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McGehee can hardly play 3B & is slower than most catchers. Do you need anyone to answer the question further? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

I figured that 17 game losing streak might convince them to blow it all up and start over. Sure, but my point is that Ryan is cheap, plays good defense, & is under team salary control for the next two seasons. And the market is thin for shortstops, so unless they can find someone to overpay somewhat, they can easily just say "no thanks" & keep him. They have all the leverage, unlike, say, the Dodgers & Furcal/Carroll.

http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif Hoping for the best for him

The Mariners really have no incentive to move him, though, for all the reason he's an attractive option http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif That'd be my guess as to why more about him hasn't been floating around.

From the MLBTR link: Since Beltran has 10-and-5 rights, the trade will not become official until tomorrow.

Fingers crossed...

Well, this is certainly interesting. Don't you take Mat away from me now, Melvin! http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif Matt Thornton maybe? Ugh, please no. Not that I don't like Thornton.

Going off of southpaw's post, I still like the idea of Brendan Ryan as a stopgap. He's under team control through 2013, & already signed for '12 at $1.75M base (PA incentives could push it to $2.5M). He would not only upgrade a weakness this season, but also buy the Brewers some time to draft & develop or trade for a longer-term solution.

Rodriguez's upcoming salaries & ages - '12: $10M (33) '13: $13M (34) '14: $13M (35) ... club option w. $2.5M buyout Talent-wise, he's certainly no throw-in, but that's a pretty big contract for a guy in his mid-30s. Not the kind of deal a team with the Brewers' finances should be actively looking to acquire imo. At the very least you're talking an AAV of $12.75M for two seasons.

Whoops, I got Jackson's duration with the Sox wrong. Edited the post now. And yeah, I think Hudson would be looking pretty nice for them right now. Not to mention that Holmberg has pitched at both levels of A-ball this year, in his age-19 season.

Peralta's body type reminds me a little of a young Bartolo Colon, except Wily's taller. EDIT: Also, found a Colon bio of sorts on a random astrological website. Here's the picture they credit as being Bartolo: http://i.imgur.com/m2EMe.jpg Nicely done, random astrological website. I see what you did there.

So Kenny Williams has essentially now traded Daniel Hudson & David Holmberg for 1-2/3 seasons of Jackson, Jason Frasor & Zach Stewart. Not exactly the kind of exchange you want to be making very often. EDIT: fixed time Jackson spent with CHW

With the Berkman revival, Holliday and Pujols, short term the Cardinals won't miss Rasmus all that much. Problem is how do the Cards fix center next year and beyond. And add another SP via free agency, since Jackson is a FA after this season. I wonder if the Cards can offer arbitration to Jackson & hope for comp picks, though.

Dear Yuku: You are NOT allowed to be down, or even running flakily right now. The trade deadline magic is upon us! Love, TLB

Joe Posnanski wrote an awesome article on Bautista for SI. I recommend reading it if you haven't already http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif http://sportsillustrated....ine/MAG1187578/index.htm

Exactly. This is not as black & white as some would like to paint it. At least take responsibility He did. He said it's possible he got the call wrong, but that as he saw it, the tag missed. Don't you think Meals probably watched the replay after the game? I'm wondering if *you* did.

The only thing that would make this trade better is if LaRussa makes Patterson the regular CF & leadoff hitter.

Good. I just have to hope that Melvin was never seriously in on Beltran & that he was just doing due diligence & kicking the tires.

Anthopoulos has been doing a pretty good job in Toronto since taking over. To put this in full context, this would be 1/3 of a season of Edwin Jackson for 3 seasons of Colby Rasmus (all 3 arbitration seasons). That's nothing short of robbery & I hope the Cards make this mess of a trade. EDIT: Via MLBTR, Rasmus to TOR for Jackson, Octavio Dotel, & Mark Rzepczynski is all but a sure thing. So it's not just Jackson for Rasmus, but still probably not a wise move for St. Louis.

"I’m guessing he might have got him, but when I was out there when it happened I didn’t see a tag." Excellent clarification from Meals, you can't ask for much more from an umpire than that. Completely understandable missed call. Like Aytumious just noted, after 19 innings, & at game speed, any poster who's claiming this to be some terrible call is just kidding him/herself.

Does a gathering snowstorm have to "earn" its designation as a blizzard? Awesome

Was he out? Yeah. Was it a blown call? Absolutely. But at game speed, on a swipe tag, that's not a 100% gimme call. Well said. This had nothing to do with an ump wanting to end the game, & everything to do with it looking like the tag did nothing but whiff & miss the runner. I guarantee you Jerry Meals wanted anything but to look like he ended the game arbitrarily. Imagine fighting for 19 innings to have it come down to that. Well I'm guessing the Pirates had chances to score prior to the 19th inning. It's nice to call it "fighting", but if they come up with one hit w/RISP, they probably don't have to deal with this.

