Final Bench Spot

[Platoon Power]

I think this team needs an improvement against RHP if we want to maximize our offense.  A guy like Brad Miller who hit .842 against RHP would fit nicely with Andrew McCutchen and wouldn't cost that much either.  The majority of our lineup can handle both RHP and LHP and we've already addressed one of the 2 positions that can't by signing Pedro Severino.  We just need that 1 last piece to the puzzle to complete DH.

I'd also like to see Hiura stick in AAA until he cuts down his strikeouts so this would kill 2 birds with 1 stone.  

What other options besides Brad Miller do you think could be a fit?

 

 

[JohnBriggs12]

They seem to be content with Jace Peterson as that guy.  I'm not in that camp.  He did do some good things but he's not a power bat and another lefty power bat seems like a need.

 

[DR28]

Corey Dickerson would be a good fit, LH DH/OF.

[JohnBriggs12]

They seem to be content with Jace Peterson as that guy.  I'm not in that camp.  He did do some good things but he's not a power bat and another lefty power bat seems like a need.

Joc Peterson would cost more and it's unlikely now they signed another outfielder but he would have been my choice

 

[SRB]

Amen. Brad Miller would be perfect. A longer shot would be taking a flier on a Derek Dietrich comeback, though I doubt the front office bumps Peterson/Brosseau for him.

We definitely could use some more firepower vs. RHP. The only other logical place for that would be an upgrade at 1B (Voit or Rizzo), though Tellez is difficult to peg because he's already a LHB but with reverse platoon splits over the last three years. The front office might think that Tellez will already be giving us a boost against RHP.

[MNBrew]

The allure of another potent bat is real (Freddie Freeman, anyone?  I know, I know, that's probably not realistic...), but there's also the reality of who already makes up this roster.  I'm not sure what room there is for someone who's not a game-changer, a more elite-level player.  If they can get a game-changer, then we either have that much more depth or we move someone to make room.

Position players as things currently stand:

Catcher:  Narvaez, Severino

IF:  Tellez, Wong, Adames, Urias, Hiura

OF:  Cain, Yelich, Renfroe, McCutcheon, Taylor

Utility:  Peterson, Brosseau

That's already 14 guys.  Brosseau & Hiura have options remaining but if they're in AAA (I'm not saying they should be there) and going well, they need to have a way to earn a spot back in the MLB lineup.

[Platoon Power]

Brosseau and Hiura in AAA would give us flexibility incase of an injury.  The new CBA changed how many times you can shuffle a player between the minors and majors so it's a necessity to have more depth than before.  Injuries are bound to happen so those 3 options will get used up quick.  

 

 

[sveumrules]

Set the leaderboard to min 500 PAs vs RHP over 2019-21 & sorted by wRC+. Here are some of the IF/DH that might be available…

Brandon Lowe (149 wRC+), Luke Voit (134 wRC+), JD Davis (133 wRC+), Schwarber (131 wRC+), Brad Miller (127 wRC+)

Lowe would probably cost too much in prospects & Schwarber would probably cost too much in money but Miller, Davis or Voit could fit nice if the price is right.

[ntretts]

Luke Voit just makes so much sense to be the final offensive pickup of the offseason. What do we think it would take to get him? A couple of low level guys with upside?

[brewerfan82]

Voit, Davis, or Miller would really fit nicely as a final pickup and would boost the offense against righthanders.

2019-21 vs. RHP:

