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  1. JohnBriggs12
    Apparently insanity reigns. I can't help but harken back to when the Brewers were courting Carl Pavano two years ago. I personally would put Dempster in the same category, a guy coming off of a good contract year in his mid 30's, just like Pavano was. The numbers being thrown around for Pavano seemed high then (and proved to be based on two lackluster, injury plagued seasons in Minnesota), but they were pale in comparison to these Dempster numbers. This has disaster written all over it.
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    That's exactly the kind of guy the Brewers should be looking for. They control enough guys, they don't need to take a risk on longer term guys. Floyd is 6-6, with a 2.79 ERA and a 1.076 WHIP in 17 starts against National League teams in his career. If you like Edwin Jackson, then you should like Gavin Floyd. Jackson is #4 most similar to Floyd. Thornton is owed $5.5 million in 2013, not $13 million, with a $6 million option for 2014. That's market rate for a quality lefty setup guy (he's more than a loogy). Sox need help at 3B, though I don't think Green would interest them all that much. Maybe Gamel if they thought he could be adequate there. I also don't think they'd be interested in a pitcher coming off of an injury. It would take a young starter to get both Floyd and Thornton. Brewers do have some quantity there to deal with if they chose to and I don't think it would take one of the top guys, since the Sox would be saving substantial salary.
  3. JohnBriggs12
    Martin's better than what the Pirates have had, but he's no Yadier Molina. Teams have averaged 71 stolen bases on him per year about double what teams do against Molina. It's a decent signing for them and addresses a need, and you pay a little more when you have a need.
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    I don't see him as a "good step up from Bianchi". Bianchi had a very solid year at AAA at age 25 and though his numbers in limited action weren't good, they were still as good or better than Figgins' last 2 seasons. Besides Bianchi is a natural SS, and Figgins has only played 27 games there his entire career. I'd rather go after Palanco, and pair him with Bianchi as the backup infielders. I don't think you can assume Green has any inside track on a roster spot. In my world, he's a longshot assuming Gamel is around.
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    The Indians just designated for assignment lefty reliever Rafael Perez. Was out most of last year with lat injury, but this guy's been a solid lefty bullpen arm (other than an inexplicably bad 2009 season). Assuming he's fully healthy, he'd be a nice target for the Brewers. It might take a trade to get him, because I can't imagine he'd clear waivers.
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    Occasionally Melvin will trade early on like with Podsednik for Carlos Lee and Hardy for Gomez, but his inaction tells me he's not really considering trades all that much at this point and he's looking for value in the FA market. If I were him though, I'd be a little more aggressively seeking a lefty reliever because there's only a couple decent ones left out there (Burnett and Howell) and it's an obvious need.
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    Another veteran out there is Placido Palanco. He's fallen off the last couple years and lacks power (not that this team needs it though), but the guy has tons of post season experience and has been in pressure situations.
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    In the case of the Cubs, it's not hard to see what they are thinking. They basically ended last season with one major league caliber starter (Travis Wood) once Samardzija was shut down. If they had major leage ready prospects, they would have been seen last year. They don't. They needed to fill out a rotation, and aren't close enough to contending to invest in the top FA. They benefitted last year by signing and later flipping Maholm and flipping Dempster. They are looking for the same thing this year. They didn't have to wait until the scraps were left because they have enough money to spend now and get the guys they targeted. The Brewers conversely have a number of high level starting pitching guys to cover the back end of their rotation cheaply. That hasn't been the case in the past. So Feldman wouldn't make sense at that price for the Brewers. If they want to add a guy like that they can wait and see what scraps are left over in the bargain bin in January. The only issue with that is they will have fewer choices.
