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  1. Never Outhustled
    With 2 more Homers last night, Matt Laporta pushed his OPS to 1.021, thats is just awesome in that league. He is eliminating any concerns anyone might have about the Brewers corner OF depth without Gabe Gross.
  2. Never Outhustled
    McClungs AAA stats were phenomenal last year. Also to add to this thread, Joe Thatcher was hammered again last night, pushing his season ERA over 10 and his career ERA over 4, and Sarfate's ERA is still over 6. Maybe we should give the Brewers credit for knowing which pitchers to part ways with.
  3. Never Outhustled
    Butler is the 16th ranked prospect in the #1 ranked system in baseball. Now that he's in the #21st ranked system, he'd easily rank in the top 10. hard worker, good velocity, solid productivity. Gross was a nice role player, but we should be able to develop more players of his ilk.
  4. Never Outhustled
    Not only is Hardy a limited offensive player, but Ned loves to maximize his mediocrity by batting him 2nd.
  5. Never Outhustled
    Laporta's OPS is suddenly up to 933, which is just outstanding in the Southern League.
  6. Never Outhustled
    I guess this thread is relevent again with the re-emergence of Josh Fields, who's dominance this year has him slated as a mid 1st round pick, right in the range where the Brewers select. Fields presently has a 0.00 ERA with an unbelievable 36K in 18.2 innings. As wcswimmer mentions, most of the Brewers bullpen is unsigned for next year. The question is, how quickly can Fields contribute. Theres been a few relievers make positive contributions in the year they were drafted. However, thats what might have been expected when Colorado grabbed Casey Weathers last year with the 8th pick, but he didn't arrive in AA until this year. To me, it was a bad pick by Colorado, as there were some fairly safe high ceiling players available. That might not be the case for the Brewers at #16. I would think Fields is more polished tha Weathers was coming out, as Weathers was a converted OF with just a few years pitching experience. Much like the Brewers selection last year, Fields is a senior, and a Boras client.
  7. Never Outhustled
    True, but according to the majority, including BA and PGCC, Jemile's defense is an asset. Thats not suprising, as Jemile is much smaller and more agile than Rickie. Rickie is considered a great athlete because of his explosiveness rather than his body control.
  8. Never Outhustled
    There's something we can agree on. San Fran is bad on bad. As for the source of their suckatude, I think I read recently that they have drafted and developed a starting position player since the 80s. If thats correct, yuck. The ability to draft is ultra-important.
  9. Never Outhustled
    Interested in how Derek Miller does tonight. He was strong is his 1st 2 starts. He's over-aged, but doesn't have a ton of pitching experience because of all the injury issues he had in college. He's progressed quickly as a pro, and has always had good strike out totals. He's joins Welch and Wright as 3 sleeper lefties in Huntsvilles rotation. My hope is 1 of the 3 makes a move like Vllaneuva made in 2006.
  10. Never Outhustled
    The Brewers salary cap is self imposed. Its based off the teams projected earnings. Therefore, Suppan helps the team win and earn more money, so his signing increases the teams self imposed salary cap. Its always important to win now, to hepl build the teams budget. The only thing that effects retaining Sheets is the clubs confidence in Sheets durability.
  11. Never Outhustled
    The only way I'd trade Turnbow is if we get a middle reliever of greater value. I doubt Cleveland would offer that.
  12. Never Outhustled
    How isn't McClung someone like Sarfate? There both 27, they both throw smoke, they both struggle with command. The 2 differences are, while McClung was getting knocked around in the bigs as a starting pitcher, Sarfate was doing the same in AA, and McClung was dominant in AAA last year (sub 2 ERA, 93 Ks in 80 innings) while Sarfate struggled. Also, Sarfate presently has a 5.79 ERA, thanks to giving up 3 runs on a hit and 4 BB, hit 1 batter, and threw a wild pitch in his last outing. Unfortunately,this looks like the same old Dennis. I will wonder out loud where his manager was during this fiasco.
  13. Never Outhustled
    I totally agree. This guys got good stuff, but for reasons unknown he's usually an absolutly awful pitcher.
  14. Never Outhustled
    I think Weeks has become my early favorite for #16. He would advance quickly, and allow us to move Rickie to the OF. Making room for his little brother would take the string out of asking Rickie to switch positions. Jemile just seems like such a safe pick with his character, work ethic, athletism, and outstanding production, even including some power.
  15. Never Outhustled
    The players selected need to surpass whatever Will and Steve do at the Major League level. What they've done so far has not won an MLB team a single game. If pitchers flame out constantly, isn't it a good idea to trade away the ones you think have the best chance of flaming out? There seems to be an undercurrent here that already considers Garrison and Inman locks as quality MLB pitchers, and I think we are a long ways away from that becoming truth. While this might sound even dumber, but I'd prefer we spend all of our 1 and 2nd rounders on position players. We good at that, and if we had a couple more top position player prospects, we could have traded an established young bat for an established young pitcher like Cain, Lincecome, or Garza this offseason.
