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  1. jjfanec
    Thanks for all the help everyone. We probably have to look at exactly what our budget is right now. We dont want something we are going to have to replace every couple years since we were spoiled by our last one that has lasted almost 6 years
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    She doesnt really want a tablet. She does a decent amount of writing and doesnt like the smaller keyboards. Thanks
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    But that stat also shows our bats probably could have won us some of the game that we were tied or down one in before the bullpen imploded. The blown save stat doesnt take those games into account.
  4. jjfanec
    My wife is looking at getting a new laptop as her current one is approaching 6 years. She wants something smaller and thinner but we cant (or dont really want to) pay for a Macbook Air. Does anyone have an thoughts on what products are good. We are trying to stay around $300-600 if that is even possible
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    Bullpen losses seems like a good stat. Then through in games when we were down 1 and the bullpen gave up even more runs and I think you have an idea of how bad this bullpen has been. I dont think it is a stretch at all to say this bullpen has cost us a chance at the division this season. I would say the bullpen has been 5-6 games worse than even average. 6 games would put us at 48-41 which would be a game or two out. With injuries to our 3 and 5 starter and our starting SS, C, and 1B I would say that is a really good season.
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    With Peralta and Rogers looking better lately we have 4 guys with little MLB experience who will be fighting for up to 3 spots. Gallardo and Estrada are locks. I have no idea what to expect from Narveson. That leaves up to 3 spots for Fiers (seems like a lock), Thornburg (highly likely) and then Peralta/Rogers. Rogers will be in the pen if he isnt starting.
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    Mark Rogers has had two great starts in row. He continues to do enough to keep me intrigued.
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    I cannot imagine it is a trade or i would assume Melvin would have been talking. Man I hope it isnt a serious injury.
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    I dont think we will get him but one thing that Milwaukee would have in its favor is that Hamilton seems very focused (and rightfully so) on being surrounded by the right people. People who are good influences on him. One of those areas he is focused on is his faith. I dont want this to get into a spiritual debate but it is somewhat important to where Josh ends up. One reason why Josh is so close with Narron is they are both evangelical Christians and so is Ron R so that would at least make Milwaukee a somewhat appealing option. I dont think this is grasping at straws because Hamilton is very out spoken about his faith and the importance it has in his staying clean so he will probably make sure wherever he ends up is a place he feels good about spiritually. It is a very unique situation for a free agent
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    Josh Hamilton could become a fan favorite before he even steps foot on the field. Greinke became a fan favorite in a year. It wouldnt take Hamilton very long. Not saying they should do the signing but I would rather have Hamilton than Prince long-term because I think Hamilton could be moved to first and still be really valuable.
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    Who did we really trade away for CC? We Traded Matt LaPorta, Jackson, Bryson and Brantley. LaPorta being the only one who may have made an impact for us but we had Fielder at his position. I know the other side of the argument is we should have traded Fielder and promoted LaPorta. I disagree with that being the right move though. I agree that the Greinke and Marcum trades thinned our farm system. I am still 50/50 on those trades. I don't hate that we got into the playoffs last year but I think we could have been setup pretty nice for next year and several years after without those trades. Yeah we could be better going forward if we hadnt made those two trades. Escobar would be a nice SS going forward even when his average eventually drops due to an unsustainable Babip. Lawrie could be the starting 3B saving some cash we used on Aram. Odorizzi would have a chance to be in the rotation next year. Next years team would swap Aram with Lawrie and a FA SS with Escobar. Ramirez has an OPS .70 higher than Lawrie (who has also hurt himself on the bases), but Lawrie is better in the field. So the offense would be quite similar although Lawrie is likely to get a little better and ARam is likely to drop off some. Defense would definitely be better Odorizzi would give us another young arm to battle for a spot in the rotation. That team would still need a lot of help in the rotation and the bullpen but I guess the Ramirez (and Greinke/Marcum/Wolf) money could go there. We were two games away from the Series last year so it is hard for me to dislike those trades too much.
  12. jjfanec
    Did you speak too soon?