#	Name	Team	G	AB	PA	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	GDP	SB	CS	BB%	K%	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+
1	Christian Yelich	MIL	286	750	902	216	131	36	3	46	152	126	140	18	211	8	4	0	9	33	7	15.5%	23.4%	.288	.404	.528	.932	142
2	Luke Voit	NYY	233	618	713	164	96	27	1	40	107	110	78	1	202	16	1	0	21	0	0	10.9%	28.3%	.265	.362	.506	.868	134
3	J.D. Davis	NYM	233	516	590	151	100	28	1	22	67	72	56	0	153	14	4	0	18	3	0	9.5%	25.9%	.293	.375	.479	.853	133
4	Brad Miller	- - -	247	514	596	129	68	22	5	34	83	80	77	3	157	4	1	0	9	4	0	12.9%	26.3%	.251	.352	.512	.864	127
5	Willy Adames	- - -	322	835	925	230	140	52	3	35	125	108	85	1	259	3	1	1	16	8	3	9.2%	28.0%	.275	.344	.471	.815	121
6	Keston Hiura	MIL	186	521	586	132	68	29	3	32	80	80	37	0	194	23	3	2	14	11	1	6.3%	33.1%	.253	.329	.505	.834	116
7	Omar Narvaez	- - -	283	767	866	211	146	33	0	32	108	97	81	4	181	10	8	0	15	0	0	9.4%	20.9%	.275	.349	.443	.792	112
8	Kolten Wong	- - -	296	821	944	222	147	50	6	19	124	94	84	7	152	26	7	6	4	33	7	8.9%	16.1%	.270	.354	.415	.769	107
9	Tyrone Taylor	MIL	95	190	216	44	21	11	3	9	24	39	18	1	43	7	1	0	4	3	1	8.3%	19.9%	.232	.319	.463	.783	106
10	Luis Urias	- - -	232	608	707	139	92	27	2	18	79	79	80	3	157	16	1	0	13	5	0	11.3%	22.2%	.229	.333	.368	.702	92
11	Rowdy Tellez	- - -	237	580	642	132	74	24	2	32	78	79	50	8	145	9	3	0	11	0	1	7.8%	22.6%	.228	.298	.441	.739	91
12	Hunter Renfroe	- - -	296	748	814	166	78	43	0	45	108	122	55	0	235	3	8	0	10	7	1	6.8%	28.9%	.222	.275	.460	.735	91
13	Andrew McCutchen	PHI	246	643	748	138	80	30	0	28	100	96	96	1	174	1	8	0	9	9	2	12.8%	23.3%	.215	.314	.392	.706	88
14	Lorenzo Cain	MIL	214	606	668	160	115	33	0	12	77	59	51	0	115	8	2	0	13	15	8	7.6%	17.2%	.264	.328	.378	.706	88
15	Pedro Severino	BAL	225	517	579	122	87	22	1	12	47	61	51	1	146	5	4	2	10	4	1	8.8%	25.2%	.236	.308	.352	.661	79
16	Mike Brosseau	TBR	94	162	180	33	20	8	1	4	16	12	12	0	62	5	0	1	4	3	0	6.7%	34.4%	.204	.279	.340	.619	74

 

Voit and Davis can hit lefties as well (Miller not so much...)

2019-21 vs. LHP:

