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  1. TooLiveBrew
    I hear you & agree on all counts, except that third base is where you can hide a lack of range (see McGehee). For as much as I loathe Betancourt, he has great hands & a good arm. His arm strength & accuracy actually reminds me a bit of J.J.'s. No, the "range issue" is based exactly on what Buc just mentioned... lack of range due to terrible instincts/first step.
  2. TooLiveBrew
    This is actually who I dread that they may hire, since I think Francona's a good in-game manager. There has to be at least a 50% chance Francona winds up in the NL Central next season, with the Cards & Cubs both having vacancies (& obvious ties with Epstein).
  3. TooLiveBrew
    Here's a longer (albeit older) quote, from Adam McCalvy's blog: “I thought Yuni Betancourt was a better player than what the critics had said,” Melvin said earlier this month. “I thought he did a very good job. If you look at the on-base percentage, that’s the thing that always seems to hurt him. [Defensively] I thought he made a lot of very good plays, a lot of outstanding plays. … I’m very surprised about some of the critics on him, personally.” To me, that says Yuni is plan B & will definitely be back if Melvin isn't able to find a FA or trade target.
  4. TooLiveBrew
    Skillset-wise, he's a third baseman. He'd actually probably defend pretty well there.
  5. TooLiveBrew
    This is probably the single biggest thing he's done to class up MLB. Thanks!
  6. TooLiveBrew
    But at least Gomez is also good on defense
  7. TooLiveBrew
    No offense, but no kidding you'd trade him for Hanley Ramirez! http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif Put yourself in the Marlins' shoes -- do you trade Ramirez for Marcum, or Marcum+Hart/McGehee? Of course not. Brewers-wise, that's not too far from a trade proposal of Gaby Sanchez for Ryan Braun.
  8. TooLiveBrew
    All I'm saying is don't drink the champagne until we know it isn't poisoned. Awesome line.
  9. TooLiveBrew
    Pena actually was above-average for his position in 2011 when you factor in that he's (regarded as) a good defender. His .819 OPS was better than the aggregate NL 1B (.801) & AL 1B (.792). Going by WAR at FanGraphs, he ranks 14th amongst qualified 1B in '11, & was one of 16 (qualified) 1B to post > 2.0 WAR. For comparison's sake, Barmes ranked 13th in WAR for shortstops with at least 400 PAs. I agree that the Brewers shouldn't look to spend a lot on Pena when they already have Gamel, but if for some reason the Brewers wind up trading Gamel this offseason, Pena is a guy that I certainly wouldn't mind seeing them bring in on a 1-yr. deal.
  10. TooLiveBrew
    Washington looked like he had no clue when it came to in-game management, I wouldn't argue that http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif That really has nothing to do with this thread topic, though, & certainly wasn't what I was addressing in the response you quoted.
  11. TooLiveBrew
    This sums it up pretty well. If Green wasn't able to OPS .800 with full-time at-bats, I guess I'd be ready to move on. But I think he could hold his own on the RH side of a platoon. Green/Hairston makes sense to me. Headley could well put up Corey Hart-ish OPS tallies playing in Miller Park, however. He'd probably be more BB-heavy & have less 2B/HR power, but a solid player who could move to the (corner) outfield if needed.
  12. TooLiveBrew
    It cracked me up because when Corey missed the two balls he missed (both were tougher plays) a bunch of people stepped in voicing dismay that we could have had Cruz instead. I don't think there's any debate that a healthy Cruz is a better defender than Hart. A strained groin definitely would impact a guy's ability to hustle back on a ball accurately. Yes, he should've just played the ball off the wall, but no one was clamoring for a groin-pulled Cruz over Hart.
  13. TooLiveBrew
    I mean the profit sharing checks the 09 Marlins, 10 Pirates, 11 Royals get are as big as their payroll. Imo that's not really relevant, it's how the money's being spent. If MLB can prove the money's just being pocketed by ownership, then I would agree it's a problem.
