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Kevin crawling in bed had me laughing pretty good.

hair?Sure, you can finish the sentence any way you want http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

This seems pretty ludicrous to me. You don't trade away a franchise player (especially one you've been able to lock up early) who's still very cheap. Lester is a very good pitcher, but you have to get more than that for Braun. I don't think trading the team's best player is a solution to the pitching problems as it only creates more holes. Pulling Braun out of this lineup would also be scary. As good as we hope Gamel will be and could theoretically replace Braun, he hasn't shown a lot to me and I'm a big Gamel supporter. But I don't think this is even worth discussing because I think Gammons is pulling this one out of his...

Am I the only one that thinks McGehee will be stuck on 99 for the rest of the year?

Double wow, staked to a 6 run lead and he blows it. Damn, I was really hoping he would get to 15 wins.

I think it's safe to say our ace is back. Good to see. Well deserved for Yo.

I wish Prince's streak wouldn't be over, but McGehee to first and Gamel at 3rd? Sign me up!

How hard were Kintzler and Rogers throwing tonight?I didn't see Kintzler, but Rogers was hitting 96.

Corey Patterson still plays for us? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

Congrats to Trevor! It's been a long season, but he deserved it.

If you have Bob Davidson in the umpire ejection league, you're a winner tonight!!

This is fantastic news. So happy for Mark and can't wait to see how he does in the very near future.

I know Escobar started the year rather shaky, but since the SF series, he's been ridiculously good.

He's needs to throw the curveball. Maybe he threw it tonight (missed most of the game), but ever since he got hurt on the curve, he just won't throw it and it's killing him. He doesn't have an "out" pitch without it.

Oh baby, atta boy Trevor!

I think it does. This team needs front line pitching badly. With this team's failure to develop front line pitching under Melvin, waiting another year for a 1st round pick closes the window even more with the Braun/Yo/Weeks/Hart core. This can't happen to a team that need pitching asap, imo. 1) It is not like Covey would have been in the majors ready to be a front line starter any time soon. As mentioned before it took Odorizzi to years or short season ball before he even made it to Wisconsin. Now Covey would have probably been moved a little faster than that but the Brewers not not like to rush most pitchers through the system except for a few older 24/25 year olds like Fiers and Lomantagne. Have to believe 2014 would have been the earliest he could have helped (11' in A, 12' in AA, 13' AAA....which is extremely aggresive) Many rookie pitches don't jump straight to the front of the rotation so say it takes him one year of decent ball to really work his way as a number 2 guy. That is 2015 for best case scenerio that he could be the front of the line guy that we need. It may be just me but 2015 is a little far away to be considered a set back. Heck by 2015 Odorizzi may already have a ROY and CY Young in his case http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif lol 2) When I saw this it made me think of the JSOnline comment board but you can't really classify the Brewers lack of developed SP's to Doug Melvin because he doesn't really do that much when it comes to the draft. You could say under Jack Z or now blame Bruce Seid but not Melvin. Melvin can only be blamed for the the FA signings brought in or the pitchers he has traded for. When it comes to the draft, he puts it in his scouting directors hands and I think sets the budget for what they can afford to spend on picks. Thats really all. So yeah Melvin hasn't brought in front of the line pitching VIA FA or trades but Jack Z didn't bring many in VIA draft. Well, I know a lot of people are banking on a very deep talent pool next year, but that still doesn't help alleviate anything for me. (too many things happen between now and then) I like the potential front line pitching we have-Odorizzi, Heckathorn, possibly Jeffress, Rogers, but losing out on another one is very disappointing. For a guy that projected to be like Yo, '13 wasn't out of the question. Yo was drafted in '04 and debuted in '07. I think Yo's progression through was the minors was very fast so maybe he was an outlier for this organization at his age, but losing that chance with Covey hurts big time. I didn't really mean to say that it's Melvin's fault, just that the guys under his authority haven't gotten it done. I agree that Jack Z. is largely responsible for the lack of pitching.

Yes, we'll have two first rounders next year, but if we don't get the #15 pick (or whatever the pick becomes) signed next year, we lose the draft pick all together.

I think it does. This team needs front line pitching badly. With this team's failure to develop front line pitching under Melvin, waiting another year for a 1st round pick closes the window even more with the Braun/Yo/Weeks/Hart core. This can't happen to a team that need pitching asap, imo.

This kind of decision sets this team back. It really sucks.

The 18th pick signed for $2.3 million. http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/100792354.html

Am I the only one that thought the game was over once Hoffman went in?

The old Trevor is back tonight.

I thought that was gone. Whew.

Rickie batting third? Sign me up.

Watch Macha start Edmonds 10 days in a row.