Since this isn't happening on the main page, I thought we could try to continue this tradition here on the fan page. Please copy and paste this format into your own fan post. I recommend that you keep salaries at around $115M but I'm not your Dad, so do what you want.
Current Salary Projections:
$113,000,000 and change.
Arbitration-eligible (with projected salaries created as an average from MLBTR):
Write "tender" or "non-tender" after each of the following names. You can also trade a player before or after tendering a contract.
[Remember — just because the Brewers may have a non-tender or option decision or free agent signing in real life does not mean that you need to make that exact move for this exercise.]
Omar Narvaez: $4.1M
Willi Adames: $4.0M
Luis Urias: $2.4M
Dan Vogelbach: $2.0M
Rowdy Tellez: $1.9M
Jace Peterson: $1.3M
Brandon Woodruff: $7.1M
Corbin Burnes: $4.0M
Eric Lauer: $2.7M
Adrian Houser: $2.3M
Josh Hader: $10M
Brent Suter: $2.3M
Jandel Gustave: .8M
Please explain why you made some really bad choices here:
Contract Options:
Well this is already done by this point in the season and there weren't really any surprises; but if you want to go into the whole discussion about how stupid mutual options really are, you can do it here:
Free Agency:
Who would you have tried to keep and for how much? Who on the market would you sign? And explain why? We are a very curious group of people, we want to know why. Please remember you do have a budget and check MLBTR if you want a good estimate for the top 50 free agents. You can't pretend to be the Dodgers while living in Wisconsin.
Trades:
Considering that the Brewers won 95 games last year, it is obviously a great time for a total rebuild. Tell us who goes and who the Brewers get for him.
Summary:
Ok, you have built a baseball team. Take a good look at what you built. How will it function day to day? Did you leave the team with Brett Suter as your everyday catcher? I hope not. You could get real detailed and project your teams fly ball/ground ball ratio or your anticipated OPS against left handed pitchers that throw a slider 34% of the time or just give an general overview of the strengths and potential weaknesses of your proposed team.