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Norichika Aoki = Milwaukee Brewers
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PadresFan86
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Why not with the departure of Fielder...
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From what I have been reading on this guy I don't think it's THAT hit-or-miss. He was VERY decorated in Japan. Multiple all-star appearances, batting titles, and gold gloves. This is a bigger move than you think. But I don't blame you from shying away.jrinne said:
PadresFan86
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The hitters from Japan are usually good. It's the pitchers that suck minus Nomo's first couple of years. Aki was good too
marterburn
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So now even with Braun out, they have a seemingly solid option against lefties (they don't have to play Morgan). Morgan and Aoki look like they could be very similar, except it looks like Aoki hits lefties much better. We'll see how Aoki's game actually translates.
It just gives them OF depth; he's not necessarily committed to be a starter at that price.
It just gives them OF depth; he's not necessarily committed to be a starter at that price.
BrewerSuperCollector
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Im shocked...In a good way.
marterburn said:
The 2.5 million dollar posting price was just to talk to Aoki. We have not signed him yet.
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sheetskout said:
Yeah I know, but Iwamura was $4.5 million posting, first year salary 1.8 million, and Nishioka was 5.0 posting, 3.0 salary. I know the posting fee doesn't necessarily correlate, but I also don't see the salary for Aoki being more than those; maybe $2-2.5 million per year. So if signing a 30 year old player to a 4yr/9mil plus the posting fee, it's probably still a good investment.
By comparison that's easy to see, Mark Kotsay signed for 1.25 million earlier this offseason.
Also keep in mind that as of now, Nyjer Morgan will be a free agent after this year.
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I hear that....
I just hope this guy can leadoff as this would push Hart's power behind Ramirez in the lineup and further attempt to replace Prince's power.
Either way I am excited by this rather un-orthodox move by Melvin. He really keeps surprising. Doug Melvin is in the top five of GM's in baseball at this time in my opinion.
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I wonder if this affected the Ramirez contract? They back-loaded it and deferred some to have more money this year, so you wonder how many moves ahead Melvin was thinking. Or was this only possible because of the way they set uo Aramis's contract?
hive17 said:
I would think this was more possible because of the saved revenue from Casey McGehee's first-year-arby raise.
