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Nice to see Fiers bumped up. And Taylor Green got June player of the month. Anyone heard the pitcher of the month?

Without "scouting" either one in person, Morris kind of reminds me of Laporta without as much power.

Now that was a very quick cup of coffee. Make that espresso.

Just going to assume he was promoted to Milwaukee.Then he would absolutely need a cool nickname. Especially since "the Kid" is already taken...

If Prince gets hurt and Gamel would get significant playing time, that would be a different story. I would only expect it if Gamel were: 1) First PH off the bench 95% of the time. 2) Backup for LF/RF/1B - still not may starts, but some. (And I'm not saying he CAN play LF/RF, I really don't know. Only if the Brewers are comfortable with him there). No, that isn't a lot of playing time, but he really, really has nothing left to prove at AAA (again, assuming they have seen enough defensively at 1B). There is room for Green and Gamel on this team right now.

Yes, but that won't happen in this transaction. No way do they use Counsell/Wilson/Gamel as their 3B going forward. If Gamel does get sent back to AAA following the interleague, I'd imagine that Green is called up to start the process of replacing McGehee...

The question for me would be "has Gamel become 'seasoned' enough to do well in a limited playing time scenario?" It sure didn't seem to help him any when Macha let him rot on the bench. Two part answer: 1) This was "analyzed to death", but he hardly was rotting on the bench. Playing part time, yes. Rotting, hardly. 2) He put up an OPS of 760 back in 2009. Assuming he hasn't matured/improved in 2 years (which is a bad assumption IMO), I'll take a 760 OPS off the bench and ask for another.

Being healthy is definitely the key and coming in at the vet minimum, but he surely was a veteran leader while he was here. The team seemed to really respond to him. Over Kotsay, sure, why not.

Roenicke is saying it will be a really tough decision My first thought when reading this part was YB... But, as I posted in the Mat Gamel first impressions thread, I was wondering if he has shown enough ability defensively at 1B to avoid being sent down for further development time and take Kotsay's place as lefty PH/backup OF/backup 1B. His bat is surely ready.

It had crossed my mind that if Gamel had shown "enough" development at 1B defensively, that they could drop Kotsay and have Gamel fill that role. Then JSOnline came up with the same idea: Or they could decide to part ways with Kotsay, who has had trouble adjusting to scant playing time (.231, 0 HRs, 9 RBI, no hits in his last 17 at-bats). The Brewers could consider Gamel a younger replacement for Kotsay with more pop, able to back up Prince Fielder at first and play a corner outfield spot if needed. Gamel played some outfield at Nashville last season before being moved to first base this year.

Long posts are best drafted in a word doc. Yeah, coulda-woulda-shoulda. Hopefully I learned my lesson now. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif Fiers and Maldonado made me look good for picking them last night. Fiers went 6IP with 1H, 0R and 9Ks last night, so he is now at 2.20 ERA, 33K, 3BB and .179 BAA in 28.2 IP (But he tripled his walks, so...) Maldonado went 3-5 with a HR and 2 RBI, which puts him at: 443/500/557/1057 Wow, both need to be at AAA...

Nice to see someone has been reading my June POM awards! http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

a woman in section 126 rocking a Toby's Power 50 t-shirt I'm feeling old, since my first thought when reading this was: Is she rocking just a shirt or will there be a baby in it also? Then I realized you meant another meaning of "rocking". http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

Oh, thank goodness it posted. I typed it all up and hit post and got a timeout error. Then I couldn't connect to bf.net forums at all, so I though it was lost for good...

