MLB Hot Stove 2019-20

[Jockey]

Smoak was a failure. Way too early to judge Garcia, Narvaez, etc.

Lauer, Lindstrom, Holt.

Terrible off-season.

[cheebs09]

Lauer, Lindstrom, Holt.

Terrible off-season.

I feel like it's tough to judge since the strategy is clearly built for 162 games. Stearns goes looking to accumulate a bunch of guys that could have bounce back years, and hope a few do and stick with them. For those that struggle, it's relatively easy to move on.

Unfortunately, with the shortened season, it's tough to make it through that depth to find the hot hands. Typically, the September team looks a lot different than the April team in Stearns tenures.

If it were a 162 game season, we'd be only 4.5 games back at the 22% mark in the season. They are only 2 games below .500. That's without too many guys playing well and Yelich looking pretty rough. We'd be a little worried but know there's a lot of time left in the season.

[BM1090]

Avi is just a guy.

9 years in the league. 8.0 WAR

Blah

6.8 WAR the past 3 years. Not sure why his age 20-25 seasons have any impact on his age 29 performance. If he performs like he did in 2017 or 2019 he'll be a great add. No real reason to believe he won't. It's been less than 40 games.

[BM1090]

Lauer, Lindstrom, Holt.

Terrible off-season.

Agreed on Holt. Not going to judge two pitchers (one of whom is injured) after a combined 8 starts.

[buckchuckler]

6.8 WAR the past 3 years. Not sure why his age 20-25 seasons have any impact on his age 29 performance. If he performs like he did in 2017 or 2019 he'll be a great add. No real reason to believe he won't. It's been less than 40 games.

I do enjoy that his ages 20-25 season shouldn't be considered, but his age 26 season is reason for hope.

[MU82]

Smoak was a failure.

Well, you know the old saying:

Where there's Smoak, there's failure.

[BM1090]

I do enjoy that his ages 20-25 season shouldn't be considered, but his age 26 season is reason for hope.

If you're looking at an employee would you judge his performance based on his first few years or his most recent years of performance? Which one is more indicative of future performance?

[Jockey]

If you're looking at an employee would you judge his performance based on his first few years or his most recent years of performance? Which one is more indicative of future performance?

I think performance is much more linear in most normal jobs. It isn't in baseball. As a Brewer fan, I hope Avi does well. In 6 weeks (yes, a small sample size), I have seen no indication of it happening. Many guys struggle when moving to a new team - I'm hoping that is the issue and he comes around.

[shoothoops]

Hall of Fame Human Being, Lou Brock, has passed away today at 81.

He was pretty good at baseball too.

3,023 hits
938 Stolen Bases
3 World Series, 2 Titles
MLB Hall of Fame

In 21 World Series Games:

.391 Avg
1.079 OPS
4 HR
13 RBI
14 Stolen Bases

[tower912]

Thank you for not sliding into home in the 68 World Series.

Like Tom Seaver, another childhood hero.


Poop.

RIP.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Heard mentioned on radio that Tom Seaver was the pitcher Lou Brock had the most at bats at in his career and the same for Seaver, Lou Brock was the batter he faced the most in his career.

[GB Warrior]

Someone tell the brewers they don't get to amortize their runs over the rest of the week

[buckchuckler]

Someone tell the brewers they don't get to amortize their runs over the rest of the week

Brewers win by 19, and aren't even the biggest win of the day.

[Lennys Tap]

Brewers win by 19, and aren't even the biggest win of the day.

Wonder what the best offer for Hader at the deadline was.

[4everwarriors]

THA*






Trade His Ass

[The Sultan]

THA*






Trade His Ass

They should have.  I don't think relievers like Hader have a long shelf life.

[HutchwasClutch]

They should have.  I don't think relievers like Hader have a long shelf life.

Overreact much to one outing? Because he hadn't given up a HR until last night, his era was 2.13 going in, and he had blown only one other save.  For crying out loud.

[The Sultan]

Overreact much to one outing? Because he hadn't given up a HR until last night, his era was 2.13 going in, and he had blown only one other save.  For crying out loud.

Been saying it for awhile.

[MUfan12]

Wanting to sell high on relievers is a philosophy independent of any single outing.

[The Sultan]

Wanting to sell high on relievers is a philosophy independent of any single outing.

Yep.

[4everwarriors]

Brewers aren't going anywhere with or without Hader. They're devoid of talent with a pathetic farm system, hey?

[Lennys Tap]

Wanting to sell high on relievers is a philosophy independent of any single outing.

Of course. And for a mediocre team like the Brewers, a guy like Hader is the perfect trade chip. At the deadline his ERA was 0.00 and he hadn't given up a hit (let alone a run) all year. His value was never going to be higher. Now his ERA is 4.61 and he's blown 2 saves in his lest 3 outings. I'm sure he'll bring a nice haul in the off season, but it won't be higher than it was 2 weeks ago. Injury or ineffectiveness could make it much lower.

[cheebs09]

If they are going to use him only as a 9th inning closer for 3 outs, he's worth more in a trade than on the team in my opinion. I'd think differently if he was being used for multiple innings and being used in the highest leverage moments regardless of inning.

We went to the playoffs with Solomon Torres as our closet for goodness sake. Those guys can be found. Plus, you factor in the randomness of relievers performance, and it would be best to sell high.

[shoothoops]

After moving into 5th place all by himself on the all time MLB Doubles list last night, Albert Pujols ties Willie Mays for 5th place all time in MLB Home Runs with 660.

https://twitter.com/FabianArdaya/status/1305259238457917441?s=09

He is also top 5 in RBI's and Total Bases.

[Dish]

I know injuries, weird season, but I didn't think this Sox team would suck, and so far they do.

Anderson, Moncada, Grandal, Abreu, Mazara combined 0-25 in today's doubleheader.

Mazara and Encarnacion can both leave town right now as far as I'm concerned.

White Sox are 22-5 since that bad doubleheader.

I still am behind Mazara and Encarnacion leaving town.