Ryon Healy to Brewers

[3and2Fastball]

More AAAA depth in case Braun and other 1B’s break down...

[SRB]

Option-able corner infielder. Makes sense.

 

However, if he's the primary move at third base it will obviously be unacceptable.

 

Agreed.

 

Healy is not a great option as a regular starter at 1B/3B, but he brings power off the bench and our current 40-man infield bench options (since Arcia/Urias are both slotted into starting roles until we sign another 3B) are Rony Rodriguez and Mark Mathias...

 

I thought everybody on here loved low-OBP, high-SLG guys like Mike Moustakas?

 

Mike Moustakas career: .252/.310/.441/.751

Ryon Healy career: .261/.298/.452/.750

 

(No, I'm not comparing the two, for the record. Healy appears to be a terrible defender at 3B. Just kidding around.)

[walleye]

Great pick up for depth ....... always need that player that’s on your triple A tram that has experience at the bigs

[TJseven7]

Mike Moustakas career: .252/.310/.441/.751

Ryon Healy career: .261/.298/.452/.750

 

 

That's ridiculous how close that is.

 

1b AAA Healy AA Spanberger A+ Fry

[MNBrew]

Mike Moustakas career: .252/.310/.441/.751

Ryon Healy career: .261/.298/.452/.750

 

 

That's ridiculous how close that is.

Not really: Moustakas gains so much of his value from his HRs. He's not exactly a well-rounded hitter.

[TJseven7]

Not really: Moustakas gains so much of his value from his HRs. He's not exactly a well-rounded hitter.

 

The opinion varies from sure I'd match 16/4 to I don' want the bum. That's ridiculous.

[MrTPlush]

He had an .800 OPS against RHP last year. Not a bad reserve at all. Honestly any reserve that can fill in and be 100 OPS+ level is fantastic.

 

To be fair, he only played 47 games last year. I most appreciate his nearly 5:1 career K/BB ratio. He'll fit right in on the Brewers.

 

My bad, I actually assumed he was a LHB too...he isn’t. People seem to talk up every hitter like Miller Park is going to make them some Babe Ruth/Ty Cobb clone. I end up assuming it is a lefty who may benefit from the generous right to right-center.

 

Of course Miller Park isn’t really the little league field people think.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Stearns just can't help himself on his way out of Walmart(where he does all of his FA shopping), he HAS to grab something off the clearance rack too.

 

Yeah, we got the joke.

[jonescm128]

 

His nickname is the Mayor of Dongtown

[SRB]

He's was not too shabby in Oakland, maybe he just hates Seattle? (He was also injured last year, not sure about 2018)

 

2016-2017 with OAK: 888 PA, 38 HR, .282/.313/.475/.788, .334 wOBA, 111 wRC+, 1.8 fWAR

[MrTPlush]

 

His nickname is the Mayor of Dongtown

 

Uhhh....

[xisxisxis]

Stearns just can't help himself on his way out of Walmart(where he does all of his FA shopping), he HAS to grab something off the clearance rack too.

There's a clearance rack at Walmart? I thought everything at Walmart was clearance...

[homer]

Stearns just can't help himself on his way out of Walmart(where he does all of his FA shopping), he HAS to grab something off the clearance rack too.

 

So now you want him signing his AAA players to 10 figure deals?

[DuWayne Steurer]

 

My bad, I actually assumed he was a LHB too...he isn’t. People seem to talk up every hitter like Miller Park is going to make them some Babe Ruth/Ty Cobb clone. I end up assuming it is a lefty who may benefit from the generous right to right-center.

 

Of course Miller Park isn’t really the little league field people think.

 

 

Yeah, this. There's already people saying that Garcia could hit 30-35 (or even 40!) homers in Miller Park. I remember way back when we acquired Carlos Lee, at least a few people said he'd hit 50 homers hitting in Miller Park.

 

It just doesn't quite work like that.

[Brewcrewin07]

Stearns just can't help himself on his way out of Walmart(where he does all of his FA shopping), he HAS to grab something off the clearance rack too.

 

Yeah, we got the joke.

 

C'mon, you have to admit, it is a 100% spot on analogy. It would be funny if it wasn't so sad.

[A Swing and A Drive]

This is way better than out last two signings.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Stearns just can't help himself on his way out of Walmart(where he does all of his FA shopping), he HAS to grab something off the clearance rack too.

 

Yeah, we got the joke.

 

C'mon, you have to admit, it is a 100% spot on analogy. It would be funny if it wasn't so sad.

 

That’s not what’s sad here

[areacodes]

Stearns just can't help himself on his way out of Walmart(where he does all of his FA shopping), he HAS to grab something off the clearance rack too.

 

Yeah, we got the joke.

 

C'mon, you have to admit, it is a 100% spot on analogy. It would be funny if it wasn't so sad.

 

So Cain, Grandal, Moustakas and Garcia are all shopping at Walmart level FA signings?

[bigred]

Many of us are waiting for DS to make a big splash via FA signing or trade, I'm almost certain most of us are going to end up disappointed.

[A Swing and A Drive]

Stearns just can't help himself on his way out of Walmart(where he does all of his FA shopping), he HAS to grab something off the clearance rack too.

There's a clearance rack at Walmart? I thought everything at Walmart was clearance...

 

There is also a dumpster in back of the Walmart.

[KeithStone53151]

Good depth move. This years version of spangenberg/sogard/saladino. Hopefully he has a great season in AAA and we never need him at the mlb level. We certainly could do worse for a depth option

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

This is 1B Ryan Braun insurance. That’s it.

[Fear The Chorizo]

Does this move mean that we are taking offers for Cain, or that we are moving Hiura to 3rd? Or is that 14 player, 5 team trade that involves us trading Lutz twice back on the menu? I've lost track on the transaction rumor master plan flowchart...

[adambr2]

Stearns just can't help himself on his way out of Walmart(where he does all of his FA shopping), he HAS to grab something off the clearance rack too.

 

Speaking of people who can't help themselves....

 

Every team makes these kinds of signings. You have to fill out your bench and AAA roster for depth.

[brewerhuman]

I assume this is insurance and seeing what happens at AAA, but part of me wonders if deals like this (specifically, one-year deal as opposed to a NRI) can also be favors to agents and agencies in exchange for fairness in negotiations upcoming or down the road on other players. I'm not talking about a discount in negotiations, to be clear. I just wonder if that's an avenue that gets explored.