Ok, its a little early this month, but I'm going on vacation. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif DSL: Pitcher: Gian Rizzo: 20 IP, 1.80 ERA, 9.9K/9 and 2.3BB/9. I know very little about the DSL, so mainly picking out stats that look good... Batter: Orlando Arcia: Um... DUH! A 16 year old putting up 329/438/506/944 at SS. Though, Yonki Hernandez, a 20 year-old CF did well also. Arizona: Pitcher: Michael Schaub: Pretty limited on innings here, but 12Ks and 3 BB in 9IP, 2.00 ERA and WHIP of 0.889. Manual Ruiz looked "interesting," too: 8K and 7BB in 21 BF (3.2 IP). Batter: Ruben Ozuna: A couple guys have slightly better stats, but are 3-4 years older and have less at-bats than the 19 year-old CF putting up 375/412/688/1099 in 35 PAs. Helena: Pitcher: Alex Jones: Again, very limited innings, but 10K, 0BB in 7.1IP and no runs allowed. At 24, probably won't stay there long. Batter: Yadiel Rivera: Again, three 21+ catchers have better numbers in less ABs, but how about 300/300/575/875 for the 19 year-old SS? I won't gripe about the lack of walks, since its 40 ABs, but... Wisconsin: Pitcher: Tyler Thornburg: Since Ross and Thornburg were promoted, MILB.com, doesn't show their June splits in Wisconsin, but Thornburg has been tearing it up all year. 3rd best ERA in the minor leagues. Batter: TJ Mittelstaedt: Mr. Everywhere defensively (including pitching) hit a very sweet 358/463/597/1060 in June. That sure snuck up on me... Brevard: Pitcher: Santo Manzanillo: Nearly untouchable, 1ER, 11K, 3BB in 13IP. Hiram Burgos looked good too. Batter: Brock Kjeldgaard: 2 months in a row! Khris Davis (356/466/548/1014) was lights out also, but BK topped 700 slugging for June and barely edges KD out for the second straight month (306/407/722/1129). Nice to see Gennett and Kentrail Davis bounce back from a poor month of May. Huntsville: Pitcher: Michael Fiers: I had the same problem comparing Dan Meadows splits after his promotion (obviously had a nice June). But I would appreciate if the Brewers just let Fiers pitch as a starter until he fails at some level, then let him go to the pen. Back to starting in June: 2.78 ERA, and 24k/1BB in 22.2 IP. Yes, that was 1 BB. Batter: Martin Maldonado: Definitely needs work on consistency, but he showed that he has hitting ability. And coupled with his defense make him a very interesting catcher to follow. Probably should be at AAA. 429/492/500/992 for June. Nashville: Pitcher: Mark Andrew DiFelice: Close race for all the wrong reasons. Rivas and De La Cruz pitched well, but cruddy peripherals. DeFelice edges out Sean Green, since he made the majors again. 3 ER, 13K, and 2BB in 13 IP in June. Batter: G&G boys: I couldn't pick between Mat the Batt at 347/383/703/1086 and Taylor Green at 404/427/708/1135 in June. Wow! Throw in Gindl and George (Kotteras) and G's were wild in Nashville this month! Overall: Pitcher: Tyler Thornburg - finally got that promotion he richly deserved and kept on pounding it. Sadly, he didn't have much competition... Batter: Gamel or Green... Green or Gamel... Tied for AAA batter, but too much of a cop-out to do that here. I'll pick Mat Gamel by a nose, based on his promotion to the bigs (granted, I'd love to see both up there...).

How likely would it be to bring Arcia up to rookie ball next year as a 17 year old?

Anyone know if the player(s) BK tied with 18 homers played a full season or partial season? Also, I wonder if Khris Davis will remain at Brevard long enough this season to break the record. I hope not. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

If they just want a name-drop for the article, they would be better interviewing Sessile Fielder instead of Cecil Fielder... http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

Thanks Sessile. So he throws on guy out at home one time, but the other is a lollipop throw that doesn't make the cutoff man. I don't know of any one that thought he had a cannon for an arm, but more in the sufficient range. So one would think that an odd throw that can't make the cutoff man might be more of the ball slipping out of his hand. But who knows, we can't see the actual play...

I'm fully convinced that RockCoCougars has some pull with DM. And he didn't want Chris Dickerson to jack one off of Mitre in this series with the Yanks. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

Komatsu's rag arm Could someone please post what the link states? Behind a firewall and Twitter is blocked. But I'm quite curious as to what and why. Thanks.

Is there any chance that Patrick Arlis looks like Bill Murray? To make this transaction easier, maybe we should take a page from the fast food restaurants: Combo #1: Patrick Arlis was activated from the disabled list Combo #2: Patrick Arlis was placed on the disabled list Combo #3: Patrick Arlis was transferred to Helena Combo #4: Patrick Arlis was transferred from Helena

Long time readers may remember how bitter I was about that trade. That could be just about any of DM's trades... http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

Greinke want big boom I don't know... he watched it a little too long...

(Raising hand) Yeah, I was completely confused...