Comments on: When should the Brewers be Competitive?

By: Milwaukee - Baseball Prospectus

Milwaukee - Baseball Prospectus — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 12:08:09 +0000

[…] up to the Front Office). I’m going to follow BPMilwaukee’s own Julien Assouline on the basic outline for “competitive,” as I’m in the precise state of mind to consider a team hovering around 75-to-80 wins as […]

By: Julien Assouline

Julien Assouline — Sat, 28 May 2016 07:04:59 +0000

Thanks for the comment Spahnie. I think where we differ is that I don’t see Hill, Nieuwenhuis, Anderson and Peralta bringing much of anything back in a trade. I still think Milwaukee needs to add more pitching prospects to the system, and the players you mentioned simply aren’t good enough to garner that. That’s why you try to trade Luc, Carter, and Braun at the deadline. This rebuild should come off the backs of the young studs, not old vets. I think you could still have a few of them on the team, which is why maybe you maybe keep Braun. But keeping all of them would seem like a mistake and waisted opportunity. If Brewers compete next year, it should be seen as a bonus, it should not be the primary goal.

By: Spahnie

Spahnie — Fri, 27 May 2016 15:44:29 +0000

We could keep Braun, Luc & Carter to enhance the success of a quick rebuild. Sell Hill, Nieuwenhuis & Anderson or Peralta for high risk, long range P prospects. Replace them with Arcia [Villar & Perez play 3B], Phillips, Hader or Lopez on the ML roster. If the young guys develop as expected we could surprise next year. If not we’re not going to miss the 3-4 sold guys. Plus we could get a boost from Smith, Knebel, Santana & Garza [well, maybe not] & become competitive this year. Good perspective on the article.