Report: Phillies First Baseman Ryan Howard Could Have Been A Milwaukee Brewer

Not sure how much truth there is to this...

4 months ago TAPmoney 7 comments 0 recs |

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Zero truth

It’s just some guy musing about a hypothetical, isn’t it? No specific reason to believe that Brewers would have been interested.

Solve for X: 5.5 (Fielder) + 0.3 (McGehee) + 0.5 (Betancourt) < X (Gamel) + 3.6 (Ramirez) + 1.1 (Gonzalez)... X >= 1.7 fWAR!

by SRB on Jan 26, 2012 2:40 PM CST reply actions

Also, I highly doubt anybody "bullies" Prince Fielder...

Solve for X: 5.5 (Fielder) + 0.3 (McGehee) + 0.5 (Betancourt) < X (Gamel) + 3.6 (Ramirez) + 1.1 (Gonzalez)... X >= 1.7 fWAR!

by SRB on Jan 26, 2012 2:41 PM CST up reply actions

Why would the Brewers have wanted Howard over Fielder?

Fielder is better and costs less.

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by Tepo6688 on Jan 27, 2012 1:51 AM CST reply actions

He does not cost less.

Maybe per year, but Howard signed for 5 years, Fielder signed for 9. HUGE difference there.

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by tcyoung on Jan 27, 2012 9:46 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs

Right

Plus he also mentions that the Phillies would have to eat 30% of Howard’s contract, which would’ve made it more like:

12:$14M, 13:$14M, 14:$M, 15:$17.5M, 16:$17.5M, 17:$23M club option ($10M buyout)

I think those amounts, the Brewers might have considered it, but I’m not sure who they would’ve had to send over to the Phillies to get them to eat that much of that contract.

by sjlee on Jan 27, 2012 10:14 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs

The source even says, “I think Milwaukee would have inquired.” That’s completely different than saying, “The Milwaukee Brewers did, in fact, inquire.” I would have shuddered at what the Brewer would have had to give up to get Howard, who’s in his decline, if they even would have had the ability to do so.

by mpbMKE on Jan 28, 2012 10:01 AM CST reply actions

*who I think is in his decline

I could be wrong about that, but I wouldn’t have wanted to test that theory with him in Milwaukee.

by mpbMKE on Jan 28, 2012 10:03 AM CST up reply actions

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