give the dollar back that the Braves paid for Wil Nieves, and there's our catcher of the future

Kottaras is the reining pretty boy on the team isn't he?

MIKE is in the minors.

Kottaras is Tony Dreamy

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I like the idea of giving Lucroy an extension. It's reportedly a 4 or 5 year deal.

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The Brewers have agreed to extend Jonathan Lucroy, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com tweets. Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports reported earlier today that the Brewers were nearing a four or five year deal with the Sports One Athlete Management client. The deal could be announced today.

Lucroy is about to start his third season in the Major Leagues. A four-year extension would cover the 25-year-old's final pre-arbitration season and three of his arbitration seasons, assuming the deal starts this year and that Lucroy obtains super two status following the 2012 season. A five-year deal that kicks in immediately would cover his final pre-arbitration season and all four of his arbitration seasons.

Lucroy posted a .265/.313/.391 line in 468 plate appearances last year, preventing 28% of stolen base attempts against him. However, the 2007 third round selection frames and blocks pitches well, according to The Fielding Bible Volume III.

Recent extensions have generally placed the value of a starting catcher's first three arbitration years in the $7-10MM range, as MLBTR's Extension Tracker shows. A four-year deal for Lucroy would figure to fall on the low end of that range given his relative inexperience.

Yep. I'm a fan of Lucroy. If he improves he's pushing to be an all-star. If he stays where he was the last two years he's decent at least.

He would be nothing more than a AAA backup with any organization. He is the beneficiary of a team with a terrible minor league system and an incompetent GM and scouting staff.

He really improved defensively last year too. I think he's gonna be a good one for a while.

but if he were traded, he be an All Star no doubt.

they should bring back Wil Nieves

I'd be the first to vote him into the HOF if I had a vote.

I'm still lol'ing about what we got in return for him

like I said earlier, just give the one dollar back to the braves and Nieves is ours again! Maybe throw in a couple extra nickels to seal the deal

According to Rosenthal the deal is for 5 years.

SIGH WELL U GIES FINELY GOT UR WISH.

u send tgj outta town for a cheeter like brown an now u got a guy like riv rotting in chatnooga forver...gesh. i am jus abut adam dunn with this bs. *poops a Mazda CX-9 and then buys Preparation H and a donut seat*

FINELY GIES GOT WELL, SIGH, UR WISH.

send H and a donut seat to adam town for a cheeter like tj brown an now u a with guy like rotting chatnooga...gesh. i am jus dunn wit this bs. *buys a CX-9 and then Prepares riv Mazda in forver*

So it's a five year deal with a club option for 2017.
The deal is worth 11M