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  1. RockCoCougars
    As long as he's not fighting with his own coaches or teammates, I don't see a problem. I actually find it kind of endearing that he's not afraid to fight the opposing teams. When's the last time a Brewer charged the mound?
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    Though both are singles hitters, Morgan is a big upgrade over Dickerson based on speed and defense alone. It turns out that Washington was willing to give him away for nothing, so if things don't pan out, no big deal.
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    Blowout or not, the game was nowhere near as close as the final score. They were down 20 midway through the second half and were still walking the ball up court and running the shot clock down. They did whittle the score down when they started pressing and hit a couple of threes, but I never thought they had any chance of winning. Perhaps if they would have played with some urgency and started driving to the basket and/or pressing earlier they could have gotten back into the game. Instead, they played to Butler's strengths and got manhandled in the process.
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    Most likely, a mediocre 'guy' will be plugged in. This trade hasn't really changed anything.
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    As for Morgan, I'm a little skeptical. I'm not worried about the fact that he is a 'clubhouse cancer', but the Nationals tend to ask for the moon in trades (I'm still laughing about them asking for Weeks for Chad Cordero). I wonder what their definition of 'giving him away' is.... Eric Farris or something? I'm not sure if I'd give up Parra for him either. I'm sure that other teams will be in the mix as well.
  6. RockCoCougars
    Exactly. To paraphrase Lou Brown, "Dickerson may look like Dave Parker, but he hits like..". Both Boggs and Reed are better options in my view. What did people see in Dickerson that made them think he was an elite backup outfielder? The 5 extra base hits in roughly 100 plate appearances in a Brewers uniform? Supposedly, he has 'pop', but I haven't seen it. As I've said, in my opinion, he was AAAA fodder, as evidenced by the fact that the Yankees are sending him to Scranton.
  7. RockCoCougars
    Dickerson? Wow, this board is going to implode today.
  8. RockCoCougars
    I'd argue that the Badgers were blown out. I would bet, however, that Florida is dusting off the full court press as we speak.
  9. RockCoCougars
    "Ken Macha is not around. Jeff Suppan in not around." Two of four biggies if you ask me- Greinke and Marcum being the others.
  10. RockCoCougars
    Hindsight is 20/20, my friend. If I remember correctly, Bonds wasn't even in the mix for the #1 pick back then. Obviously, if you redrafted now, Bonds would be the pick, but criticizing the Brewers for taking Surhoff would be like criticizing all NFL teams outside of the Patriots for passing on Tom Brady. It's like criticizing the Bucks for taking Bogut over Paul, or Robinson over Kidd. At the time those picks went down it was either Bogut or Williams and the Big Dog was a no-brainer (I remember Kohl got a death threat if he didn't take Robinson). It was going to be either Surhoff or Bobby Witt. Drafts are a crap shoot, some guys have peaked at the draft, some regress, and some bust out. Surhoff ended up having a good, not great career- better than most #1 overall picks I would guess. Twenty years ago, everyone was disparaging the Brewers for taking Surhoff over Will Clark. On a related note, I know that there were some trade rumors involving Sheffield for Bonds after Sheff had worn out his welcome here- right before Bonds broke out... not sure how serious they were, but imagine if that had happened.
  11. RockCoCougars
    Laughable. How convenient that they forgot about returning 7/8 of the 4th highest scoring offense in the league last season and the revamped starting staff. I didn't know that Axford and Braddock are low velocity guys- how many teams have more than two guys in the pen who can throw mid 90's? Parra and Saito throw 90+ as well.
  12. RockCoCougars
    No, options last for the whole year. You can call-up and send down a player as many times as you want in a year, and it only takes up one option.Thanks for the clarification.
  13. RockCoCougars
    I'm willing to withhold judgment on Kotsay. I see him filling the role Catalanotto had a couple of years ago... namely, a vet lefty pinch hitter, who can serve as a warm body in the outfield in an emergency. If he can hit .270 or .280 in that role, I don't see the issue. The alternatives aren't very sexy anyway. The evil part of me wants to see Kotsay get the opening day start in right field just to see this board explode.
  14. RockCoCougars
    Though it looks like not too big a deal at this point, McGehee's injury got me wondering... what if he was out for 6-8 weeks and Gamel had to be recalled at this point? Would the team have 'wasted' their final option on him? Kind of the same situation with Rogers- I'm not sure why the Brewers make roster cuts so early, they're not mandated by the league or anything (to the best of my knowledge).
  15. RockCoCougars
    The Twins have been greatly overvaluing Slowey for the past few years. If he's that good, why has he been constantly mentioned in trade rumors- not to mention that he was just beaten out by Scott Baker for the number 5 starter job? I don't think I'd give them Parra for him, no way would I even consider Gamel.
  16. RockCoCougars
    Point taken (though even if he was the 2nd best starter last season, that's not saying much). I really don't have a problem with Narveson as a 5, I like his strikeout rates, etc. That said, I have more of a problem with the depth issue in the rotation, which is precisely why Capuano should have been signed with the promise that he'd get a legit opportunity to win a starting job. Now there is no depth, and if god forbid, two pitchers go down at the same time (anyone from Greinke to Narveson) there will be major problems. I hope that Melvin will sign a couple of roster casualties with MLB starting experience during the next few weeks for Nashville. I don't want to see a repeat of 2009.
