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  1. RockCoCougars
    Wow, Marco is tossing BP out there right now.
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    The ump in Toronto got a beer tossed on him from the stands as well. Did anyone see that?
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    This Diamond kid has looked pretty good thus far. A crafty lefty who the Brewers have never seen before.... let's just say that I wouldn't be betting on the Brewers tonight.
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    I'm torn on the trading Axford thing. On one hand I see a guy who's had a ton of success early on and will be pretty cheap for quite some time, a good 'bang for the buck' asset for the Brewers to build around. On the other hand, I see a guy who, due to his success and price, probably will have the most trade value of anyone on the team not named Greinke/Braun/Gallardo come July. I guess it would depend on what is coming back in return. Frankly, a guy like Axford would have been a good tool to unload a poison pill bad contract like Suppan on someone back in say, 2009. Thankfully, the Brewers don't really have anyone like that right now (unless Weeks doesn't figure things out, I guess).
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    I think that Johnson, Maddux and Pedro do score some bonus points based on that. I wouldn't put Johnson quite as high as Walter Johnson or Cy Young though, because he didn't really find himself until he was over 30. Johnson probably right on the edge of my Top 10 all time, and in my view, the best 2nd pitcher who debuted in the past 40 years or so behind Maddux. You have a great point with the segregation issue, but in the end, the best that you can do is to compare guys with their contemporaries. All eras had their benefits and their drawbacks for success.
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    To me, trading Hardy was only half the issue. By sending him down to Nashville, Melvin basically forced his own hand. There was no way that Hardy would be back in 2010 and other teams knew it. I'd say that this move torpedoed Hardy's trade value big time.... much more than the extra year of control helped it. It was a rash decision that should have never been made because you don't give up that quickly on a solid defensive SS (in his mid 20's) who hit 50 homers in the two previous seasons.
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    I stand by my contention that Mench was horrible both at the plate and in the field. Considering that he was the centerpiece of a deadline deal involving the team's best hitter, let's just say that Melvin was lucky that Cordero found himself in Milwaukee. If he hadn't, that deal would have made the Greg Vaughn to the Padres deal look like a steal for the Brewers.
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    I hate to blame Narron, but is Narron telling these guys to work the count? Don't you think other teams know that by now? I'm starting to think that this is the case. I'm too lazy to look things up, but the entire team seems less aggressive at the plate this season, particularly Weeks. I think that Sveum is missed a lot. As for Rickie, if he continues this approach at the plate, perhaps he should be moved to the #8 hole. I bet that his patient approach would draw plenty of walks down there.... or would pitchers go right at Rickie to avoid the pitcher?
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    Cruz was on waivers the next season. Every single MLB team could've had him. I'm so sick of this being called a bad trade because of him. It wasn't solely a bad trade because of him. Kevin Mench was absolutely brutal. At the time of the trade, lots of people were apprehensive or upset including Cruz in the deal as seemingly a throw in. It's not like he came out of nowhere, because he put some big numbers up in the minors. That said, personally I'm sick of seeing the waiver thing thrown out there. To me, trading a guy off your roster is much more egregious than getting a waiver claim snuck by you, right before the season. As is usually the case, I'd be willing to bet that the Brewers had multiple pitchers on the D.L. at the time along with Cameron's suspension, further complicating efforts to make a waiver claim on an outfielder. Bottom line, how many times have the sellers been burned by a prospect on a deadline deal? I bet not many. It's supposed to be the other way around.
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    Bourjos looks completely overmatched at the MLB level, and he's only a year younger than Gomez.
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    That one misses my Top 5. #3 -David Riske, 3 years with a 4th buyout. Enough said. #4- "OK, great we'll take Cordero and Mench for Carlos Lee, but I have to get Laynce Nix. You can pick another AAA guy from a list" #5 -"Davis is expendable with Soup in the fold, and I can't figure out why Estrada has been on 4 teams in 4 years. The guy can flat out hit. I'm sure that he's serviceable enough behind the plate."
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    What's the first? http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/assets_c/2010/06/suppanthumbs-thumb-225x168.jpg
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    Hardy deserved his demotion to Nashville. It had nothing to do with service time at all.... As I said in another post, Hardy was a convenient scapegoat for Macha/Melvin. Hands down this will go down as the 2nd worst move of the Melvin era, nothing else is close.
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    The Brewers need 2 of 3, bare minimum this weekend- but would anyone be surprised if the Crew lost 2 of 3 or were even swept by the lowly Twins? I wouldn't considering how the Brewers have looked lately and how they have played the Twins over the past several years. The Twin bats have also woken up over the past few days.
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    The ball is literally bouncing the wrong way for these guys right now. Absolutely brutal.
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    I bet that they don't score here with runners on the corners, one out.
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    How many times has Ramirez grounded out to shortstop this season? He's got to be among the league leaders in that, so he's got that going for him.... plus, of all the Brewers, I've tabbed him 'Most Likely to be Caught on Camera Yawning'.
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    The North Carolina option seems to be the only realistic one at this point. Lots of money there and a fast growing population... MLB is probably holding off on that market to reap a huge expansion fee though. That said, the A's have been rumored to be on the move on and off for the past 30 plus years (after the franchise actually did move twice in a decade or so). I'd say that the smart money is that they stay in the Bay Area.
