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KRod hasn't quite melted down like either of them yet. and his contract is also up after this year, whereas those guys are owed way too much money for too long. I get what you're saying, but different scenarios....KRod probably has more trade value. and yes, he does have trade value. I see that, I just think we're setting our sights a little bit high (either youk or a cost controlled young 1B to replace gamel....so essentially Mat Gamel II)
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There's no reason for the Yankees to give up anything of value for him, at least until Robertson and Soriano prove they can't handle the job. Soriano has experience as a closer and has a career ERA under 3. Robertson has been fantastic for the past year plus. Unless the Brewers are eating almost all of his salary the Yankees do not need him. I think K-Rod will be fine as the season evens out, obviously a 6.52 ERA is an incredibly small sample size....but his velocity has been declining, he's been allowing more baserunners (aside from 2010 he hasn't been under that career WHIP mark since 2006) and he hasn't shown anything this year (again, I understand small sample sizes) that shows a team should make him their closer, or at least give up anything of value to do so. The Red Sox could be another Aceves blowup away from panicking and trying to make a move, so maybe there's something there. But expecting someone like Youkilis in return is ridicilis (it rhymes!), even if the Brewers throw in a prospect. As is expecting to create a bidding war for an overpaid setup man, especially when one team doesnt need him. And I doubt they would get back any sort of prospect that could fill in for Gamel (which is kind of the point of this Derrek Lee thread, I would assume).
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The Yankees probably have better options than KRod (the way he's pitched so far) already on their team in Robertson and Soriano. I could maybe see the Red Sox panicking and trying to get a guy like KRod, but Aceves has been good in his past 4 or 5 outings. And to be honest, KRod isn't going to bring back anything useful like Youk (not even close) or a halfway decent prospect. that's a pipe dream. I said this in the other thread, I would not be surprised if Derrek Lee put up a .260/.330/.440 line. A .770 OPS is probably average to below average for a 1B (it would have been in the top 20 for qualified 1B last year), and honestly not that much different from what was expected out of Gamel. And he's still an above average defender. I'm not saying he's the answer or a savior or anything, he's just an average 2 WAR first baseman. If they're not going to move Hart or Ramirez to first, Derrek Lee should have been on the phone yesterday.
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so you're saying the brewers will be 6 games under .500 on May 6th? that sound eerily familiar..... http://espn.go.com/mlb/standings/_/date/20110506
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If they played Kottaras at first some, would they really NEED a third catcher? If anything should happen to Luc mid game, you can just move Kottaras behind the plate and put Ishikawa in at first. Either way, has kottaras ever made more than 1 or 2 starts at 1B? Might be worth having him take some ground balls, but I don't think that's the answer. I saw Conrad play a decent amount when I was in Atlanta, and I like him quite a bit as a bench player (I'm in the "wish he made the roster instead of Ishikawa" camp with most everyone else). I'm happy he's finally up with the team, but agree there's no way they can go forward platooning him with Ishikawa. Neither of their bats hold up at 1B...conrad's a little bit of a better hitter but he is a butcher in the field. Please take one for the team Corey Hart (or Aramis).
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If he doesn't ask for that much $$/the brewers have enough of it, I don't have a huge problem with Derrek Lee (minus that whole cubs thing). I think a .260/.330/.440 line is a very reasonable expectation and really not that out of line from what most had Gamel projected for (the difference is thats probably Lee's ceiling, whereas Gamel had a higher upside). For this season, I don't think there's a huge difference between Lee and Gamel. Not saying I want the Brewers to go sign Lee tomorrow, I'd rather have things work out in house (Hart or Aramis to 1B)...but it's not the end of the world if Derrek Lee is at 1B.
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Braun situation affecting Brewer fans in visiting ballparks?
ninja33 replied to Teatoe993's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
i got baited into it in atlanta the second game of the series. I was walking back to my seat from the bathroom and a drunk guy (not that I was exactly sober) started talking about braun/the brewers. I guess I had a little pent up frustration from the boos and the team struggling that weekend so I talked back. I'd like to think I was pretty calm and collected (I had a few asides with his friends which were pleasant, and they acknowledge I "won" the argument), and then after a few minutes I had a beer thrown at me by someone else (probably from the deck at the chop house) and an usher came over and threatened to throw me out, naturally. Anyway, I was there all three games and that was my only "bad" experience. it wouldn't have happened if i had held my tongue, and there was never really a threat of any violence. Outside of that, I watched the game and cheered when appropriate and there weren't any problems. Don't be stupid (like me) and don't let it escalate and there will be no problems. -
if this was true he would have been called up for friday. i think option 1 is move hart, #2 is sign derrek lee. they called up Conrad for Friday and Green will be working at 1B in AAA in the meantime, so it could still very well be true. I think they go with what igor outlined above. Conrad/Ishikawa for now (yes, yuck. i hope it's not for that long either) and get Green working on it in AAA as well as Hart taking a lot of reps in practice. Conrad may not play 1st at all, he may just be a RHB off the bench (finally!!) and a backup for Ramirez/Weeks that isn't cesar izturis (finally!!!). I think while they test Green out at 1st in AAA we'll be seeing a lot of Ishikawa. If that's the case, I at least hope they platoon him and get Hart some run at 1B against LHB. It's not the best case scenario (because it involves Ishikawa), but Hart/Aoki against LHB and Ishikawa/Hart against RHB makes sense. As Hart (or Green in AAA) become more comfortable, hopefully they take it over full time
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the damage was done when Gamel awkwardly planted his foot before running into the wall. jogging back into the dugout likely had zero effect on his knee. The ACL was already torn...no reason to blame the brewers trainers.
