Non-Brewers Free Agent Signings

[stoutdude04]

I think in today's age of baseball 11 mill for a middle of the road starter is probably close to the going rate. Matzo appeared to make some adjustments at the end of last year, so the Cards may think theyve found something too. This is probably not a 'needle mover', but a solid signing for their rotation.

[SRB]

Terrible signing by the Cards in my opinion

[brewcrewdue80]

It is a good signing for St. Louis near term, I don't know about long term. Matz has a 4-2 career vs Milw in 6 starts, I imagine he keeps the 2/3 win pct vs Milw. If you are trying to catch the team ahead of you in the standings, that is one way to do it in h2h.

[markedman5]

Escobar to the Mets 2 years 20 million

 

[TURBO]

Escobar to the Mets 2 years 20 million

 

 

 

Would like to have had him back, but this doesn't bother me too much. He just wasn't much of a factor for us down the stretch, but no one else was either offensively I guess.

 

Best of luck to him.

[DuWayne Steurer]

I like how Rosenthal's tweet says Escobar "can play 2B or 3B". Buddy, you don't know how accurate that is.

[brewers888]

I personally would have liked to have Escobar back at that price but we have to add a right handed bat with some pop to this lineup.

[brewers888]

Probably wrong to speculate on but the question has to be asked if this was an Eppler move or Stearns from behind the curtain knowing he is headed there after next season.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Probably wrong to speculate on but the question has to be asked if this was an Eppler move or Stearns from behind the curtain knowing he is headed there after next season.

 

*banging head against the wall.

 

 

The bolded part is the only portion of this post that is correct.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Probably wrong to speculate on but the question has to be asked if this was an Eppler move or Stearns from behind the curtain knowing he is headed there after next season.

 

 

I wonder what the fine/penalty would be from MLB if they found out something like this was going on. So..... no.

[brewers888]

Probably wrong to speculate on but the question has to be asked if this was an Eppler move or Stearns from behind the curtain knowing he is headed there after next season.

 

 

I wonder what the fine/penalty would be from MLB if they found out something like this was going on. So..... no.

 

There is no fine that the richest owner in baseball can't pay and if you know anything about Cohen this is the type of thing he would be willing to do. I believe that Stearns has more class than to be working as a double GM this offseason but I wouldn't completely rule it out especially with the way Cohen has run his main business.

[brewers888]

Probably wrong to speculate on but the question has to be asked if this was an Eppler move or Stearns from behind the curtain knowing he is headed there after next season.

 

*banging head against the wall.

 

 

The bolded part is the only portion of this post that is correct.

 

Until Stearns signs an extension with the Brewers all sorts of wild speculation is going to be out there.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Probably wrong to speculate on but the question has to be asked if this was an Eppler move or Stearns from behind the curtain knowing he is headed there after next season.

 

*banging head against the wall.

 

 

The bolded part is the only portion of this post that is correct.

 

Until Stearns signs an extension with the Brewers all sorts of wild speculation is going to be out there.

 

If wild speculation were happening anywhere, it would be here. It isn't. Well ... it mostly isn't

[DuWayne Steurer]

Probably wrong to speculate on but the question has to be asked if this was an Eppler move or Stearns from behind the curtain knowing he is headed there after next season.

 

 

I wonder what the fine/penalty would be from MLB if they found out something like this was going on. So..... no.

 

There is no fine that the richest owner in baseball can't pay and if you know anything about Cohen this is the type of thing he would be willing to do. I believe that Stearns has more class than to be working as a double GM this offseason but I wouldn't completely rule it out especially with the way Cohen has run his main business.

 

 

MLB could suspend Stearns for a year. They could strip draft picks. There's more that they could do than just fine the Mets. So.... no.

[Joseph Zarr]

Gotta admit, my first reaction to the Escobar deal was a snarky internal remark: “Well, at least we have JBJ back for One yeat at $9.5M.” And, I guess, Cain for $18M. And, I guess, Yelich’s extension kicking in to boot. Gulp.

