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  1. dlk9s
    This doesn't really make sense. What some fan's belief about what Melvin might be willing to do, with no evidence to support said belief, tells us all we need to know about Melvin's job status? I don't get it.
  2. dlk9s
    Two off-topic thoughts: a) I always thought it was funny to see shots of certain scoreboards (I think the left field wall one in Miller Park fit the bill) when Braden Looper was pitching to see "B Looper." b) NievesNoNO - your screen name might become epic this season if Wil Nieves makes the team and he's behind the dish for a no-hitter.
  3. dlk9s
    a) If anybody here wants to give Pavano a 3-year deal, they are in an extreme minority. Doug Melvin doesn't want to give him a 3-year deal. Perhaps you should have read this thread better. b) Some of those players you listed are decent guys to round out a roster. One, Hawkins, is actually quite good and had a healthy track record until 2010. Several of them were not signed as free agents and only two, Suppan and Hall, were given silly contracts (I'm not counting Gagne because it was a one-year deal, plus he actually pitched pretty well the second half of the season). If you took all the salaries of the bench players, middle relievers, and end of rotation starters and invested them all in one star, how would you field the rest of the roster?
  4. dlk9s
    I think he means that it's sad that the players/players' union isn't considering this possibility (probability?) when fighting against any sort of salary cap system.
  5. dlk9s
    That's a pretty good idea. Now go give Doug Melvin a call, tell him that, and then tell him how to get one at a reasonable price.
  6. dlk9s
    I said it earlier and I'll say it again. People need to stop worrying about his TJ surgery. It's not a revolutionary, risky procedure anymore. It's very common and many current, successful MLB pitchers have had it.
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    This. He's going to be the backup. As long as he's not making some outlandish sum, it's no big whoop.
  8. dlk9s
    I think he's a very good player and would love to have him on the Brewers (obviously not for the money he's going to get), but where I think a team is going to get screwed is on the length of the contract. Crawford's game is all about speed and I don't think it's likely that his legs will be as good in the last 2-3 years of a 7 year deal.
  9. dlk9s
    Gomez as the centerpiece of a Grienke deal?
  10. dlk9s
    After reading "the price was way too high -- far beyond Brett Lawrie," I am liking the Marcum deal even more. That quote makes me believe that KC wanted Lawrie, our top two or three pitching prospects (or two of the top three), and maybe even another position player. To me, the gap between Grienke and Marcum is not as large as the gap between what we'd have to give up to get Grienke and what he did give up to get Marcum. It seems to me that Marcum is the better value. Sure, Lawrie was a decent size price to pay, but I don't think the added cost to get Grienke PLUS the added salary to bring him onboard was worth it. Grienke is better than Marcum, of course, but not THAT much better.
  11. dlk9s
    I need to pimp myself out at the Winter Meetings as a rumor spreader. I'd do it covertly. Like leave a notebook on a table with big note on the first page reading, "BREWERS/DODGERS TALK FIELDER FOR LONEY AND BROXTON. $ WORK." I'd get paid when my rumor hits the media.
  12. dlk9s
    Webb was clearly a #1 starter when healthy. He was one of the best pitchers in MLB. Forget "potential." Please explain how his moves in this offseason fit this description. If you're talking about Marcum, he appears to be much better than anyone the Brewers have had in the last many years not named CC, Ben, or Yovani. You're obviously comparing him to Looper or Suppan (who wasn't cheap), and if this is the case, you are the only one. Methinks you severely underestimate how difficult it is for a team a market like Milwaukee to take big risks, even if they want to.
  13. dlk9s
    CheezWiz, davego was making a joke.
  14. dlk9s
    My favorite of all time. I always enjoy opportunities to break it out.
  15. dlk9s
    The funny thing is, Axford was actually in the studio at the highlight desk with the crew that does the nightly show towards the end of the season. They talked to him about the Brewers and his season and had him comment on some games that were in progress.
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    Well then I guess the earlier comparison to Dave Bush is spot on!
  18. dlk9s
    Bonderman is terrible.
  19. dlk9s
    a) We're about to enter the year 2011. Tommy John is almost a routine surgery at this point. Pitchers come back from it just fine all the time. It's really not an issue. 10 pitchers in the 2010 All-Star game, including Chris Carpenter, have had TJ surgery. b) In my opinion, the fact that Marcum doesn't throw hard will be an advantage as he ages. He doesn't rely on a power fastball to blow by hitters. He won't have the problem that many pitchers do when their fastball drops from 96 to 92 to 90 to 88. He already has other plus pitches.
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  21. dlk9s
    This seems overly harsh. Did he steal your blankie or something?
  22. dlk9s
    I figure they traded him because they coveted Lawrie, plus the years they control him. They need bats, they had pitching. Plus, Marcum is their oldest starter.
  23. dlk9s
    Do I see an inverted W?
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  25. dlk9s
    But is it good? Yes.
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