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  1. TooLiveBrew
    He's got all the tendencies of someone who has a huge yet delicate ego, a selective memory to accommodate it, and is possibly a bit sociopathic as a result. This is perfectly said. And agreed that Prince seems to have taken the high road in all this, ultimately, just by mainly keeping his mouth shut.
  2. TooLiveBrew
    I understand, but with basketball I can't give a team a pass for going 5-27 from three. It's not like baseball where you can crush a ball but it gets caught for an out. In basketball, with an open shot you either knock it down or you don't. Unfortunately the 5-27 night isn't that big of an aberration for this season's Badgers. They just don't have enough good shooters, which is one more reason why it would seem like a good move to get Berggren more involved. I hope they can make a run in the postseason, though, thanks to their amazing defense.
  3. TooLiveBrew
    Excellent! Happy to see Hall get a shot with the Yankees. It'd be pretty cool to be able to 'tell the grandkids' you played for both the Red Sox & Yankees. Plus, if he doesn't make the big club, he's a free agent. EDIT: It'd be fun to make an all-GWCPOE team (Guys With Compromising Pics of Executives). Wright could be in the rotation, Jason Kendall could catch...
  4. TooLiveBrew
    It certainly sounds like it. Our of curiosity, how many times did you watch him play last year? Well my point is that you can like a player but also not heap undue praise on him at the same time. I don't remember how much I watched Green play last year... my best answer would be that I watched several Nashville games, as many as I could fit in on MiLB.tv, beyond the very few times he actually got to play with the big club. What I see from Green so far: great approach at the plate, good patience, definitely seems like he stays back well, isn't afraid to drive the ball to the opposite field. He's a guy who I think could hit anywhere from 15 to 25 HRs with fulltime duty as a big-leaguer, and will absolutely be an asset against RHP. Much like Gamel, Green is going to surprised many fans with his power, even though he doesn't really profile as a 'Home Run Hitter'. Defensively, he's a guy with average or below athleticism & range, & his arm leaves a lot to be desired (obviously only mho). I think he looks exactly like what a good big-league LHB utility IF guy usually looks like -- limited defensively (but not a liability), and probably only an asset against righties... I'll be pleasantly surprised if Taylor winds up being able to hit big-league lefties even moderately well. But he'll hit righties, and he should serve as a nice option as a pinch-hitter. Also, Mat Gamel. http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/wink.gif
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    Fair enough, but to whom are you referring?I think best case scenarios for Bradley, Peralta, Jungmann would be topping out as #1s. What am I hoping for? That at least one of them winds up being a good #2 or #3 type like you alluded to earlier.
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    I guess the more important factor about a Nelson inclusion, to me, is that I don't care that much. I wouldn't assume the MLB scouting reports are infallible or even close. Just more internet content from MLB.com that I thought would be fun to share. There isn't one pitcher in the system above rookie ball whom I could honestly say would be a #1 best case, but I see tons of 2s and 3s Then I think you're being excessively pessimistic. There are several guys that in "best case" scenarios could be #1 guys. But "best case" alone isn't necessarily a useful way to evaluate a prospect.
  7. TooLiveBrew
    These features were done by MLB.com, not the Brewers. I don't see how it could be "organizational spin". Over all I thought the majority of information in the videos was pretty honest and straightforward. Agreed, it was nice to see some coverage of the system.
  8. TooLiveBrew
    Thanks Spidey. Here's Marcum's quote, for the lazy: Since the season ended, Marcum has focused on strengthening his core and legs, with the ultimate goal to use the added strength to tweak his pitching motion. "I've been almost all arm, it seems like, the last couple years," Marcum said. "By doing that, having my legs a little bit stronger, that'll probably add a little bit more velocity. But at the same time I'll be able to get down the mound a little further, and by getting down the mound a little further you obviously release the ball closer to home plate."
  9. TooLiveBrew
    Prince doing an appearance for a Detroit-based company seems to make sense, but I can't tell if that image is him or not.
  10. TooLiveBrew
    Good call on the Lucroy situation, Pete. 'That guy' was Gregg Zaun. To be fair, Zaun was actually decent at the plate for what little chunk of the season he did play. But I think you're spot-on about Melvin's comfort zone or situations with young players.