  14. TooLiveBrew
    This was easily one of the best World Series... eseses... in my lifetime. I'm happy for Berkman, & Motte too -- Motte came across as a pretty likeable dude. Also, the David Freese storyline is amazing. Sportswriters everywhere were overcome with euphoria with that story, guaranteed -- it writes itself. I can just see the Rick Reilly story now...
  15. TooLiveBrew
    Teams like the Pirates take all the revenue sharing and pocket it and dont put it directly into the team. Yes, but we don't know whether or not they're spending that money in other ways to improve their team, like the laundry list of options kramnoj laid out in his post. A small market team that can develop enough talent to keep its overall MLB payroll low shouldn't be punished for that efficiency. To force the Pirates (etc.) to have to sign the Overbays (etc.) of the MLB world just to meet an arbitrary salary floor amount isn't productive. If teams (everyone's looking at you, Marlins!) aren't putting that money into anything player development-related, then I'd cry foul. But there's no leg to stand on in trying to argue that small market clubs are better served to waste money on stopgap players they don't want or need... compared with 'investing' the money in player development, scouting, foreign acadamies, etc. Fwiw, I really like the idea that nate82 highlighted in his post, via the Kevin Goldstein tweet -- "scaled/weighted spending caps for teams based on standings/draft position"
  16. TooLiveBrew
    Silky Johnson, you have failed me for the last time. http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/LE-Vader_7121.jpg
  17. TooLiveBrew
    If Reyes signs with Philly...how pricey might Rollins be? Very, and you'd be signing him for probably at least two or three seasons (at minimum) & for a lot of money. No thank you! http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif
  18. TooLiveBrew
    How many posts in any of the various threads on this forum are about acquiring young inexperienced talent? Quite a lot, at this point. It's not like that's some super-secret formula anymore.
  19. TooLiveBrew
    I changed my avatar, because I was hating with all my might tonight. I need Silky Johnson's help for Game 7.
  20. TooLiveBrew
    He'll be my solace if they win tomorrow night.
  21. TooLiveBrew
    Hah, I apologize. If I could have edited that into the title, I would have. EDIT: Axford is a given, and we have Loe, Estrada and de la Cruz back. With Parra, Stetter and Kintzler, and the possibilty of Braddock, we could realistically re-sign one vet (Saito, Hawkins or someone else) as the setup guy, and have a lot of options at middle / long reliever. The pen should be pretty well set... at least until we add another K-Rod at the deadline :-) DLC didn't look like much more than just a dude to me in his MLB time this season. I think out of Parra/Kintzler/Braddock you'll see two make significant contributions to the '12 bullpen. Given the FA market, I wouldn't mind seeing them keep both Hawkins & Saito on one-yr. deals. Then you'd need four bullpen spots covered from a pool of Parra, Fiers, Kintzler, Braddock, Loe, Estrada, DLC. That's decent depth of comparable arms, but I hope the Brewers somehow uncover a new Robin to Axford's Batman from that bunch. I don't think Hawk & Saito can be counted on for injury-free seasons.
  22. TooLiveBrew
    Yes, it didn't take me long to see why he was freely available. Kintzler looked good coming into this season, so I hope he can make it back & contribute. The Brewers will need guys like him to keep the bullpen affordable. Hopefully getting Parra, Stetter, & Kintzler back means the Brewers will get at least one more solid contributor in the '12 bullpen.
  23. TooLiveBrew
    The market for Prince and Pujols is going to be very limited as the big market teams will not be involved. I would be surprised if Boston wasn't in on Pujols (but I think he'll stay with STL). They could even be in on Fielder. Both are hitters that I wouldn't block with a guy like Youkilis at age 33, but that's just me. Youkilis could wind up being a decent trading chip with a team like Milwaukee -- reasonable contract, & cheap club buyout option for 2013.
  24. TooLiveBrew
    I could see the Angels possibly signing Fielder & then trading Trumbo.
  25. TooLiveBrew
    Didn't want to start a new thread, but the JSOnline piece about Narveson's hip surgery also included some notes on Parra, Stetter, & Kintzler:
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