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  1. igor67
    Technically they are separate transactions, but this certainly looks like a little bit of balancing the scales from the Brad Mills trade. It's easy to discount vague phrases like 'future considerations' or 'cash considerations', but actually getting deals done is difficult and goodwill from other GMs goes a long way.
  2. igor67
    Said poster was I and pointing to the Rays consummating 3 trades over 3 years to build a rotation is precisely my concern. If the Cubs want a rotation to match the time frame those hitters are going to be ready they need to start finding guys right now.
  3. igor67
    I'm paying attention, but advanced college hitters have to show me a good stat line for awhile at A ball before I get too excited. Seniors tear through the Pioneer league all the time.
  4. igor67
    Gamel was a far better prospect than Morris ever has been and it took him multiple injuries to flame out.
  5. igor67
    I'd like to see him get a little more playing time then he has gotten so far, on the other hand he has certainly shown an ability to hit off the bench which could definitely be an asset.
  6. igor67
    I get that on paper the plan is to acquire the pitchers later, and they certainly have more money to work with when it comes to that, but there are also a limited number of pitchers available at any one time. You can't assume that you'll acquire a rotation in a single offseason no matter how much money and how many prospects you have. The extra resources do help, but there is still a lot of room for the master plan to go sideways. That said another year of super high draft picks won't hurt.
  7. igor67
    The point stands that the right kind of serious injury would dramatically change his career prospects right now. With a lengthy rehab time, he'd be almost completely through the super cheap years and with having been a very mediocre hitter for a calendar year now teams would give him a lot fewer chances to get back into it.
  8. igor67
    I wonder if Kentrail might be in-line in the not so distant future to get a chance to be the 5th OFer instead of Schafer? Schafer was always a little bit light on the walks, but if one goes back to his last full year in the minors in 2012 his BB rate dropped a little, while his K rate shot way up. Since then he hasn't been able seemingly to get a high enough batting average.
  9. igor67
    Awesome start for Garza, he has been pretty solid lately and I'd certainly take more shutouts.
  10. igor67
    Well nice to see Matos and DeMuth getting a chance to see what they can do at a higher level.
  11. igor67
    Is that really that much for what were 2 of the top 5 arms on the market?
  12. igor67
    With Rogers just up as well as Zarraga I'm not sure where he plays unless there is anticipation of Morris moving up perhaps? His OF work has been almost exclusively LF, so that doesn't seem super likely either.
  13. igor67
    Here's the money quote in regards to the Brewers. "Baseball largely rejected the use of biomechanical analysis because it didn't have the proper personnel to interpret and use the results. In cases where teams did use biomechanics—especially the current example of the Milwaukee Brewers—teams have seen significant reduction in injuries. The Brewers are the only team in MLB to have no Tommy John surgeries at the major league level in the last five years. They're also the only team in that period to do biomechanical analysis on all of their pitchers. I don't believe that's a coincidence." http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2097866-the-sleeve-that-could-save-baseball-exclusive-look-at-new-mlb-technology The whole article is quite interesting and not Brewer oriented at all. I'm particularly intrigued by that observation because Doug Thornburg in particular at BP is hypercritical of the Brewers pitching mechanics constantly harping on their poor balance.
  14. igor67
    Jeffress has lost has rookie eligibility. I'd put Rogers 6th since he has more positional flexibility already and I think is more likely to stick on the bench with his plate discipline.
  15. igor67
    I like Roache's power potential, and I'm willing to wait that out, but he has been pretty bad so far. I'd definitely bump Hobbs above him and with a good week or two I'd probably even put Magnifico solidly ahead as well (one big flashy tool with production, beats one big flashy tool with little production)
  16. igor67
    I'd be inclined to rate McFarland and Ratteree ahead of all the pitchers, both are pretty young and doing very good things with the bat. I just need to see more from the pitchers either on the stuff side or crazy good results. That's really more of a compliment to the position guys than a knock on the pitchers.
  17. igor67
    That doesn't answer my question, how much are the GMs discounting the performance. Even more relevant of the pool of buyers who need a first basemen, how are they viewing the performance? I'm aware of the road numbers which point to the performance being sustainable, but given the length of his struggles the last couple of years that is not exactly the lowest risk of bets. Given our other 1st base options I'm comfortable that it would be a step up, but that says more about the extreme weakness of our situation more than the confidence in Morneau. But the market is not determined by my opinions, it is driven in this case by the opinions of maybe half a dozen people.
  18. igor67
    How much are GMs discounting Morneau's rebound because of Coors though? Keeping in mind he has had a couple of very down years.
  19. igor67
    Just to recap that comment, when a guy slumps he's seriously hurt, or we better hope he's hurt or we are stuck with that contract forever, but when he has a 10 day stretch with good production it is a small sample size issue and driven by facing bat pitchers??? It is also completely circular to argue that everyone has been putting up good numbers against the Rockies when Braun is a significant fraction of the evidence that everyone is crushing them in the last 2 weeks.
  20. igor67
    As a general strategy would about dealing Estrada to the Mariners? There is obviously the relationship with Jack Z, Estrada would benefit a ton from the HR depressing park. It doesn't even have to be straight-up, but it could provide the kind of player to make another deal like with Colorado work. The Mariners could use some bats as well, but given their park I'd have to think they would rather not give up too much for Estrada and have players left to go after Seth Smith, who they already know can hit in a tough park instead of Morneau who might get completely hammered at Safeco (to say nothing of having too many 1st basemen).
  21. igor67
    Enough, but not a ton of division games. If the Brewers keep winning at a .600 clip then we are probably up 10 games on eveyone in the division. That said I think they dial it back this month and hit 13-12 with the NL winning on a walk-off pinch hit from Lucroy after Matheny has otherwise completely emptied his bench.
  22. igor67
    With the off day and all of the movement down on the farm it's a good time to think about making a few of the promised roster moves.
  23. igor67
    Nice steal
  24. igor67
    Maybe today is Wang's chance to pitch multiple innings and strain something.
  25. igor67
    I'd guess they felt like they would rather have a stretch in CF than at SS if things went sideways again.
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