  11. TooLiveBrew
    Or maybe Allen just misspoke & meant the 20th http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/smile.gif
  12. TooLiveBrew
    Well not using his legs much would make sense, since it looked like he was trying to stretch out his hip-flexor-ailed hip in several different starts after his 'return' from the injury. And I'd have to guess leg strength & using the legs more in delivery can affect not only velocity & stamina, but movement & control as well. Can you share what article you're referring to?
  13. TooLiveBrew
    I definitely think there's more to it than just Money's comments last season, the organization has clearly had something intangible weighing down their overall valuation of Gamel. It's not realistic to think us fans can know what exactly it is, but I also don't think it's unfair to observe that the Brewers have had a problem with Gamel several times in the past.
  14. TooLiveBrew
    Nothin' to it! Trust me, I wish I still had your level of faith in him. But I don't.
  15. TooLiveBrew
    prospects(which I'm not quite certain why it's capitalized. They're all prospects until they're stars or not. Every time I read a post that throws out "prospect" as a reason to doubt a player, I just mentally replace "prospect" with "baseball player". Because that's what they are. Not some magical sub-category of athlete. Too much is made of compartmentalizing players, probably for ease of fan understanding, but it's not necessarily helpful.
  16. TooLiveBrew
    I looked at all of them, so that was probably it. What I noticed was if you watched one video, then clicked on another, the URL in the browser didn't update. So I had to "Open in new tab" to get the correct URL. I did this... well, attempted it anyway. I'm not signing off on Morris, but he still has a lot of work to become a MLB 1st baseman. Yeah. And objectively, I can't get too miffed at MLB.com for choosing to profile a former second round pick who reached AA last season & put up an OPS there over 1.000. I mean, if I were to try & do a top 10 prospects of, say, the Marlins, I'd not only not know anything about why a given player was promoted or demoted, I wouldn't even expect to be able to find out why. So it's not necessarily really fair of me to sit back & cherry-pick that factoid. What other bat should MLB.com have done instead? The Brewers' system is barren enough that, even in profiling Morris, MLB.com didn't make this huge snub or completely overlook someone else.
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    Hmm... thanks for correcting these, & I hope they're the only ones wrong. MLB.com's video interface certainly seems to leave a lot of room for error, in terms of trying to link to a specific video. They seemed a bit high on Morris also.The only thing I took that they considered, in terms of Morris, was that he 'reached double-A'. Nevermind that his callup to AA was more of a token thing than anything else... he's now a top prospect! And actually, what stands out on this more than anything is just how devoid of hitting prospects the Brewers' system is right now.
  18. TooLiveBrew
    They only forced a handful of shots that whole game. They executed pretty well and got open looks but just missed the shots. But this is the entire point, to me. Hit. Them. I don't buy the whole team whiffing on open looks as an excuse for it being fluky or that they still played well. They didn't play well on offense. They didn't play terribly, but they didn't play well. They're a team that absolutely needs the three-ball on offense, & currently doesn't have enough good distance shooters. I honestly think that if Taylor had one reliable scorer to play with, this team would have as good a shot as anyone to go all the way. It's too bad that player hasn't emerged this season.
  19. TooLiveBrew
    Sadly, I'm worried this may be the case.
  20. TooLiveBrew
    Whenever I hear them say "The most watched network" it makes me cringe. I always wonder if they just have like an underground prison where they force people to watch CBS nonstop, just so they can use that slogan. A Clockwork Orange-esque.
  21. TooLiveBrew
    Edit: stumbled across several short video features on Brewers prospects from MLB.com Peralta Thornburg BradleyJungmannNelson SchaferGreenKe. DavisMorris
  22. TooLiveBrew
    Another no vote on Green for LaPorta. I'd guess Green can produce comparably at the plate & he actually can defend too.
  23. TooLiveBrew
    True, apologies to Corey... I just forgot about him in my excitement I guess.
  24. TooLiveBrew
    I'm pretty shocked this still hasn't been posted here yet. McCalvy linkage
  25. TooLiveBrew
    Green doesn't defend well at third (his arm in particular looked suspect last season), & shouldn't be expected to be able to hit MLB lefties much at all. His value is completely overblown on the BF forums imho, & I actually really like him.
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