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http://www.blogtalkradio....=30&url=Smoke-Signals was on the air again starting on the 21 minute mark. Had some brewers stuff come up. thanks J

I'm just trying to stay sane and do whats right for the guys. Again thank you to everyone here for tolerating me J

Just wanted to link this here http://www.jsonline.com/sports/brewers/36471284.html thanks for the support. J

Both, I've responded to you, thank you for your interest in my career.. I'm going to chalk that comment up to you having a long week... I don't think you see what he just did there. I guess it doesn't look as bad the second time I read it. I responded personally to that posters question. Thats all, no malice intended

Both, I've responded to you, thank you for your interest in my career..

Im headed to the winter meetings in about 5 hours and I just updated the blog. I should be updating it while Im out there but if anyone has any questions or comments just go ahead and get a hold of me. Mahalo J

How about you discuss? That's why this thread is here... Congrats on your 2nd Brewer 40-man member (Luis Pena). Please list your other 40-man roster players across baseball. OK, for discussion. How's your French? Is this Alex's first formal representation? Let's say any individual member of the Brewer organization approached you and wanted you to represent him. Is that an automatic for you, or do you do your own background checks and such to see if the relationship is a good match? What would be a possible reason you would not agree to represent a potential client? I would imagine you would need to discuss short-term and long-term goals and philosophies with the potential client. Dustin Pedroia is taking a lot of heat for signing a team-friendly extension with Boston, leaving perhaps as much as $30 million on the table over the life of the deal (if he had gone year-to-year). I imagine his agent will hear from the Gene Orza's and such about deflating future value of other superstar contracts. Should you be fortunate enough to represent a client of that ilk in the future, what are your thoughts on the Scott Boras year-to-year maximize everything via arbitration vs. the Evan Longoria / Ryan Braun / Pedroia signings? The Longoria signing was ridiculously premature, wasn't it? 3rd 40 man member (also have Omar Aguilar/Luis Pena) , my french is non existant, not alex's first agent, Ive turned down Brewers before, definately do background checks on everyone we sign from all organizations, and the last part, I am a huge fan of maximizing value.

Signed Alex Periard. Discuss.

Javier Brito (from the rule 5 thread I think) and Mel Stocker (who everyone knows) both signed with the Mariners. FYI.

He's not eligible for rule 5 this year thanks to the last cba

Brae

For whoever cares, I am updating my blog again. I was locked out of the account for about a month but have it figured out now. Get ready for more indy rock, limited baseball updates, and total unadulterated complaining

I dont see any reason they'd move him. He's fantastic at 3rd.

Random aside and shameless plug MILWAUKEE-During the second half of the 2008 season, third baseman Taylor Green had a few things on his mind. Actually, he mostly had one thing on his mind: Would he remain a Brewer or was he headed to the Indians? Speculation as to the identity of the player to be named in the C.C. Sabathia trade began almost as soon as the trade was announced in early July. It didn't take long for that speculation to center on two lefthanded batters: Green, who was playing at high Class A Brevard County, and Double-A outfielder Michael Brantley. Agent Joshua Kusnick knew exactly what each was going through, as he represented both players. Green, a 25th-round draft-and-follow in 2005 out of Cypress (Calif.) Junior College, made the Florida State League all-star team at midseason and finished the year batting .289/.382/.443 with 15 home runs and 73 RBIs 114 games. His season ended prematurely when he was hit on the left wrist by a pitch, forcing him to miss the last three weeks. "It was a pretty interesting situation," Green said. "I was wondering what was going to happen. I tried to keep a level head and just keep playing hard, and not worry about it. "That was tough to do the first couple of days (after the trade). Then, after that, it was no problem at all." As it turned out, there was one last twist to the Sabathia deal. The agreement was that if the Brewers made the playoffs, the Indians would get to choose the player. If the Brewers fell short, they made the call. The Indians announced that they had chosen Brantley to complete the deal a few days after the Brewers clinched the wild card. "I was really happy when I heard I wasn't traded," said Green, 21, the Brewers' minor league player of the year in 2007. "I came up with the Brewers and they've given me a great opportunity. I wanted to stay in the organization." The Brewers gave Green another opportunity when they assigned him to play in the Arizona Fall League. MICROBREWS • The Brewers re-signed lefthanders Lindsay Gulin, Sam Narron and Chris Narveson and righthander Joe Bateman to minor league deals with invitations to spring training. Each spent all or most of the 2008 season at Triple-A Nashville. • Catcher Angel Salome was having trouble with soreness in his throwing arm in the AFL and had been shut down for several games.

Darren is headed to the AFL.

All 3 are tremendous baseball people. Tony also played a large role in getting Darren Ford, Steve Garrison, and Nick Tyson.

Nice to meet you. Enjoy the bat.

In case anybody missed it here is my interview along with Mike Brantley's. Ill be on the show again if anyone wants to call in with Brewers questions thanks J http://www.blogtalkradio....ignals-Cleveland-Fan-Live

Taylor Green is doing an AFL blog on MiLB.com I also represent the Angels,Cubs and Marlins guys blogging. FYI J

Crossing fingers for Cain/Aguilar.

Interview announcement -------------------------------------------------- Hey everyone, just an FYI, but Josh Kusnick (Michael Brantley's agent) will be on my radio show this Thursday at 9:30pm ET. The direct link to Thursday's show is below: www.blogtalkradio.com/TheClevelandFan/2 ... d-Fan-Live Josh will be on for a few segments and my co-host Paul and I will ask the obvious questions pertaining to the Indians trade for Brantley and other things, and the phone lines will be open for anyone who wants to call in to speak to Josh and ask whatever they want. Phone number to call is 646-716-8012. Michael Brantley himself is also schedule to be on, but as an FYI will not be taking calls from the fans (only his agent). As a reminder, for those that cannot listen live, the show is podcasted and can be downloaded and listened to at anytime by visiting the link I provided above or at www.blogtalkradio.com/theclevelandfan . Hope many of you tune in, and remember the show is still a WIP.;-) Should be an informative hour. Josh is not what you would expect from an agent, and makes for an awesome interview. And this should be the first radio/TV interview in Cleveland for Brantley. -- Tony Lastoria "Minor Happenings": Covering the important developments in the Indians farm system only at www.theclevelandfan.com and www.sportstimeohio.com. "The Cleveland Indians Minor League Insider": My daily blog at http://indianstopprospects.blogspot.com/

I havent a clue where JJ starts, depends on the AFL and ST

Yes he will be a CF for Cle, no more switching around thank god.

Random update Signed my newest brewer today, Corey Frerichs. pretty excited as usual. For what its worth I am doing a radio call in show I believe thursday on the internet, Ill have the think posted here when I get the info so if anyone wants to call in please do. Thanks again !

Logic suggested it was going to be Mike but I did inform Green I thought it was going to be him based on what I had heard from my sources on both sides. Two days ago however I knew it wasnt going to be Green, but I always did know it was going to be one of my guys. I had a quote in the paper there incase that one guy still doubts that Im an actual agent..... Also, Cain is replacing Mike in the fall league and Green is replacing Gamel. http://blog.cleveland.com...speed_plate_discipli.html