#	Name	Team	G	AB	PA	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	GDP	SB	CS	BB%	K%	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+
1	Andrew McCutchen	PHI	151	275	329	80	44	15	2	19	55	47	50	1	61	4	0	0	6	3	0	15.2%	18.5%	.291	.407	.567	.975	157
2	Mike Brosseau	TBR	104	206	229	57	32	13	0	12	34	34	18	0	61	2	3	0	1	2	0	7.9%	26.6%	.277	.336	.515	.851	131
3	Hunter Renfroe	- - -	193	335	391	83	41	14	1	27	63	60	49	1	86	2	5	0	5	1	1	12.5%	22.0%	.248	.343	.537	.880	130
4	J.D. Davis	NYM	146	263	303	73	47	15	0	11	42	27	37	4	68	2	1	0	8	1	0	12.2%	22.4%	.278	.370	.460	.830	125
5	Christian Yelich	MIL	210	338	400	85	44	19	3	19	57	44	56	5	96	4	2	0	8	10	0	14.0%	24.0%	.251	.363	.494	.857	122
6	Luke Voit	NYY	123	237	272	59	38	6	1	14	32	39	31	1	68	3	1	0	7	0	0	11.4%	25.0%	.249	.342	.460	.802	116
7	Tyrone Taylor	MIL	61	101	108	29	20	4	0	5	16	11	5	0	25	2	0	0	3	3	0	4.6%	23.1%	.287	.333	.475	.809	115
8	Luis Urias	- - -	131	206	232	57	37	10	1	9	36	31	18	0	47	4	2	1	8	2	4	7.8%	20.3%	.277	.343	.466	.809	115
9	Pedro Severino	BAL	158	327	359	88	57	14	0	17	39	50	28	0	76	1	3	0	7	0	0	7.8%	21.2%	.269	.326	.468	.794	110
10	Rowdy Tellez	- - -	129	200	219	56	34	14	0	8	25	34	13	0	56	3	3	0	5	1	1	5.9%	25.6%	.280	.329	.470	.799	110
11	Kolten Wong	- - -	159	283	305	83	63	11	2	7	33	31	14	0	44	4	2	2	1	8	4	4.6%	14.4%	.293	.333	.420	.754	102
12	Willy Adames	- - -	218	378	419	83	45	20	0	18	50	40	38	1	124	0	1	2	6	3	4	9.1%	29.6%	.220	.290	.415	.706	90
13	Lorenzo Cain	MIL	118	231	262	58	40	11	0	7	42	27	28	1	41	0	3	0	7	16	2	10.7%	15.6%	.251	.328	.390	.718	89
14	Omar Narvaez	- - -	128	160	187	31	25	3	0	3	17	17	23	0	34	3	1	0	4	0	0	12.3%	18.2%	.194	.305	.269	.574	64
15	Keston Hiura	MIL	112	183	205	38	27	7	0	4	17	20	18	3	75	3	1	0	5	4	4	8.8%	36.6%	.208	.288	.311	.599	58
16	Brad Miller	- - -	93	113	122	19	12	1	0	6	17	19	8	0	46	1	0	0	2	2	0	6.6%	37.7%	.168	.230	.336	.566	50

 

On the other hand, Miller provides more defensive flexibility than Voit or Davis (and is less of a liability).

2019-21:

#	Name	Team	Pos	Inn	rSZ	rCERA	rSB	rGDP	rARM	rGFP	rPM	rTS	DRS	BIZ	Plays	RZR	OOZ	FSR	FRM	ARM	DPR	RngR	ErrR	UZR	UZR/150	Def
1	Luke Voit	NYY	1B	1428.1	0			0		0	-19		-19	166	120	.723	19				-0.3	-0.8	-1.7	-2.9	-2.6	-15.1
2	J.D. Davis	NYM	3B	872.0	0			-1		-1	-19		-24	201	132	.657	30				-0.3	-1.7	-0.2	-2.2	-3.2	-0.7
3	J.D. Davis	NYM	LF	637.1					1	1	-11		-9	90	72	.800	28			0.6		-6.1	-1.1	-6.6	-16.7	-9.8
4	Brad Miller	PHI	1B	392.0	0			0		0	1		1	65	45	.692	17				-0.1	0.5	0.6	1.0	1.9	-2.3
5	Brad Miller	- - -	3B	233.0	0			0		-2	-5		-7	61	40	.656	11				-0.7	0.2	-2.1	-2.5	-9.2	-2.1
6	Brad Miller	- - -	2B	172.1	0			0		0	4		4	35	30	.857	5				0.0	0.8	-0.2	0.6	4.6	0.9
7	Brad Miller	PHI	LF	139.0	0				1	0	1		2	15	13	.867	12			1.7		0.1	0.2	2.1	20.4	1.3
8	Brad Miller	PHI	RF	99.1	0				-1	0	-3		-4	12	10	.833	5			-1.5		-0.9	-1.0	-3.4	-45.0	-4.0
9	Brad Miller	- - -	SS	10.0				0		0	0		0	2	1	.500	1					0.4	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.5

[gebc1997]

Now that Rizzo is back with the Yankees, that has to free up Voit to be traded.

So, how about….

Voit for Jace Peterson and Felix Valerio 
And then sign Donovan Solano for 2 years to be the super utility IF guy.,  maybe 2 years /12 million 

On second thought, Brad Miller would be better since he would be from the left side, and still has some positional flexibility.

