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Even if this is just a sprained wrist, he'll probably go on the DL. Wrist injuries are tough to come back from. Can't rush it either. It will probably bug him even when he decides to come back. I guess we'll find out tomorrow how bad it really is though. Looked painful when I saw the replay.

No, you trade him to start a rebuilding process. Like trwi7 just said, we need to find a player worth building around first. We can worry about complimentary players later. Bogut isn't the player to build around. If we ever want to become a contender, we have to be high in the lottery and hope we strike gold and get a stud. I agree this isn't the best trade, but I wouldn't rule it out either if they are looking to rebuild now. That being said, they'd be better served to try to use Bogut to dump their bad contracts at the same time. They can't rebuild with those contracts either. If Jennings has any trade value around the league, they should look into trading him first in my opinion. Using him to get a high pick if possible would be more beneficial if they aren't looking to completely rebuild.

Reports say it's only a sprain, but more tests to come tomorrow. Nonetheless, he'll miss some time. They face Halladay, Lee, and Oswalt this week too. Not a good time for the Cardinals to lose Pujols. Don't feel bad for them though with all the injuries we've had to deal with.

Yep, one of the dumbest rulings I've ever seen.

I don't know, but we'll find out soon if you're bad luck or not.

Well, 3 terrible at-bats there.

Yeah, Miller is all over the place today. No idea what his strike zone is. It's like he's just guessing out there.

Haha, Youkilis got pissed at that shift. Love it.

I'd rather see Kotsay and Counsell both in there today. Guarantee they wouldn't do any worse than Gomez and Yuni.

It would be funny if Plush and Gomez went back-to-back. EDIT: Nevermind, you have to swing to hit a HR.

This would look a lot better without that stupid error by Yo. That's gonna bug me all game. Cost us 3 runs.

Haha, Plush! Most random thing that could've happened.

In other news, Yuni still sucks.

Someone needs to tell the whole team that.

Fixed.Well, I'd agree with that. I'm not a golf fan. I was just making a point.

Crap. Well, this game is for sure over now. Kiss it goodbye. Yo's dropped ball at first has cost us 3 runs so far.

Yo could've helped himself by having the awareness to make that play at first. Would've saved a run, and so far about 10 pitches.

Would've been nice if Yo didn't drop the ball at first. At least it would only be 3-0 and we'd have 2 outs right now.

The US Open is boring too. McIlroy has an 8 stroke lead. Not very exciting.

I wouldn't say that yet. Brewers have come back a handful of times this year when down 3-4. It's not like Wakefield's a shut down ace type. It sure ain't looking good though, I'll give ya that.Based on the first inning, I'm not optimistic that our offense will even put one run on the board. Much less 4. And the way Yo is pitching, it's gonna take a lot more than 4 runs.

Well...that's game.

Of course Yo drops the ball at first.

I don't have a problem with Yuni playing as much as I do Gomez. Yuni is a career .316 hitter against Wakefield. I guess Gomez is playing because he's 2-5 against him. Ugh. There's no way both should be in the lineup. The biggest problem I have is Morgan not hitting 2nd. If these are the players that have to play I'd go with Weeks Morgan Braun Fielder McGehee Hart Betancourt Lucroy Gomez as the lineup. But if I was making the decisions I'd have the same lineup as Game 1 out there. Makes the most sense to me.

The answer is getting high lotto picks. The only way to do that is to lose games. This team won't get anywhere by continuously being a team with a ceiling of the 5th or 6th seed, and a floor of about the 10th pick like we have now. It doesn't always take three great players. It may take one superstar and a bunch of very good players, but we don't have that either. Look at some of the great teams in recent memory. The Lakers with Kobe, Gasol, Odom, Bynum, etc. The Spurs with Duncan, Ginobli, Parker or also with Robinson. Celtics with Pierce, Allen, and Garnett. Heat with Wade and Shaq. Pistons with Billups, Hamilton, Wallace, Prince, etc. The Bulls with Jordan, Pippen, and whoever else. The Rockets with Olajuwon, Drexler, and a bunch of other good role players. You need at least 2 great players to win anything, and with only 2 you need lots of good role players. 3 great players will win you multiple titles. The Bucks have nothing even resembling any of those teams or players. Bogut is one good player. We don't have the assets to acquire other good players either. The best way is to build through the draft. And a bunch of picks between 10-16 likely won't amount to much. You need at least a few top 3 or 5 picks, and maybe even just one if you hit on it and draft a Kobe or Lebron type. Either way, the Bucks won't be able to build that type of team around Bogut unless they tank, which Kohl and Hammond aren't willing to do. No top free agents will sign here, we can't trade for any great players, and we likely won't be able to draft great players either. Trading Bogut is Step 1 to becoming a great team. I'd love to be able to get guys around him, but it just won't realistically happen.

That isn't the point. Trading Bogut is the sign of a rebuild. We aren't trying to win in 11-12 if we do that. We want to lose and get a high lotto pick. The point is that the Bucks will never win anything with Bogut being the best player on the team. The only possible way to improve enough to get anywhere is a rebuild. How many teams in this league have won anything with a good center and nothing else? Not many. The Bucks need at least two other very good players on the roster with Bogut to get anywhere. That isn't going to happen. There's no way with the current assets they have to do that. The only way to improve is to trade Bogut, rebuild with whoever we get with the #2 pick or whatever else we trade him for and lotto picks in future years, and go from there. The point is that this team will never win anything with Bogut as the cornerstone. Bogut is a great player no doubt, but he's not a star and not a franchise player. If we want to try to tank with Bogut on the roster, then sure that might work, but that doesn't seem to be even close to the goal even though it should be. I can't say I would approve of the current deal being discussed, but I do approve of the idea of trading Bogut.