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  1. RockCoCougars
    I'd have rather seen McClung kept over Villanueva as well. Even in the bullpen, this team doesn't have enough pitchers that can blow a fastball by somebody. Obviously he and Macha didn't see eye to eye, so he's gone. Doesn't make sense, but not much the team is doing these days does.
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    I'm not convinced Johnson could play the outfield, or hit well enough to justify the switch anyway. Maybe if he could play more infield positions than just 2nd base (specifically shortstop)...but since he can't there is no need for him. In my opinion, Weeks is better hands down offensively and defensively. McGehee probably is too, even though he doesn't play 2nd much. I think that Johnson has been the third biggest non Brewer fan favorite on this site behind David DeJesus and Jonathan Sanchez, and I'm sure that lots of people would rather have him then Weeks. I just don't get it.
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    Have any of the players on this team openly praised Macha?
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    I'm just the opposite. I really have a feeling that Sheets is going to bounce back nicely. It's not like his arm fell off or anything. Remember that he actually pitched after the original injury. Maybe this injury will actually be a good thing for him because he may have picked up some better training habits. As for Cameron, the Cubs can have him as a type of revenge for Jose Hernandez. Cam and Soriano can provide man made air conditioning for Wrigley.
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    Personally, I don't think the Sheets contact hurt one bit, except for the fact that he was injured. His contract falls in the Larry Hisle/Teddy Higuera category, where things would have likely worked out nicely had the injuries not occurred. I still would like to know the circumstances behind the Sheets 'situation' as it currently stands. Is the team upset with him, or is he upset with the team? If he is the one that has the problem, that's a little disappointing, because you would think that he may feel some loyalty to the team after receiving the big contract and missing a big chunk of time with injuries. All I know is that it would be great to have him in the rotation, even at 85% of what he was.
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    The Riske deal was very questionable at the time as well. Just when I thought we had dodged the bullet with Linebrink. Probably for that reason, I'm O.K. with the Hawkins pickup, as that he has a better track record than Riske, was cheaper, and for only 2 years. That said, I don't want to see him as the closer, as he's tended to fold like a cheap suit in that role.
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    Higuera wasn't a bad signing, actually a big coup (outbidding San Diego I think) at the time for a guy who was probably a Top 10 MLB pitcher. Too bad he got hurt. Was it a 4 year deal? Must have been, because I was at his last MLB game right before the strike in 1994. I don't think the Hammonds deal was as bad as Suppan's because unlike with Suppan, the team stopped running him out there once they realized how bad he sucked. I've always considered the Hammonds deal to be the Franklin Stubbs signing with inflation.
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    I think comparing things to Suppan is relevant. Many of us here do not believe payroll is best spent for aged mediocre starting pitching in free agency. For us, this signing is a little frustrating because it seems that the team did not learn it's lesson from the Suppan deal. I remember the absolute glee from a majority of posters here 3 Christmas Eves ago that "we got Soup", like he was the Brewer's Reggie White or something. True, hindsight is 20/20, but I was against that deal from the start. I don't think that overpaying for mediocrity in the free agent market is a prudent course of action. That said, I don't think that anyone is saying that Wolf is as bad as Suppan (no one is), but this signing has to be tempered by the fact that we are talking Randy Wolf, who no one else really seemed to want. The frustrating thing about the Suppan deal is that for whatever reason, he has a lot of apologists. Their excuses have gone from "he's doing what we signed him for" to "he's an innings eater" to "we have no one better to replace him with". Face the facts, Suppan is garbage... in my opinion, the worst free agent signing in team history. It's a little disheartening to see the team enter into another big deal with n 'iffy' pitcher when they are less than one year away from getting rid of Suppan forever.
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    This is certainly true, but over the past two seasons, Harden's avg. fastball velocity has dropped. From 2004-'07, his FB averaged right around 94 mph. In '08 & '09, it sat at 92 mph. He could certainly regain some of that velocity, but I'm not sure that's likely. Regaining velocity is another reason why I'd like to see him pursued as a RP in 2011... but that's me rambling now.Exactly my thought. I think that Harden would be a great closer, which is one reason that I would have offered him three years. His stats the first time through the lineup are very good, plus he would only need two pitches to close. My thought was sign him as a starter this year, keeping in mind he could succeed Hoffman in 2011 if he wasn't able to log enough innings in the rotation.
