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  1. TuesdaysWithRillo
    It looks like Melvin has learned his lesson, though, which is good to see because he's not going after the Suppan type pitchers that are in free agency this offseaon because mediocre pitchers can be found at a much cheaper price either in the farm system or through low risk, short term deals.
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    Consider Suppan as Melvin's biggest failure as a Brewers GM.
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    Why? He's cheap and throws 96 mph. There's no reason to give up on him yet because he has time to figure things out.
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    It's hard to see anyone ever surpassing Yount with the way the current rules of baseball are designed with Small Market teams only getting control of players for 6 years, and if you're lucky a few more. Luckily, greed hasn't taken over Ryan Braun like it has to many other players so if any player has a chance to do it, it's him, because I could see him as a career Brewer, but we will see.
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    Billy Beane's man crush on Jason Giambi has obviously not worn off.
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    I just can't see what Ben Sheets is thinking. Why pitch in a hitters park for a super young team that won't contend when you could pitch for a contender in a familiar atmosphere? The obvious answer is money, but for a guy like Sheets who has made almost 50 million dollars already, you'd think he could give a little of that up. Plus, he'd be set up to get a huge contract next year in free agency if he signed a 1 year deal because the economy can't get any worse than it is right now. All that said, it doesn't matter. The decision seems to have already been made that Sheets won't be a Brewer next year and add that to a career that could have been in Milwaukee for Ben Sheets.
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    It's great to go down and check out the minor league camp before the Big League game. You can really get up close and personal with the players and even get a few conversations in. I didn't ask for autographs last year because I didn't want to bug them, but I got a chance to talk to Jeffress, Gamel, and Salome. It was really fun to watch Don Money work with Salome in batting practice. I was about 15 feet from Jeffress while he was throwing a bullpen session and let me tell you that it was amazing. (Yes, I have no life) I can't wait to get down there again this spring.
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    I think Gillespie is going to be one of those players that the scouts just don't like, but will keep producing and be an everyday player for a long time in the bigs. He just has to keep doing what he's doing and somebody will give him a shot. I bet Billy Beane would love a guy like Cole Gillespie in his system. As a matter of fact I know he would.
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    I surely hope McGehee doesn't make the Big League Team. He sounds like another Trent Durrington. I'd rather keep Nixon. We already have Hall and Lamb at 3B. I can see the argument for Iribarren though because he's at least shown some hitting in the minors although last year was a lost season for him.
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    No Errecart after a successful season in AA? Also, wasn't it announced that Cappy would be starting the year in AAA or did I miss something?
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    Regardless, that looks like a pretty nice team forming for the Nashville fans. I envy the people down in Tennessee that are going to get to see this team play.
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    I think Iribarren would clear waivers. He's really nothing special and wouldn't have much value on another team's 25 man roster. Nelson, on the other hand, will probably be our top left handed bat off the bench as a Darryl Ward type player with a lot more value. I could easily see Hurricane back in Nashville next year after nobody wants him.
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    I don't think Nelson can play in Nashville. He'd have to clear waivers first.
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    I'll take a stab at it, although I'm probably completely wrong at some positions because I'm doing it mostly from memory. Feel free to correct me. C: Salome 1B: Errecart 2B: Iribarren SS: Escobar 3B: Gamel LF: Gillespie CF: Cain RF: Katin SP: Chris Capuano SP: Chris Narveson SP: David Welch SP: Sam Narron SP: Brae Wright RP: Joe Batemann RP: Omar Aguilar CL: Luis Pena I made some edits after further research.
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    I'm all booked and ready to go. I'll be there from March 18th to the 23rd.
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    Well Law did give props to Caleb Gindl and Lorenzo Cain at least as a possible 2010 top 100 prospect. http://sports.espn.go.com...855023&name=law_keith Caleb Gindl (A) is short (5-9) but strong and can really hit, with raw pull power; he works deep counts but his trouble making contact this year is a big concern. Bonus name: Outfielder Lorenzo Cain (AAA) is a great athlete who looks like he might have 0.5-percent body fat and who is now showing signs of coming into some power.
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    I have a lot of other grumblings about football. One of them is steroids. Players like Shawne Merriman can test positive for steroids and it's a small article on the bottom of the page, but when a big time baseball player does steroids, it has "tarnished" the sport. The NFL gets away with so much because of it's popularity. That really doesn't have much to do with the salary cap, but I'll watch a baseball game before a football game any day of the week which is why I ended up missing a lot of Packer games in September and October this year.
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    I'm not sure of the salary, but a good deal for the Royals buying out 2 years of Free Agency. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3861561
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    I haven't seen this posted yet. Good move for a team that needs a closer. It would have been nice to have him as a setup man. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3857234
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    I am pretty much in 100% agreement with that. Football is the perfect sport for America because people just don't have the spare time that they used to have, which is probably why baseball was so popular in the early to mid part of the 20th century. When you only have to follow 16 games per year with only one game per week, that allows a lot more casual fans to enter the picture who have stronger interests in other things. I am also a basketball nut, but they too, like baseball lose a lot of fans in the span of an 82 game season over 7-8 months counting the playoffs. At least baseball is far from a dying game, but it would have been cool to have been around in the earlier days when it was THE game to follow. As far as the salary cap, there have been a few threads about this and I have the same opinion now as I did then: We need to do something. I'm not sure if the salary cap is the answer, but you can't have a monopoly on free agents like we do now with the Yankees up on top and everyone else underneath them in payroll. Yes, the Yankees didn't make the playoffs this year, but they were in an impossible division and it was the first time in many years. It would be foolish not to think that they won't be right back in it next year. Bud Selig knows this too, and he will do something when the next CBA comes around, but until then, we get to see the Brewers, A's, Twins, etc as a farm system for the Large Market teams.
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    I have confidence that Melvin will add one more pitcher. It might not be until May or June though after an injury. There's always a possibility that a guy like David Welch or Alex Periard could give us some quality innings this year.
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    I'll take a .355 OBP player on my team any day of the week and twice on Thursdays
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