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  1. RockCoCougars
    I don't quite get the whole, 'We couldn't guarantee Capuano the 5 spot" thing. Seriously, what would it have hurt to do so? Make Narveson the #6 on paper, and in the extremely unlikely scenario that a starter isn't injured by the end of April (when did this last happen for the Brewers - 1986?), he's the long guy in the bullpen, ready to step in when- not if- a starter goes down.
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    I wonder if Bartolo Colon might be out there, he has an out clause if he doesn't make the MLB roster. He's throwing really well though, and my guess is the Yankees will keep him at least to start the season.
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    Bumped for relevance. Lost in the giddiness over the Marcum/Greinke moves was Melvin's decision not to pursue Capuano. Looks like a bad move already, because Cappy has picked up from where he left off last year and has been lights out this spring- with a 1 something ERA.
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    It's all driven by money my friend.... the major problem is that it's driven by old money. The older bowl influences/tradition/power brokers of the NCAAF system are resistant to change. I'm not sure why. Obviously, the bowls don't want to lose their destination's tourism money, but my guess is that would be trumped several times by an increase in TV money, and the sites could remain the same. You would think that the powers that be would see this and find a solution- heck, even the Masters have made things more 'TV fan' friendly in recent years.
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    Those stats are nothing earth-shattering, a little speed, middling power and tons of strikeouts. If anything, they demonstrate that he's a quintessential 'AAAA' baller- he's going to be 29 years old soon, and this will likely be the 5th straight season in which he spends time in AAA. I think it's a stretch to call him one of the better 4th outfielders in MLB.
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    Really? I'm still waiting for Dickerson to show something. He hasn't even homered in a Brewer uniform yet, and he's been outplayed by both Boggs and Reed in a big way this spring. If I'm in charge and the season starts today, Dickerson is going to Nashville.
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    I was thinking something along the same lines, he looks like he's aged a lot. They always talk about how the presidency ages someone. Perhaps being a colossal bust does the same.
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    Everyone should just simmer down and hang tight. I have a gut feeling that help may be on it's way once teams make their final cuts..... http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/000/776/607/109372818_display_image.jpg?1299619397
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    Even though I wasnt a huge fan while he was here.....Cameron for a million or two in a part time role? I'd be all over it. For$7 million, no way- so it's not going to happen. I still find it pretty ironic that the Brewers paid Billy Hall to play for Boston last year, pretty much filling what would be an ideal role for them this season.
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    Personally, I'd rather have Gomez than Cameron. Cameron is just about done. Gomez is a much much better fielder & base-runner at this point and I'd rather take a gamble on Gomez getting his hitting together than hope and wish that Cameron can staty healthy for a season... Cameron as a #4 OF is a good value (not taking into account salary, just in terms of a roster) and Boston values him there Exactly. I don't want to start a lengthy debate, but I've never understood the man love for Cameron on this board.
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    There are good chances that Fielder and Braun hit better than last year though. I don't expect a big dropoff in offense. The bullpen also is probably going to be better than last years which was a mess. I'm much more worried about the bench/depth and the defense. Exactly. If you get a semblance of the 2009 versions of Braun and Fielder with improved starting pitching, I don't know if you need much more. I think the bullpen is much improved over last year as well. I couldn't be any worse than it was until Axford emerged.
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    Former Brewer base coach, but I remember him most from his managerial stint for the Beloit Snappers when they were still affiliated with the Brewers. Here's for a speedy recovery.
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    You have to consider that the Brewers actually have a major league lineup compared to the Mariners, who had maybe a third of one last year. OK, maybe the Brewers have a 2/3 major league lineup, but still.
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    I'm not sure why it's a foregone conclusion that Dickerson has earned a spot over Boggs. Boggs seems to be hitting pretty well, and you also have to consider that Dickerson has an option left and Boggs does not (to the best of my knowledge). It would be nice to have a switch hitter on the club for a change as well.
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    Thanks for the link. Though it started out badly when the Paul Michael Glaser Consolidated Credit ad popped up on my screen...... I had successfully forgotten about that thing.... used to be on ESPN every five minutes or so. At any rate, a couple of thoughts. Did I hear that the Yankees stayed in Burlington? I wonder why. Also, was Pizarro warming in the pen after the second hitter? I wish that Sveum would have had done the same with Suppan in game 4. Doesn't Pizarro still live in the Milwaukee area?
