Brewers & White Sox
Submitted by: Brewers03
Brewers
| Name | Age | Level | P1 | P2 | Availability | Years | AFV | Salary | Surplus | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Anderson | 30 | Majors | SS | Medium | 1.8 | 70.3 | 24.4 | 46 | 36.8 | 46 | 55.2 |
Total Value:
46
White Sox
| Name | Age | Level | P1 | P2 | Availability | Years | AFV | Salary | Surplus | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sal Frelick | Minors | OF | 32.7 | 26.2 | 32.7 | 39.2 | ||||||
| Brice Turang | Minors | SS | 12.2 | 9.7 | 12.2 | 14.7 |
Total Value:
44.9
Comments
8This makes absolutely no sense for Milwaukee. They already have Adames at SS through next year. Anderson is dinged up again and also signed through next year. He's going to make $26.5M. Adames is cheaper and a better fielding shortstop. The Brewers would much, much rather have Turang and Frelick.
Brewers03 I have to disagree. It doesn't make much sense for the Brewers to pay the often injured Anderson $26.5M to play 2B and be gone after next year. Anderson has been on the IL 11 times and is just now getting ready to return from yet another injury. Trading Turang doesn't make much sense if he is going to take over SS when they trade Adames. Besides Chourio, Frelick might be the best of all the other outfielders. I just can't see trading 6 years of Frelick and 6 years of Turang for 2 years of an injury prone Anderson, especially with Urias coming back sometime in June.
Tim Anderson is the biggest clubhouse cancer in all of baseball. I'd rather overpay Adames $40mm a year to stay at SS.
Willy Adames would be staying at SS and Anderson would slide to 2B. Significant lineup upgrade for Milwaukee and it fits into their 2 year window. They are a total rebuild in 2 years. Burnes, Woodruff, and Adames will not be extended because Milwaukee is cheap and has already been burned by the Yelich contract. Go all in for these 2 years.
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It makes a lot of sense for Milwaukee. Championship window closing with the unwillingness to pay Burnes, Woodruff, Adames. Tim Anderson played 2B for Team USA and could do the same for Milwaukee. He'd make their lineup better than it is now which is what matters in a Championship window. Frelick being traded would make the Brewers outfield future clearer. Yelich, Mitchell, Wiemer, Chourio
I really like the idea of Tim Anderson as a Brewer, however not for the cost that is being offered. Adames and Woodruff have a chance of being extended, Burnes doesn't and will give Milwaukee when he is traded. Turang can be the future at 2B and Frelick is worth a lot more to Milwaukee than just an add on to Tim Anderson for 2 years. Trading Frelick and Turang sends MKE closer to rebuilding than reloading after Burnes is gone and possibly Woodruff/Adames. Considering how the White Sox are looking this year, Milwaukee could obtain Anderson for a lot less than this. I would think more of a Houser/Small/Taylor trade could get Anderson in a Brewers uniform, I know its much lower than what the website says would be ok, but the White Sox will be looking for MLB control, even if it means at a discounted price.
Milwaukee is going to rebuild whether you want to believe it or not. They'll never sign a player longterm because Yelich scared them away. All the good players are gone after next season. We have this year and next and then it's a start over. Might as well go all in.
Yelich didn’t scare them away… it was a good deal at the time and any team would have signed Yelich to that contract. At minimum one of Adames/Woodruff gets extended. Milwaukee had put themself if a very good spot to reload than rebuild, a very very good young core with good players around them. Contreras/ Yelich/ Turang/ Weimer/ Mitchell/ Tellez/ Adames/ Chourio (eventually) will compete year after year. Trading 2 of those pieces would push MKE to a rebuild. Milwaukee will lose Burnes, yes that is fact, but start over is a bit intense. I have a hard time believing, if they don’t trade core pieces like their young 4 + Chourio, they don’t compete for many, many years to come.