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  1. joepepsi
    Kind of funny they used a pitcher to pinch hit and a position player to pitch. Kudos to Bob Melvin to pull Doug Davis early and go to the pen. He's always been a smart, solid manager who's not scared to think outside the box.
  2. joepepsi
    Halll is on pace for 19.2 home runs over 600 at bats. So he is precisely on the pace you expected, albeit on the low end. He had a slow start, then was on fire, then missed a month of the season. Fans always expect a player to be 100% and on fire when returning from DL. It's almost never so. On a good team Bill Hall gives you solid production from the 6 or 7 hole. That's a lot more than you can say for half the CF'ers out there.
  3. joepepsi
    His career batting average is .266. He's hitting .262. His career oba is .322; he's sitting at .323 right now. His slugging is down from his career norm: .435 vs. .471. However, among CF'ers in the NL who qualify for the batting title, that's 4th highest in the league, behind Rowand (.516), Beltran (.511), and Chris Young (.465). fwiw, Torrii Hunter's career line is 272/322/471. Mike Cameron's 251/.341/.446. While we hope for better from Hall, his 262/323/435 is probably average for a CF'er. I think it was overly optimistic to expect another season like 2006 from him, but give him a full season at CF. I suspect next season that slugging will rise back in the .460-.480 range. That will make him one of the better hitting CF'ers in the league.
  4. joepepsi
    Billy Hall was always a bit of a hacker. Those guys don't often have long successful careers. It's possible he peaked at his age 26 season and has reverted to the mean.
  5. joepepsi
    Good point Ennder. It's difficult to separate out what's bad pitching and bad defense.
  6. joepepsi
    I'll argue the difference is Chris Capuano and Doug Davis. At this point last year Cappy had 20 quality starts out of 26 overall. By my rough count, the team was 14-6 in those 20 QS. This year he's turned in exactly 6 QS in 22 starts. They are 7-15 in his 2007 starts. Jeff Suppan has essentially replaced Doug Davis in the rotation. Except Suppan isn't near as good. It's not even close. Davis has pitched very well for the D-Backs, not counting a handful of rough starts in June. Although Estrada has played all right, and Vargas has been serviceable, it may be time to admit the D-Backs got the best of this deal. If Capuano had pitched anywhere close to his career numbers, this team would be up by half a dozen games at least, with a similar record to the D-Backs. If Suppan and Bush had pitched closer to their career numbers the team would be running away with the division. If Sheets wasn't injured they'd be the best team in the league, as they were in April and May. Everything else that's going on with the Brewers is just noise, the sorts of ups and downs all teams go through. This collapse rests solely on the starting pitching.
  7. joepepsi
    Well he certainly did that! He sucked up almost every inning he pitched.
  8. joepepsi
    I suspect the Brewers are looking beyond Gross now. He'll be 28 next season and the Brewers will consider themselves contenders next year. If there's one thing Melvin is thinking now, it must be that he needs a strong, consistent, veteran bat. I like Gross a lot and think he'd do well as an "almost" regular. But a contending team doesn't take a chance on a placeholder at a key offensive position.
  9. joepepsi
    By and large I think booing is stupid. It's like hating the guy who worked in the cubby next to you because he left for a better paying job. Carlos Lee leaving was good for the team and good for him. Thanks for the good times, Carlos, no hard feelings. Wasn't Wes released so the Brewers wouldn't be stuck overpaying through arbitration? If that move angers you, then boo Doug Melvin.
  10. joepepsi
    Another possible replacement is Melvin Mora. He's overpaid and on the DL right now. He'll make about $8.5 million in each of 2008 and 2009. He skills have eroded a bit but is still pulling in a .453 slugging, gets on base, can run pretty well, should still be able to play LF. If the Orioles paid a few million of next year's salary, the Brewers could always try and trade him off before 2009. Both those things would ease that contract a bit.
