Andruw Jones

[sheetswannabe]

Any chance we sign him? I doubt it but I want to hear what you guys have to say! Im guessing he stays put. But if we did what would it take? and would we be able to do it? We all know hes more capable of what hes doing now, so it would be buying low.

[kgbaseball]

Even though he's had a down year offensively, he's going to command well over $100 million, way out of the Crew's price range. I'll take an improving Bill Hall at $6 per year.

[Hammer715]

So would I as long as Bill Hall starts improving!!!!

[trwi7]

I really don't want another player like Andruw Jones. Don't get me wrong I think he's a good player and if this teams offense was set up differently I'd take him in a second. But he has a .342 career OBP. If there is one thing I want next year in left field is a guy that can get on base at a high clip and put him at the 2nd spot to hit in front of Braun and Prince.

[JET15]

So would I as long as Bill Hall starts improving!!!!

Gross coming in for Hall in last night's game is a good indication that the Crew doesn't think he is. That was a critical AB and they went with Gross. Hall could be deflated after that move or maybe it was a fire under him.

[brewcrew00]

I have thought Hall wasn't worth the contract since the day they annouced he signed his extension. I vote to package him up and ship him out this off season.

[Ransom]

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[TwinsBrewersWorldSeries]

Yeah, count me as one that doesn't care for Billy Hall either... I agree that we need a high OBP player.... While I'm not a Weeks fan, he has been on fire (OBP wise) since returning from AAA, and as long as he gets on at leadoff, I'm fine with him there. I agree with others that Braun should bat third, Prince fourth, and Hart fifth. Hardy is much better than an "8 hole" hitter, but he's on fire there, so I'd leave him either. I doubt we'll find a high OBP catcher, so that means we need to acquire a high OBP outfielder to bat 2nd in the offseason, have the other OF Hall/Jenkins/Gross hit 6th, and then have the catcher hit 7th.

 

I wonder of packaging Billy Hall and Estrada together could net us anything.

[billyhallfan]

I'm all for putting Hall in a package, but not Estrada, if you get rid of Estrada, who would catch? Granted I can't stand Estrada, he can't throw out anyone, but Miller can't be a number one anymore I don't think, and as much as I would like to see, I doubt that Rottino could be a number one catcher?

[Nader Raider Tim]

Instead of Andrew Jones, and his contract that would financially hurt/destroy the Brewers future, Mike Cameron is a guy I would like to see the Brewers go after. I swore Cameron signed an extension, but I just checked and he is still listed as a FA at the end of the year. Cameron is 35, so won't get a super long deal. 2 or 3 years max, something like 2 years 17mill or 3 years 23-25 mill. Cameron would undoubtably put the outfield defense in much better shape. Away from Petco Cameron's line is .273/.352/.834 this year.

[billyhallfan]

i wouldn't mind Cameron either, but his age is certaintly a factor.

[RyDogg66]

Bobby Abreu.

[Nader Raider Tim]

I too would love Abreu, but he has an option, I believe it is a club option, for next year at 16 million. With his hot stretch I would assume the Yankees would gladly pick up that option, perhaps only to trade him away like they did last year with Sheffield.

[endaround]

Cameron as a platoon player and 4th OFer? Sure. As a fulltime player? No.

[recte44]

Andrew Jones would be the perfect signing by the 2008 Brewers. He's only 30 years old, coming off the worst season of his career. We'd move Hall to LF (where he'd share time with Gross; remember, we'll need to replace Menchkins there somehow- TGJ is not a real option), and have one of the best defensive outfields in the game.

 

Jones can still hit, too. I don't know what's happened to him this year but I have enough confidence in his ability to predict a turnaround.

 

$15M a year? Why not? He'd be worth it, unlike Suppan.

[MNBrew]

Good thought, Matt.

 

Hart in RF, Jones in CF, Hall in LF with Gross & maybe Gwynn in the wings? Not a bad way to look at it.

 

I'm not sure it's the best idea. However, both Jones & Hall are in positions where huge turnarounds are not out of the question.

[trwi7]

who would catch?

I believe Lou Palmso will solve our catching woahs. Sorry it was set up so perfectly.

[endaround]

Spending 15 million on a player who hasn't been good defensively since 2003, fell of a cliff offensively this year, and will be 31 to start the season makes no sense.

[dlk9s]

I wouldn't say he hasn't been good defensively, but we really, really, really don't need a guy who strikes out a bazillion times and doesn't have a very good OBP. We need a guy who can make contact on a consistent basis.

[recte44]

Like TGJ? I suppose if he gets on base at least .350 it's worth it. We have enough power to make up for it. But we have to find a real catcher next season. Where's this club's Ted Simmons?

[Brian the Automator]

I wouldn't be surprised at all to see the Cards throw a ton of money and Andruw this offseason.

[endaround]

Like TGJ? I suppose if he gets on base at least .350 it's worth it. We have enough power to make up for it. But we have to find a real catcher next season. Where's this club's Ted Simmons?

He said make contact. That precludes TGJ.

 

[GAME05]

i like the idea of Andruw Jones, actually. from everything i've read, he just might take a one-year contract somewhere to prove he can still play, like when Ivan Rodriguez played one year for Florida.

 

not that Milwaukee needs another nothing-but-power guy, but he'd be a good plugin while we take the year to figure out if Gamel or LaPorta or Gwynn or whoever can play OF full-time. Any other FA like a Torii Hunter is going to need some 5-year contract, and with a couple higher-end prospects in the minors now, we really don't need to be signing any FA for that long.

 

Otherwise if Melvin figures on filling LF with players we already have like a Mench, every other position is filled, and should we really go into next year with an identical offense as this year?

[Tbadder]

I'm totally against signing Jones. Some players fade faster than others, and while 31 isn't insanely old, it does tend to be a one way rollercoaster.

 

Now if they just legalized steroids, then I'd sign him. 50 HRs a year would look pretty good in the 5 hole.