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  1. RockCoCougars
    I don't see how anyone can second guess the Sabathia trade. Melvin basically stole him for an ordinary singles hitting OF, a busted power prospect and a noodle-armed pitcher.
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    Anyway, if the Rangers are of the same belief that Law seems to be...and putting aside any opinions of Law, I find it hard to argue with his assessment, the next question is, would you be willing to trade Greinke for Andrus? Absolutely not. I'm pretty much falling in the line of thinking that you try to resign him or let him walk for the picks unless you get a king's ransom. I'll go with the old 'bird in the hand' saying here, because Greinke is legit and it's highly unlikely that you will trade him and get back a player that turns out to even sniff his production. I sure hope that the Brewers don't settle and take the best offer for him like they did with Carlos Lee, Greg Vaughn and numerous smaller Dean Taylor deals.... Bottom line, there is no rule that you have to trade free agents to be once you fall out of the race. Greinke is easily in the top dozen or so MLB pitchers in my view, so if a team wants him for their run they need to pay dearly. If you are blown away with a deal, go for it, otherwise pass.
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    I'm working under the assumption that Hall burned some bridges here, so I don't expect to ever see him brought back.
  4. RockCoCougars
    Vinny Rottino lives. Hit his first MLB homer today to match fellow Racine native Duane Kuiper (in roughly 3,500 less PA!).
  5. RockCoCougars
    There should be retribution, but I'd be surprised to see it. At any rate, if the Brewers don't protect their hitters, I don't want to hear any whining about HBP.
  6. RockCoCougars
    No more runs for the Brewers. Collmenter is the new Suppan. Pretty similar stuff as well.
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    I'd argue that Pedro was much better than Blyleven. I'd compare Pedro more to a guy like Sandy Koufax, while Blyleven would be in a Don Sutton class. I'd also argue that Niekro and Perry weren't really close to Carlton (though Perry was closer than Niekro). Carlton is one of the more underrated HOF of all time (relatively speaking, obviously) in my opinion, the problem being that he hung on about 3 years too long and likely hurt some of his more advanced stats.
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    If Greinke was willing to agree to a contract why wouldn't he do so to preclude a trade? I highly doubt that trading a guy mid-season would endear yourself to him to the point where you are still his preferred destination. Why would you want to resign with a team that put you on the trading block months before? Maybe if the Brewers drafted him and he had played here 7 years with kids in school or something, but let's be real- he's barely been here a year. You may counter with the 'Greinke wants to win' theory, but to me trading him for prospects signals a rebuild. Sorry, but I don't buy that the Brewers could trade Greinke to a team with deep pockets and he makes a deep run in the playoffs, yet he would be excited to come back here because they got some 19 year old shortstop in return for him. I think that the smartest move for the Brewers would be to sit down in good faith (I'm not convinced that they've done this yet) with his representation and make a offer that is actually fair market value (e.g. exceeding what Cain got) because basically, the price is going up with every start.
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    If the Brewers trade Greinke, I'd say the odds of resigning him are about zero. The two primary things that they have on their side right now are familiarity and approximately a six month window of exclusive negotiating rights. If they trade him to a team primed for a WS run, both go out the window, and they will have to line up behind the deep pocketed teams in November.
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    I think they should all go with buzz cuts including Rickie and Braun.
  11. RockCoCougars
    If they start Parra just as he seems to be coming into his role, it is the height of foolishness. If this guy is going to be needed for several starts, summon the most worthy arm from the minors and see what happens, to heck with service time. If it's going to be a two start type thing, summon a warm body from AAA, look up Mike Burns, whatever.... just don't mess around with Parra right now. If Parra starts, my head will explode when the apologists use the 'not stretched out' excuse. Parra is simply not cut out to be a starting pitcher, how many times do they need to learn that lesson?
