Comments on: Why We’re Wrong To Criticize Lucroy For Wanting Trade http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/01/21/why-were-wrong-to-criticize-lucroy-for-wanting-trade/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Tue, 13 Nov 2018 16:53:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: phil http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/01/21/why-were-wrong-to-criticize-lucroy-for-wanting-trade/#comment-5709 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 23:00:50 +0000 http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=3276#comment-5709 He had a bad year last year, mostly due to injury (one of which was a broken foot). There really is no evidence his skills are declining as he has always been otherwise productive (he has not been responsible for their losing seasons recently). I also don’t recall any report or article where he has called out his teammates for stinking. All the guy did was honestly answer a question and I can’t really blame him. He wants to compete for a championship which the Brewers won’t be doing for at least a couple of years.

]]> By: MakinDay http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/01/21/why-were-wrong-to-criticize-lucroy-for-wanting-trade/#comment-5673 Sat, 23 Jan 2016 00:55:10 +0000 http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=3276#comment-5673 I agree with what you are saying. Lucroy does not owe the Brewers anything. We should not transfer our loyalty onto him.

Converse applies too. The Brewers do not owe Lucroy anything. I’m bothered by a veteran and team leader saying “I want to win therefore trade me” after a season (2 seasons?) where his poor performance significantly contributed to the losing he purports to despise.

We have seen this before.

Jeromy Burnitz in 2001:
http://amarillo.com/stories/2000/07/20/spo_LS0426.shtml#.VqLGkVLZVdx

He was paid 5.5 million for 2.7 WAR (not bad), but the next year with the Mets was a 0 WAR season.

Geoff Jenkins in 2007:
http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/news/print.jsp?ymd=20070220&content_id=1809789&vkey=spt2007news&fext=.jsp&c_id=mil

He was paid 7.3 million for 1.4 WAR that year. Philadelphia in 2008 was less good.

I wonder if this “bitterness” (may be too strong a word) comes from the frustration of declining skills? Time will tell. Can’t be good for chemistry when you are batting .200 and keep telling reporters that your teammates stink.

We do not have control over much in life, but we do have complete control over our attitude. Good luck to him. He was my favorite Brewer for a long time.

]]> By: Milwaukee - Baseball Prospectus http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/01/21/why-were-wrong-to-criticize-lucroy-for-wanting-trade/#comment-5665 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 14:21:59 +0000 http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=3276#comment-5665 […] our J.P. Breen offered his reaction to the overreaction to Jonathan Lucroy’s comments this week regarding the Brewers rebuild, given to […]

]]> By: Nate http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/01/21/why-were-wrong-to-criticize-lucroy-for-wanting-trade/#comment-5656 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 18:32:46 +0000 http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=3276#comment-5656 I can get behind most of this but he isn’t exactly doing the Brewers (the team that paid him tens of millions of dollars) any favors by saying he wants out. Any deal that was in the works just got much lighter…that’s why I’m annoyed. Tell your agent.

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