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  1. JohnBriggs12
    Personally, I'd rather have Clark as occasional starter in LF and Braun injury replacement in RF and premier bench bat instead of the power challenged Parra, and let Schafer and Wren battle it out for the 5th OF and backup CF job. That's assuming all the IF backups are RH hitters.
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    Roenicke was quoted earlier that they believe (as I do frankly) that Scooter is good hitter period and he'll be playing every day. They think by seeing lefties regularly, he'll be better and I agree. Until Scooter suffered that calf injury, he was on pace for a heck of a season. We all see now how calf injuries can affect guys. If they wanted a platoon mate, it would seem the logical guy out there would be Gordon Beckham but they seem content having Gomez fill that role if the need arises. The inaction on Weeks speaks volumes. Nobody aparently sees him as an everyday player anymore, and his refusal to even try different positions makes him a much less attractive reserve. I'm more concerned that they seem content with unproven Jimenez and/or Rogers as the RH half of the 1B platoon. I'd rather see a veteran like a Jeff Baker in that role and let Rogers continue to develop at 3B in AAA so he's ready if called upon this year or next.
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    We get very little out of Brewer beat reporters this time of year (and that's an entire topic in and of itself), so we likely won't know the condition of Henderson and Thornburg until spring training. I would hope the Brewers training staff has much better info. The fact that they haven't added any relievers as yet could be an indication that the reports are promising. Every guy is a different case though. Making decisions based on experience with Gorzelanny doesn't make sense to me but you always want to go to camp with enough arms and competition. It appears they really like Strong and see him as a guy who could emerge as the second lefty.
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    Roberto Hernandez looked like an ace in 3 starts against the Brewers last year. If an emergency develops or somebody blows them away with an offer for Gallardo or Lohse, and Hernandez is still out there, I'd grab him.
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    How about bringing Chris Narveson back on a minor league deal to compete for a bullpen spot? I believe his deal last year in Japan was for just one year. The results in Japan weren't great on a bad Japanese League team, but he showed he was healthy making a full 24 starts (Japanese starters make one start per week). Melvin talks about how he found Duke for next to nothing.
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    I wouldn't get carried away with Gomez power. I don't necessarily want backup middle infielders with marginal power swinging for the fences. Pastornicky makes better contact and has a considerably higher OBP in the minors than Gomez (.343 to .295). While Pastonricky's no defensive whiz at SS, neither is Gomez. Both are adequate in reserve there. Pastornicky's stolen a ton of bases in the minors too, though not in Atlanta. It seems Brewers like Gomez who's also out of options. I doubt they pick up Pastornicky unless it would be on a minor league deal to provide an alternative.
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    By today's standards, Miller Park parking is still relatively cheap, though I'm still known to park occasionally on one of the streets off of National and walk through the Veteran's Hospital grounds. Be careful though as you have to go far enough west as the closer streets have parking restrictions during games and there's other restrictions during weekdays.
  8. JohnBriggs12
    Joba Chamberlain anyone? He bounced back some after two horrendous years in New York. Wouldn't be a budget buster either.
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    Melvin boxed himself in right from the get go this winter. I can only explain the Ramirez option being picked up as a massive miscalculation on Melvin's part. He somehow must have thought Ramirez would have turned down his side thinking he could get even more than $14 million on the open market. Ramirez at least was smart enough to realize he didn't have a good year and a GM would have to be on crack to beat a $14 million dollar offer to a fast aging 3B with health issues and declining production. The more I read that Brewers look at collapse last year as some sort of fluke, the more worried I get. Da Nile is a river in Egypt is it not?
  10. JohnBriggs12
    Piazza being left out strictly on innuendo is ridiculous. He's the best hitting catcher I ever saw and it's not really close.
  11. JohnBriggs12
    Some of it has to do with his visibility in the booth and the media but you're absolutely right. He's not close to the same level as the Big Unit or Pedro. Heck for most of his career he was the #3 starter on his own team. In fact Mussina and Schilling beat Smoltz in most of those lists that rank guys HOF credentials based on various categories. I have no problem with Smoltz getting elected but on the first ballot? Mussina and Schilling are his equals and belong in the Hall. Mussina might be getting tarred for being on the same staff as Clemens and Pettite when they were taking PEDs, and Schilling has rubbed some people the wrong way.
  12. JohnBriggs12
    That sound you hear from Brewer front office......crickets. Do the Brewers really think fans will just erase the last 5 weeks of the season from their memory banks and blindly buy into essentially the same team less several key bullpen pieces that blew an almost sure postseason berth? Wouldn't you think they'd want to at least give the appearance of trying to improve the team? Ok, I get they added Lind. Forgive me if I don't think Lind puts them over the top. In my mind he might make up for falloffs elsewhere at best.
  13. JohnBriggs12
    You don't want perhaps your best offensive player catching 135 games. You want him strong down the stretch. Lucroy hit 1 HR after August 1st, and slugged just .389 in September. Posey caught 111 games, and posted August OPS of .951 and 1.043 OPS for September. You also have a need for RH half of a platoon at 1B, a position he can play. I'd rather have Lucroy catch about 110 and play 45 or so game at first base. It's not critical but it's an option worth exploring. Once SF replaced offensively challenged Hector Sanchez with the better hitting Andrew Susac, their lineup got better and they could play Posey more at 1B.