  16. Never Outhustled
    I think most of the relievers threw a ton of pitches in the bullpen without getting into the game, because each reliever was used in just 1 specific role. Using the relievers in rotation, which is the plan this year, should help eliminate wasting pitchers in the bullpen, and forcing pitchers to pitch in back to back games.
  17. Never Outhustled
    Those players you listed are all later round selections, why would you compare them to players picked at #35 and #54? Hardy and Gollardo were High School players picked at #46 and #56, and they spent just 3 years and 3 1/2 years in the minors. One could concur thats its possible that, even if #35 and #54 are HS selections, they could be on a similar timeline, or even faster for college players. A college selection could be in AA next year, about a year behind Inman and Garrison. Thats realistic for the #35 selection, with Jack Z making the pick.
  18. Never Outhustled
    If someone would have predicted Thatcher would come up and pitch like a god, we would have called him nuts. Thatcher has a 10.8 ERA this year, last year was likely a pretty big anomaly. Obviously, the scout who told Melvin Linebrink had the same stuff as always was way wrong, but without adding Linebrink, there would have been a huge hole in the pen when Villanueva moved to the rotation, if you figured Thatcher would have pitched closer to whats expected of a rookie. Also, remember that Melvin stated at the time of the deal that the team had a number of pitching prospects as good as these 2. David Welch and Dereck Miller are off to a great starts too, and might have stuff that will work as good or better at the big league level. In the end, all we will lose in this deal is our newly drafted prospects will be a couple of years behind Garrison and Inman.
  19. Never Outhustled
    True, but do you think its safe to assume a couple of AA pitchers will reach there full ceiling? Asking any minor league pitcher to become an above aberage pitcher is an incredibly tall task. Thats what we're reducing the work of Jack Z, the true savior of the franchise, to. Luck? As I showed earlier, its almost routine that he selects a quality player with picks this early. Obviously we all love Gollardo, and I know you are extremely high on Hardy. To think 1 of these 2 selections will be a stud, and the other a decent player, is just being realistic based on history. No need for luck here http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif Linebrink wasn't great, but he clearly gave the Brewers a better chance of making the playoffs. Inman wasn't going to do that. Inman hasn't even proven he get through a full season without his arm going dead. The Brewerrs already have about as many young starting pitchers as it would be safe to rely on in there rotation. So the Brewers gave themselves help when they needed it, and gave themselves the oppurtunity to add a difference maker or 2 through the draft down the road.
  20. Never Outhustled
    Gagne looks just like he did closing with Texas last season, when he was outstanding despite pitching in the 2nd best hitters park in baseball. His health is the only real question mark.
  21. Never Outhustled
    TooLive Brew Wrote: Isn't it "choice", singular, unfortunately? Yes, Mass Haas Wrote: That draft pick form the White Sox had better be Gallardo-like. No wonder why you two guys rip this deal, you think we only got 1 comp pick, when actually we received 2, both much higher than where Inman was drafted. The Brewers received picks #35 and #54 as compensation for losing Linebrink. #54 comes from the White Sox, and as we preached at the time of the deal, the pick we could count on was the supplemental pick in the sandwich round, which turned out to be #35. To show how valueable these picks are to the Brewers, Yo Gollardo was picked at #46, JJ Hardy #56, Tony Gwynn Jr. was #39, and Will Inman #85. We would likely have more success stories picked in this area, but Jack Z only had a 2nd round pick 4 times in his 7 drafts. These picks will give the Brewers the oppurtunity to select players with true upside, instead of pitchers like Inman and Garrison, who still have limited ceilings despite there AA success.
  22. Never Outhustled
    Periard could have a monster year. His velocity is up into the middle 90's and he's good at keeping the ball down. Where did you see that? I know it says that in his BA prospect handbook profile, but numerous 1st hand reports we had on him last year hadhim at 87-89. Hopefully he can work his way into the 90s.
  23. Never Outhustled
    Jenkins always treated Brewer fans and the game itself with class and respect, I'd hope Brewer fans would return the favor.
  24. Never Outhustled
    Cleveland kept Phillips in AAA for 2 years, while the Brewers kept Weeks in AAA for 2 months.
  25. Never Outhustled
    Brandon Phillips is an outstandinmg player now, and he was deemed useless by Clevceland at the end of spring training in 2006. Patience sucks, but I wonder how much Cleveland is kicking themselves for not waiting a little longer with Phillips.
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