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    I don't think that Greinke is going to get a seven year deal. Probably six. At any rate, it's time for Mark A. to step up to the plate and keep one of the stars on board. For all the crap people give Selig about hiding behind the small market excuse, he never let one of the Brewers stars leave through free agency for about 17 years until Molitor left. Yes, the economics are different these days but Greinke will not get more than mid $20's per. Probably about a $10 million bump from what he is making now, let Randy Wolf walk and there you go.... The arby Braun/Yo, etc. increases can be absorbed by shedding K-Rod, Marcum and Gonzalez from the payroll. As I said, if you let Greinke walk, assuming that money is spent, where will you get value? $10 million per doesn't buy much these days, unless you want to go back to the days where you spend a million or so a piece on the Todd Richies and John Vander Wals of the world.
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    You make a valid point, but it's not like Marcum is going to get peanuts either. As a likely Top 5 pitcher on the market, he's going to command eight figures at a minimum of 3 years (probably 4/5). Greinke will probably top out at 6/150 at the extreme, likely closer to 5/120. In my book, Greinke has the type of stuff that should age well, and the opposite is the case with Marcum. Marcum is also nearly two years older. Toss in the injury history that Marcum has and giving him a big money deal as the consolation prize could end up being a major mistake. Going further, let's say that Marcum is $12 million per year cheaper than Greinke. What do you do with that money, sign another Ramirez or something? So far this season, the gap between Greinke and Marcum has been much greater than the gap between Ramirez and Random Guy making $1-$2 million would be. Bottom line, I'd rather take the chance of overpaying Greinke than risking money that Marcum will be effective until he turns 35. If Greinke walks, I'd prefer to let Marcum do so as well and see how good these prospects are for a few years.
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    Due to Weeks' struggles, I'm bumping this thread from last year. I have copied a list of the Brewers all star reps over the past 10 seasons. Outside of Prince, Braun, Sheets, Lee, Cordero and arguably Sexson most of these guys have struggled mightily after the ASG if not fallen of the map altogether. It seems the first timers really have struggled thereafter. Hart went through a 1.5 year funk, and even Gallardo struggled at the end of '10 and the beginning of '11. 2002- Richie Sexson 1B, Jose Hernandez SS 2003- Richie Sexson 1B, Geoff Jenkins OF 2004- Ben Sheets P, Dan Kolb P 2005- Carlos Lee OF 2006- Chris Capuano P, Carlos Lee OF, Derrick Turnbow P 2007- Francisco Cordero P, Prince Fielder† 1B, J. J. Hardy SS, Ben Sheets P, 2008- Ryan Braun† OF, Corey Hart OF, Ben Sheets† P 2009- Ryan Braun† OF, Prince Fielder 1B, Trevor Hoffman P 2010- Ryan Braun† OF, Yovani Gallardo P, Corey Hart‡ OF 2011- Ryan Braun† OF, Prince Fielder† 1B, Rickie Weeks† 2B
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    Gomez is who he is. I don't see superstardom in his future, but based on his defensive prowess and speed alone he could be a very good everyday CF for a good team batting toward the bottom of the lineup. He's not a world beater at the plate, but he can do some good things and has a little pop. The problem as things stand with the Brewers is there are so many holes in the lineup right now, that his relative lack of development as a hitter is magnified. In large part, Gomez kind of represents the extreme of the type of hitters that the Brewers have (in a nutshell, feast or famine). The myriad of other options in CF along with his inability to stay healthy just throw more wrenches into the mix. Personally, I think that he still has more upside than any of the other options in CF, but I'm not sure if I want to give him a multi-year eight figure deal to find out if I'm right.
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    You can't compare Brett with Soriano. Brett was one of the best hitters ever who had his prime in an era where offense was mostly down. Soriano had some big seasons when balls were flying out of the park and has been ordinary since he got the big money. Don't get me wrong, Soriano has been a good player, but definitely not HOF caliber like Brett. Normally I don't have any problem coming up with a comparison for someone, but Soriano is a tough one... a rich man's Ron Gant is the best that I can do right now.
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    There is no point in sending Rickie to AAA despite the foolish precedent was sent went they scapegoated Hardy for the massive failure that was 2009 (his 2009 doesn't look so bad all of a sudden). If things blow up this season like they did last time they were coming off a playoff season, I sure hope that they are more professional this time and don't start scapegoating certain guys. I don't think they are able to do this anyway without Rickie's permission. I know that they had to ask Bill Hall whether he would go to Nashville.
  25. RockCoCougars
    Would everyone honestly feel better about Weeks right now if he was swinging at the borderline pitches Absolutely. Weeks' overall swing percentage is down about 15% from last year and roughly 10% from his career norms. It seems that every at bat, he watches at least one or two strikes go by and often goes down swinging on a worse pitch, so he already is swinging at the borderline pitches, just later in the count. I don't think that you break out of a funk like this playing guessing games at the plate as Rickie is obviously doing. Personally, I drop him to the seven spot until further notice. I'd also make him do ten pushups Willie Mays Hays style each time he takes a strike looking.
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