  17. RockCoCougars
    I'll respectfully disagree. At this point in time, I'd prefer Cappy over Narveson. Though I hope he carries it forward into this season, I have a feeling that a lot of the confidence in Narveson is based on his last handful of starts last season, in which he pitched pretty well (granted you could say the same about Capuano). From my recollection, Narveson got knocked around in most of his starts last season, I'm just going off memory, but didn't he have a hard time getting out of the 5th inning? Maybe I'm just cynical because I've seen a lot of guys like Victor Santos pitch well for a few months and then have the wheels completely come off the following season.
  18. RockCoCougars
    Jeremy Bonderman is one of the most overrated players from recent years. He wasn't very good before he got hurt. Not even considering the injury issues he would be a younger Soup with street cred. At any rate, he's not an option because he is overrating himself as well- in asking for a guaranteed contract for good money. I don't see how Rogers could be an option at this point either. Isn't he out of options? If that's the case, we probably won't realistically see him until late June at the earliest, because he would have to be carried on the roster for the rest of the season.
  19. RockCoCougars
    Until he proves something on the field, Dickerson is the third Mouton to me. He had a good but short rookie season, and that has skewed a lot of his 'slash' stats. That was three years ago. That and the fact that the Reds dumped him for a gimpy 40 year old outfielder with likely less than two months left in his career tells me that he has limited upside. How large of a 'sample size' will we need to conclude whether Dickerson is a good player? At this point, I would rather keep Boggs and send Dickerson to Nashville when there is only one spot available- not that Boggs is a world-beater either, but Dickerson has one option left.
  20. RockCoCougars
    I'd say an offer of less than $1.5 million is, by definition, low ball. I think it's safe to say that there is no way were the Brewers offering that much base. Going further, it sounds like the team didn't even give Capuano a reason to believe that he'd even get an opportunity to compete for a starting spot. If that was the case, his odds of making the team were long- what were they going to do, bury him in the pen like Macha did last year (which I'm still angry about). In what parallel universe is Narveson a proven dependable starter? Finally, the fact that Capuano negotiated with the Brewers first and then 'broke things off' told me that staying with the Brewers was his first choice.
  21. RockCoCougars
    So is it safe to assume, then, that you have nothing tangible to back this up? From an ESPN article...obviously the Brewers offer was lacking in both cash and opportunity. The Mets promised him nothing, but it sounds like the Brewers basically pushed him out the door."Similarly, Capuano's contract was structured to account for him being a starting pitcher. He has a base salary of $1.5 million and can max out at $4.5 million with 32 starts and 200 innings. Capuano's contract does provide for $500,000 in bonuses on top of the $1.5 million base salary if he makes 60 relief appearances. But the reason he signed with the Mets and broke off talks with the Milwaukee Brewers, his former team, is because his interest was in starting and not in working in relief and the Mets were interested in him for a rotation role.
  22. RockCoCougars
    First of all, I don't think that it's a stretch at all to write Capuano a spot ahead of Narveson. What exactly has Narveson done to earn this lead pipe lock status as a starter? Secondly, for those of you questioning Capuano's durability, have you looked at Narveson's track record? You do realize that last year was the first time in 11 pro seasons that Narveson went 150 innings, don't you? Combine that with the fact that Narveson has pitched poorly this spring, and I think there is cause for worry. I still say that Cappy wanted to come back and the Brewers completely low balled him just to say they made an offer. Things wouldn't have dragged on as long as they did if this wasn't the case. Going further, everything I've read about Capuano this past week says that he 'won the 5th starter job', meaning nothing was promised to him by the Mets either.
  23. RockCoCougars
    Pass on Perez. He's been making out at about 87 MPH this spring. He's done, and was never very good to begin with.
  24. RockCoCougars
    You can blame Melvin all you want for the depth problem but Capuano did not want to resign here because he wanted a shot to start somewhere. He had a much better chance somewhere else. You were the same one blaming Melvin and blasting him on here for not bringing back Sheets until his arm fell off again. The reason that Capuano didn't want to sign here was that the Brewers' interest was lukewarm at best. He actually seemed disappointed that it didn't work out if you ask me... go back and check the blogs. I did blast Melvin for not even pursuing Sheets on an incentive laden deal. Would I have given him $10 million, no? Hindsight is 20/20, and I'll admit that I'm wrong just as much if not more than I'm right. Keep in mind that Melvin was responsible for spending $16 million plus on the Suppan/Davis combo that provided exactly one win and an ERA of over 7 in 70 brutal innings. Makes the production that Oakland got out of Sheets look like a huge bargain by comparison.
  25. RockCoCougars
    Time will tell on Capuano, though my gut says he has a good year. The bottom line is that letting Cappy walk hurt the rotation depth in a big way. Regarding the current situation- if Greinke is out longer than expected- or heaven forbid, another pitcher goes down- there will be problems. All of a sudden, the Rogers/Rivas fall back option isn't looking so hot. The cupboard is pretty much bare. Melvin had better be scouring the waiver wire for pitching over the next week and a half.
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