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    If you wanted to add a catcher who's offensive enough to allow Lucroy to play 1B regularly vs. LHP, then make a play for Dioner Navarro who's expendable in Toronto. Navarro's got a career .769 OPS vs. LHP and while his OPS vs. RHP is a modest .660, he'd still have value as a bench bat on days Lucroy is catching.
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    Well if they could unload Parra, the dollars would just about match. The bigger problem is all the other teams who'd be interested. He won't come cheap in terms of talent they'd have to send back. They'd want a Khris Davis type return in which case they'd likely want to hold on to Parra and they'd have to really stick with a bullpen on the cheap.
  16. JohnBriggs12
    Just guessing but Brewers probably figured with young LH starters in Wang, Hobbs Johnson, and Clint Terry, and even Bradley, that they were dealing from a position of some strength when they let Banda go.
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    I disagree. Brewers shouldn't be paying over $5 million for any extra outfielder unless he's also seeing regular time at 1B. You are right that power is a rare commodity which is why Davis needs to play. He had 61 extra base hits and 22 HR last year. Brewers are going nowhere anyway if Braun and Gomez can't play virtually every day and Braun isn't close to the hitter he was in the past. The dropoff from Gomez and or a healthy Braun to a Parra is insurmountable while they might be able to get by replacing Davis with a Clark or Petersen for minimum wage.
  18. JohnBriggs12
    MNBrew I've never believed that benches make an average team good or a good team great. That being said a couple wins a year can be big. I look at Craig as a guy they'd find a place for if he's the guy he was in St. Louis. If he's that guy and last year was an aberration, then he's well worth his contract and you can trade a Davis or move him to the bench. As presently constructed I don't think the Brewer's ceiling is as high as it would be with a healthy Allen Craig on the roster. Is their a risk he'll never be the same player he was? Certainly. But at his best he was one of the best hitters in the NL, and those are guys who I think are worth taking some risk on. I'd much rather do that on a player who still in his prime age range than a guy who's clearly nearing the end. He's not cheap per se, but if he produces like he has in the past, he's well worth that contract.
  19. JohnBriggs12
    His 2015 salary is quite reasonable, and considering the Brewers are paying $14 million to Aramis Ramirez, I don't think 2 years and $20 million over 2016 and 2017 is that out of line even if he doesn't quite get back to his St. Louis form of 2012 and 2013. Look what Kendrys Morales got as a FA. I have a lot more faith that Craig at 30 could out produce Ramirez at 37 myself. The question is where do you play him? Can you find enough time in the OF and platooning at 1B to get him 400 AB's? Could he play some at 3B? Lind has a team option for 2016, If Craig returns to form and Lind is just so-so, just don't bring Lind back in 2016 and make Craig the full time 1B.
  20. JohnBriggs12
    After watching Aaron Rodgers hobble around with his strained calf muscle, I was reminded that Scooter Gennett struggled with the very same injury for most of the second half. That had to affect his production in the 2nd half. Presumably, Scooter will be 100%, and we'll see the guy that was hitting .305/.343/.481 at the time of the injury in late July. I'm fairly confident that he'll be better than expected facing lefties too.
  21. JohnBriggs12
    Craig never even played a season in which he was truly an everyday player. He's not some well-established bat with a long record of consistency. He had about the same track record of production that David Freese did after 2012. He wouldn't be an everyday player for the Brewers either. He's only one season removed from back to back years where he posted back to back years of a BA over .300 and over 90 RBI in over 500 plate appearances. I think at 30, he's worth the gamble in a buy low situation. Look at Morse for the Giants last year. He was coming off a very similar year to the one Craig had last year. It was injury plagued and he hit .215 for Seattle and Baltimore. But he turned back into the feared hitter he was in Washington. The situations are very similar.
  22. JohnBriggs12
    I'd take Aoki over Parra in a heartbeat if the price was the same. Aoki can leadoff and Parra can't and the Brewers don't have a true leadoff hitter on their roster. Parra strikes out too much for a guy who lacks power and Aoki's the better situational hitter. That being said investing $6-7 million per year for a 4th outfielder is an extravagance. I can't think of one team that won because they had the best 4th outfielder in the game.
  23. JohnBriggs12
    Count me in the group that thinks the Nationals will take a significant step backwards. I'm less than impressed with their offseason moves. I think the Marlins will overtake them.
  24. JohnBriggs12
    We have to remember that offense was down all over baseball. Brewers ran into a lot of outs. That has to change. Also in this day of exaggerated shifts, it would help OBP if hitters could take advantage of openings left by the shifts.
  25. JohnBriggs12
    they had no triple A outfielders, thats all this is. Still makes no sense to carry them all on the 40 man and if Clark, Peterson, and Schafer all get optioned, then they'll have at least 4 lefty hitting OF down there and only one RH hitting OF, Ben Guez.
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