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  1. Ennder
    Half a season of baseball is way too little to judge a player on so I really don't think anything has changed at this point. Hart is reaching the point where I don't expect much out of him in the future, Kendall was never a good hitter so nothing really changed there and JJ doesn't worry me even a little bit. The Cardinals aren't a great team and the Cubs seem destined to be banged up all season so the division is still very winnable. I had us down for mid to high 80 wins to start the season and I don't see much reason to change that expectation at this point by more than a win or 2.
  2. Ennder
    Thats fine but just answer this one question. Assuming there is absolutely no change in the scouting department do you really think that changing GMs would not impact our draft in any way? Because that seems to be the angle you are taking here and I just completely disagree with it. He might not be making the picks but he most certainly has an impact, every GM in baseball does.
  3. Ennder
    The plan could easily have been to send Gamel down last week and then Counsell's knee acted up and McGehee had the minor injury so they kept him up as insurance. That would make sense given how things ended up playing out, assuming they do send him down next week at least.
  4. Ennder
    I hope you realize how utterly hopeless and flawed a salary cap would be in baseball without completely restructuring the draft and minor league system at the same time. I would hope by now people also realize that a salary cap doesn't really level the playing field even in a sport like the NFL. Big market and popular teams still have significant advantages over a team like say the Lions where nobody wants to play.
  5. Ennder
    I'll be really happy if we do this because it will mean the next group of guys we have coming are better than I expect them to be http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif.
  6. Ennder
    I agree that the situation has been overblown in general but it really is getting a bit silly at this point. The last week or so he just hasn't been playing enough period. He doesn't need to play every day like people suggest either, playing 4-5 days a week isn't somehow destroying his future or anything, but playing 1 or 2 times a week really isn't enough.
  7. Ennder
    We have been through this before and I still completely disagree. You don't give the GM near enough credit for the draft. If we had a different GM our drafts would go differently without a doubt. Melvin isn't sitting on an island somewhere drinking daiquiries while the scouting department is off making all the calls. The scouting director isn't the one deciding what kind of price we are willing to pay per slot etc. The GM has significant input into the entire process.
  8. Ennder
    Soriano makes up a lot of his defensive problems with his arm I think. Braun is probably better at fielding balls but Soriano is better at holding/throwing out runners.
  9. Ennder
    He was supposed to be above average at 3B and his defense was his likely ticket to the majors not the offense. That according to Baseballprospectus and minor league plus/minus numbers.
  10. Ennder
    ? This is not a knock on Hardy because I get and agree with exactly what you're saying, but let's not get carried away. Braun, Fielder, Sabathia were all far less replaceable than Hardy last year.Hardy was the most valuable position player on the team last year with Cameron being the 2nd most valuable. Fielder was 4th and he really wasn't close to the top 3(Braun was 3rd obviously). That is last year though and a one year sample doesn't always tell the real story.
  11. Ennder
    small quibble, but Melvin doesn't actually draft anyone, the scouting directors run the show.He has input on every player drafted, especially the players in the earlier rounds, even if they ultimately make the call as to who we draft.
  12. Ennder
    The final call was terrible but I hated IBB the bases loaded in the first place, you really back yourself into a corner when you do that.
  13. Ennder
    Hart's big 2007 makes it hard to think we should have traded him, especially given his minor league track record. It is too much to ask to be able to predict him suddenly refusing to take a walk and becoming a below average player in my opinion. I do agree that the Gross trade hurt since we really could have used him last year and obviously this year.
  14. Ennder
    I don't know that Harden's ability will ever be the same after all the injuries though. He is pretty much a 2 pitch pitcher and he has lost velocity off the fastball.
  15. Ennder
    Not to mention pitches per inning and which innings they were in. If a pitcher throws a bunch of 10 pitch innings and then has a tough 35 pitch inning mostly out of the stretch in say the 6th and ends with 102 pitches I probably want him out of the game.
  16. Ennder
    Hope for 2 wins, don't be upset with 1 win. Only way this series is a disaster is if we get swept.
  17. Ennder
    Not that I really think any amount of evidence is going to change your opinion since you seem pretty adamant that pitch counts don't matter, but in a situation like this you would want to look at his pitches per start before he actually got hurt. The entire reason he only had 98 pitches per start is because he left multiple starts with injuries that season. Most specifically the issue was an 8 game stretch in May/June where he averaged 112 pitches per start with him being pushed an extra inning a couple times when it really wasn't needed. Also nobody is saying there is a magical number, the entire reason this argument is specific towards Gallardo as well as Sheets is we are talking about pitchers coming off injuries where they missed significant portions of the season. These are not normal pitchers, these are ones who you should specifically be more concerned about than other pitchers, if it had been Dave Bush I doubt anyone makes a big deal out of it.
  18. Ennder
    I'm fine with this opinion with most pitchers, I disagree with it but I can understand it at least. But with a pitcher like Gallardo who missed the majority of the previous season it baffles me that you think babying him some is wrong. In addition I really question whether pitchers are babied now or not. This year the average starter has thrown 96 pitches. In 1990 the average was 93 per game. In 1988 it was 96 per game. Starting pitching usage hasn't really changed in the past 21 years other than not skipping 5th starters very often, there is just more focus on it now. The innings are down because the hitters are better and working the count is stressed more so pitchers can't go as many innings. Your favorite 300 IP pitcher wouldn't be throwing much over 225-230 in today's game, not because they were babied but because the game has changed.
  19. Ennder
    Gerut is Gwynn with a little more power basically so it isn't like this was a huge upgrade. The fact we aren't even playing him means the trade really can't have mattered though. By the end of the year Gwynn's OPS will be under .700 and probably under .650 and nobody will be talking about this anymore.
  20. Ennder
    In general a player should be benched about two months after fans start asking for him to be benched. The fan base in general is way too quick to cut bait on a player.
  21. Ennder
    Yeah, me too. Especially since my son has a game tonight so I want the game to get over a little faster than normal.
  22. Ennder
    We are now 12-15. Weeks4MVP had 13-15 with 17 HR. Ender was 13-15 with 20 HR Badger is 12-16 with 17 HR Valpo is 12-16 with 11 HR Bucks2281 is 13-15 with 18 HR DougJones is 12-16 with 10 HR Menotti80 is 13-15 with 14 HR thefutureoftherapy is 13-15 with 17 HR (same as weeks4mvp) I think the HR count is 16 I believe? A loss makes Badger the winner. A win means thefutreoftherapy and Weeks4MVP have some sort of tie breaker.
  23. Ennder
    Cubs pitchers pitched above ability last year, they are about where they should be this year if not still slightly better.
  24. Ennder
    List seems very plausible to me.
  25. Ennder
    Only 1 or 2 would if they had to pay his salary though. That deal is just terrible.
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