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    "I can't get over how much roster turnover there was on those early Brewer clubs. Trader Frank Lane was a busy guy, shifting the pieces around." You aren't kidding. It would be like appointing one of the posters at Realgm.com as GM of the Bucks (in a world where all other league GM's are agreeable with nearly every trade proposal). As far as I know, Skip Lockwood was the last of the Seattle Pilots to play in a Brewers uniform (in the same stint) and he was gone in '73.
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    Do I think that there's a conspiracy against Gamel? No. Do I think that Macha buried him way back in the doghouse? Yes. Say what you want, but for some reason Gamel is in 'prospect purgatory'. Doesn't it seem like he's been on the cusp forever? Usually guys either sink or swim by year 4 or whatever it is. In that way, Gamel reminds me of Gorman Thomas who kicked around forever, ticking off managers and bouncing around the minors, before he finally stuck.
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    Your points are valid, but right now the Bucks are pretty firmly entrenched in the 9 spot. If they tanked the rest of the season, they may be able to move up to 7, but the bottom 6 teams are pretty locked in. By playing to win, they either make the playoffs- if not, there's only really two teams that they could fall behind in draft position. So basically, it's make the playoffs and pick 15th (I think), or fall short and pick 7-11 (with a slight chance at the lottery). I'm not sure there is too much of a difference. Maybe I'm jaded because 2 of their last 3 top 8 picks were Yi and Alexander, but I'd rather make a late run for the playoffs.
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    Tool or not, I like the deal. The last time that the Brewers traded a 'can't miss' 20 year old for veteran pitching, they gave up the 'next Roberto Clemente' as the key piece of the Fingers/Vuckovich/Simmons deal. David Green turned out to be a complete flop- he hadn't had any jaw dropping stats to that point in the minors (actually quite similar to Lawrie to this point), but he had all the 'tools'. In my opinion, it's nice that the Brewers are actually trading prospects to compete as opposed to vice-versa.
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    That's too bad. One of the better characters from Ball Four. He was also a stand in for Gene Hackman on many films.
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    I'll be a contrarian and vote Corey Hart. Roenecke will bench him for opening day, and getting that extra motivation, he will be the first Brewer 30/30 player since Tommy Harper.
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    Rivera.
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    Precisely. This year's draft is shaping up to be very weak. When the Bucks won the lottery for Bogut, hindsight says they may have been better off not to. The draft is a crapshoot mostly based on the talent available. Can you imagine if the Bucks had won the lottery in '97 and were able to get Duncan? Look at the Spurs, they have won with Duncan and lower draft choices. Look at some of the Bucks last lottery picks, Alexander, Yi, Haislip, Traylor and Respert were huge misses. I think Ford and Day were somewhere in between. That means you are left with Baker, Robinson, Allen, Bogut and Jennings (I'll give him the benefit of the doubt) as wins. Therefore you have 5 wins, 5 mega busts and 2 pushes, a 50/50 ratio. This is with two #1 picks (both of whom were eclipsed by picks after them). BTW, even though they were not drafted by the Bucks, I'm counting Allen and Traylor as draft choices because they were Bucks at the end of the night.
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    I've seen a couple of comparisons to Sheffield. Frankly, one of the major problems with him was just the opposite of Lawrie, in that he did not want to switch positions from shortstop. Going further, the Brewers let him play with a broken foot, and he had some other fairly legitimate gripes with how he was handled when he first came up. As for Lawrie, it seems that the team bent over backwards to accommodate him. Finally, Sheffield showed much more potential with the stick at a young age. Like Prince, he was tearing up the minors at 19- hitting .327 with 28 homers and 119 RBI's and a .974 OPS at the AA and AAA levels. As I've said, Lawrie was pretty average playing low A ball at the same age. At any rate, Sheffield had accomplished much more than Lawrie has at the same age. Lawrie has a reputation as a big time prospect, but I guess I'm just not seeing it based on his performance thus far in his pro career.
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    Defend his facebook pictures all you want, but this kid was given a 1.7 million dollar signing bonus. Because of this, I think the bar is higher for him than the average 21 year old. Switching positions twice (be it by necessity or choice), and his refusal to play in the AFL raise some serious red flags with me.
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