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  1. Never Outhustled
    Jeffress and Braddock were already mentioned, but who is your other 8? You keep the high ceiling guys, not guys you hope turn out to be Suppan, like Anundsen. 10 pitching prospects who are tradable ahead og Rogers and Butler?No way, and I love what we have in the low minors.
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    I agree, thats why I thinks he's the one we get. Thats why I think we can get him without giving up an elite prospect. A couple of top 10 guys, but no top 5 guys.The added bonus is Jack Z will see value in some prospects other teams don't. For example, Jack Z has always gushed about Cole Gillespie, while other teams might see little value in him.
  3. Never Outhustled
    The plan was to break him in slowly. His playing time increases each week, and will continue to do so. I couldn't fathom sending him to AAA. Thats basically telling him they don't believe in him. They have a plan, and will stay the course.
  4. Never Outhustled
    We don't need a corner IF untill 2012. Thats way too far away to plan for. I really like Green, but he's more valuable to a team that needs a 3B, we'll need a 1B. We could shift an OF in to fill that role.
  5. Never Outhustled
    How often do All-Star caliber players, in their prime, who are a year and a half from free agency, get traded for 1 minor leaguer? Never?
  6. Never Outhustled
    Thats how I see it. The pitcher in the deal could be a number of guys, like Butler, I'd be fine with Anundsen. The Cardinals were rumored to be the other team interested, and I can't see how they beat that because they won't include Wallace.
  7. Never Outhustled
    Adam Heether is making a mockery out of AAA. He's been on all 5 times so far tonight, and is a triple away from the cycle. Cody has been very good so far, 1 R through 7, with 13 groundouts. Nashville is up 14-1, and is in the middle of another rally.
  8. Never Outhustled
    Eric Bedard's shoulder checked out clean by shoulder guru Lewis Yocum. Bedard will be back before the end of the month. He's having an outstanding season. I'm calling my shot right now. Bedard will be a Brewer, and we won't have to give up Escobar or Jeffress to get him.
  9. Never Outhustled
    McClung was better last year, and McClung is clearly a better now than he was at this time last year. If the Brewers really wanted to keep Seth in the pen, I'd rather give Chris Cody the shot he's earned instead of spending money on Martinez. Parra could also become a viable candidate again. Martinez was bad last year, he had a 5.61 ERA. Why would we want that? What makes him suddenly significantly better than that?
  10. Never Outhustled
    Hopefully we add a more expensive Dominican when the international signing period opens July 2nd, so we can forget about this guy. The $700, 000 we spent on Pascual is chump change compared to how some teams spend there.
  11. Never Outhustled
    Yeah, Brent has made me look silly so far, but he does have an 866 OPS over his last 10. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif Obviously I'm esctatic that Butler continues to sharpen his control of his power stuff. We've heard Bruce Sied say in a few interviews that there scouts don't just look for polished pitchers, but also look for guys that could really improve if a few mechanical tweaks are made. Butlers real problem in his career was he didn't get to Milwaukee soon enough. The Brewers had him targeted in round 2 of the 2006 draft, but Tampa of course always picked earlier. The Brewers didn't forget him, and went and got him in trade. He went backwards a little last year, but thats normal after changing someones delivery. Whats funny is Tampa is known as a team thats good at developing pitchers, yet it was the Brewers who got Butler squared away. What makes me even more excited is if the Brewers can develop Butler, it makes it easier to believe they can do the same with the possibly even more powerful Kyle Heckathorn. Sied has already stated in an interview Mass Haas linked to in the draft forum that they have a few mechanical tweaks planned for Heckathorn that should allow him to remain a starter.
  12. Never Outhustled
    Who cares about longevity of service time if he isn't good. Its risky to aquire a young pitcher and assume he'll take the next step. Another option is to aquire a great pitcher during the season. The other assumtion you continue to make is that young pitchers are available in trade. Who has been traded since the start of the 2008 season? Edwin Jackson is the only one, and they likely would have asked for Hart. Jackson had a mid 4 ERA last year. Tough to predict he would be a breakout guy. He's not on my fantasy team, is he on yours? Props to you if he is. I, like you, prefer a multi year pitcher, but if Bedard can be had for the right combination, I see no reason not to make the move. Jack Z likely sees morew value in our system than other GMs would.
  13. Never Outhustled
    The players we got for the 2 pitchers we gave up are higher ranked prospects. We improved our system by trading for a rental. Why is it OK to ignore that Brantley has been horrible this year. It may turn out to be genius to trade him if he doesn't develop. He's pushing himself farther from the majors. Steve Garrison is down with shoulder surgery, a terrible thing for a guy with suspect velocity. If we keep all our prospects, we'll be keeping a bunch of guys that wash out. We've developed more prospects in the mean time. Now that were established, we don't need to break in 3 guys a year anymore. We broke in Gamel this year, we'll likely break in a catcher next year. We have an extra catcher, and an extra 3B. We'll deal more. We'll get more comp picks. our drafts will produce more prospects if we get extra picks each year.
  14. Never Outhustled
    Kyle Hansen was in BA's top 200. He's 6'7", has big heat, and his brother is Pirates reliever Craig Hansen, a former 1st round pick.
