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  1. JohnBriggs12
    We can only hope that the Kendall announcement is being delayed a day so they can be sure all the catchers affected in the system will have time to get to their respective new teams.
  2. JohnBriggs12
    Hall needs a fresh start elsewhere. I'm sad to see him go. He had some terrific moments as a Brewer unfortunately not many lately. I wish him well. Bourgeois has earned a look. He can run and he puts the ball in play. He's actually improved as a hitter as he's moved up. McGehee's stats got better at AAA too and he's turned out well. Bourgeois since the All Star break: .353/.386/.462, 17 of 19 SB in 119 AB's.
  3. JohnBriggs12
    Castro fired, Hardy to AAA, but Kendall is still employed?
  4. JohnBriggs12
    I wouldn't classify Micheal Bourne, who is 5'11" as a "tall, rangy, long-strider". He seemed to me like he was power running those balls down against the Brewers. The assessment that a guy can't play CF because of the way he runs might be the most ridiculous case of over scouting that I've ever read.
  5. JohnBriggs12
    I could see Boston picking up Counsell just prior to the end of August.
  6. JohnBriggs12
    What's magical about September? So Kendall can keep a roster spot all year? What benefit does that have?
  7. JohnBriggs12
    It's no longer not even a question of the Brewers being in it or not in it. If you believe the Brewers are in it, then how is Kendall their best option? If (as most do) you believe the Brewers are out of it, then what are you doing playing (or keeping around) a 35 year old catcher who's skills have diminished to almost nothing and who is not likely to be back next year? Invader3K, it's not that everyone is salivating for Salome or Lucroy, it's just that a guy hitting .289/.338/.418 in AAA is better going forward than a 35 year old hitting .228/.315/.277 with diminished defensive skills as well. We don't know if Salome is ready to take over in 2010, but we do know he's likely better right now than Kendall and he should be up here right now sharing time with Rivera who could be back another year as a backup.
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    Sit? Forget sit, Kendall should be released now. Bring up Salome (who's been hot lately) and let him split time with Rivera. Maybe use McGehee a game or two behind the plate. Promote Lucroy to AAA. But there is absolutely no reason to have Jason Kendall on the roster. He brings nothing to the table. All the games he's played the last two years have taken their toll and shortened his career. He's done, put the fork in him.
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    CheezWizhed, The Brewers haven't jumped guys directly from AA, but their top guys have spent very little time at AAA. If you succeed at AA and you are considered a prospect, AAA is for just biding time until a spot opens up. It's also a repository for ex-major leaguers that haven't quite exhausted all hope for a return. The real proving ground is AA where the only difference between it and AAA is experience. Success there by age 24 and you are almost certain to see the major leagues at some point unless you bomb terribly in AAA. Failure in AA for any but the top draft picks (who get multiple chances), and you're looking at a career in the Northern League or some other indy league for experienced players or another career entirely. Non prospect types have to prove themselves at every level to move up and some do all the way to AAA where they still have to prove themselves to get a major league shot. The jump to the majors is huge, whether it's from AA or AAA, but jumping from AA isn't much bigger than it is from AAA.
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    I'm not too familiar with WAR ratings (I'd call it a tossup between #2, and the Civil myself), though I assume it's a defensive range rating? I do know this. Dye is a proven run producer with big time power. Cameron and Hart are streaky hitters with occasional power surges interspersed with long periods of struggling to make contact. Dye's also been on winners. Dye's range is indeed a concern, but one that doesn't prevent the White Sox from having a team ERA well below the Brewer team ERA.
  11. JohnBriggs12
    Patterson's career AAA numbers (.276/.327/.432) have never come close to his perceived talent level so let's see how he does over a more extended period before we hand him the Brewer CF job in 2010. Best case is he'd make an adequate cheap CF platoon guy.
  12. JohnBriggs12
    Pitchers are picking their poison. They are attacking Braun more, because they don't want to put guys on in front of Fielder. Braun has 9 RBI in 8 games this month. What hurt in July is that he only drove in 13 runs the entire month. As he continues driving in runs and makes teams pay for pitching to him, then he'll garner more walks.
  13. JohnBriggs12
    Williams has a pretty good track record of grabbing very talented players coming off of down seasons (see Dye and Quentin). Rios is exceptionally talented. I would not be surprised if 3 years from now, he's had a couple more All Star appearances. Rios will benefit greatly in hitter friendly U.S. Cellular.
  14. JohnBriggs12
    There will never be competitive balance in baseball until teams agree to pool local television money and it's divided equally among every team. That was the key to the NFL's success going way back. The NFL can thank Wellington Mara of the Giants and George Halas of the Bears, the owners of the two largest market teams for realizing the league was as strong as it's weakest member. Those were two great men, and alas baseball was dominated more by the greed of individual owners like Steinbrenner, O'Malley, etc. The problem with baseball recently is that it's let itself become dominated by the Yankees and Red Sox with a huge assist from ESPN. Before ESPN existed, the Yankee/Red Sox rivalry was still primarily a regional one. ESPN elevated it to far too much prominence at the expense of the rest of the country. I think it would also help balance if they moved the trading deadline back to it's traditional June 15th date. The competition after August 1st is a joke. Trades aren't being made for the right reasons.
