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  1. RockCoCougars
    If people are going to use WAR to vote for MVP, why not just make it like the BCS and give the top spot the trophy? Despite what WAR says, I still say that Fielder is MVP, and it's not really close.
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    I'd be absolutely shocked if he got past Cleveland on waivers.
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    I don't see it. In my view, the guy who has the best chance to unseat Halladay is going at Miller Park tomorrow, and it's not Estrada.
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    He is? Agreed with most of your post until your last sentence. I'm not advocating it, but hasn't that been roughly how much he's started since Hart got back? I'm assuming with Hairston in the fold that number will probably be closer to 1 or 2.
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    Disclaimer: I'm of the belief that prospects are generally overrated here... but I really don't know who would be a better option than Kotsay at this point (I'm assuming that the 'better options' are in Nashville right now). For pinch hitting, I can't think of any rookies that have ever been good pinch hitters, I'm assuming the list is pretty short. As for a bench guy, are the guys in Nashville better players than Kotsay? Perhaps, but why would you bring them up to rot on the bench until their season is over? If Kotsay were starting in RF or something, I could see the argument, but he's starting 2 or 3 games a week.
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    I don't have much faith in Gamel being an impact late season pinch hitter. I think that the 'gritty vet' types like Kotsay are better suited for PH duty. Gamel needs to take his lumps as an every day player, hopefully sooner rather than later.
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    Kotsay has 17 hits with RISP this season in limited action. In my view, those are all big spots. As for batting average with guys on base, I don't see how that can be a bad stat. Yes, I'd rather have someone get a hit with a guy(s) on than lead off an inning with a walk/single. I know that it's trendy to bash RBI these days as a team stat, but scoring runs is the bottom line. As far as I'm concerned, runs scored and RBI are right up there as some of the most important stats. You don't drive in as many runs if you don't get the job done with guys in scoring position, and I don't think that hitting with RISP is a luck thing either. Some guys press with runners on, get distracted by the base runners, etc. while some guys seem to thrive on it. Despite what the stats from the past few years say, Kotsay is thriving on it this year. I say ride it out.
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    I think if the roster was constructed a little bit differently his value would be more apparent to us fans. But when you have a bench full of punch and judy hitters like Wilson, Counsell, Kotsay and (to date) Lopez, his perceived value is almost nothing. Agreed. As I said, Kotsay is a 24th or 25th man. On this team, he's probably a 20th or 21st. It's not his fault they are keeping guys like Counsell around with no good reason. And he's been even worse than that this year. And I think RISP splits seems a little advanced to just be thrown around like that. Kotsay batted .179 w/RISP. Are you honestly trying to say he magically got some clutch skill between 2010 and 2011 and that we should continue to expect him to overperform like that with runners on? That's basically absurd. I honestly could care less about the past at this point. That discussion should have taken place before he was signed. Bottom line, Kotsay is on the team, and has hit well in big spots this year. Sometimes, you catch lightning in a bottle and these guys do it all year. may as well ride things out. I'm sure that I do overrate guys who get clutch hits somewhat based on perception, but bottom line, these big hits are the difference between winning and losing. Without looking, my guess is the team as a whole is hitting a lot better with RISP this year.
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    Kotsay is a decent bat off the bench, despite what WAR and the advanced metrics say. Definitely not deserving of the hate he's gotten on here. He is what he is, a 24th or 25th guy on the roster. He's hitting .321 with RISP and .352 with men on. He's a poor defensive outfielder, but if he's not playing everyday, that's not a big deal. Kotsay is underrated as a hitter mostly because he doesn't walk much. Vice versa, a pop gun hitter like Jamey Carroll is overrated because he will look for the walk. This year Carroll is probably hitting the softest .294 in MLB history, hitting .167 with RISP, and 10- count them, 10 RBI in 396 PA.
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    You could make the compiler argument with most guys in Cooperstown, so it's kind of a moot point. Phil Niekro was a big time compiler, so was Pete Rose (should be HOF). As for Thome,he's still been effective in recent years. I don't think the DH argument is valid either, because Thome hit over 400 homers as a positional player, and he probably could have continued playing first for the Sox had they not had Konerko.
