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1 run with 0 outs and the bases loaded. All three outs pop outs. Did any of the balls even leave the infield?

At least Corey "The Rally Killer" Hart can't hit into a double play now.

As to be expected McClung only lasts 3 1/3 innings. No more starts for McClung from here on out.

Corey the "Rally Killer" Hart hits into another double play. You would think with Hart's speed he wouldn't hit into so many double plays. I wish Melvin would have traded Hart in the off season for some pitching help. Well it looks like it is time now for McClung to be pulled from the game he has pitched his 4 innings which is all you can expect out of McClung.

Doug Davis would be another #5 pitcher. So you replace one number 5 with another #5?

Sigh no more McClung in the rotation ever again. Can we bring Manny Parra back already? At least Manny can get through the first four innings.

More than $1 and less than $1 billion. Sorry had to do it was to good to let that pass.

Don't be worried about what it would take because it is not going to take much. There have been rumors of the Pirates dumping Snell all together right now. If the Pirates could get some value from Snell they would take it right now. Article on Snell. MLB Trade Rumors take on it. If the Pirates have been trying to trade Snell for awhile now I believe the Pirates will take just about anything no matter what team it is or they may just outright release him.

gonna second third fourth and fifth everything that has been said so far. Right now is the perfect time to get into the market. You don't buy high and sell low you buy low and sell high. When the market is at its highest (it could be at its highest right now it just depends on how you view the market right now) is not a good time to start investing. You don't buy a TV when you know there is a sale the next weekend on the TV. Why pay regular price when you can pay reduced?

Hampton, Ortiz have made Ed Wade look pretty darn smart... I can't even follow the article at all. Is there even a point to the article please tell me where it is because I just can not find it. How do sports writers get away with this? This article makes absolutely no sense it is just one long ramble. Seriously Sports Illustrated lets this guy write for them?

Yeah they were so hesitant to trade away Aramis Ramirez within the division. I don't believe the Pirates are really that worried about Snell being traded to the Brewers.

Davis probably won't get you anything. Lopez would be a type-b at best.

1 vs NYM (1-0) 4 @ CHC (3-1) 3 vs STL (2-1) 3 vs LAS (1-2) 4 @ CIN (1-3) 3 @ PIT (3-0) 3 vs ATL (3-0) 4 vs WSH (4-0) (Adam Dunn hits one in the dew deck again) 1 @ SD (1-0) 19-7 I am completely optimistic for this month and basing it on the Brewers getting someone in a trade. Braun - 6 home runs Fielder - 7 home runs Hoffman - 8 saves 23 total in the tiebreaker.

Gamel really hasn't been sitting on the bench. McGehee is a good player but I'm not going to give him the starting 3B job he could very well regress back to his AAA numbers while that is not bad I don't think McGehee will continue doing what he is doing. Plus I would rather have McGehee play RF over Hart than having McGehee playing 3B over Gamel.

Coffey should really come out to the Legion of Dooms entrance song it would fit more perfectly.

First Weeks is a better 2B than Durham was and Durham was traded to be a bench player he wasn't there to replace Weeks. You have to remember Branyan was down with an injury at the time and the bench was rather weak. Gamel is not going to be sent down to AAA anytime soon even with that trade. I would expect McGehee to get more playing time in RF and Hart would be sitting out more games. I wouldn't even be against trading Hart somewhere for some pitching help. Vazquez makes the most sense for that.

Looking at the Yankees right now I think the Yankees can part with Wang right now. I wonder if a Hart + package would land Wang from the Yankees. Nady is out for the season for the Yankees and trading Hart + to the Yankees would net the Brewers a starting pitcher in Wang that the Brewers would have control of for the next 2.5 to 3 years. I could see Hughes going into the starting rotation for the Yankees and I doubt the Yankees would trade Hughes for anything right now. I believe Wang will become available and I believe he is better lots better than how he is pitching right now. The only problem with trading Hart right now is that there is no one to take over in RF for Hart. McGehee if he was 100% healthy and wasn't having problems with his legs I would put him in RF but that may not be a good move with his current health. I believe it would be a Hall/Gerut/Cat platoon out in RF if Hart would be traded for starting pitching.