Edited March 16, 2022 by gebc1997

[Adam Rygg]

The roster has enough players to be considered full right now. That said, any edge bat addition from here on in has to be able to play somewhere defensively. I'm not a Brad Miller fan (we tried that here once and it didn't go well) but a RHH option to pair with Rowdy at 1B could be a thing worth doing. Ideally that player could play a little 3B and/or corner OF as well.

[titletownking]

54 minutes ago, brewerfan82 said:

Voit, Davis, or Miller would really fit nicely as a final pickup and would boost the offense against righthanders.

2019-21 vs. RHP:

#	Name	Team	G	AB	PA	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	GDP	SB	CS	BB%	K%	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+
1	Christian Yelich	MIL	286	750	902	216	131	36	3	46	152	126	140	18	211	8	4	0	9	33	7	15.5%	23.4%	.288	.404	.528	.932	142
2	Luke Voit	NYY	233	618	713	164	96	27	1	40	107	110	78	1	202	16	1	0	21	0	0	10.9%	28.3%	.265	.362	.506	.868	134
3	J.D. Davis	NYM	233	516	590	151	100	28	1	22	67	72	56	0	153	14	4	0	18	3	0	9.5%	25.9%	.293	.375	.479	.853	133
4	Brad Miller	- - -	247	514	596	129	68	22	5	34	83	80	77	3	157	4	1	0	9	4	0	12.9%	26.3%	.251	.352	.512	.864	127
5	Willy Adames	- - -	322	835	925	230	140	52	3	35	125	108	85	1	259	3	1	1	16	8	3	9.2%	28.0%	.275	.344	.471	.815	121
6	Keston Hiura	MIL	186	521	586	132	68	29	3	32	80	80	37	0	194	23	3	2	14	11	1	6.3%	33.1%	.253	.329	.505	.834	116
7	Omar Narvaez	- - -	283	767	866	211	146	33	0	32	108	97	81	4	181	10	8	0	15	0	0	9.4%	20.9%	.275	.349	.443	.792	112
8	Kolten Wong	- - -	296	821	944	222	147	50	6	19	124	94	84	7	152	26	7	6	4	33	7	8.9%	16.1%	.270	.354	.415	.769	107
9	Tyrone Taylor	MIL	95	190	216	44	21	11	3	9	24	39	18	1	43	7	1	0	4	3	1	8.3%	19.9%	.232	.319	.463	.783	106
10	Luis Urias	- - -	232	608	707	139	92	27	2	18	79	79	80	3	157	16	1	0	13	5	0	11.3%	22.2%	.229	.333	.368	.702	92
11	Rowdy Tellez	- - -	237	580	642	132	74	24	2	32	78	79	50	8	145	9	3	0	11	0	1	7.8%	22.6%	.228	.298	.441	.739	91
12	Hunter Renfroe	- - -	296	748	814	166	78	43	0	45	108	122	55	0	235	3	8	0	10	7	1	6.8%	28.9%	.222	.275	.460	.735	91
13	Andrew McCutchen	PHI	246	643	748	138	80	30	0	28	100	96	96	1	174	1	8	0	9	9	2	12.8%	23.3%	.215	.314	.392	.706	88
14	Lorenzo Cain	MIL	214	606	668	160	115	33	0	12	77	59	51	0	115	8	2	0	13	15	8	7.6%	17.2%	.264	.328	.378	.706	88
15	Pedro Severino	BAL	225	517	579	122	87	22	1	12	47	61	51	1	146	5	4	2	10	4	1	8.8%	25.2%	.236	.308	.352	.661	79
16	Mike Brosseau	TBR	94	162	180	33	20	8	1	4	16	12	12	0	62	5	0	1	4	3	0	6.7%	34.4%	.204	.279	.340	.619	74

 

Voit and Davis can hit lefties as well (Miller not so much...)

