Comments on: Keep Them All!

By: Nicholas Zettel

Nicholas Zettel — Sat, 27 Jan 2018 15:17:43 +0000

Frankly, Brewers fans are over-rating Santana’s trade value. His trade value profile is almost exactly the same as Khris Davis’s at the point he was traded. If Santana brings back an arm, it’s more of a depth arm.

By: IceVolcanoes

IceVolcanoes — Sat, 27 Jan 2018 14:20:18 +0000

Apologies for my stupidity, I get Brewer fans being eager for Santana + to bring back the SP the Brewers really need and I’d really like that. But why isn’t the the reasonable expectation for Santana to bring back a similar, slightly better return like Khris Davis (Nottingham +)? Is it entirely age and WAR? And that difference raises Santana+ to #1 or #2 SP? You mean if Melvin(?) had traded Davis + he might have gotten a pretty good pitcher?

By: Nicholas Zettel

Nicholas Zettel — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 18:13:20 +0000

Absolutely. If you compare Yelich’s profile to Santana, that’s basically an improvement across the board (save power, perhaps). CF was arguably the worst position on the club in 2017, Cain significantly improved that position.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 15:43:34 +0000

Not saying this scenario can’t work out, but really curious as to why the Brewers would want to go after both Yelich AND Cain, when they still have a young Santana just coming off a 3+ WAR season himself. Does having both of the new additions really improve the team that much?

By: Deepflyball

Deepflyball — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 03:48:43 +0000

Good analysis, that make SO much sense. Although players are willing to not play everyday if they are winning and this team still has the potential to only win 75-85 games because of the starting pitching. Agree they shouldn’t trade Phillips or Santana unless we can get players who help us like Kipnis and/or Salazar from Cleveland.