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    Wigginton was less productive last year than Cody Ransom. Wigginton: .235/.314/.375 11 HR 43 RBI in 315 AB Ransom: .220/.312/.411 11 HR 42 RBI in 246 AB Ransom can still play an adequate SS as well as 3B and 2B. Even though he's a little older than Wigginton, he's in better physical shape. Ransom, despite a ton of strikeouts, did some good things as a Brewer, and it wouldn't shock me if they decided to bring him back. Now as for Sanchez, he's been a starter his entire careen until injuries slowed him in recent years. He certainly can probably still hit, but would be happy in a limited bench role? Certainly with Sanchez around, Weeks could not afford a two month slump like he had last year.
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    Eh. I never cared for the guy personally. Not that I loved many of the owners from his era either, but baseball is an escape and entertainment and I could do without the acrimony and labor strife and certainly the small markets had a better chance to compete pre Marvin Miller.
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    The Cubs now have a major league rotation of Garza, Samardzija, Baker, Wood, and Feldman. I don't see them suddenly contending with that group but it's not all that bad and they can at least make things harder on the contenders. They also have guys they can flip in July. I wouldn't have minded if the Brewers brought in Feldman though the fact that even he commands $6 million says a lot.
  12. JohnBriggs12
    He still allowed fewer hits than innings pitched and posted more than a strikeout per inning in the AL which has a DH. I'll live with some inconsistency. At 29 and another year removed from surgery, he's certainly a good buy low candidate for the simple reason that when right, he's a top of the rotation pitcher. If you over value consistency you end up with Suppans and Wolf's.
  13. JohnBriggs12
    How rare it is to see NBA players playing team basketball like the Bucks bench did for the last 15 minutes of that game. The NBA has become a game dominated by physical freaks where strength trumps skill. Rarely is fundamental basketball played. I've always liked Udrih. He knows how to play the game and when he's in there he involves the entire team. Lamb looks like a player too.
  14. JohnBriggs12
    brewcrewdue80 makes some great points. This team, assuming it can add one or two more solid bullpen pieces, is certainly capable of being right in the thick of it for half a season. Then evaluate if adding a veteran starter makes sense. We know some will be available as close as 90 miles away (Matt Garza for instance). Of course there's that policy of not dealing with division rivals, but the Cubs are so far away from contending, that they hardly qualify as rivals at this point.
  15. JohnBriggs12
    This makes me wonder what they have planned for their RH bench bat. What's Kevin Mench up to these days? Whoever is not catching that day. Seriously, this perceived need for a righthanded bench bat, is way overblown. There figures to be 7 potent RH bats in the lineup every day. On the days where there are only 6, Gomez will be available. Most teams will combat that lineup with righthanded relievers anyway. Sure there will be times when the pitchers spot is due up first followed by Aoki, where they'll bring in a lefty. Brewers will just go with Bianchi in the pitchers spot and will stick with Aoki. Still it's possible they'll add another RH bench bat, but it's going to be somebody that can live with a very limited role.
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    While I think the Brewers could use a veteran RH bat off the bench, with Roenicke's propensity to use catchers in that role, it lessens the need. Aoki is going to be the everyday RF. Maybe you want to rest him occasionally against a lefty but as a leadoff guy, he needs to be in there almost every day. There is still plenty of RH thunder up and down this lineup to make any lefty nervous. The Brewers need to look in the bargain bin for a guy coming off an injury/down year. Matt Diaz has worn out lefties in his career, and is coming off a thumb injury that ended his 2012 season early. His last contract was 4.125 million over 2 years. I'm sure he could be had for considerably less than $2 million on a one year deal.
  17. JohnBriggs12
    Their 2B incumbents. Chris Getz and Co. Giavotella, a high 2nd rounder has posted .331/.397/.477 over the past 2 years at AAA and he turned 25 in July. He's not been given a full trial yet at the major leagues. I don't think they'd look at Gennett as the better prospect.
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    Johnny Giavotella is a more advanced version (both are short and can hit for average) of Gennett, hit better than Scooter in the minors and showed enough down the stretch (.264 in Sept) to go into next year as their 2B. I'm not sure they'd be all that gung ho on another under 5'10" 2B prospect like Gennett. That doesn't mean the Brewers can't come up with an attractive deal, just that I doubt Gennett would generate much interest. Royals have a solid lineup. Their achilles heal was starting pitching.