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    The funny thing is, Pete Rose these days probably makes more money and gets more attention from being out of the Hall than in it. Exactly. I can only name a few living Hall of Famers that have the celebrity status of Rose (Aaron, Mays, Ripken and maybe Nolan Ryan). I watched one of those ESPN 'shorts' on Rose a few weeks ago. They tried to play him as this tragic figure, but the fact of the matter is that he seemed fairly content living in Vegas, selling autographs and meeting his fans 20 days a month. He's been out of managing for over 20 years and he's probably too old for an on field job at this point anyway, so he seems to be doing well for himself making a second career as the guy who's been banished from the HOF. He'd probably lose his mystique if they let him in.
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    I certainly hope that they don't mess around with Parra at this stage, just when he is appearing to be a serviceable major leaguer for the first time in years. If they do, they should know what they are getting into... I don't want to hear any excuses about him being 'stretched out' or 'adjustment to a new role' (either when being moved into the rotation or back to the pen). In a nutshell, don't mess with something that isn't broken.
  14. RockCoCougars
    I don't think that it's stuck on the wall. It looks like it's on the countertop of the bathroom sink. In that case not too weird, because when you shave that much facial hair, it gets all over the place.
  15. RockCoCougars
    If Thornburg is ready he's ready, lots of pitchers skip AAA. I would hope that they end up making the best move for the team, not the best move to preserve 'cost control'. Bottom line, if Thornburg actually turns out good enough to worry about service time down the line, that will be a good problem to have.
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    I believe that we touched on this last year. I can't stand the Giants, because they whine about everything.
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    I just watched Jamey Wright pitch to Henry Blanco... blew my mind. If you would have told me ten years ago that this would happen, I'd have had you committed.
  18. RockCoCougars
    In my view, Don Money was a better hitter than Loretta. When Money was here, offense in baseball was mostly down, when Loretta was here, it was a video game. You have to take things in the context of the era in which they played. Until he got older, Money was also a very capable fielder. Overall, I'd have to take Money hands down.
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    I'll pass on Ransom.
  20. RockCoCougars
    Palmeiro and McGwire haven't sniffed the place. This tells me that Bonds, Clemens and Sosa won't either.
  21. RockCoCougars
    I wouldn't touch Santana's contract w/ a ten foot pole. He's looked good thus far this season, but I don't want to be on the hook $30 million+ for one season to a guy who will be 34 next year, is off a major injury and hasn't logged 200 innings the past 3 seasons. I'd rather kick that money to the Overpay Greinke Fund. If I'm going with an old free agent pitcher for next season, I'd go with Tim Hudson, who could probably be had for a fraction of what Santana is due.
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    I'm not sure if I'd even put him there. In my view, Don Money was the best versatility guy for the Crew. He was kind of like Pete Rose, moving around when new guys came in (Bando, Molitor, etc.).
  23. RockCoCougars
    I know SS defense is very important, but the way this team looks right now, I'd take a stronger offensive guy in a heartbeat. Izturis seems solid defensively, but he is almost an automatic out at the plate. On a team that is full of automatic outs at this point, I'd probably sacrifice some defense at short considering how many strikeouts this staff gets. I guess that the challenge here is finding a SS who can hit.
  24. RockCoCougars
    All solid points, but as bad as things look now, they would even be worse without Greinke. I look at this team and see a decimated underperforming offense, with pitching that has underperformed. I think that it's easier to fix a poor offense than it is to fix a poor pitching staff, especially when it doesn't appear that a Greinke-like trade would be advisable or even possible given the state of the farm system. Obviously, something could happen with an injury, but moving forward with a team where you should get approximately 40 percent of your starts from Gallardo/Greinke should keep things at least on the cusp of competitiveness moving forward. You could plug the young pitchers in the back end of the rotation and use any excess funds toward the offense.
  25. RockCoCougars
    If I'm choosing a utility man for an all time team, it's gonna be Craig Biggio. The guy caught and then moved to the middle infield. Right now, I can't think of one other guy who's done that. Then he moved to CF. I have no doubt that he could have handled SS/3B better than a guy like Loretta could have caught. Plus there is the 3,000 hits.
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