Do the Brewers have the best outfield in baseball 1-5

[molitor fan]

http://www.idahopress.com/sports/national/aoki-reports-to-brewers-camp/article_07dce675-96eb-5e98-8384-3cedb297e0ad.html

 

I kind of just wanted to post an article from the Idaho Press, but secondarily I was thinking that with Aoki (who I think is going to be a very pleasant surprise) the Brewers have the best outfield in the game with Hart, Braun and the 3 headed monster of Gomez, Plush, and Aoki. Is there a better package of outfielders out there?

 

I truly feel this is another 90+ win team

[Ennder]

Some other contenders for the best OF including some depth would have to be...

 

Kubel, Young, Upton, Parra

Gardner, Granderson, Swisher, Ibanez

[brewtown82]

Kubel, Upton, Parra, Young, bloomquist. That's a good tandem

[Raw Biz]

Some other contenders for the best OF including some depth would have to be...

 

Kubel, Young, Upton, Parra

Gardner, Granderson, Swisher, Ibanez

 

Those were the first 2 teams I thought of as well.

[cwolf2012]

It's pretty hard to argue against Arizona for OF talent.

[TURBO]

Hard to say, but take away Braun and we aren't in the running.

[Ennder]

Take away the best OF of every team and none of them are in the running~.

[dlk9s]

Hard to say, but take away Braun and we aren't in the running.

 

A mod should move this to the "Do the Brewers have the best outfield in baseball 2-5" thread.

[berniebrewer4life]

Hard to say, but take away Braun and we aren't in the running.

Can't you say that about almost every team? Take away the team's best outfielder, and they probably aren't going to be in the discussion for best outfield.

[Dragonbait]

I think with Aoki, Gomez, and Plush, thats a VERY good defensive outfield...

 

Braun, Hart and Aoki, should be a good to Very good offensive outfield.

 

So at any given time.. our outfield (on paper mind you) seems pretty solid.

[CheezWizHed]

but take away Braun

 

[sarcasm]You might not have noticed that Braun won his appeal. Wasn't any big deal and it was barely covered in the news.[/sarcasm]

[Invader3K]

To me, the X-factor in this is Aoki. Is he just going to be a mediocre utility outfielder in the majors, or is he going to be Ichiro-lite? We don't really know yet.

[Warning Track Power]

To me, the X-factor in this is Aoki. Is he just going to be a mediocre utility outfielder in the majors, or is he going to be Ichiro-lite? We don't really know yet.

 

Even if he is more Kosuke Fukudome than Ichiro I think his signing will be considered a success. An average Fukudome season is .260/.361/.399. I'd take that right now for Aoki.

[JohnBriggs12]

I hate to say it but I think the Cardinals OF has the Brewers beat offensively. A healthy Holliday is pretty close to Braun. Beltran is better than Hart. The combo of Jay and Craig beats Gomez and Morgan. Schumaker plays a fair amount in the OF too and his numbers probably represent best case scenario for Aoki.

 

In fact I'm figuring Aoki to be very similar to Schumaker offensively.

[GoudaBrew]

I thought of the Cardinals too. At this point in their careers, I'd consider Beltran and Hart a wash. The odds of Beltran providing another 500 AB season seem slim. Jay and Morgan are pretty close too although one could argue Jay has more upside. Allen Craig is the kicker. He looks like a starter to me, but is recovering from knee surgery.

[RightFieldCoder]

Except that Beltran is now in St. Louis where they have something magical in their water that makes people slug better and stay healthy. And the magic of their hitting coach.