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mikeyst13
The Brewers don’t have an immediate replacement for Segura? Hector Gomez and Hernan Perez can both play there, or they could call up Sardinas or Herrera (my guess would be Sardinas) and Arcia will be the starter by next year. Any of those 4 guys would be serviceable to get us through the season. Not sure why you think teams would have to “pry him away” when it’s been reported over and over that the Brewers are ready to move on from him.
Jeff Todd
Every team has those kinds of replacements. None have proven themselves even as utility guys at the MLB level. Sure, they can plug in, but it isn’t optimal.
mikeyst13
Is it optimal? No. But this is not going to be a contending team for the next couple years and Arcia is ready to go in a year or so, Sardinas can play defense at an MLB level and hit about .250, and even Gilbert Lara is progressing much quicker than they planned on (as is Yadiel Rivera to a point). And are any of those guys really that big of a step back from Segura’s .270 4 HR and 14 errors for the rest of what is pretty much a lost season anyway? They have SS coming, what they need are 3B, 1B, C and SP prospects and they’d be more than willing to pack his bags to get a couple of those back.
Jeff Todd
I certainly agree they could and would deal him. But I think they place some value on having a reasonable option there, and MIL’s near-term replacements are essentially what you’d find on the waiver wire (where they found most of them in the first place). Then, there’s the fact that Segura still has some upside and might have better trade value in the future. It’s not like many teams will view him as the kind of immediate impact player that would make a big difference in the playoff picture. So, all said, I think a trade is less likely at present.
mikeyst13
I guess it’s plausible. My bigger concern is the longer they wait the further he’s going to be removed from that 1st half of 2013 and people are going to realize more and more that those numbers came from a combination of batting 2 a lot and seeing good pitches to hit, the fact that teams didn’t have a scouting report on him yet to know that he’ll chase the high heat or the breaking ball down and in every time, and a couple of very lucky wall-scraping HRs. Right now his value all seems to be on potential, which I fear he will never reach if he doesn’t learn to take an occasional pitch.
myaccount
Sardinas would be- at minimum- serviceable.
daveineg
Disagree that Brewers don’t have immediate replacement for Segura. Their top prospect is Orlando Arcia who from all accounts is just about ready, But they don’t need to rush him. They have many stopgap possibilities, Hector Gomez, Hernan Perez, Luis Sardinas, Yadiel Rivera or Elian Herrera. My guess is if Segura gets dealt but Ramirez isn’t, that they’ll stick Perez at SS and he’ll move to 3B when Arcia becomes a Brewer early in 2016. If Ramirez is traded, Herrera could fill in there the rest of this year. Herrera’s hitting a cool .366 at AAA.
Jeff Todd
Again, this is the case for basically every team … which is why they were able to claim Gomez, Perez, and Herrera off waivers.
daveineg
By the way, Segura’s batting .429/.458/.482 in July. The laser throw he made last night to double up Michael Bourn had to impress scouts.
mikeyst13
But the 14 lasers that he’s thrown pretty much into the first row of the stands is not impressing anyone, nor was his streak of 38 straight singles before finally getting an extra-base hit lat night. His trade value is not through the roof or anything, but they should take what they can get for him now.
daveineg
A. Not all his errors are throwing errors
B. Adam Lind is not good at saving errant throws from Infielders.
mikeyst13
The vast majority are throwing errors and it doesn’t matter if Lind is not a gold glover, Segura has a bad tendency of rushing throws and being terribly off target. He’s an average at best defender, hits for little power, and is too much of a free swinger. They won’t get a haul for him, but he’s still probably an improvement for about half the teams in the league.
mrnatewalter
11 of his 14 errors were throwing errors… that’s enough to make the comment that was made.
Now, that certainly doesn’t take away what’s been done at the plate the past couple of weeks by Segura.
Jeff Todd
That’s nice, don’t get me wrong, but we’re looking at a pretty large sample since that outstanding first half in 2013.
EB
Could the Cubs even give away Castro at this point? I think they’d have to eat some of his contract for someone to take a flier on him.
They probably should move him before the playoffs. He never had the right mentality for this team (too many brain farts) and he has been terrible this year. Last year he was a 2 win player though so maybe the Cubs wouldn’t have to eat too much of his salary.
mikeyst13
He’s 25, under control til 2020, and while his contract is a little high it’s not unworldly. They could definitely find a taker for him, probably wont get huge return unless they pay some of that salary though.
Jeff Todd
I’d agree with this assessment. Don’t think he’d pass through waivers unclaimed, but also doesn’t have much trade value right now.
rct
I would image that they’d have to eat a bit of that salary and only receive a mid-level prospect at best. He’s owed $44MM+ over the next four and a half years. He’s been among the worst everyday SS in baseball this year.
Whatever they’d get, though, the Cubs would be selling low. imo, they should hang on to him and hope that he turns it around in the second half and maybe try to trade him in the offseason or at next year’s deadline.
ronnsnow
Maybe Boston will take him and move him to LF
wkkortas
Given Clint Hurdle’s long time man-crush on Barnes….here we go again.
moose7195
I would much rather have Barmes eating up a roster spot than Brent Morel
mike156
Why not Stephen Drew? He’s competent in the field, his bat is bizarre but given the production coming from the position generally, maybe his pop has some value, and he’s not extremely expensive.