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  1. JoeHova
    I think the odds of the team offering Lopez arbitration are pretty high, both because they will doubt he'll accept and because even if he did accept, he has a track record of being worth $4-5 million per year. The risk is not especially large, even if he plays as poorly as he ever has, he'd still only be overpaid by a couple million. As for the trade itself, I don't know how much I like it. If Lopez can keep playing like he has been so far this season or like he did in 2005, great. Otherwise, it was probably pretty pointless. I would have liked for the team to hold onto Mercedes.
  2. JoeHova
    Lewis Lapham took Tim Russert down so beautifully after he died, I get chills just thinking about it. Talk about dancing on someone's grave ("Elegy For A Rubber Stamp" was the name of the article). Cronkite retired when I was still young (I've never gotten much of my news from TV anyway, because of the preponderance of people like the aforementioned Russert), but if he really was cut from the Russert cloth, it would be hard to see why anybody would ever have trusted him. Fortunately, from what I've read, Cronkite actually had journalistic standards, as well as dignity and self-awareness, all of which set him apart from any television journalist working today.
  3. JoeHova
    There are a lot of contenders for "most monumental abomination that ESPN ever put on the air" but I'm partial to the horrific Steve Phillips faux hot-stove press conferences from a few years back. Viewers were treated to the vapid ramblings of a cretinous imbecile pretending to be interviewed by his colleagues about each team's imaginary personnel moves. It will be hard to top that odious spectacle, though I'm sure that ESPN's brain trust is hard at work trying to do so.
  4. JoeHova
    I was thinking about this the other day. Still, given how terrible the Brewers were from 1993-2004, even mediocre is a significant improvement.
  5. JoeHova
    I tend to agree. (Unless the minor league guy is like 17 years old and already in AAA or something.) I think that when Gwynn's career is over, nobody will regret that he wasn't a long-time Brewer.
  6. JoeHova
    Jason Kendall has the worst OPS in baseball among qualified players over the past 3 years. He is now the Brewers' lead-off hitter. I can't stress enough how unacceptable I find this. You want the worst hitter in baseball getting as few at-bats as possible, not as many as possible. Moving him from 8th to lead-off is an additional 65 or so plate appearances over the remainder of the season. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! I can't understand what Macha is doing. Melvin or Attanasio needs to put a stop to this lunacy. Kendall is the definition of a terrible hitter, having him hit leadoff is arguably worse than when the Cubs had Neifi Perez bat 1st or 2nd for most of 2005 because at least Neifi had a tiny bit of power. I almost feel like Macha needs to be taken to The Hague and shamed for all the world to see. This kind of terrible decision-making must be brought to light.
  7. JoeHova
    Maybe, but keeping Hardy gains 1 more year of Hardy and (presumably) 2 draft picks when JJ leaves as a FA. Plus, I don't think there is any way a team will risk offering Washburn arbitration. He's making over $10 million per year and has an ERA under 3. An arbitrator might give him $15 million. Also, he won't be Type A (as of now, he's not even Type B), so offering arby wouldn't net 2 picks. Bedard may be a Type A, but he may only be Type B because of his injury-ravaged year last year. It depends how well he finishes this season. Anyway, the most likely outcome is 1 total draft pick for those 2 guys, no matter which team ends the season with them.
  8. JoeHova
    Plus, Lugo is an unsavory character. I don't mind having a few of those on the team per se, but when he's also not an upgrade, I say pass.
  9. JoeHova
    I don't like it. If the Brewers are giving up one of the best shortstops in baseball, I'd prefer to get somebody who will be around for more than a couple months. A team like the Brewers can't keep giving away future value for current value, they don't have the resources to replace that future value via free agency. Also, Washburn is still pretty much the same guy he's always been, despite the pretty ERA this season. He's being massively helped by his park and the great outfield defense the Mariners have. He's serviceable, but that's it. Bedard is extremely injury prone, having pitched a full season only 1 time in his career. Anybody can get injured, but he's Sheets-esque.
  10. JoeHova
    Saying that Cruz failed in his first couple tries with Texas is accurate, but not really the whole story. Anybody can have a bad few hundred at-bats. Look at how poorly JJ hit his first couple years. Obviously he was a better prospect than Cruz, but just like with JJ, there were many reasons to believe that Cruz would be (or was) a quality ML player. At the very least, he was worth a roster spot due to his exceptional defense. I was against that trade from the day it was made because the Brewers got nothing that would help them long-term, while also giving up the only prospect in the deal, which is a killer for a small-market team. Cruz didn't play as well as I hoped he would the first couple years after the deal, but I always had faith in him. I was shocked when nobody claimed him when Texas passed him through waivers, but what's done is done. I bet 29 teams wish they had put in that claim now. I'm very happy for him.
  11. JoeHova
    Prince is worth far more than Cain, I wish the "we'd be blessed to get Cain for Fielder" meme would die.
  12. JoeHova
    I'm glad Hoffman made it. I would have preferred Gallardo because we've all been following him since he was drafted and Hoffman is a one-year rent-a-player, but it's still cool. Lately it hasn't been a great thing for Brewers closers to get named all-stars. Kolb and Turnbow totally tanked after being named All-Stars and even Cordero pitched a bit worse. Let's hope Hoffman can buck the trend.
  13. JoeHova
    Maybe he meant best 3rd baseman in his pick-up basketball league at the Y.
  14. JoeHova
    Mariners picked up Jack Hannahan from the A's for AA pitcher Justin Souza. Apparently he'll be Adrian Beltre's replacement for the time-being. He can't really hit but he can field and he'll take a walk. Kind of a Counsell type, but without the ability play SS.
  15. JoeHova
    The Royals cutting ties with a guy because he peed on a fence would also be evidence that they are idiots.
  16. JoeHova
    I don't think this is a safe assumption. Just because Doug Melvin has that penchant doesn't mean that Zduriencik does. He did sign Brad Nelson and Callix Crabbe, but teams need to fill out their AAA rosters somehow. I don't know if they'll sell. Losing Betancourt will help them a lot, even more so if they can replace him with an actual shortstop. If they can do that and also get a 3rd baseman or 2nd baseman, they seem in good shape to have a winning season. I know a lot of people here look with derision on winning seasons, but their attendance is way down. They're averaging just over 27,000 per game this season after averaging over 40,000 with regularity a few years ago. The Mariners may trade a couple guys but I don't think they'll do a total sell-off.
  17. JoeHova
    Endy Chavez is out for the year. Ryan Langerhans has been starting in left lately. Corey is better with the bat, Langerhans is better with the glove. I don't know how much of an upgrade that would be for Seattle (as depressing as that is to say).
  18. JoeHova
    Funny. Nice find.
  19. JoeHova
    How did losing Yuni change that? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif
  20. JoeHova
    This is just awful for the Mets. I mean, even if they think for some reason that he can bounce back to being useful, why would they give up anything worthwhile for him? Their ship be sinkin'.
  21. JoeHova
    I'm happy for Nelson. Going from throw-in and waiver-wire fodder to All-Star is pretty cool. Apparently he's going to be in the Home Run Derby too.
  22. JoeHova
    This is undoubtedly one of the lamest cartoons I've ever seen (and I've seen some Family Circus).
  23. JoeHova
    This. Prince is far better and more valuable than Matt Cain, I've never understood the fascination with giving Prince away that some people on this board have.
  24. JoeHova
    I never knew Oscar Mayer was: a) a real guy, or b) still alive. It sounds like he had a good run though.
  25. JoeHova
    I kind of like Tony Pena. He's not dominating but he's pretty serviceable.
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