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He has an OPS over 1.000 this season/month....that's a result of more than a 3 game hot streak. I understand he doesn't always look great when he strikes out, but he's been far and away the best hitter on the team this season.
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i can't find any minor league splits. But fangraphs has his game log, and it looks like he was pretty much killing it the whole season (although it's hard to tell because there's no running tally of rate stats). That's how I remember it as well. He was playing great before the injury (everyone was pining for him to get called up, from a fantasy standpoint)...then he came back and had a couple rough games before picking it up again. http://www.fangraphs.com/statsd.aspx?playerid=5247&position=3B&season=2011
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i know there were plenty of "lawrie is a douche" comments. But the conversation here was something like thist: -the initial point made was that it was surprising Harper was called up because he was struggling in AAA, and was mediocre in AA last year. -Someone said "that's the same thing they said about Lawrie" and that people were saying "Lawrie wasn't ready because his MiLB stats aren't any good" -I said that's ridiculous, Lawrie was destroying AAA before he was called up.
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Lawrie had an OPS of 1.076 when he was called up last year. I'm still not sure what discussion you're talking about (not that I disagree on Harper, I like the call up. Couple weeks to get his feet wet...if he hits, he stays and if he doesn't then he goes back down when Zimmerman or morse are back)
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I don't think anyone was saying that about Lawrie last year. He was destroying AAA (.353/.415/.661) and was very good in AA the year before in the Milwaukee system. Harper was struggling in his brief time in AAA this year (.250/.333/.375) and put up a similar line to that in AA last year.
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McClendon optioned to Nashville; Vinnie Chulk called up
ninja33 replied to AZBrewCrew's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
That is true, but a .467 BABIP is MUCH higher than his career above average BABIP -
piling on manny even when he doesn't pitch....?
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yep. probably a high strike to most hitters, but it was up around Altuve's chin
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Roster construction problems with this team
ninja33 replied to adambr2's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Gamel's not going to start every game and maybe his shoulder was still a little bit sore from the collision. I prefer Conrad on the team as well, but I don't have a problem with Ishikawa getting the start tonight. It will be the second of not very many. And I would have said so before that HR. -
Mat is probably a little bit sore/banged up from the collision last night, so i'm not surprised he's not in there. I would assume that's the reason why
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Guess the Astros disagree with you. There's two more games this series....not all of Gamel's at bats are going to be in the bottom of the 8th in a one run game. I don't think it was a dirty play, but I could see the Astros not being pleased by it, as well as by Mat's reaction (he looked back, but had more of a scowl than a look wondering if Castro is ok). Wouldn't surprise me if he got hit sometime this series. I do think he had a chance to slide around castro and get his hand on the plate (like his GW slide against the Dodgers)....but it's hard to see that/decide to do so in a split second like that.
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definitely not the most enjoyable series (especially offensively, except for one inning). Oh well, move on. Sweep the astros, get above .500, start feeling good again, and then head to st louis.
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holy cow he was safe.
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it's not a love affair. It's choosing to look at 1500 plate appearances instead of 45. And there's something nice about having a guy with a .357 OBP hitting ahead of Ryan Braun. I don't think you just yank a guy out of the lineup because he struggles for two weeks. But if you have an alternative (like Aoki) you start to work that in. Which is what seems to be happening, as well as what I suggested (Morgan should lose some starts for playing like this, just not ALL of them). If Morgan keeps struggling, you put Aoki in more (assuming he keeps looking good). If Morgan is still hitting like this in mid to late May (up around 120 PA), then Aoki better damn well be seeing more playing time. Aoki looks very good so far, but I doubt he brings any power or better defense than Morgan (who is an above average defender).
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the latter. it was an inside pitch, he did a good job of fighting it off and getting enough on it to get it through (as well as not hitting it at anyone).
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i would guess gomez hits for morgan, since brothers is a lefty. Aoki can hit lefties as well, so that's fine too. but it won't be morgan.