Yelich to the Brewers

chibears55 said:

I looked at it this way..
Yelich is an upgrade over Broxton in CF but Cain at 32 will become a decline over Santana 26 in RF, plus Braun production in LF will start to decline and he immovable with his contract..

So, i dont see their additions that great as far as people saying their ahead of or a threat to cubs now

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beckdawg said:

I suppose that's a way to look at it but Yelich isn't playing CF for them. Cain is. Cain was +5 DRS last year. Yelich was -6. Cain was 2.4 UZR/150. Yelich was -0.7. I suppose you could argue Cain has the better arm for RF because Yelich's is particularly weak but still think Cain's their CF.

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Iceman2385 said:

As the cubs stand right now, I think there a threat to us. Currently, r SP pitching lacks depth and has question marks in Lester, Monty, and Chatwood. R bullpen looks solid, but not super elite. R offense should be very good, but as it stands right now still lacks that “grinding” approach up down the lineup like we had early on in 2016. Playing JHey, Baez, and Almora everyday will do that to a lineup tho. I still want the cubs to trade for a SP w Baez as the centerpiece, I see decline coming from him...250/295 wouldn’t shock me at all.

Ultimately, I think we’re better then Brewers right now, and will widen the gap if/when we sign or trade for a SP, but i also don’t think we should dismiss the Brewers or the cardinals. If we don’t sign a SP, and Lester or Chatwood rnt very good we could miss the playoffs. We’re not worlds apart like we were last year IMO.

I’m not trying to be doom n gloom, bc that isn’t the case I still think we’re a very good team and will be better if we in fact sign/trade a pitcher. I’d be very happy if we signed DArvish. If he can be had anywhere btwn 4/100-5/125 id be estatic! If 6 years is actually required for him i think I’d prefer a trade like Baez for Manaea tho.

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beckdawg said:

I suppose that's a way to look at it but Yelich isn't playing CF for them. Cain is. Cain was +5 DRS last year. Yelich was -6. Cain was 2.4 UZR/150. Yelich was -0.7. I suppose you could argue Cain has the better arm for RF because Yelich's is particularly weak but still think Cain's their CF.

Actually... think Braun could end up in RF looking at the numbers. Of the 3 his uzr rating on his arm was the best at -0.3. Cain was -3.5. Yelich was -8.0.

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