  15. JohnBriggs12
    I'll concede that Brewer has been a colossal disappointment, but that doesn't make Farris a prospect. Brewer will move down in the P50, but they will be a few newcomers that will make fairly high debuts to replace him. Ok, so I think you are conceding he should be higher than Brewer. How about Eric Komatsu and Lee Haydel (both of whom were also higher than Farris)? Will you concede Farris belongs above both of them too? The new guys were figured in the last power 50 were they not? I'm sure a few more might debut on the next but not all that high.
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    X ellence, Obviously you don't think much of Farris, but will you concede he should be ahead of Brent Brewer on the Power 50? Remember my original post was that Farris should be in the 25 - 30 range and Brewer is currently 26th and is hitting .213/.277/.284 with 25 errors in the same infield as Farris. Granted Brewer is 2 years younger and playing the tougher position, but Farris' numbers are far better.
  17. JohnBriggs12
    When your net stolen bases is 51 and counting (55 SB - 4 CS), it's like adding 51 total bases. If you add 51 total bases to his 137, that's 188, and 188 total bases in 383 AB, makes his equivalent slugging % actually .491 and his actual OPS more like .818. Throw in the fact that defensively (just 8 errors in 102 games) he is above average, that adds to his value. He also played 8 games at SS in 08 without an error in 30 chances. I'm sure the Brewers are keeping him at 2B because they've got Escobar. And I repeat, it's not like he can't hit. He's got a .295 lifetime BA and a .339 lifetime OBP. Granted he's not getting a ton of walks, in part because pitchers can't afford to walk a guy stealing at a 93% clip. He also has 22 sacrifices this year. That's an incredible number and certainly helps his team win.
  18. JohnBriggs12
    Would everyone who's pointing to how easy the schedule is this month please take a look at the Cardinals schedule. They've got the Reds (sans Weathers) and Padres at home. Then they go to LA for 3 and SD for 4. That's followed by the Astros and Nationals at home to end the month. The Brewers aren't going to gain much on St. Louis if anything at all. St. Louis has far superior starting pitching too and now a red hot Holliday to go with Pujols. They could well end up with 93-94 wins. The division is completely lost as far as the Brewers go. The wild card is a pipe dream too. Six games behind 2 different teams that play each other 9 times so one will win each of those? Four games behind another? No chance. The Brewers could catch the depleted Cubs and get a consolation prize, but no the playoffs are out of reach. We've seen what this Brewer team is. It's a .500 team and that's not likely to change dramatically over the next 7 weeks.
  19. JohnBriggs12
    Good move if they were in it, but they're not. Come on, they're 6 back of St. Louis and 4 1/2 back of the Cubs. They're worse off in the WC race. Like David Weathers is going to be that much of a help. Please. Melvin needs a reality check. He should be selling, not buying.
  20. JohnBriggs12
    Look at it this way brewdude15, unless Suppan and Hall somehow start producing, they'll have been let go by this time next year. So be patient.
  21. JohnBriggs12
    There's not much left of the minor leagus season, so that would have to be an option that kicks in quickly, like after 2 starts.
  22. JohnBriggs12
    Couldn't disagree with you more. He's been on a roll lately (14 for his last 34), and he hit .326 and .293 his first two years of pro ball. Mel Stocker did not hit over .273 in any one season until he was 27 years old playing in the Florida State League (not counting a year in indy ball) and never hit more than 3 HR (Farris has 6 this year) or even stole as many bases as Farris is on pace for this year. Overall Stocker's a career .253 hitter, primarily as a corner OF, not a second baseman. Farris was a 4th round draft pick. By that measure alone, he's a prospect.
  23. JohnBriggs12
    I think the biggest mover on the power 50 has to be Eric Farris. 51 steals in 55 attempts? Are you kidding me? His BA and OPS are climbing (.275/.325/.358) and that fact that he strikes out just once in every 10 AB's shows he's probably more of a .290-.300 hitter. For a smaller guy, he can generate some power as shown by 6 HR. Plus he's very solid defensively (.983 FP). He's got a ways to go, but imagine 3 years from now, he and Escobar as the keystone combo for the Brewers with both capable of 50+ steals? Of course by then, hopefully they'd have a manager that doesn't disdain the SB. Eric Farris needs to be on everyone's radar and should be in the top 30 at least on the power 50.
  24. JohnBriggs12
    I'd take him. Why not? Because Suppan and Bush are coming back? He's clearly better than Suppan. He's probably at least on par with Looper. He's 2-0 with a 2.00 ERA against the NL in 3 interleague starts. Texas has a plethora of young starters, one of whom, McCarthy is about to return from injury. They didn't need Padilla the rest of the way.
  25. JohnBriggs12
    Didn't I say in my first post that this sounded like a Kenny Williams move? Whoever suggested the Sox had a CF in Wise? Please, Wise is a career minor leaguer who is hitting .198 as I write this. They've been looking for a CF for a long time. Dye comes off their books next year as does Thome and Konerko follows in 2011. This is a terrific move by Williams.
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