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  1. kramnoj
    Is there a question that Pena might not stick with the Brewers? I thought the questions were if the Brewers could find a minor trade for Pena, or if Pena would choose to sign a minor league deal with the Brewers once he is a FA.
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    I think that Melvin has to think in worst case scenarios. RP is probably the deepest part of the roster right now for the Brewers 40-man. The talent there isn't amazing, but there's lots of it there, and Pena was apparently low on the depth chart for Brewers management. If Cameron goes down for a month, Melvin needs to have an option, and Gwynn right now is the best option they have. Melvin even has to plan for having two OF going down. He needs to have Gwynn as one option and then has the option of Nelson, or Irribarren. In terms of just talent, there's no question Pena is better than Gwynn. But Melvin doesn't have the luxury of thinking that way.
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    He was pitching in a hitters league... Yes. That's true. Did you look at more than last year? Like when he gave up 23 HR in 17 games a couple years ago in AA? Yes, it was a hitter's league, but that's still a little high. The point that was made in the scouting report is that he doesn't make hitters miss. Giving up that many HR is one of the consequences of that.
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    Green's 666 IP weren't a fit for the Angels. Those homers allowed are a little scary, but he certainly does have good control. Seems like a decent move for catastrophic insurance for SP depth.
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    I'm curious to hear how you all think the Brewers will order the rotation to start the season if there are no injures. I'm thinking it will be Yo, Bush, Suppan, Parra and Looper. This is not an indication of who is a better, just how I think they will start the season. The D-List briefly touched on this, this morning. It's probably something that deserves its own thread at some point, I don't know when that historically happens here. My guess is that Bush gets game two and Parra gets game three. The big question is who do you have pitch the season opener vs the home opener. Do you let Suppan start the season and have Yo get the home opener? Or do you just ignore the home opener hooplah and set the rotation in order of talent?
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    With this signing we now have 7 pitchers that are/have experience as major league SP (I'm including CV here as an option, some people don't). There is the chance that Cap could be available mid-season. I think Wright, DeFelice and others in AAA are decent enough for being 8th and lower in the depth chart. The one thing this does that I'm not really fond of is limit flexibility in the bullpen. I think SP depth is more important, but I'm just noting the one downside I see. As I understand it, the pitchers that will be in our bullpen are pitchers that are out of options. I think it also limits us to one lefty in the pen. I'm slightly concerned that we will see a possible repeat of last year, where we have relievers that are struggling and can't send them down, leading to someone being called up and resulting in a short bench. I think my ideal bullpen would be to have 4-5 solid guys and fill out the rest with young pitchers that have options that can be shuttled if neccessary. But I just posted earlier that it is best to judge based on what is available, not what is ideal, so I think where the team is is fine.
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    How far have we come from a few years ago when Jason Giambi apologized for whatever it was he did that he wouldn't specifically say, while everyone knew what he was apologizing for and now, Mr. Perception, A-Rod ADMITS taking steroids? I don't think it shows that anything has changed. I think it is more to do with the time frame involved and federal laws. Alex is admitting to things that took place 6 years ago. I believe that the statute of limitations for this is 5 years. That is why McGwire wouldn't talk about anything when he was in front of Congress. There is a report that he went to the comittee and would have talked more if he had been given immunity, but they wouldn't do that for him.
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    I don't think it's reasonable to be unhappy with Melvin for not making a move that may not have been available. I'm sure he would have loved to have acquired a 1/2 pitcher, but he probably couldn't have acquired one without overpaying. I think Melvin played this offseason as well as could be expected, given what was available and the resources that he had. Melvin has built a team that should be in the running for a WC team. It won't be guaranteed to do so, and a couple of injuries could easily sink the season. But I think the Brewers are right around 85 wins or so, and that should be enough to keep them in the WC race.
  9. kramnoj
    So, if I'm reading his post correctly, he's basing his belief that we're signing Looper on the above, and because Looper's wife wouldn't deny the report when she was reached for comment? Guh... He seems to have previously heard that Lopper and the Brewers were in negotiations. He has small pieces of evidence/rumor that it will happen today. I think he's using the smaller pieces to move him percentage points in confidence, not as the base of the story.
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    chansen, you think they will have a 13 man pitching staff to start the season, which leaves them with a 4 man bench? I think your 4 man competition for 1 position is all in the minors, but I don't have all the players and their options memorized. Otherwise, I think you have their staff down. Leaves them a bench of Counsell, 3B platoon, Rivera, 4th OF, Nelson or 5th OF.