  15. Never Outhustled
    Lackey would be outstanding, but I think I'd like to wait for someone we can control through 2010. Hopefully Brandon Webb comes back strong, or Halladay becomes available. Gil Meche is another, he working on his 3rd straight season with a sub-4 ERA, and is a workhorse. I'd love to see what Halladay or Meche would do in the NL. Cliff Lee fits that mold too, and the Indians should be looking to break that squad up, fire the GM, and start over.
  16. Never Outhustled
    Sure, but you weren't going to get Nieman for an A ball LF like we did for Wright. Why do you think it was a buy low oppurtunity at all? The guy they moved was Edwin Jackson, in hindsight, he would have been a great addition.
  17. Never Outhustled
    I'm shocked he hasn't been called up yet. What are they waiting for?
  18. Never Outhustled
    He's throwing in the low 90s mostly, upper 80s a little. He also throws on a downward plain, making it very difficult for hitters to elevate his pitchers. His ball seems to suprise hitters, likely because he deliveries pretty good velocity from a low effort delivery. I've seen him pitch twice this year, once live, but was rather distracted that night, and that was a relief outing for him, so I couldn't get a lot of gun readings. TheCrew07 could probably give you a more accurate description of his velocity.
  19. Never Outhustled
    You'd think the NCAA would do some legislation about this, but they've never cared 1 bit about their athletes. One of the things I liked about Arnett is he's only been abused like this for 1 year. Other top college pitchers have been abused like this for 2 or 3 years. Also, while I still think letting a 21 year old throw 140 pitchers is irresponsible, you do have to remember these guys are only pitching once a week, not every 5th day. Arnett had good rest before and after his long outings.
  20. Never Outhustled
    I'm not even sure what your referring to. If your talking minor league free agency, that only applies to players not on the 40 man roster.
  21. Never Outhustled
    Very true, minor surgeries that had major results for both pitchers. Rogers was added to the 40 man roster this past offseason, so he has now used the 1st of 3 options. I'm not sure if he qualifies for a 4th option based on the new rules. Braddock will be added to the 40 next offseason, and then will have 3 option years. Based on that, theres no reason to rush either. Its a bigger issue, like you mentioned, to get there innings built up so they can handle a major league season. However, I think its more important to keep them healthy now than to have them fit the confines of the 20 inning increase per season ratio.
  22. Never Outhustled
    I'm surprised that we consistently see posts in the link report criticizing the the Brewers for handling Rogers and Braddock with kid gloves. Its contradictory that a couple of these posters are very vocal in criticizing the Brewers for not doing everything they can to keep pitchers healthy. It seems like an extremely sensible plan to have them pitch against competition they can dominate, so they're not tempted to over-pitch, and working on strict pitchers counts overseen by team doctors is only logical. Braddock has already had 2 elbow surgeries by age 21, and was also shut down for 2 months in 2007 with a shoulder strain. Rogers has already had 2 shoulder surgeries. Suggesting anything but a conservative approach with these 2 prized arms to me is a bit shortsighted.
  23. Never Outhustled
    Dillard hasn't been solid at all, and he's only a #4 or 5 starter for Nashville. He has a 1.42 WHIP and a grotesque 27BB/25K in 72 innings. He's a worthwhile MLB bullpen option, but nothing more. I'll agree that Cody is knocking on the door. Others who would be given a shot if we needed a starter right now ahead of Dillard are Seth McClung, Mike Burns, the finally hot Lindsey Gulin, who was there best AAA starter last year, and Josh Butler. In 15 AAA innings, Butler has a 1.07 WHIP and 1BB/15K, and thats after a long scoreless inning streak at BC. While the others are more polished with better command, Butler has legitamate MLB mid-rotation stuff, he just needs more reps to harness it. Thats not too suprising, he's less experienced than the rest of this group. Jeffress is just 11 months older than Scarpetta, and he outpitched what Scarpetta is doing now 2 years ago in A ball. Scarpetta has nice stuff, but Jeffress has just as good of breaking ball, and as much velocity as anyone in baseball. Jeffress struggles with control, but so does Scarpetta. When guessing which of 2 pitchers has the best chance to improve their control, I'll take the athletic one. I like Scarpetta, and would put him on par with the 2 other top Wisconsin power pitchers, Peralta and Frederickson. I just think, despite his early season struggles, Jeffress still has huge, attainable upside.
  24. Never Outhustled
    Oddly, we'd make a bigger impact on there football program than there baseball program.
  25. Never Outhustled
    Count me in with those excited about the Richardson selection. Many of us really hoped for a crack at another football player, Jared Mitchell, and Richardson is a very nice consolation prize. Richardson's cumulative rate stats over his 2 years of play are similar to what Mitchell did as a sophmore. Physically, Richardson is slightly bigger, just as fast, and has a much stronger arm. Both players did an impressive job of juggling 2 sports, a huge task, but are still under-developed because of it. Hopefully Richardson can show the progress at the plate over the next year that Mitchell showed this past year. Sure, its possible Richardson won't progress at the plate, but its a worthwhile risk when you realize how unproductive 5th round picks are. The Brewers have had just 2 successful 5th round picks in their entire franchise history, Bill Wegman and Pat Listash. Richardson's ceiling, because of his awesome physical ability, is an All-Star power hitting basestealing CF. I'd be happy with a starting caliber RF, and a nice 4th OF would be useful.
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