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  1. TooLiveBrew
    His "guts" are being questioned after pulling off the Greinke trade?
  2. TooLiveBrew
    I'm actually curious whether or not Mat Gamel would be a better choice for this team at SS than Yuniesky. It's basically not possible to be a worse defensive SS than Betancourt is. Overall, Gamel would actually probably have more value... strange as that is.
  3. TooLiveBrew
    The Sawx would probably have to eat a lot of those salaries to make that happen, but I'd love to see those two added as well.
  4. TooLiveBrew
    But those who watch him regularly say he can handle the position as well as former Brewers shortstop J.J. Hardy. 2010 Fan Scouting Report Ovr. React./Inst. Accel. Spd. Hands Release/Ftwrk. Arm Str. Arm Acc. Hardy: 68 75 64 47 70 75 75 66 Betancourt: 34 19 15 30 27 32 68 46 Initially, I wanted to provide a larger sample since not many fans filled out forms for the Twins or Royals in '10. But honestly the Betancourt '10 grades are basically what he got in '09 & 08... and if anything, the Hardy grades are underselling his arm by quite a bit. So, "those who watch him regularly" don't think Betancourt should be in the field, let alone that he's as good as J.J.
  5. TooLiveBrew
    No, Prince's are awful. Holliday is a solid fielder, but people remember the error in the postseason a couple years ago. I'm all about using eyes along with stats, but all three main 'new' defensive metrics (UZR, DRS, & TZ) have Holliday as average or better for each of the past 4 seasons. And I really don't recall seeing him stand out as a poor defender in watching games. EDIT: Even the 2010 Tangotiger fans scouting report has him as average across the board.
  6. TooLiveBrew
    I'm just looking for reasons to discover the reasons we aren't approaching an extension. One could be that Greinke has only just passed his physical & not even been introduced at the presser yet. There is absolutely nothing to be concerned about.
  7. TooLiveBrew
    I wonder if Upton can still play SS and 2B Wasn't he moved to CF because he couldn't handle either spot?
  8. TooLiveBrew
    It just doesn't make sense to me that Greinke would be looking to sign some team-friendly deal for an extension. Sure, of course I'd love that, but if I'm Casey Close, I point at the offer the Yanks made to Cliff Lee (7/$148M iirc) & say 'match that.' If the Brewers wouldn't match that, the Yankees sure would once Greinke hits FA. I dunno, maybe I'm too much of a pessimist, but imo just because someone waived his no-trade clause for the Brewers doesn't mean he's going to target an extension roughly half of the amount he could get on the open market. This potential upcoming free agency will be Greinke's one 'monster' contract, much like Fielder is heading toward next offseason. He has no reason to play Mr. Nice Guy for the Brewers, even though it's fun to dream about. I guess I hope I'm proven wrong. Just put yourself in Greinke's shoes -- what sense would it make to turn down at least $120M guaranteed as a FA? I just don't think it makes any.
  9. TooLiveBrew
    Holliday has graded out very well by all the advanced defensive metrics.
  10. TooLiveBrew
    By sheer grit & MMA fighting ability?
  11. TooLiveBrew
    Beyond UZR, DRS has him at -13, -19, & -21 for those three seasons. TZ has him at -1, -8, & -12. If he's kept around to be the backup v. LHP for the middle infield, I guess it's not that big a deal.
  12. TooLiveBrew
    +Betancourt: $4.375M +Braun: $4.287M This... this makes me want to punch something, probably myself.
  13. TooLiveBrew
    endaround, Principessa tried out that Firecrackers recipe you linked. Alton Brown is to be trusted in general, but we haven't gotten to eat them yet.
  14. TooLiveBrew
    If we had to take YunE off their hands to secure Greinke, that's just fine by me.
  15. TooLiveBrew
    Betancourt's terrible defense more than negates that offensive edge, though.
  16. TooLiveBrew
    "I feel like I've acquired a CC Sabathia except for two years and maybe longer. It feels good. It was a costly trade. We gave up a lot of good, young players. This is a credit to our scouting and player development people to have the kind of young players it takes to make a trade like this." Melvin said he had made a couple of runs at Greinke this winter without being able to make a deal. Then, when he heard a prospective trade with Washington fell through because Greinke used his no-trade clause, Melvin said, "I decided to try this one more time." This should make some Melvin critics happy. One knock that's been repeated against him is that he doesn't do enough to initiate deals. While this is obviously only one deal, not only did Melvin initiate contact, he wouldn't take "no" for an answer, and pounced when he saw his opportunity. This was some hardcore GMing by Melvin, imho. Milwaukee also was on Greinke's no-trade list but he recently switched agents to the CAA group and the Brewers have a good relati[o]nship with them, including outfielders Ryan Braun and Corey Hart. Greinke agreed to drop the no-trade and the deal was done. "It's the player's decision," said Melvin. "It's an indication he wanted to come to Milwaukee and thinks we have a chance to compete and win the division." This, combined with the "two years, maybe longer" quip from earlier in the article, makes me very optimistic on a Greinke extension. I'll try not to get my hopes up too much, though.
  17. TooLiveBrew
    http://i.min.us/idzS5k.gif Doug, come on. Please have some more magic up your sleeve.
  18. TooLiveBrew
    I did. Your argument using the low OPS of 'starting' outfielders from the World Series teams right? I think that penciling in Dickerson for an OPS of even 74 is taking somewhat of a leap of faith. He's that bad. I see no upside, and he is one of the oldest position players that the Brewers have, what am I missing on this guy? I'd rather give Gomez a chance to play everyday and twice on Sunday. Well, since you've put so much careful analysis into it...
  19. TooLiveBrew
    I was almost ready for a change going into this off-season, but I like what Melvin has done. He's traded away talent, maybe even All Star talent, but he has put together a team that has a real shot at serious contention the next two years. This sums it up for me perfectly. Yes, he traded away a lot of talent, but the timing to do so is right. The Brewers will be able to draft several times near the top of the next two drafts to help replenish the system.
  20. TooLiveBrew
    Also, props to guy who was insistent on saying we had enough for Greinke (think it was endaround or ennder). I'm 99% sure that was endaround. EDIT: Agent Josh says Jeffress is officially the 4th player.
  21. TooLiveBrew
    You just didn't even read my initial response to you, did you?
  22. TooLiveBrew
    It just gets me frustrated to see national writers that have better connections than the local writer(s). The vacation angle makes sense, since he got scooped by a (presumably unpaid) fan blogger*. If I'm being too harsh, sorry TH. * not taking a dump on Breen, but iirc that's his official relationship with the JS. But hey doesn't the JS have another baseball guy? No, I don't think they do. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif
  23. TooLiveBrew
    I refuse to believe that Betancourt is Melvin's plan at SS. Doug definitely knows bats; I refuse to believe that he won't find someone else to man SS. As of right now, I'll go with Weeks Hart Braun Fielder McGehee Dickerson Lucroy SS Not named Yuniesky P For lefties, Gomez in CF, flip-flopping spots with Lucroy. But yeah, that 6-8 could be brutal.
  24. TooLiveBrew
    TH's latest blog post update: UPDATE: NOW FOXSPORTS' KEN ROSENTHAL IS REPORTING THAT JEFFRESS COULD BE THE PLAYER TO BE NAMED. SO, WHO KNOWS? I don't know, Tom. Maybe THE TEAM'S BEAT WRITER might be the one to know that.
  25. TooLiveBrew
    According to Josh Kusnick (Cain's & JJ's agent), "Well thanks to some new developments JJ might be PTBNL" Link
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