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    I don't think it's an about face. There wasn't money to make a big move. Signing Looper isn't a big move. PR-wise, there was no benefit for the Brewers to say they were looking to add a player, because that put's them in a position of need and weakens their position. As it stands, once the Dodgers were removed as an option for Looper to go to, he didn't have many likely destinations. That was the perfect time for Melvin to call Lopper's agent and see if they had dropped their demand for a 2nd guaranteed year. I'm guessing it's a deal for $5M or so with another $1M+ in incentives and a team option for a 2nd year. It will be a decent depth move, which the Brewers really needed, and the bullpen got stronger with McClung in it.
  12. kramnoj
    According to Cot's Braun could earn an additional $6M if he would qualify as a Super-2. Super 2 makes sense, because otherwise teams could get almost 7 years of service time from a player, and get close to 4 years of service at the minimum rate.
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    Some reporters are not allowed to vote on awards, because it influences what they cover (The NY Times, IIRC, maybe others). I believe other reporters have written or said they are uncomfortable with the idea, especially as the bonuses get larger.
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    The point made was that the poster wished Fielder was the player that Howard is. At this point, that's an inferior player making more money.
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    Reportedly, the Astros actually offered that deal to him, and took it back before/around Thanksgiving. Wolf should have snatched that deal up, but of course he and his agent thought they could do better. Huge mistake.
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    I hope that one day Prince can be the player that Howard is. Fielder has been a etter hitter than Howard the last two years.
  17. kramnoj
    At this point, we actually don't know what the current status is of Sheets arm. The whole "might" word doesn't really tell us anything.
  18. kramnoj
    I'm not sure your scenario holds, JB. If Sheets was actually injured, and it was shown that it occurred while pitching for the Brewers, I doubt that the Brewers could have cut him and not paid him. Can you find any other scenario where this holds true? The one that sticks out it my mind is when Ron Gant got hurt while on a motorcycle. The Braves cut him, but they weren't on the hook except for the 30 days because he wasn't injured while performing for the Braves. Of course, this was like a decade ago, so who knows how many details I got wrong.
  19. kramnoj
    I thought there was a difference between pre-free agency arbitration contracts and arbitration contracts for players who filed for free agency. There is a difference in regards to not being able to reduce a salary by more than 20%. I'm not aware of any difference regarding the guarantee of the contract, but I won't claim to be an expert.
  20. kramnoj
    FA accepting arbitration don't get guaranteed money. Are you 100% sure about this? I know that teams can cut a player and not pay the whole salary, but I am pretty sure that a team that offers arbitration and then releases the player owes a certain amount (1/3 or 1/6 of the salary, something like that). If there was absolutely no risk regarding arbitration, why would any team not offer it?
  21. kramnoj
    The piece that is news to me is that the Rangers and Sheets had agreed to a 2-year deal. We knew they were in talks, but recent reports were that the talks were dead.
  22. kramnoj
    So, if both these are true, what team(s) would be left for Sheets? That's a good question. The Dodgers would have money if they didn't sign Manny. The Nationals seem to have money to spend. Neither one have been linked to Sheets that I know of, but I suppose they might be possibilities.
  23. kramnoj
    Paul "For the second time now, all I said was that I cant believe that some people would be willing to put him in the rotation right now and that I would personally put Capuano in the rotation right now before I put Wright in there because Capuano has had success in the majors." Paul "AAA matters absolutely nothing." You did say more than what you believe you said. Chase doesn't have great K numbers, but he has had success in the minors, and numbers in the minors are generally predictive of numbers in the majors. Catcher is probably the deepest position for the Brewers in the minors, and they gave up some depth for a position of need. Fryer's upside might be higher than Chase's upside, but Chase is likely to provide more value for this Brewers team than Fryer would. Seems like a solid move to me.
  24. kramnoj
    Per Cots: "Additionally, a player with 5 years of Major League service may not be sent to the minor leagues on an optional assignment without his consent."
  25. kramnoj
    The Phillies had a much better offensive team going into 2008 than the Brewers do now and it's front end pitchers that make the difference. The statement was that the rotation isn't strong enough to compete for the playoffs. My point is that there isn't such a thing as a playoff rotation. You can make the case that the Brewers as a team aren't strong enough right now to compete, and that the rotation is an area that could be upgraded. But it would be incorrect to just shorthand it and say that this isn't a playoff rotation. As far as the front end pitchers making the difference, I'm not sure that's true in the regular season. They obviously can have a huge impact in the playoffs, but the number one starter might not signnificantly more starts than the number four starter for the Brewers this year. As for the Brewers offense, I think most projections would have the Brewers scoring more runs than last year, based on improvement from quite a few of the Brewers hitters.
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