Comments on: When Will the Brewers Spend Again? http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/02/27/when-will-the-brewers-spend-again/ 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: Nicholas Zettel http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/02/27/when-will-the-brewers-spend-again/#comment-13348 Mon, 06 Mar 2017 15:44:57 +0000 http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=8124#comment-13348 That’s a good question. I think it has to be a contract by contract basis — the Brewers absolutely should evaluate each free agent and be able to differentiate someone like Sabathia or Greinke as a big ticket free agent. Not every big contract will be worthwhile, but that’s why the Brewers need to do their homework and find the best possible scenarios. If they’re missing out on a free agent like Greinke, that’s just as bad as missing on a draft pick.

]]> By: eddiemathews http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/02/27/when-will-the-brewers-spend-again/#comment-13220 Thu, 02 Mar 2017 15:46:09 +0000 http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=8124#comment-13220 A couple of questions:
Do (or would) the Brewers have to pay a premium to get a top flight FA to come to Milwaukee? Would they have to be the highest bidder? Would they have to be the highest bidder by a lot? (I guess part of that question is: do top FAs always, or almost always, go to the highest bidder?)

There really was no way for the Brewers to compete to keep Prince Fielder or C.C. Sabathia. It appeared that, for the most part, owners weren’t going crazy with contracts (top ‘closers’ aside) last off season. Will the Brewers even have a chance to compete for a top starter, and would that be a wise investment?

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