Outlander

Billy Hatcher certainly had a case for MVP but Jose Rijo was really impressive during the 1990 World Series as well.

I'm actually pretty confident that Gomez will win because he has the high defensive WAR for people that care about that and he had a ton of coverage this year with his home run saving catches for the people that watch the highlight reels.

Looking at last night's box score it better not be a sign of things to come as I have no desire to watch Butler, Mayo, Ridnour, Neal and Zaza eat up the most minutes every night.

Sanchez would be silly to resign with Milwaukee, he keeps on performing and he gets passed over time after time. Didn't even get a cup of coffee with Milwaukee even though he was on the 40 man and others called up were not.

They can try as hard as they want but they are not making the playoffs.

Well that didn't happen and you certainly won't hear a Tiger talk about how great he is right now. I do work in the Detroit area and know people there and to say he is disliked there is an understatement. May not go to the Brewers but the way everybody is talking around there they will certainly try to shop him around this winter.

Well it looks like it only took year 2 for Prince to wear out his welcome in Detroit. To me trading for Prince Fielder is the type of move Mark A would be willing to make to make a big splash and keep interest in the Brewers high. Probably more a fantasy and Detroit would have to pick up salary but 1B is still a huge hole for the Brewers and Cabrera is a horrible 3B.

I would think having a Gomez with a gold glove would have to happen at some point in the future but next year might be too soon since he had one with a glove in 2013.

Prince is still in the organization, if they really need him next year they just put him on the 40 man then. It was a smart idea to remove him from the 40 man because it frees a spot for somebody else and there is little to no chance somebody is going to pick up Prince in the rule 5 draft.

I heard his name before but have no idea what team he even plays for.

I guess everybody's definition of tanking is different but based on the last 30 years or so you need a franchise type player in the draft to win a championship: Heat - Wade, obviously had Lebron James as the best player and Shaq the first time but still had the franchise player through the draft. Mavs - Dirk Nowitzki Lakers - Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson during the 80's Celtics - Pierce and Larry Bird in the 80's Spurs - Tim Duncan and David Robinson Pistons - Isiah Thomas during the late 80's early 90's, 2004 team does appear to be the exception to the rule. Bulls - Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen Rockets - Hakeem Olajuwon Obviously every one of those teams needed help along with the franchise player but each of those teams with the exception of the 2004 Pistions did have a franchise, hall of fame player through the draft. The Bucks or any other team need to find that player or players through the draft if they want to win a championship. Based on the opinions of smart basketball people there is the potential to find that franchise player in the 2014 draft. With that said I don't think they have to tank, they will be bad, if they stick with the young players they should be real bad but I imagine the vets will still get a lot of minutes. There does seem to be talk among the local media that the attitude is better on this team and there are a bunch of good guys, to me that does not matter because the veterans are not very good and while they do have some young talent they are inexperienced and their talent will not translate to winning this year. Edit: On a side note it is rather amazing that only 8 franchises have won championships over 30 years, we criticize the Bucks a lot but 75% of the league has as many championships as the Bucks.

It is kind of cool that Giannis is wearing #34. Maybe it is the basketball gods giving Bucks fans a gift for losing Ray Allen. Predict 32-50.

If McGehee would have just signed the rumored extension after his first year here we probably would have never seen Yuni come back.

Agreed, he was given plenty of chances, getting handed the first base job two years in a row. Sure it is not really Gamel's fault for getting hurt but it is not the Brewers fault either. That old saying that you don't lose your job to injury is garbage as pretty much every athlete loses their job when they are injured, even Peyton Manning.

Yes I do, McCann is a lot worse than a knob in my opinion.

Vegas sees the Bucks at about 29 wins, that is tempting but I don't see them winning more than 32 so might pass on betting on them this year.

The first post in their comments section said it all "Playing the game the right way" = playing the game the white way. McCann should tread lightly in the future as he may get a pretty bad label attached to him if he keeps it up with these Latino players.

Francisco has shown he can hit with power at the big league level, Gamel has not plus he is two years older. We often mention Francisco's attitude but Gamel has a bad reputation as well, fair or not.

Brewers suddenly have a little breathing room with Gamel, Green, Bucci and Prince off the 40 man. More likely to come soon with Yuni, Hart, Gonzalez and other fringe guys. I agree with others now who said Richardson will be on the 40 man.

Brewers suddenly have a little breathing room with Gamel, Green, Bucci and Prince off the 40 man. More likely to come soon with Yuni, Hart, Gonzalez and other fringe guys. I agree with others now who said Richardson will be on the 40 man.

Things are sure setting up for history to repeat. Looking forward to seeing Sveum manage the Royals in the playoffs next year.

I don't think he is viewed as an every day player by the Brewers still. Both guys released are lefty and Halton fills the right handed side of the platoon. He does provide some flexibility since he can play first, outfield and based on the last game at home emergency 3B.

I think it was more Jesse indicating in the past he would never follow Walt's orders again so when Walt told him to shoot him there was no chance it would happen. Jesse had his fit of rage with Todd, he didn't want or need to kill Walt.

The moves kind of make sense they don't want to go to arbitration with Gamel and probably feel nobody will claim Green so they can keep him in the organization and remove him off the 40 man at the same time. Sure seems like a vote of confidence for Francisco as well.

I know you are just posting what MLB trade rumors reported but Diaz is 30 and Leon is 27.