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  1. JohnBriggs12
    I'd welcome this immediately, but don't know what the Brewers would have to give in a trade. Would a Parra-Stewart deal work? I don't know about the extent of Manny's elbow, but it seems like a deal worth investigating given both Stewart's and Parra's fallen star prospect status with each organization. Putting Stewart on the bench would do nothing but make us stronger this year. Yes, we still have a LH dominant bench, and yes he has struggled mightily this season, but Stewart allows for 1B and 3B backup allowing Counsell to focus solely on SS. I like this idea. Well Parra certainly figures to be non-tendered also if not cut before then. It's hard to trade an injured pitcher though. I also don't see him helping the bench. He'd be taking Boggs roster spot, and that would leave them without a RH pinch hitter. I wouldn't see a manager taking a guy who's 3 for 47 over Morgan, Kotsay, or Counsell to pinch hit either.
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    The currently have 13 pitchers on the roster. When Morgan returns, they'll drop a pitcher. Almonte will not make it back and really why should he? I think they are content having 6 outfielders and 5 infielders. Kotsay is here for the duration unless they drop out of it and another team comes calling for a veteran waiver pick up in August.
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    I like the Reds broadcast team of Brennaman and Chris Welsh. Brennaman's one of the best around and Welsh is always upbeat and personable. The Cardinal duo is like their team in general. It's very arrogant and condescending to their opponents. Within the division I will always hate the Cubs first and foremost. Cards are a solid number 2. My Brave hatred is personal though and goes back 45 years.
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    I actually do not have a problem with him batting 2nd. The Brewers simply do not have the ideal #2 hitter. True, Hart had some success hitting there in 2010 (.814 OPS), but Hart was actually much better in the 6th spot (1.091 OPS), and I like an RBI bat there. Even though Gomez' OBP is relatively low, his walk rate this year is up. He also is very difficult to double up, so Weeks' getting on is rarely going to be negated by a double play. If Gomez grounds into a simple force out, it's not going to make his stats look good, but it gives them a guy who can still swipe a base and get into scoring position with Braun and Fielder hitting. Gomez' enthusiasm for the game is refreshing too and over a long season, that's a positive.
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    Actually Troy Glaus makes more sense than Dye among the recently "retired". Jorge Cantu wouldn't be a bad FA pick too. I like the idea of a veteran RH bat to "platoon" with Gamel and provide a boost off the bench.
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    Is that suppose to be in blue?This is a guy who's mad he's been sent down after being 3 for 47 this season? I'd rather have Bill Hall.
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    You are absolutely right. Kotsay has been and still is a solid major league player with over 1,600 career hits, and a solid lifetime .278 BA. Other than his power numbers being down in what still is a very small sample, he's the same guy that spent a lot of years as a regular. Brewer fans are so accustomed to big power and big strikeout guys like Branyan, they don't quite know how to appreciate a guy who has walked more than struck out this season. It shouldn't surprise anyone that a manager would have faith in him over a 28 year old like Boggs with just 322 career AB's and a lifetime BA of .211. That's not a knock on Boggs who's deserving a roster spot too but it's reality. If Boggs were so highly thought of, he wouldn't have cleared waivers twice alreay in 2011. Hart is obviously the guy you want in there everyday (except when he's in a prolonged slump), but he did miss all spring and Roenicke's being cautious while at the same time trying to keep a guy who may be needed down the road sharp.
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    Killebrew was without a doubt the most intimidating hitter of his era.
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    Mark Trumbo has been doing quite well in Morales' absence and he hit 36 HR with 122 RBI in AAA last year. I don't think they'd overpay (#2 prospect in the game) to rent Fielder. Trumbo for Fielder might be interesting but only if the Brewers fell well out of it, and the Angels think they need an upgrade to get over the hump.
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    Gamel did pick it up. That's nice to see. It's also nice to see his strikeouts down too.
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    Neither did the 1982 Brewers for that matter (hence the managerial change) or the 1978 Brewers who won 93 games that year.
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    Mike McClendon looks good.
