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  1. Never Outhustled
    Matt Diaz is siezing their LF job. They need a 3B. Jason Heyward could grab an OF spot later next year. They won't deal Jurjens with the impending free agency of there other pitchers. That would leave them with just 1 young pitcher. If they want to buy out Hudson, I'd offer to take over his contract if they pay 500K. They save 500K instead of paying the $1 million buyout, and we get an ace caliber pitcher on a 1 year deal, for $11.5 million. His stuff is still awesome. If Hudson becomes a FA, he's getting a multi-year deal, and that would be too risky for us.
  2. Never Outhustled
    I agree that lack of effort is a damning characteristic, but Cutter has been battling injury, and playing hurt, since the day he was signed. He was described as super intense before that. Hopefully he can find health, and hopefully more focused baseball will follow.
  3. Never Outhustled
    Maybe we'll have a better idea of that when he goes through his 1st spring training as a 2B. He finished hot at the plate, he's a top basestealer. He has a quick bat. There's alot to work with there. I understand your statement is mostly venting, but its a massive overstatement none the less.
  4. Never Outhustled
    Guys who throw 97 don't have low ceilings. Also, as I've said before, guys who have Tommy John Surgery should have an * by their age, as their age nl longer suggests their baseball experience. Axford is 26*, not 26.
  5. Never Outhustled
    Gindl has the higher OPS. He also was a good base stealer, Schafer was a negative as a basestealer. Both are very good defenders, though I will give Schafer credit for playing the tougher position. However, I'd give the award to Jon Lucroy. He had a similar offensive season, but did it a level higher while gunning down baserunners as a catcher. Mark Rogers gets my pitcher award. Starters with ERAs under 2 are special. I will say that its awesome that we have a slew of candidates for the pitcher award, after having no real candidates that threw over 85 MPH last year.
  6. Never Outhustled
    Dave Duncan is hugely responsible for their success. He's made guys like Jeff Suppan, Kyle Lohse, Braden Looper, and Joel Pinero look good.
  7. Never Outhustled
    I was a Macha backer, but he wasn't the enlightened Manager I thought he was. He is the same old school, small minded, guy we've seen a million times before. I could have an interest in Willie Randolph if he brought his old pitching coach, Rick Peterson, with him.
  8. Never Outhustled
    Couldn't he just keep him if he doesn't get the right offer, and deal him at mid-season? But who would have played SS this year?
  9. Never Outhustled
    That depends on if we give him the SS job right now. He is a replacement level playerright now. He might only have 5 useful cost controlled years if used improperly. As Logan staes later in his post, it would be best to find Counsel a platoon partner and start them at SS to begin next season. As the lefthanded batter, Counsel would get 2/3s of the starts, so we wouldn't need to spend anything on his platoon partner.
  10. Never Outhustled
    The A's model? When have they had success re-building? They're terrible, and are showing no signs of improvement. We don't have a bottom feeder payroll like those teams do, because of all the great support the people here give the team. We can re-build quicker because of this.
  11. Never Outhustled
    We need more than 1 starter, why not do both? Trading Hardy for Guthrie will lower our payroll and make that easier.
  12. Never Outhustled
    Baltimore just acquired a real good 3B prospect in Josh Bell so I'm guessing they go with a stop gap at 3B until Bell is ready, which should be mid-season next year. Hardy for Guthrie makes sense though, I just expanded on that here, post # 149.
  13. Never Outhustled
    The most logical deal with Baltimore is Hardy for Guthrie. Both have had down years, but Guthrie is finishing strong. He had ERA under 4 in the AL east in both 2007 and 2008. Thats very impressive. Hardy is a little more WAR each year than Guthrie, but we'd control Guthrie a 3 years, as opposed to 2 for Hardy. Hardy didn't make sense for Baltimore when he was a rental, but now that he's controlled for 2 years he makes sense, and they'd have more leverage if they wanted to extend him. I'd also be willing to throw in a minor leaguer if they threw in Radames Liz. He was once a big time prospect, but was rushed to the majors and fell apart. Similar story and stuff as Edwin Jackson. I want the next Edwin Jackson, whoever his is.
  14. Never Outhustled
    I'm excited to see Axford, his fastball touches the high 90s. Heether is twice the hitter Bourgeois is, and should be playing RF in front of him. With no call-up. it looks like Heether's Brewers connection is over. If they were going to add him to the 40 this offseason, he'd been added and called up now. Good luck to him in the future.
