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  1. mkm13
    I will be the 1st to say Yuni is not good defensively and equally bad on offense. I hope he does not have to be our SS for a very long time. Saying that, I think some people here are exaggerating how bad he is. To say he only gets to balls where he doesn't have to move or that are hit "right at him" is an exaggeration. He may not have good range, but come on. There is no need to exaggerate to try to prove a point. To say he has not gotten to balls where he has had to go right or left is being unreasonable. Also, any defensive statistics so far this year are for the most part meaningless, whether it shows something good or bad. Yuni is not going to be much worse this year than we had at SS last year (If at all - but for this argument since people are so sensitive about how bad he is - I will not argue it). If we still had Escobar and he was posting his currently horrid 0.497 OPS this year, I guarantee we wouldn't have a 14 page thread talking about how he is the worst player in baseball. For a regular major leaguer, Yuni is bad...but it something we have to deal with. He was part of a trade that helped us get potentially one of the top 5 pitchers in baseball...be thankful for that. Every team has a couple bad players. It is not like good or even solid SS's are just sitting there ready to be picked up. Our farm system is already depleted, not like there is much available there to trade for a decent on either.
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    I would be willing to bet that the reason JJ was sent down is because he was unwilling to switch positions. I bet the brewers told JJ that Escobar will be brought up and asked JJ to move. JJ said no so they sent him down. I could see JJ changing his way of thinking pretty quick after being down in AAA for awhile. That is the only way this move makes any sort of sense. If what I said is not the case, then this is an absolutely terrible idea.
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    I wouldn't mind trading Prince assuming the price is right (either now or the offseason). IMO his value will never be higher and 1st base is the easiest position to fill.
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    Since June 1st Counsell has a .244 BA and an OBP of .325. He has come back down to reality awhile ago.
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    Where did I say any of the prospects we traded would have helped this year? But they could have been traded for someone who could have. Again, I feel like you are not getting what I am saying. I have no problems with them being traded. I have a problem with getting rid of prospects/good value for a rental. We now no longer have any of them and we no longer have the rental. We now have 2 compensation picks who have a significantly lower chance of helping out as much as the prospects we got rid of and certainly have lower value at this point. I am all about trying to maintain success...rentals won't get you that.
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    Yes, Braun referred to the Cubs series but I think it is pretty obvious he wouldn't have said anything if they had a top 5 ERA in the NL going into the series. It is obviously a build up from a half season of poor pitching performances. Plus, Braun is not in charge of making the moves so if he is talking about a small sample I am not that concerned about it because he isn't trading for players anyways. The fact Melvin used such a small sample to try to prove Braun wrong is concerning to me because it shows no understanding of the game of baseball..especially to say Braun "made a fundamental mistake". No Doug, you just did. Sometimes it is better to keep your mouth shut and have people think you are not smart than to open it and remove all doubt. Melvin has lived off of Jack Zs success. Just look at the roster and the players he actually has brought in. If it were not for Jack Z, Melvin would have been gone long ago.
  7. mkm13
    Well I think Doug Melvin made a very fundamental mistake. Talk about pulling out a small sample to try to prove a point. It concerns me he would say something like this and worry about such a small sample. Even the best offenses in the history of baseball have games where they do not score much...what is that saying? That is baseball. The fact is the Brewers have scored the 4th most runs in the NL this year (most of the runs produced by players he didn't bring in - he can thank Jack Z.). The other fact is the pitchers have the 4th worst ERA in the NL on the year. So I (along with Braun) will look at a big sample while Doug can focus on a 1 or 2 game sample if it makes him feel better. Also, Doug criticized Braun for what Braun said and then he goes and does the same thing he said Braun shouldn't do? Doug, I would be careful if I were you. If I were you I would direct attention from you as much as you can before people realize most of the guys having success on this team are guys that were drafted and not moves you had much control over.
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    It is to early to count them as any sort of minor league depth...they have either not started playing yet or just started. The prospects we gave up had a much better chance of making the majors than 2 compensation picks.
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    I said this many times last year and early this year, but it does not matter that we did not trade away pitching prospects. The issue is we gave away prospects (trading chips) that we no longer have. Those "trading chips" could have been used to get a young pitcher...instead of a rent-a-player. We are at a point with position players where we really can't afford to trade away prospects without creating a hole somewhere. That is why it was nice to have Laporta, because we could use him to trade for a position we could have used long term...but we no longer have that luxery.
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    Why does this have to be "our window"? Braun is locked up long term for a good price. Yovanni is young. We have a lot of good young prospects in the minors. I guess I don't see why so many people think we are 1 pitcher away from being a playoff team. Our only good pitcher didn't hardly pitch last year and can't be expected to continue to throw this many innings all year. If we do trade for a pitcher, it better for a young pitcher and not a rent-a-player. Right now I would be looking harder at trading Prince than I would be at adding a rent-a-player. I would think Prince could bring good value in return. JJ might be able to as well.
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    I have no problem with the comments but not sure if would be the correct move. IMO we are more than 1 starting pitcher away from being a playoff caliber team this year. If we make a move this year, I hope it is trading Prince or JJ (assuming they bring good value back) for a top young pitcher or 2. I hope we do not do another rent-a-player.
  12. mkm13
    How do we know JJ would be higher above average at 3rd? Also, there are so many defenisve shifts and other factors defensively that I just do not have a lot of confidence in them to be as accurate as some people are saying (for example you said 8 runs better than average - how in the world can you be this accurate with all of the variables at play?). Maybe someone can prove me otherwise, but how do these defensive numbers account for all of the defensive shifts (I believe the brewers used shifts more than other teams last year). For outfielders, how do these numbers account for playing next to a stud center fielder who covers tons of ground (Braun playing next to Cameron). How do the defensive numbers account for different pitchers for each team?