I really believe in the off season the Brewers are going to get a starting pitcher for Hardy. This is probably Hardy's last year as a Brewer. As for Bedard he looks to be the most logical pitcher that Melvin is going to go after but the Mariners are still in it but they are just hoping that the Angels fall and the Rangers also fall off. I don't see either happening but the Mariners are not going to give up while they still legitimetly have a shot at winning that division. So Bedard may not be available untill after the All Star break or just before the trading deadline. McGehee will have a spot to play next year. I believe Hart and McGehee will be battling it out for the starting spot in RF that is if the Brewers bring back Cameron for another year. I don't really want to see Hart in CF though. I could see a trade where the Brewers send Hardy to the Yankees for Wang. If Wang continues to struggle this year that could be a perfect trade for the Brewers. Wang would be under the Brewers control for the next 2 years I believe it is and at a cheap price. Bush would then fall into the #3 spot and the rotation would be fine with Gallardo, Wang, Bush, Looper/Parra, and Suppan. Or the Brewers could also trade both Hardy and Hart for some pitching help. Either way you look at it Melvin is going to make a move this offseason. There is no way Escobar stays in AAA for another year. I don't see anything wrong with that but I don't see Melvin doing that though. Escobar will be the starting SS barring any injury. Weeks will be back after the first or second month of the season. Hopefully the Brewers make Weeks play in the minors in either A ball or extended spring training before bringing him up. I still believe that Holladay is not available in a trade. I don't believe the Blue Jays will ever trade Holladay and are probably looking to extend him more than they are looking to trade him.

We already have DeRosa on the team and his name is McGehee.

No you didn't. You were talking about the off season acquisitions and starting pitching. There is not much starting pitching available right now for the Brewers to acquire. Now unless DeRosa is now a starting pitcher I don't see how DeRosa fixes what you were talking about in the IGT.

Nice call there http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

Man this team is so frustrating and then they do this. JJ with a lucky hit there.

I wouldn't have done either of those two moves. Plus I doubt the Twins would have taken Fielder it is just not something they would do. The Twins would be interested in Hardy but I don't think you get Slowey or Blackburn for Hardy or at least I don't think the Twins would do that. A more reasonable trade would have been Hart for Jackson or Niemann. Another thing to think about with the recent off season. The Brewers signed Looper and Hoffman now if you wanted two starting pitchers you don't sign Hoffman. Now you are back to where you started but this time the bullpen is the problem and not the starting pitchers.

Hall's momentum was taking him to foul territory even if Hall catches that he would have had to of made a good throw to get Renteria out at 1B.

Garland would have been it for the signing in the off season so you are back to where you were and I believe James is still sidelined with an injury. Plus there isn't much out there in the trade market that is going to upgrade the pitching. At best it will be a #4 or #5 type pitcher you have your Washburns and others like him available and that is about it. So you get another #4 or #5 starter who are not even any better than Suppan or Looper and are probably just a little bit better than McClung but it is not by much. There are no #1 type starters really available in the trade market this year. There are a lot of bats available though and that is looking to be a more of a need than pitching is right now with Hardy, Hart, and Kendall all not hitting very well. I believe Hart is all smoke and mirrors with his hitting and I believe Hardy will turn it around and Kendall will be Kendall. In the off season there really wasn't that many good pitchers available and there still isn't that many pitchers available that are #1's or #2's that are available. The Brewers need a #1 or #2 type pitcher. When Bedard and Peavy went down the Brewers chances of getting a #1 or #2 type pitcher went down the drain. I doubt the Brewers get a #1 or #2 type pitcher this year in a trade unless Bedard gets healthy really quick.