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    He's kind of locked into this roster. If the mainstays don't hit, they are sunk. He can make some minor adjustments. Anyone else think Mike Rivera and his 1.067 OPS at Nashville might be an upgrade over Nieves? Heck, Mike's even nailed 4 of 10 base stealers so far. Return of Morgan should help. But as long as the big guns stay silent, this offense will be bad.
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    Rivera continues to rake. Meanwhile Nieves is hitting .152. I'm not saying, but I'm just saying shouldn't they have at least given Mike a true shot in spring training?
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    I'm having a hard time finding a weaker team than the one wearing Brewer uniforms. I'll go along with this being defining though. It may well define them as sellers at the deadline. At least they have plenty to sell: Fielder, Grienke, Wolf between them might bring back a pretty good haul.
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    I see no reason to hold Ross back. He's 22, not 19. Knowing the Brewers, they'll keep him at Appleton the entire first half. Personally, I'd have him on schedule to see Huntsville in August.
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    Gamel needs to pick it up. .286/.359/.410 at AAA does not scream major league starter at 1B.
  18. JohnBriggs12
    Had Fielder not been called out on a pitch at his ankles, his strategy might have worked. Things all going wrong at once means at some point things are all going to go right at once.
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    I understand the frustration with Hart. He's proven to be an extremely slow healer twice now. Combine his missing spring training with his history of inconsistency and there's natural concern. But I agree with Invader3K. His AB's haven't been all that bad. He's hit some balls hard and he's only had a minimal amount of AB's against pitchers that have made the rest of the lineup look bad too. If he finds that power stroke he had at times last year, this team is going to take off and win a ton of games.
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    The strategy there should have been to steal 2nd, then bunt him to 3rd. Sure it's tough stealing off a lefty, but it's not like it's never been done. Put the pressure on them for once. Teams have become to an extent slaves of the stop watch. They only steal when the watch tells them they'll make it. Of course it's just as likely the catcher will bounce a throw, the pitch will be offspeed and in the dirt, or throw end up in CF.
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    It would appear Green made the roster for two reasons: 1. To justify paying him twice the minimum on a major league deal. 2. He had good spring training numbers. How his spring training numbers in a handful of Arizona innings trumps 2 solid months in the big leagues by McClendon last season is beyond me. Giving any credence to spring training numbers is plain dumb. I get the justifying his deal and the fact that he had an option explains how he got a major league in the first place. That the Mets let him go though with an option remaining should have raised red flags all over the place.
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    Had Morgan not gotten hurt (again), the solution would have been to bat Morgan first and Lucroy 2nd. Weeks then could be put in the 5 spot where his power would be more useful. He's got 6 HR but just 10 RBI. Whoever bats 2nd is not going to walk a lot. Teams aren't going to nibble to guys ahead of Braun. But Lucroy has shown he can hit a decent fastball. I'm worried about McGehee. When he showed up in 2009, he was turning on balls and hitting HR at higher rate than he did in the minors. Now he's looking to hit everything to RF, is getting jammed inside and isn't hitting HR.
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    That's what I thought. Wasn't it reported at the time that he had the edge on James, McClendon, and Kintzler for that very reason?
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    McClendon should have had the inside track on a spot out of spring training based on two solid months of work in the majors last year. I never figured out why the Brewers gave Green a major league deal. The guy never had a major league WHIP under 1.4, didn't pitch much in 2010, and was soon to be 32. They should be on the look out now for a lefty reliever. I'm not all that comfortable with just Stetter available from the left side.
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    Wisconsin (Sobieski, St. Norbert) native Adam Frost was recently released by the Royals. Frost, an infielder, was signed as a free agent by the Royals after being Northern League rookie of the year in 2009. He never got more than part time duty at Burlington (Midwest) and Wilmington (Carolina) where he hit a combined .250/.298/.408, with 21 stolen bases in 2010. He got almost no opportunity this year, appearing in just 5 games for Wilmington prior to his release, going 3 for 14. In his final game, he stole 3 bases. Here's hoping at 24 he'll get a chance somewhere else. He's played 2B, SS, 3B, and CF in his minor league career.
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