  15. Never Outhustled
    Maybe, but he just hasn't converted outs on the rest of the plays like Hardy does. While I'm sure it will change over time, but Escobar has a bad UZR right now, and he's earned it. Just as I said when Escobar was called up, he has no business in the majors right now, he has played very poorly, below replacement level in fact. He has no business in the majors to start next year either. If Hardy is traded, find Counsel a platoon partner and start them at SS until Escobar earns a MLB job. Don't gift it to him and burn service time on a presently bad player. He might be really good later in his career, lets make sure he's Brewers property then. What if that package isn't good? is it really a good idea to sign a FA pitcher to a multi-year deal? What if we pick up a couple of interesting arms for Hart and McGehee? The Brewers need to enter the offseason opened minded. They need 2 starting pitchers, but there is multiple avenues to acquire them.
  16. Never Outhustled
    He physically looks like a shell of his former self. If I had to guess, He was juicing since HS. The Twins got a terrible deal there. They would have been better off dealing Garza for Corey Hart, and so would we.
  17. Never Outhustled
    While I'm completely shocked at what McGehee has done this year, to me the more shocking question is, why hasn't he produced before this? His swing is short, balanced, and extremely quick. He seems to recognize pitches well, and he swing is too short to have holes. McGehhe's swing is far more fundamentally sound than Bill Hall's ever was. Hall had terrific bat speed, but needed it to overcome a long, unconventional swing. Whats even more amazing is McGehee's been able to do this playing severly injured. I'm sure his stregnth in his injured leg is minimized by the knee injury. Its possible a healthy McGehee could continue this production. He has no other history of injury. He is certainly a rare case, but in my opinion most scouts watching him would give him a very strong report, and thats more important to most GMs than his statistical past. Whether the GMs are right or wrong for this methodology I'm unsure. Its very possible he's a very good player, but I still like Gamel as a possible great player, making McGehee a very logical trade chip.
  18. Never Outhustled
    The Brewers need to enter the offseason open minded. They need 2 starting pitchers, but have multiple avenues to acquire them. Hardy, Hart, or McGehee are the most obvious trading chips. Angel Salome could be used as a sweetener. If the Brewers can find interesting arm for Hardy, great. If they can get interesting guys for Hart and McGehee, but don't get an interesting deal for Hardy, even better. We need a SS for next year, as Escobar doesn't look like much of a contributor yet.
  19. Never Outhustled
    Green is playing 1B now to ready him to play the position in the AFL to try to get him more ABs. His team has other prominent 3Bs.
  20. Never Outhustled
    I just killed the dragon. Happy to help, and thanks to the entire Brewerfan staff.
  21. Never Outhustled
    Numerous teams with pitching to spare will need a 3B after this season, including Baltimore and Florida. McGehee is trade bait. The problem however, is McGehee's pending knee surgery. It only needs a scope if I'm understanding the problem correctly, so hopefully that doesn't scare anyone off.
  22. Never Outhustled
    This is exactly how unlucky Dykstra's year has gone. He finally gets hot at the plate and he breaks his nose before the game even starts. Here's to better luck next year.
  23. Never Outhustled
    Jones doesn't have a transaction listed for 2005 on his Brewerfan page. He was injured that entire season, so how could he have been optioned? Wasn't he placed on the DL instead? I thought had 1 option left.
  24. Never Outhustled
    This offer my be a little light, but not alot light. Like you said, it would take a little less than the King Felix offer. That offer was what, 3 prospects of Seattles choice? What we don't know is if that included guys like Bucholz, who was in the majors at the time. MaGehee is an MLB 2B-3B with a 840 OPS and will be under control for 5 more seasons. Salome had an OPS over 900 last year in the Southern League. he's pretty talented. Scarpetta is big and strong, with low 90s heat and a killer curve that has lead to huge K totals as a 20 year old starter. He's also valuable.
  25. Never Outhustled
    The Marlins have 6 legitimate starting pitchers, and Nolasco is 1 of only 2 in the group that is expensive. They'll need a 2B or 3B if Uggla is dealt. However, Nolasco scares me, he has a history of injury and a violent delivery. I's rather pay more for Josh Johnson, if that a possiblity.
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