Haudricourt suggests LH OF signing is near

[MarquesJohnson2000]

Haudricourt is on the "D-List" right now (540 AM) and just hinted that the Brewers are close to signing a left-handed option in the outfield that might be announced in the next few days.

 

Implication being that Kapler will probably not be back.

[Crewin06]

Welcome back Gabe Gross

[trwi7]

It's Milton Bradley. Take that Cubs!

[Fatter than Joey]

Man if he wasn't already signed I would bet the farm it was Frank Catalanotto -- Otherwise the logical LH replacements for Kapler would be Ricky Ledee or Todd Hollandsworth

[sheetswannabe]

Who do you guys think it is? I hope its not Kotsay.

[sheetswannabe]

If it were Hollandsworth or Ledee I would puke. I guess its just for a 4th OF but still. Boring offseason. I want something exciting. These little signings are just teases.

[RyDogg66]

Are Hollandsworth and Ledee still in baseball? Or is that part of the joke? The logical replacements being two guys who are LH and who have been out of baseball?

 

A check reveals Todd Hollandsworth has not played since 2006 and Ledee since 2007.

[Fatter than Joey]

Are Hollandsworth and Ledee still in baseball? Or is that part of the joke? The logical replacements being two guys who are LH and who have been out of baseball?

 

And were Rangers circa 2001 -- like Kapler.

[RyDogg66]

Are Hollandsworth and Ledee still in baseball? Or is that part of the joke? The logical replacements being two guys who are LH and who have been out of baseball?

 

And were Rangers circa 2001 -- like Kapler.

What do you have against Rusty Greer?

[Tbadder]

I hope its Tris Speaker if he's lefthanded. The we can give the Yankess Cameron and pay half his salary.

[endaround]

Melvin thinks the Brewers' trainers have it too easy and so is bringing in Jim Edmonds

[sheetswannabe]

Tris Speaker would be wonderful. Too bad hes on the permanent DL as of 50 years ago.. He woulda been perfect!

[joepepsi]

Eric Hinske. Can play the corners, is a lefty, and is from Menasha. According to this link he is unsigned:

http://sports.espn.go.com...pe=ranked&season=2008

[Fatter than Joey]

What do you have against Rusty Greer?

 

Rusty Greer is clearly not the answer.

[Oldcity]

Considering the way this has been hinted and the fact that we haven't heard any rumors, I imagine this won't be Adam Dunn. Heh.

[sheetswannabe]

I could only dream of Dunn. This place would go ape poo.

[MillerParkSouth]

Eric Hinske is the kind of 'meh' signing that Doug would seem to make at this stage in the game. Not opposed to it, but it's nothing exciting. I don't think anyone who he'd sign right now would be anymore than a back-up, so i'm not expecting big things. That said, Dunn would be sweet.

[JohnBriggs12]

Who do you guys think it is? I hope its not Kotsay.

 

I would bet the farm it's Kotsay. Melvin is thinking small in all his moves. Kotsay is the epitome of thinking small. Not that he doesn't improve the bench. Heck the lone true backup OF they have right now is Gwynn. Kotsay is at least capable of giving both Cameron and Hart days off vs. righthanders. But as I suggest in the Hart thread, they should be thinking impact lefty bat, and trading Hart for pitching.

[MarquesJohnson2000]

Hardicourt did mention couple weeks ago that the Brewers had been looking at Kotsay as a possible replacement for Cameron, for what its worth.

[JohnBriggs12]

If you're not going to sign any of the big 3 (Dunn, Abreu, Bradley), and you're certain you want to keep both Cameron and Hart, then Kotsay makes the most sense as he's the lefthanded version of Kapler. He'd likely get at least 80 starts split between RF and CF, letting Hart sit against tough RH, and allowing Cameron at age 36 to get a couple days off a week.

[zzzmanwitz]

please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please be Adam Dunn!

[RU Rah Rah]

Kotsay = the definition of average. OPS+ for career is . . . 99.

 

What's interesting is that his numbers v. RH and LH pitching are not wildly different for his career. (Worse against LHP, but he's not a total stiff.)

 

vs. RHP: .282/.340/.418

vs. LHP: .270/.327/.405

 

I guess he'd be ok, but I don't totally understand the concept here. Do you think he'd sign to be a 4th OF?

 

If not, is the idea: Braun in LF, Corey in RF or CF, Kotsay in CF or RF, with Melky being the 4th OF?

[sheetswannabe]

Ru...

 

Melky isnt on the team. Its Cameron still.

[Gobias Industries]

Kotsay can also play a good 1B, as witnessed with his stint with BOS. He's a pretty good backup/utility player for us.

[TooLiveBrew]

please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please be Adam Dunn!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

 

 

right? (please!)