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benharvey26
They seem to be a pretty solid team and with additions and growth, they can become dangerous.
ryanh48
Man I always liked Perez in Detroit they gave up on him way too soon
fisher40
Perez will likely be the primary 3rd baseman next season with villar switching to 2nd once they trade Gennett The Brewers management loves versatille players
11Bravo
I respectfully disagree about Perez. I think he’ll be the utility player that every team needs. He can play anywhere besides pitch and catch. I see Villar at 3rd next year.
fisher40
If you want to see villar commit 30 errors at 3rd go ahead. There was a reason why he played some 2nd base late this season. He has said he’s more comfortable there
11Bravo
42 games isn’t the largest sample size to determine anything. He’ll settle in with a full spring training under his belt.
daveinmp
They need to balance out their lineup a bit. They hit the most HR right handed of any team in the NL and the fewest left handed. They could use a lefty hitting catcher to use in a platoon. If guys like Broxton and Santana show continued improvement this team might take a pronounced step forward faster than most expect. Over a full season, Broxton might be another guy who’ll steal 50 bases and hit 20 HR.
Getting Jimmy Nelson back on track and clearing a spot in rotation for Josh Hader who has top of the rotation stuff and is a much needed lefty for a staff devoid of them is a priority.. Will be interesting if they can find a taker for Garza and maybe add a lefty bat to replace the inconsistent Nieuwenhuis.
Don’t sleep on Brewers. They had more wins over the Cubs (8) than any team other than St. Louis.
theo2016
Handedness is overrated, both sides of the ball.
Geeps
While there is certainly no shortage of fringe or lesser talents to be DFA for room on the 40 (Blazek, Rowen, Wilkins), the one I’ll be watching is Jungmann. Interesting to see whether they think he can still be salvaged. At 27 before Spring, he’s no lock to get another chance to rediscover the ’15 command.
11Bravo
Ditto for Peralta. Same age as Jungmann but a higher ceiling.
daveinmp
I think Peralta’s performance after his recall, a 2.92 ERA in 10 starts has Brewers convinced he can return to his 2014 form in 2017, Jungmann’s interesting but I don’t see him as more than rotation depth at this point.
Real question for Brewers is this. Did the positive performances they got from many players including Peralta down the stretch convince Stearns and Attanasio that contending by 2018 is a real possibility with the current core.
Trading Braun would be for the years beyond 2018 as it’s unlikely that whatever return they got for him would contribute enough to offset his loss the next couple seasons. Personally, I think there’s enough in the pipeline that I’d like to see them hold on to Braun and see what they can do the next couple years. This is not a team bereft of talent as currently constructed. Every team in the division pales in comparison with the Cubs true, but it’s highly unlikely that whatever Stearns does, that he’s going to be able to build a team capable of 103 wins. Not in the Brewers market.
fisher40
With a lot of young pitchers we have in the minors and knocking at the big league door in the next few years. Hader especially, it’s time for Nelson, Peralta and jungmann to step it up. This really is a make or break year for all 3 of them imo