  11. joepepsi
    Mike Flanagan come on down! Great post Geno! The Orioles are an organization that comes to mind for making ridiculous offers. They think they are smarter than everyone--they don't realize guys like Melvin are laughing at them, not with them. This topic also reminds me of the rumor Gammons invented a few years back that Sheets was going to Boston. A little wishful thinking Peter?
  12. joepepsi
    Gary Sheffield~! or Matt Stairs!!
  13. joepepsi
    The difference between his excellent seasons and his mediocre is whether he hit lefties. Despite his prolonged slump this year he is still posting a .833 OPS against right handed pitching. Projecting this season's plate appearances against righties into a full season of appearances he'd have 30 homers. The platoon has given them a solid LF. Jenkins has a future giving some team 450 plate appearances for the next couple years. It won't be in Milwaukee and it won't be worth $7-9 million. A team like Kansas City or Tampa Bay may play him every day, but I wonder if he won't return home to play with the Mariners. Frankly, I'm amazed no one is starting topics about JJ Hardy. He looks terrible. He doesn't appear any closer to getting out of his funk either.
  14. joepepsi
    Thorne is doing TV play by play for Orioles on MASN
  15. joepepsi
    What network gig does Vasgersian have?
  16. joepepsi
    Costas is OK. He genuinely loves baseball and isn't a slave to espn or the Yankees. That puts him above almost everyone else working in sports today. His book was silly and superficial though. Why do sports journalists think personal observation trumps fact or serious research?
  17. joepepsi
    I think the AL was clearly the better league last year, with the NL sort a balanced mediocrity. In 2007 the NL is much improved, but on average the AL is better. One big reason for this is the AL seems to have more big name veteran stars; the over 30 superstar profile is present throughout the AL. The over 30 crowd in the NL isn't particularly impressive. The other side to that is most of the young exciting talent seems concentrated in the NL. By 2009 the NL could be considerably better than the AL.
  18. joepepsi
    I think he has succeeded using name recognition to get his foot in the door of the industry. There are lots of good ballplayers from small private universities. It's the same way Paris Hilton pried her way into the entertainment industry.
  19. joepepsi
    Yes, you're right. Still, the kid enjoyed his new found fame, and continues to, apparently. Lots of people would love to work in the industry; no doubt name recognition has given him a competitive edge. Bartman was tarred, feathered, and run of town. Maier was deified because it helped the Yankees win a playoff game.
  20. joepepsi
    This kid should be banished from baseball as an example to all that making mockery of rules should be the basis for your future success in life. I admit I am an Orioles fan and like all Orioles fans have a problem with not being able to let this go. I probably need therapy. Still, it was disgusting the way he was made into a hero by the New York media. Most disgusting though, was Rich Garcia on the field signing autographs and making jokes about his terrible call. He should have been fined and suspended for his actions.
  21. joepepsi
    He needs to work on his plate discipline. Like Hall JJ's a bit of a hacker out there. Pitchers have realized he's coming up swinging and looking to put the ball in play. So they're throwing him junk and he's still swinging.
  22. joepepsi
    Estrada has 8 career plate appearances against Davis. He's 1 fer 7.
  23. joepepsi
    Fear the Chorizo hits a home run with that post! Thank you! I quit watching BBTN about 4 years ago. Just can't take. What I find most annoying is the way everybody on ESPN just makes crap up and no one ever calls them on it. For instance, I can say, Mike Cameron has lost a step in CF. Now, I haven't seen Cameron play hardly at all this year. If he's lost a step, I wouldn't know. But by making something up, it appears I am knowledgeable of what's going on in San Diego. Soon, other might take what I've stated and add to it. Within a week it turns into story about the Padres being upset with Cameron's poor play and desperate to dump him. Who to? Well, the Yankees of course!
  24. joepepsi
    He's a good bench player.
  25. joepepsi
    Would you trade Weeks and good pitching prospect for Brian Roberts? From the O's perspective, it's a no-brainer, of course you do it. From the Brewers perspective, would certainly stregthen the lineup for this season. Robers is having a terrific year.
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