Final (10 Innings): Nashville 11, @Oklahoma City 9 Sounds Win Exciting Road Opener At Oklahoma City In Extras, 11-9 Almonte's game-winning double gives Nashville seventh straight road win Nashville Sounds OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - First baseman Erick Almonte crushed a two-run double in the top of the 10th inning to power the Nashville Sounds to a come-from-behind 11-9 victory over the Oklahoma City RedHawks in the opener of a four-game set on Tuesday night. Scoring six runs in the final three innings, Nashville (51-53) moved to 3-9 in extra-inning play while picking up its 11th last-at win of the season (second on the road). It was also the Sounds' eighth come-from-behind win while trailing in the seventh inning or later. Nashville banged out 18 hits on seven different RedHawk pitchers. Every position player recorded a hit while seven different Sounds had multi-hit performances. Coming into the contest tied for 2nd in the PCL with 32 hits in July, outfielder Caleb Gindl went 3-for-5 with two runs scored. Second baseman Taylor Green went 2-for-5 with a double for his sixth multiple-hit effort in his last eight games. Shortstop Eric Farris jacked a three-run homer while driving in a season-high four runs. Center fielder Logan Schafer singled in the 10th to extend his hitting streak to five games. Farris' three run home[r] in the top of the second inning gave the Sounds an early 3-0 advantage. After Mat Gamel singled and Mike Rivera walked, Farris belted his sixth homer over the left field wall. Oklahoma bounced back to bat around and score six runs in the bottom of the second to chase Sounds starter Sam Narron from the game. The first two runs came from a Koby Clemens two-run homer to center, his 14th of the season. Narron would later issue four consecutive two-out walks, followed by a two-run single from Robinson Cancel and RBI base knock from Brian Bogusevic. Reliever Daniel Meadows would then enter the contest and fan Drew Locke to end the rally. Nashville chipped away and scored two runs in the fourth for a 6-5 deficit. Gamel doubled home Almonte for the club's first run and later scored the other run on a Farris RBI single, which removed RedHawks starter Brad Hennessey from the game. Oklahoma City would score three more runs to extend the lead to 9-5 in the fifth. Meadows began the frame by recording one out and walking two batters before begin replaced by Daniel Herrera. Wladimir Sutil singled to left to load the bases, which was then followed by two walks from Herrera that scored two runs. The scoring concluded as Anderson Hernandez hit an RBI groundout to shortstop. Rivera jacked his sixth homer to center to lead off the top of the eighth. Nashville plated another run to come within two at 9-7 on two defensive miscues by Oklahoma City. As Farris hit a grounder to third, Oswaldo Navarro overthrew the second baseman to start the double play, which moved Gindl to third. Farris then stole second base during the ensuing at-bat, but no Oklahoma City player covered the bag as Cancel's throw hit Farris' leg. Gindl would come home easily and was credited with a stolen base in the double steal. Nashville knotted the contest at 9-9 with two runs in the top of the ninth, beginning with a leadoff double to the right field corner by Green. After Oklahoma's sixth different pitcher, Jeff Fulchino, entered to close the game with a two-run lead, the Sounds quickly loaded the bases with no outs on an Almonte walk and Gamel infield single. Fulchino would then issue a bases-loaded walk to Rivera and an RBI groundout to Gindl for his first blown save of the season. Almonte's two-run two-bagger gave the Sounds their first lead of the game in the 10th. Ross Wolf (2-3) struck out the first batter of the frame, and then gave up a single to Schafer, double to [Jordan] Brown, and double to Almonte. Six Sounds pitchers issued a season-high 12 walks, including three with the bases loaded. Narron had his worst start of the season. The left-hander allowed six runs on four hits and four walks in a season-low 1 2/3 innings pitched. Meadows surrendered two runs on two hits and three walks in 2 2/3 innings, stranding two inherited runners. Herrera gave up a run on two hits and a walk in 2 2/3 frames while allowing both of his inherited runners to score. Zack Segovia worked a scoreless inning. Jim Henderson (3-1) finished the game with two scoreless innings for the win. The run allowed tonight for Herrera snapped a streak of 11 2/3 consecutive scoreless frames over his last eight outings, the longest scoreless stretch by a Sounds reliever in 2011. Hennessey gave up five runs on seven hits in 3 1/3 innings for a no-decision. The Sounds and RedHawks continue their series at 7:05 pm CT on Wednesday evening at RedHawks Field. Right-hander Amaury Rivas (7-9, 4.66) takes the mound for Nashville against Oklahoma City right-hander Lucas Harrell (1-0, 1.50). Nashville Box Score I have to say 'job well done' to whoever put together the game recap for the Sounds' website -- exceptional work, & thank you! The only thing I'd highlight is that the Sounds scored six unanswered runs from the 8th inning on to rally back from being down 9-5. Nashville Play-by-Play Nashville Gameday