 

Regardless, back to grounded reality, tho I obviously don’t like the aforementioned contracts I also don’t think losing Escobar is that big of a deal. He faded at the most inopportune time and was relegated to the bench in the NLDS. If he can’t be trusted there, he is more than likely immediately expendable in the FO’s eyes. Is what it is. Agree with others: they desperately need some form of Pop in the Lineup. We are losing Avi and Escobar. I don’t trust any internal options to fill that void.

[SRB]

Pretty good deal for the Mets with Escobar, but personally I didn't really want him back that much. Zero excitement factor.

 

I'm more bummed about the Mets getting Mark Canha, also on a decent two-year deal.

[stoutdude04]

Probably wrong to speculate on but the question has to be asked if this was an Eppler move or Stearns from behind the curtain knowing he is headed there after next season.

 

 

I wonder what the fine/penalty would be from MLB if they found out something like this was going on. So..... no.

 

There is no fine that the richest owner in baseball can't pay and if you know anything about Cohen this is the type of thing he would be willing to do. I believe that Stearns has more class than to be working as a double GM this offseason but I wouldn't completely rule it out especially with the way Cohen has run his main business.

 

I would guess...if they found out this happened there would be someone getting banned from the league.

[sveumrules]

Gotta admit, my first reaction to the Escobar deal was a snarky internal remark: “Well, at least we have JBJ back for One yeat at $9.5M.” And, I guess, Cain for $18M. And, I guess, Yelich’s extension kicking in to boot. Gulp.

 

Over the last five years the Brewers have spent around 450 million to win 395 games, the Mets have spent around 725 million dollars to win 337 games. They also have Lindor (10/341 remaining), Cano (2/48 remaining) & Carrasco (1/15 remaining) on the books which might make one gulp twice.

 

No wonder Cohen is apparently banking on the hope he can maybe buy our POBO next year.

[Devinep]

My first thought to these 2 signings by the Mets (I liked Canha for the Brewers too) is to see just how much it would take to get JD Davis. He is a likely trade Candidate and would be a good mix to the 1B/DH, especially as a righty bat.

[Eye Black]

The Mets signing of Mark Canha stings a bit, he seemed like the perfect Brewers target this off-season.

[Joseph Zarr]

Gotta admit, my first reaction to the Escobar deal was a snarky internal remark: “Well, at least we have JBJ back for One yeat at $9.5M.” And, I guess, Cain for $18M. And, I guess, Yelich’s extension kicking in to boot. Gulp.

 

Over the last five years the Brewers have spent around 450 million to win 395 games, the Mets have spent around 725 million dollars to win 337 games. They also have Lindor (10/341 remaining), Cano (2/48 remaining) & Carrasco (1/15 remaining) on the books which might make one gulp twice.

 

No wonder Cohen is apparently banking on the hope he can maybe buy our POBO next year.

 

I do believe this calls for a ‘Double Gulp’. Cheers!

[Eye Black]

Mets complete the free agent trifecta today by reportedly signing Starling Marte as well.

 

I would’ve been pretty happy with the Brewers signing just one of the three players the Mets just added. Looks like the Mets want to get their free agent shopping done before the impending lockout.

[IntentionalHBP]

That’s a lot of cheddar for marte

 

78 million 4 years

[jerichoholicninja]

This year's team that "wins" the offseason and falls flat on it's face during the regular season is the Mets.

[clancyphile]

Gotta admit, my first reaction to the Escobar deal was a snarky internal remark: “Well, at least we have JBJ back for One yeat at $9.5M.” And, I guess, Cain for $18M. And, I guess, Yelich’s extension kicking in to boot. Gulp.

 

Regardless, back to grounded reality, tho I obviously don’t like the aforementioned contracts I also don’t think losing Escobar is that big of a deal. He faded at the most inopportune time and was relegated to the bench in the NLDS. If he can’t be trusted there, he is more than likely immediately expendable in the FO’s eyes. Is what it is. Agree with others: they desperately need some form of Pop in the Lineup. We are losing Avi and Escobar. I don’t trust any internal options to fill that void.

 

An .800 OPS over the course of his time with the Crew is still useful, especially as an upgrade at first.

 

Plus, there's the fact we traded someone who probably would have been a solid bench option at C/1B/LF/RF and a DSL lottery ticket.

 

The Brewers, in general, can't afford these sort of short-term rentals.