2019-21 vs. LHP:

#	Name	Team	G	AB	PA	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	GDP	SB	CS	BB%	K%	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+
1	Andrew McCutchen	PHI	151	275	329	80	44	15	2	19	55	47	50	1	61	4	0	0	6	3	0	15.2%	18.5%	.291	.407	.567	.975	157
2	Mike Brosseau	TBR	104	206	229	57	32	13	0	12	34	34	18	0	61	2	3	0	1	2	0	7.9%	26.6%	.277	.336	.515	.851	131
3	Hunter Renfroe	- - -	193	335	391	83	41	14	1	27	63	60	49	1	86	2	5	0	5	1	1	12.5%	22.0%	.248	.343	.537	.880	130
4	J.D. Davis	NYM	146	263	303	73	47	15	0	11	42	27	37	4	68	2	1	0	8	1	0	12.2%	22.4%	.278	.370	.460	.830	125
5	Christian Yelich	MIL	210	338	400	85	44	19	3	19	57	44	56	5	96	4	2	0	8	10	0	14.0%	24.0%	.251	.363	.494	.857	122
6	Luke Voit	NYY	123	237	272	59	38	6	1	14	32	39	31	1	68	3	1	0	7	0	0	11.4%	25.0%	.249	.342	.460	.802	116
7	Tyrone Taylor	MIL	61	101	108	29	20	4	0	5	16	11	5	0	25	2	0	0	3	3	0	4.6%	23.1%	.287	.333	.475	.809	115
8	Luis Urias	- - -	131	206	232	57	37	10	1	9	36	31	18	0	47	4	2	1	8	2	4	7.8%	20.3%	.277	.343	.466	.809	115
9	Pedro Severino	BAL	158	327	359	88	57	14	0	17	39	50	28	0	76	1	3	0	7	0	0	7.8%	21.2%	.269	.326	.468	.794	110
10	Rowdy Tellez	- - -	129	200	219	56	34	14	0	8	25	34	13	0	56	3	3	0	5	1	1	5.9%	25.6%	.280	.329	.470	.799	110
11	Kolten Wong	- - -	159	283	305	83	63	11	2	7	33	31	14	0	44	4	2	2	1	8	4	4.6%	14.4%	.293	.333	.420	.754	102
12	Willy Adames	- - -	218	378	419	83	45	20	0	18	50	40	38	1	124	0	1	2	6	3	4	9.1%	29.6%	.220	.290	.415	.706	90
13	Lorenzo Cain	MIL	118	231	262	58	40	11	0	7	42	27	28	1	41	0	3	0	7	16	2	10.7%	15.6%	.251	.328	.390	.718	89
14	Omar Narvaez	- - -	128	160	187	31	25	3	0	3	17	17	23	0	34	3	1	0	4	0	0	12.3%	18.2%	.194	.305	.269	.574	64
15	Keston Hiura	MIL	112	183	205	38	27	7	0	4	17	20	18	3	75	3	1	0	5	4	4	8.8%	36.6%	.208	.288	.311	.599	58
16	Brad Miller	- - -	93	113	122	19	12	1	0	6	17	19	8	0	46	1	0	0	2	2	0	6.6%	37.7%	.168	.230	.336	.566	50

 

On the other hand, Miller provides more defensive flexibility than Voit or Davis (and is less of a liability).

2019-21:

#	Name	Team	Pos	Inn	rSZ	rCERA	rSB	rGDP	rARM	rGFP	rPM	rTS	DRS	BIZ	Plays	RZR	OOZ	FSR	FRM	ARM	DPR	RngR	ErrR	UZR	UZR/150	Def
1	Luke Voit	NYY	1B	1428.1	0			0		0	-19		-19	166	120	.723	19				-0.3	-0.8	-1.7	-2.9	-2.6	-15.1
2	J.D. Davis	NYM	3B	872.0	0			-1		-1	-19		-24	201	132	.657	30				-0.3	-1.7	-0.2	-2.2	-3.2	-0.7
3	J.D. Davis	NYM	LF	637.1					1	1	-11		-9	90	72	.800	28			0.6		-6.1	-1.1	-6.6	-16.7	-9.8
4	Brad Miller	PHI	1B	392.0	0			0		0	1		1	65	45	.692	17				-0.1	0.5	0.6	1.0	1.9	-2.3
5	Brad Miller	- - -	3B	233.0	0			0		-2	-5		-7	61	40	.656	11				-0.7	0.2	-2.1	-2.5	-9.2	-2.1
6	Brad Miller	- - -	2B	172.1	0			0		0	4		4	35	30	.857	5				0.0	0.8	-0.2	0.6	4.6	0.9
7	Brad Miller	PHI	LF	139.0	0				1	0	1		2	15	13	.867	12			1.7		0.1	0.2	2.1	20.4	1.3
8	Brad Miller	PHI	RF	99.1	0				-1	0	-3		-4	12	10	.833	5			-1.5		-0.9	-1.0	-3.4	-45.0	-4.0
9	Brad Miller	- - -	SS	10.0				0		0	0		0	2	1	.500	1					0.4	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.5

He’s like a dream DH. Count me in for sure. Would also like one more bullpen piece. Miller just signed with the Rangers. Voit time!

[Adam Rygg]

Brad Miller agreed to a deal with the Texas Rangers as just reported, so he's off the list.

[DR28]

Man I really hope we deal for Voit! Would be the legit middle of the order power we need.

I would definitely go with Houser + a top 10-20 prospect... Im fine moving Houser since Ashby is being stretched out to be in the rotation.

[Tim Muma]

I've been eyeing Voit and JD Davis for some time. Feels like adding one of them is the type of move that championship teams make to tie up the loose ends. There are still plenty of question marks surrounding the Brewers offense this year, so adding another power bat with potential would be big.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

2 minutes ago, Tim Muma said:

I've been eyeing Voit and JD Davis for some time. Feels like adding one of them is the type of move that championship teams make to tie up the loose ends. There are still plenty of question marks surrounding the Brewers offense this year, so adding another power bat with potential would be big.

If those were the options, I'd prefer Davis. He's younger, more versatile defensively, and I like his upside and prospect pedigree a little more. I view Voit as more of a "flash in the pan" type.

[brewerfan82]

Have the Mets completely given up on Dom Smith? It could be interesting to take a flyer on him if we swing a deal for JD Davis. It looks like he still has a couple options as well, so you don't necessarily need to find room for him on the major league roster right away, but he could partner at 1B with Tellez well and share DH duties if he makes the roster.

You could potentially mix n' match Davis and Smith in at 1B/3B/DH pretty well.

2019-21 vs. RHP:

#	Name	Team	G	AB	PA	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	GDP	SB	CS	BB%	K%	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+
1	J.D. Davis	NYM	233	516	590	151	100	28	1	22	67	72	56	0	153	14	4	0	18	3	0	9.5%	25.9%	.293	.375	.479	.853	133
2	Dominic Smith	NYM	252	589	650	151	87	37	1	26	87	84	43	2	152	12	6	0	15	3	2	6.6%	23.4%	.256	.317	.455	.772	109
3	Luis Urias	- - -	232	608	707	139	92	27	2	18	79	79	80	3	157	16	1	0	13	5	0	11.3%	22.2%	.229	.333	.368	.702	92
4	Rowdy Tellez	- - -	237	580	642	132	74	24	2	32	78	79	50	8	145	9	3	0	11	0	1	7.8%	22.6%	.228	.298	.441	.739	91
5	Mike Brosseau	TBR	94	162	180	33	20	8	1	4	16	12	12	0	62	5	0	1	4	3	0	6.7%	34.4%	.204	.279	.340	.619	74

 

2019-21 vs. LHP:

#	Name	Team	G	AB	PA	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	GDP	SB	CS	BB%	K%	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+
1	Mike Brosseau	TBR	104	206	229	57	32	13	0	12	34	34	18	0	61	2	3	0	1	2	0	7.9%	26.6%	.277	.336	.515	.851	131
2	Dominic Smith	NYM	147	211	239	64	44	14	0	6	18	41	22	0	49	3	3	0	5	0	1	9.2%	20.5%	.303	.372	.455	.827	129
3	J.D. Davis	NYM	146	263	303	73	47	15	0	11	42	27	37	4	68	2	1	0	8	1	0	12.2%	22.4%	.278	.370	.460	.830	125
4	Luis Urias	- - -	131	206	232	57	37	10	1	9	36	31	18	0	47	4	2	1	8	2	4	7.8%	20.3%	.277	.343	.466	.809	115
5	Rowdy Tellez	- - -	129	200	219	56	34	14	0	8	25	34	13	0	56	3	3	0	5	1	1	5.9%	25.6%	.280	.329	.470	.799	110

[Jopal78]

Didn’t Tommy Pham indicate he’s willing to play 1B? If so, he could be a Brewer target. Right handed, positional versatility, likely to accept a short term contract and won’t break the bank.

He simply didn’t hit at Petco, but had a .787 road OPS in 2021, and .816 in ‘20.

 

[BallFour]

29 minutes ago, Ron Robinsons Beard said:

If those were the options, I'd prefer Davis. He's younger, more versatile defensively, and I like his upside and prospect pedigree a little more. I view Voit as more of a "flash in the pan" type.

I think that is fair, both have their warts. Neither is going to bring any value with the glove, maybe JD does at 1B but not enough of a sample to say that he will. 

Voit has a career wRC+ of 133 over 1,270 plate appearances and Davis has a wRC+ of 118 over 1,074 plate appearances. Voit just can't stay healthy which is a problem for any team acquiring him. Voit is also projected to make double Davis. Voit is also probably cheaper and has more of a direct path in acquiring when you factor in we are going to be directly competing with the Mets for the 2 seed.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

58 minutes ago, BallFour said:

I think that is fair, both have their warts. Neither is going to bring any value with the glove, maybe JD does at 1B but not enough of a sample to say that he will. 

Voit has a career wRC+ of 133 over 1,270 plate appearances and Davis has a wRC+ of 118 over 1,074 plate appearances. Voit just can't stay healthy which is a problem for any team acquiring him. Voit is also projected to make double Davis. Voit is also probably cheaper and has more of a direct path in acquiring when you factor in we are going to be directly competing with the Mets for the 2 seed.

I think it's Voit's injury history that scares me the most. That and the fact that the Yankees have literally been trying to replace him ever since he hit their lineup.

[JackNicholson1974]

I know this would be counter to what the Brewers typically do, but what about trading for Eric Hosmer and taking on the last 3 years of the salary?  For example, SD pays this year and Brewers take the rest of the contract at 3 for 39million,  This might be something San Diego would look into if they signed Freeman. Could probably had for a AAA bullpen arm or a low level lottery ticket. 

I also dont know about this fielding, he was once a 4 time GG winner though.  Rowdy can DH or they can swap when needed with McCutchen taking the other half of the DH at bats vs RHP.

Doesnt provide the power Voit does, but might be a better contact hitter on an all or nothing team

[DR28]

11 minutes ago, JackNicholson1974 said:

I know this would be counter to what the Brewers typically do, but what about trading for Eric Hosmer and taking on the last 3 years of the salary?  For example, SD pays this year and Brewers take the rest of the contract at 3 for 39million,  This might be something San Diego would look into if they signed Freeman. Could probably had for a AAA bullpen arm or a low level lottery ticket. 

I also dont know about this fielding, he was once a 4 time GG winner though.  Rowdy can DH or they can swap when needed with McCutchen taking the other half of the DH at bats vs RHP.

Doesnt provide the power Voit does, but might be a better contact hitter on an all or nothing team

I would be ok with adding Hosmer... His power would definitely should up at AmFam... Still a good hitter and gets on base.

[DR28]

I would love to add Austin Meadows as our LH DH... Meadows and Cutch would be a fantastic platoon at DH.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

11 minutes ago, DR28 said:

I would love to add Austin Meadows as our LH DH... Meadows and Cutch would be a fantastic platoon at DH.

Probably a better shot of David Dahl getting that shot first.