  13. jjfanec
    Great at bat for Ramirez.
  14. jjfanec
    I am really intrigued by what Greinke could bring back. If the Brewers decide to sell I think they are in great position because a lot of teams could be buyers and some could be desperate (see Cleveland last year). The Angels put a ton of money into their team and have more to spend, but anything outside of an ALCS or WS is a disappointment. Texas has been so close and Greinke could put them over the top Detroit needs another arm and after all their spending I could see them going big White Sox always do something crazy Baltimore might feel the need to make a move Atlanta is in striking distance and has prospects If the Brewers are willing to trade within the division St. Louis, Cincy and Pitt could all be looking at Greinke - although Cincy is probably set All these teams could also look at Marcum if he can make a start or two before the deadline but I am not holding my breath
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    I like cain and he was the guy I was second most disappointed to see traded (after Odorizzi). I doubt Melvin would have handed the starting CF job to a rookie without having a veteran for competition. If I remember correctly Cain did have a couple injury issues while in the Brewer's system as well.
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    Looks like the Phils are going to offer Hamels a big deal before trying to trade him. Hope Hamels signs an extension leaving Greinke and Garza as the big names on the market.
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    Cain has been hurt all year so he would not be our starting CF. Jeffress would be worse than much of what we have in our bullpen. Escobar would be nice to have. His bat has been good this year but his BABIP is off the charts so his average will drop some. Still a better SS than we are running out there. Odorizzi would be great to have, but until he has a lot of major league success I wont regret the Greinke trade. 2 games from the World Series and Zach should bring us back some value in the trade market this year.
  18. jjfanec
    I dont think that any one is saying we want hitting over pitching. Simply that if a team offers an amazing package centered around hitting we need to take it. Our minor league pitching is much better than our minor league hitting - although that isnt saying a ton because our bats are pretty bad
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    I actually hope Melvin doesnt get too focused on bringing back pitching. If we can get a couple impact bats or even one that would be huge.
  20. jjfanec
    I love the upside but the fact that he is a character-risk and is really struggling this year scare me.
  21. jjfanec
    Yeah Thornburg could be a bullpen arm this year but since Greinke is likely to be dealt he will get his innings. Also if we are out of it down the stretch you know he will get some starts. This is a good move.
  22. jjfanec
    Nope he said the three were nice players but not hall of fame type players.
  23. jjfanec
    So this has to do with a Brewer but I didnt want to put it in its own thread. Minnesota's KFAN was talking about the All-Star and discussing reasons why it wasnt as popular today. Some of the insights were pretty interesting like the idea that the All-Star game used to be the only time people from the Midwest got to see West Coast guys play and vice versa. However Mark Rosen (a sports guy over here) made a comment in passing about the state of the NL OF tonight vs the OF for the NL when he was young. He listed off the guys he saw like Aaron Mays, etc and then listed tonight's NL starts of Bruan, Melky, and Beltran and very matter of factly said tonight's starters were good but none are Hall of Fame guys. Obviously, Braun could get injured but he is most definitely on pace to be a Hall of Fame guy isnt he?
  24. jjfanec
    Bradley with a nice outing tonight but still not much for strikeouts.
  25. jjfanec
    One way to look at it - the average bullpen in the national league has a 67% save rate. The Brewers bullpen only has a 53% save rate (16 saves out of 30 chances). If the Brewers bullpen saved 67% of all chances, they would have 20 saves instead of 16 for a difference of 4 more wins. Then they wold be 42-40 instead of 38-44. 4 games out instead of 8. I'm sure there are more advanced ways to look at it, yet this sounds about right to me. There are also times when the bullpen comes into a tie game or a close game, and ruin everything, which doesn't relate to save opportunities. So maybe they would have another 1-2 wins if they just keep the team in close games, but I wouldn't know how to measure that against the league average. http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/team/_/stat/pitching/league/nl/type/expanded That makes sense. I would have thought we would be a few games over .500 with a decent bullpen. Sad to think we could be right in the mix but that is how it goes I guess
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