, etc they all have major question marks

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Wow, why would they even consider paying someone like him 15 mil a year? He's a first baseman playing third base, and he'll be three seasons removed from his last great offensive season. I wouldn't pay him 20 mil for two years.
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Wow, why would they even consider paying someone like him 15 mil a year? He's a first baseman playing third base, and he'll be three seasons removed from his last great offensive season. I wouldn't pay him 20 mil for two years.
I agree with out about not paying him 15 Million a year; but would consider 2009 and 2011 great seasons. Obviously his 2009 was cut short by injury though. Maybe it just a matter of opinion; but I consider an.871 OPS great for a 3B; correct me if I am wrong. 2010 was really his only bad year in a really long time

 

 

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he had the second highest ops by a 3b in the majors last year and led the nl...actually led the nl in every major category at 3b except runs...in fact, he was 16th in the league in ops, so even as a 1b, he was way above average...would have been fifth in the league last year at 1b, and surely would be a good fielder there

 

so, i don't think you can classify his year as anything but awesome...offense is down across the board

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I don't hate Ramirez or anything. I just don't understand why the Brewers would spend their limited resources on him when they have much greater needs. They could have a solid platoon at third between Green and any random lefty-masher, and it would be cheap. They could spend their money at shortstop, fill out their bullpen nicely, and still have room to add payroll during the season.
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i don't think they could wisely spend that amount of money at ss...rollins is the only guaranteed above average guy left on the board at short, and he will cost more and be a way bigger risk in terms of production and injury...

 

i would much rather have aram and a defensive first ss than blow a bunch of money on rollins or furcal...

 

as for the bullpen, i think it's krod and umm...fiers and braddock? rogers? surely we won't sign anyone now

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I don't hate Ramirez or anything. I just don't understand why the Brewers would spend their limited resources on him when they have much greater needs. They could have a solid platoon at third between Green and any random lefty-masher, and it would be cheap. They could spend their money at shortstop, fill out their bullpen nicely, and still have room to add payroll during the season.
This. Yes. I know the front office thinks another proven bat for the middle of the

order would be a big plus, but to spend any money on it at 3B when we

have cheap & potentially quite good options already MLB-ready makes

no sense when there are other much greater needs.

 

If K-Rod accepts arby, then it probably forces the Brewers to go with the Green/McGehee/Gamel triumvirate at 1B & 3B anyway. But the seemingly flawed logic Stevo points out bothers me, too.

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Why don't we trade Hart? See if that can land us a shortstop and a relief arm. Trading Hart, non-tendering McGehee, and losing Fielder, Saito, and Hawkins would be significant for balancing the payroll. Gindl can get 1st crack in RF, and we could sign a cheap RH option for depth.

 

sign Ramirez for 3b, and check in on Furcal, Scutaro, etc for SS.

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