Brewers vying for OF Andrew Benintendi

Yes, go get him and Josh Bell and all of a sudden I’m feeling pretty good about the offense. Go get a reliever and call it good.

I know some people on here are not the biggest fans of Benintendi. However, I believe that he would be a great antidote for what ails this offense; namely, a lack of contact and situational hitting. Also, he gets on base at a really good rate and plays solid corner outfield defense. Basically, it would eliminate the need to ever have to play McCutchen in the outfield again and enable us to DH him less against RHP. 

Who would Benintendi  replace in the everyday lineup if everyone is healthy? 

9 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

Who would Benintendi  replace in the everyday lineup if everyone is healthy? 

I would imagine Yelich, Benintendi and Renfroe is your starting OF with McCutchen the DH and Taylor in some sort of bench role.

His bat is fine, although only 3 Home Runs this year is interesting(and not in a good way) but I don't understand where we would play him. He hasn't played CF since 2018 and we all know the Brewers really want a good defensive CF. 

We have mixed results with former Red Sox, but if the price is right I think this makes a lot of sense to me.  If they can't swing a deal for a CF I would imagine he would split time with Taylor in CF and as brock mentioned above, spell McCutcheon and Renfroe.

1 minute ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

I wish I knew more about Benintendi in CF. He hasn't played there in quite some time but if he's even playable there, I'd pursue him pretty aggressively. I don't think I'll like the iron price the A's ask for Laureano.

Yeah.  I don't think they go the route of a longer-term CF replacement.  I don't see Frelick having the bat to fill a corner OF spot (at least for a few years until he's established/fully matured) and Turang could also fill a CF role depending on how they replace Wong.  I just don't see them paying the premium in prospects to clog up CF.  At some point they need their prospects to fill roster holes so they can focus monetary assets on other positions.  

If Benintendi can play CF decently, that would be the only way acquiring him would make sense to me. Otherwise he’d be replacing Yelich, Mc Cutchen or Renfroe and that wouldn’t seem like enough of an upgrade to the offense to make it worth giving up much for him. 
 

It would give them more depth in the OF to cover days off and injuries. 

The ever popular Whit Merrifield could also be a target though I don't think he has played much CF lately either.  Merrifield had a horrible start to the year but since June he has been normal Merrifield.  

There is a Benintendi thread only partway down the Transaction Rumor page.

He's a decent player, but unless you think he can play adequate CF (or McCutchen can), he's not a great fit.

5 hours ago, DuWayne Steurer said:

We've played McCutchen in CF in a pinch, and Benintendi's a good defensive LF. Let's not pretend that Benintendi's defense won't be passable for 60-ish games to get that .400-ish OBP in the lineup. We've been playing Jon Davis and his .250 slg percentage out there for the last 3 weeks after having Cain and his .450 OPS out there for the majority of the first 2 months.

Benintendi would have to be a near butcher in CF to not make the upgrade to the offense worth the risk at this point. 

Benintendi is hitting far better than he ever has (AVE .317, OBP .386). He'll likely regress. And since Taylor is back, Davis won't be playing that much. And Benintendi is pretty bad in CF; Taylor is significantly better.

This is just an interesting scenario. He fits into the batting order like a glove. Defensively not so much, and this is the organization that's real big on run prevention. On the other hand these are the same folks that had Travis Shaw playing 2B. Due to the odds of swinging a deal being greatly increased b/c of the vax situation I suspect we'll go after him pretty hard.

I think as long as they feel like Benintendi is passable enough in CF to play there maybe twice a week or so (Perhaps when the least fly-ball prone pitchers are on the mound) it'll be a good roster fit. Other days it'll be Yelich, Benintendi and Cutch rotating the LF/DH spots. Occasionally Renfroe too I suppose, but I like his defense in RF. 

Benentendi for Huira, Velario, Erceg and Shook. 

RHP

Yelich DH

Benentendi LF

Renfroe RF

Adames SS

Tellez 1B

Urias 3B

Taylor CF 

Narvaez/Caratini C 

Wong 2B 

LHP 

McCutchen DH

Benentendi LF 

Renfroe RF 

Adames SS 

Urias 3B 

Tellez 1B

Taylor CF 

Caratini C 

Wong 2B

Just found this little nugget.  If the Yankees are "serious" contenders, I doubt we are.  The vax thing could improve our chances, but I highly doubt the mighty Yankees would let that deter them from getting a guy they want.

2 hours ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

I just don’t see how this makes sense for New York given their odds of facing the Jays in the second round.

And besides, how badly do the Yankees really need another bat?

They don't really need another bat but a dependable CF is something they Yankees do need.  After King went down with his injury the #1 option is getting a few more relief pitchers.