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    And his $12 million salary. I would have been all over Millwood about 10 years ago, but not so much now for that salary.
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    Agreed. But as I said in an earlier post, Wolf averaged barely 6 innings per start last year.
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    I'd be willing to bet that Wolf doesn't pitch 200 IP this season. Last year, he led the league in starts and barely got there.
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    Beside the Mets, who showed any interest at all in him? To me, that says a lot. The Brewers should have offered 3/$24 million take it or leave it within the next 24 hours and moved on if he said no. My guess is that would have been the best offer that he would get on this market. Like I said, it reminds me a lot of the Suppan thing. Who else was seriously pursuing him at the time... yet the Brewers felt like they needed to pull out all the stops.
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    I think the Brewers dodged a bullet by passing on both Lyon and Lindstrom. It seems like everytime I've watched either of them pitch, they fall behind hitters and end up getting knocked around.
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    First of all I want to say that I'm not comparing Wolf to Suppan. As he stands now, Wolf is a much better pitcher than Suppan was in 2006 (though that's not saying much). That said, there are some similarities in their signings. Both are/were north of age 30 coming off arguably career seasons, and basically unwanted by their old teams. It seems in both cases, the Brewers were bidding against themselves. If Wolf was truly the "2nd best free agent pitcher", don't you think that a big market team would have pushed harder for him? I will go on record right now saying I don't like the deal. I think they overpaid by at least $5 million. As with Suppan, they seemed to focus in on one guy, ignoring potential bargains with other guys. I have a feeling that this is going to be a disaster. I hope that I'm wrong, but....
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    Both Harden and Wolf have only exceeded 125 innings three times in the past six seasons. Harden is younger, throws harder, has a better track record, and would have came much cheaper. Seems like a no-brainer to me.
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    Melvin and Attanansio had better swallow their pride, get on the phone and make amends with Sheets at this point, provided the reports are true that he will be ready to go. Sheets may be miffed at the team, but money generally allows people to get past such issues. If Harden went for 7.5, I would guess that Sheets would command about the same amount. If the "two starting pitchers" end up being Wolf and Davis/Washburn, or even worse, Mark Mulder, this team can be written off before the season starts. I don't want to hear anything about Jason Jennings either. Roll the dice for once on someone with upside.
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    I disagree. Harden and Wolf are not even in the same league. Wolf struggles to break 90 mph, while Harden can throw mid 90's. If (and granted that's a big if) healthy, Harden is a legitimate #1 starter. Sometimes you have to take a chance, and the fact is that the Rangers only committed about 1/4 the cash that the Brewers gave Wolf to Harden(only twice as much as this team gave Hawkins). It makes me kind of sick to my stomach to be honest with you. The fact that Macha and Peterson both have experience with this guy makes things more perplexing. Now we have to hope that the crafty lefty doesn't lose his mojo from last year, which is a dicey proposition considering he has had TJ surgery and is going to be 34 years old.
  19. RockCoCougars
    Wow. This makes the Wolf deal look really bad.
  20. RockCoCougars
    Barring a health issue or something else we don't know about, I'd say it's about 99% probability that he is at MLB network by Opening Day.
  21. RockCoCougars
    Ian Kennedy has got to be one of the most overrated "prospects" ever.
  22. RockCoCougars
    No, but I'm not about to get into a bidding war for Randy Wolf, or sit on my hands waiting for him to make a decision. Make him an offer fitting the #3 that he is (3/$25) and either he signs immediately, or the team should move on to other options before they are snapped up by other teams. Eight figures for three years is too much for this guy anyway- I'd rather take my chances on Harden for that kind of coin... much younger and much more upside. It's not like Wolf has been Mr. Durable throughout his career either.
  23. RockCoCougars
    No thanks, Maine is damaged goods. Pitchers with bum shoulders can't be depended on for anything except for time on the D.L. Hart has to have more value than this, doesn't he? I know he's not that popular here after the last season and a half, but he hasn't been that bad.
  24. RockCoCougars
    OK, now that I've seen today's developments and the numbers, I've went from torn on this to "pull the offer off the table". I'm not comfortable with the money, or the fact that Wolf's agent is "shopping the offer around".
  25. RockCoCougars
    I'm officially torn on this, it's all going to depend on the contract duration/money. I think that he can be solid, but I'm not sure if he is #2 starter material. He is a better option than Washburn or Davis, but his age and the fact that he is coming off of arguably his career season make me a little nervous.
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