Final: @Cerveceritos 2, Atléticos 1 DSL Brewers Box Score Joel Dicent was the story in this one. He finished with a line of 7.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R/ER, 1 BB, 9 K. His season ERA is now 2.88, with 43 K, 19 BB, & a .218 OAVG in 50 IP. The righty, listed at 6'3" & 176 lbs., recorded nine outs on the ground versus four in the air. Dicent turns 20 on August 4th. He worked 7.1 innings back on June 20th against the DSL Mariners, allowing two runs/zero earned, walking two & striking out seven. Aside from that start, tonight's was hands-down Dicent's best game of 2011. This is certainly a prospect to watch. Raul Mondesi, Jr. went 2-3 with two singles & a run scored. Juan De Leon was 1-3 with a double & a run scored. Francisco Castillo had a single & one RBI, the only RBI on the game. Orlando Arcia (17-yo), Sthervin Matos (17-yo), & catcher Natanael Mejia (19-yo) each added one single. Mejia was also 2-2 in throwing out attempted basestealers. DSL Brewers Play-by-Play In the 8th, along with the catcher Mejia, reliever Doni Arias came on & picked up Dicent to nail down the save. Joel had allowed a runner to reach with a throwing error after striking out the leadoff batter in the inning: DSL Athletics Top of the 8th Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Jesus Rivas replaces Shawn Duinkerk. Jesus Rivas called out on strikes. Rodolfo Penalo reaches on throwing error by pitcher Joel Dicent. With Vicmal De La Cruz batting, Rodolfo Penalo caught stealing 2nd base, catcher Natanael Mejia to shortstop Orlando Arcia. Vicmal De La Cruz singles on a ground ball to center fielder Francisco Castillo. Anderson De La Rosa hit by pitch. Vicmal De La Cruz to 2nd. Pitcher Change: Doni Arias replaces Joel Dicent. Renato Nunez singles on a ground ball to center fielder Francisco Castillo. Vicmal De La Cruz scores. Anderson De La Rosa to 3rd. Luis Osorio grounds out, pitcher Doni Arias to first baseman Juan De Leon.

Final: Casper 13, @Helena 7 Ghosts Beat Brewers in Slugfest Helena Brewers The Brewers fought to tie the Casper Ghosts at seven runs apiece in the bottom of the sixth, but ran out of steam, falling 13-7. Casper scored five in the top of the eighth to seal the victory, their first in eight games. David Goforth (0-3) allowed eight earned runs on eight hits in two innings of relief. Tyler Cravy started for the Brewers, going five innings and allowing four earned runs. Cravy, Goforth and Sean Albury combined to strike out 14 Ghosts. The Brewers scored in three consecutive innings, but would never lead in the ballgame. Parker Berberet homered for the second consecutive night, his fifth of the season. The Oregon State product finished the night 2-for-3 with two runs scored and three RBI. Max Walla doubled and tripled, walked twice, scored a run and drove one in. The teams will play the rubber match of the three-game series Wednesday at Kindrick Legion Field. Helena Box Score Walla's 2-3 night with two walks boosted his slash line to .295/.377/.426/.803 on the season; he also stole a base. Yadiel Rivera was 2-5 with a pair of singles. Berberet finished 2-5 with three RBI. 9-hitter Adrian Williams was 2-4 with two singles. Tyler Roberts, Mike Nemeth, & John Dishon each had one single; Dishon added a walk and a stolen base. Kyle Dhanani & Robbie Garvey both went hitless on the contest. While Cravy & Goforth had rough outings, Sean Albury's ('11 31st-rd.) line was filthy... however, he was about as wild as he was filthy. The righty allowed a single, hit a batter, & was charged with a wild pitch before recording an out after entering the game (with the bases loaded) in the 8th inning. The single, HBP, & WP each allowed a run to score (all charged to Goforth). After he got that out of his system, though, Albury got the 4, 5, & 6-hitters to strike out swinging in order to end the inning (& strand the bases loaded). Albury hit another batter & threw another wild pitch in the 9th, but recorded a popout & two strikeouts to end the frame scoreless. Helena Play-by-Play