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    To me, Hairston is better as a super utility type guy off the bench. I think that you move him around a lot (I'd like to see him at third/short), so he is fresh at all his positions, getting him 3-5 starts a week depending on matchups. He was a very good get. I still think that Lopez can be useful though.
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    I don't think anyone will be buying without an arena deal. In my view, this has the best chance of happening under Kohl because he has some money to kick into it.
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    Exactly. I see no need to start Wolf unless necessary, and it probably won't be. However, with the Brewer's luck, I'd be shocked if one of the Big 3 isn't injured by then. Trying the reverse jinx here.
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    I really like Thome as a player and a person and think that he deserves to be in the HoF, but I don't think anyone playing in the steroid era should be completely free of suspicion. Could be, but he's not as dubious as some of the other question mark guys like Bagwell, who went from a chubby kid hitting 4 homers in 500 some at bats at AA to a ripped beast hitting 30-40 homers a year playing home games at the Astrodome in the span of 3 to 5 years. As someone else pointed out, Thome has had a pretty natural home run progression compared to sluggers of the past. He did play with guys like Manny, so I wouldn't stake my life on it, but I see no obvious red flags.
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    Though I find him pretty underwhelming, Wolf has a lot better stuff than Suppan. At least his pitches have some movement. He's getting the job done like the crafty lefty he is. I will admit that I didn't like the signing one bit, but for the past 13 months or so, he's been earning his money. On that note, I was doing some checking on the whereabouts of Billy Hall the other day (he's in AAA Fresno). I saw that he got some AB's against Soup, and I found this little blurb. If the Crew needs a proven winner to get them over the top, maybe they should pick up the phone.... http://www.rotoworld.com/player/mlb/2111/player?r=1
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    OK, I just wasted some time piddling around baseball reference. In '87 they actually started 20-3, and then lost the 12 in a row. The 20-5 stretch is the best that I could find. I found some 17/18 and 5 stretches in 'good' seasons like '78, '82, '92 and '08. I checked a couple of years that I knew that they had long winning streaks like '73, '91, and '04, but again couldn't find anything better than 17 or 18 and 5. In '91 they got really hot for a spell in August, and weren't as good in Sept. As far as I can see, this is the best one season 25 game stretch in Brewer's history. That said, it's not the best in team history. They won the last 3 games in '86 and were 19-3 the first 22 games in '87 for 22-3. That's amazing and I'm assuming the 16 game win streak is the longest in team history.
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    I don't think they've had a 25 game stretch like this since either the first part of '87 or the end of '91. Maybe not even then. I'll have to check.
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    Wolf on pace for one of the luckiest shutouts in MLB history. This is getting laughable, but again I'll take it.
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    I can see it right now: "Wolfie pitched great, hit his spots and made clutch pitches when he needed to." Exactly. The odds can't be good having a shutout going when giving up hits to 4 out of the first 8 batters faced, but I'll take it.
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    Wolf is throwing a Suppan shutout thus far. He looks terrible.
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    As long as the Brewers hold serve with St. Louis..... 2 of 3 at home, 1 of 3 on the road- I think things are looking very good. That's 6 of the 37 magic number right there. They just need to keep TCB for the next few weeks in the meantime.
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    Kind of ironic, but I hate all the teams in contention except for Philly. I'm not sure if it's just because they are 'good' or not, but..... I was raised to hate the Braves, hate the Cardinals for self explanatory reasons, hate the Giants because of the Posey thing and the fact that they are basically 'Cardinals West', and mildly hate the D-Backs after all the ASG nonsense. It's shaping up to be a fun October.
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    I'm very glad that the N.L. had the #2 pick that season. The Twins have to feel pretty stupid about giving up Garza for him.
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    Sal Bando was pushing 80 wins as well for a few years in the late 90's with the Brewers either dead last or near last in baseball in payroll. His record on trades was probably a tad better than Beane's though. Too bad that he didn't 'hit' on a college pitcher (or anything else for that matter) until his last draft....
  25. RockCoCougars
    Inherit a few steroid fueled, stud pre-FA hitters, a possible borderline HOF pitcher, and then hit the lottery by drafting two consecutive college pitchers in the first round who both make a huge impact within two seasons. Parlay all that into some LCS runs. I'm waiting for the sequel.
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