  19. JohnBriggs12
    What better guy to "counsell" a hitter going through an 0 for 40 something slump? "Listen kid, I've been been there, done that".
  20. JohnBriggs12
    Great in theory MN Brew, but when has Melvin ever really embraced the idea of a series of moves to fit one guy in? You cite last year with Ramirez, but dumping McGehee after a poor year was easy. Creativity like you suggest isn't in Melvin's DNA. The only way they fit in Hamilton is if Melvin has a decent offer from somebody on the table for Gomez. I think if the price dropped enough for Hamilton, I think they'd have to consider sacrificing speed and defense to replace Gomez' bat with Hamilton's. But Melvin isn't the type to want to make multiple deals.
  21. JohnBriggs12
    I'm not sure you need one hand to count the number of people here who want Jackson due to his W-L record. Congrats endaround. I had set the over/under for someone deriding my bringing up a W/L record at 2 hours. Remind me again. How many starting pitchers with an under .500 record are in Cooperstown? Kidding aside, of course it's not all that significant, but it's not a small sample and how do you explain away his 4.40 career ERA? His stats say he's a number 3 starter at best and more like a 4. It was also not the main point of my post, which was that his frequent appearences in the postseason have led to the perception that he is better than his actual numbers say he is. Pavano Alert: MLB Traderumors quotes Nick Carfado in the Boston Globe that Carl Pavano was given a clean bill of health and his agent has fielded a few premilimary calls. We all recall that prior to the Greinke trade, Melvin was hot on the trail of Pavano. Before anyone gets up in arms, MLBtraderumors speculates that he'll get a minor league deal. Whew!
  22. JohnBriggs12
    Jackson is in a lot of people's consciousness because he's pitched for a lot of good teams. But he's not the guy that made those teams good. The fact is he's rather mediocre, with a 70-71 record and a lifetime 4.40 ERA. I only bring up the .500 record because again, that was with good teams for the most part. That he hasn't gotten a long term deal is probably a strategy employed by his agent who's advising him to wait for that one big year. He's still waiting in my opinion. I'd stay away from a long term deal with him too. If he wants to do another 1 year deal then fine, he's a good fit.
  23. JohnBriggs12
    I don't see them as that great a fit. They are so lacking in starting pitching I don't see them giving up a 200+ inning guy in Masterson. I'm not sure the Choo fits either. Brewers are happy with Aoki. As for Perez, I think the Brewers are committed to Axford as their closer.
  24. JohnBriggs12
    Where was this hue and cry over the Astros dealing Berkman, Oswalt, Bourn, Pence, Lee, Rodriguez, Happ (who they got for Oswalt), Lyon and Myers? Yeah I realize they did this over 3 years and not all in one deal, but isn't it the same thing? They weren't winning with those high priced guys, so they unloaded them. Sure you could look at it as Loria pulling a fast one. But the guys he brought in went 69-93. I'm sure that wasn't the plan either. Reverse that record, and they draw 3 million instead of 2.2 million, then this deal isn't made. The guy's won 2 World Championships doing it his way. New stadium or not, Miami is still a small market.
  25. JohnBriggs12
    Zach Kroenke? Really? I thought it was a joke when I saw this name in the transactions section. Let me guess, he'll be wearing 13 in spring training. It took me back to the 1970 season when the Brewers traded for outfielder hammering Hank Allen and gave him number 44 (seriously, they did). Unfortunately Allen never homered as a Brewer and he was 749 career homers behind Aaron, and 345 behind his brother Dick, but when he stood in the box with 44 on his back and waved his bat, it did conjure up better times. Not to knock Kroenke. His numbers the last couple years at Reno weren't good, but Reno might be the best hitter friendly place on earth but I guess that rumor someone overheard of the Brewers bringing back Greinke, they must have heard Kroenke and wishfully thought they heard Greinke. BTW, does anyone know if Mike Felder has a son named Prince?
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