  13. mkm13
    I agree salary should be taken into account. Also, just to clarify my stance I believe JJ was probably the 2nd best player last year behind Braun. I feel Braun is better defenisvely than some of the numbers indicate. IMO playing next to a stud center fielder defensively will result in you getting a few less balls that other left fielders would get (some balls hit int he gap).
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    I really wasn't meaning that you said it I was just trying to explain why people were having a problem with what endaround initially said. I appreciate that endaround is a big stats guy, but he sometimes loses track of what the stat really means (or atleast it appears that way based on how he says things). The fact is, JJ Hardy was likely not the the BEST player on the team last year (at least not by far), but he was the most valuable relative to the position he played last year. I am actually a huge JJ fan and if we do get rid of him I hope it is for a significant amount. I think he is very valuable. I would also much rather get rid of Fielder (I do not think he is nearly as valuable as most people despite his great offense). I just didn't like the way endaround worded his comments, because they didn't really represent what those statistics are showing.
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    TheCrew/endaround, I am sure the issue he has with it is how you worded it. I believe endaround said something like "JJ Hardy was the best player on the team last year, and it wasn't even close". I do not agree with that either. It should be, "Relative to his position, JJ Hardy was the most valuable player on the team last year". I am a big stats guy so I love the fact you are using them, but you have to make sure you know they they mean. This isn't the 1st time I told you that either. For example, lets say next year JJ Hardy performs at the same level as he did in 2008 (offensively), but he got moved to 3rd base to make room for Escobar. His "win values" would be lower but would that make him a worse player? No. He wouldn't be as valuable, but he shouldn't be considered worse. Lets say next year Cameron is gone and Braun moves to center (Braun has the speed and arm to possibly play center so it is not out of the question that he could). He would then likely have more win values (assuming wasn't terrible in center). Would that make Braun a "better player"? No. But it would just make him more valuable because he is playing at a more difficult defenisve position.
  16. mkm13
    Not many people are Prince or Braun. I am not sure that is saying much. However, if he is able to stick at 3rd, he will be playing a more important defensive position than either of them. Either way, the sample size combined with his sporatic playing time make it impossible at this point to say just how good he will be. It is very difficult for a young player to get spot playing time and keep his timing down and remain successful. If I remember right when Prince was brought up at 1st he was used in a DH role and he was not very successful with it. Again, Gamel in this role is not going to help the team much. Give the kid consistent playing time wherever he is playing. He is a streaky hitter, let him get his timeing down and see what happens. I don't care if it is in AAA or the majors.
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    Average or above average compared to what? The 5 guys you listed are not all average or above average 2nd basemen at the major league level.
  18. mkm13
    Some of Macha's moves lately show me he puts way more emphesis on winning right now than being concerned about the future. Maybe that is because he is older and doesn't plan on being around for awhile. Gallardo shouldn't be throwing this much a season after 50 innings and Gamel's service time shouldn't be being wasted as a part time player (I am not saying Gamel is better than the other options really just that he needs to play either in the MLB or AAA, I don't care which at this point).
  19. mkm13
    Gamel needs consistent PT. He has proven to be a very streaky hitter. Streaky hitters need consistent PT to keep their timing down. He is not successful in the role that Macha is trying to make him play so send him down and bring someone else up where you are not wasting his service time. Heether can't be any worse than Gamel for the way Macha is trying to use him.
  20. mkm13
    Is Heether poor defensively or what?
  21. mkm13
    I know you can't "prove" what you are talking about. I was mainly trying to direct this post to those who have followed closely for awhile. I have been following pretty close the last 2 years and that is not enough time to be able to compare to the minors 5+ years ago. A high amount of prospects flame out the higher you go in the minors so I would assume the Dystrka type players are more easily not remembered as being good prospects if they flame out early (not saying he will just that there is a good chance). Again, I certainly hope we are as loaded as some suggest, I was just wondering from those that have followed it for awhile if we are truely that loaded or of some over value the unknown and someone forget about the prospects from past years who never worked out.
  22. mkm13
    Well I understand they have had good luck bringing up quality position players the last 5 years. But again, when people say this is the best depth they have ever seen in the system, how are they determining that? Are the prospects now truely higher prospects and performing better? For all I know, most of these guys could turn out to be Brad Nelson/JM Gold types. I am not an expert at all when talking about prospects that is why I am asking. For all I know, our pitching prospects could all be throwing 95+ and are striking out more than a batter an inning and in past years that was never the case.
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    I asked because I am trying to compare the minors now to years past. Listing guys that were high draft picks does not tell me much when I am trying to compare now to 10 years ago because outside of compensation picks, we have 1 pick each round every year. So roughly speaking, there will always be an equal amount of 1st, 2nd, etc round picks in the system. I know in general when it comes to recruiting in college, or valuing any players a lot of people like to overvalue youth or the unknown, which is basically why I was asking this question. It would be great if our prospects are truely more talented and performing at a higher level than before. I haven't been around long enough to know. Thanks for the information.
  24. mkm13
    Right, but a lot of the guys you have listed you are following simply because of where they were drafted and not because of what they have shown. For example, Dystrka hasn't shown much of anything yet. For the most part, each year we have a draft pick per round. So if you made a same list 10 years ago you would still have a lot of guys listed in the lower levels similar to what you have now. Are our prospects at the lower levels truely performing at a higher level and showing more than in years past or are you following them because of hype around them/where they were drafted?
  25. mkm13
    Right, but I just think a lot of people don't remember a lot of the talented prospects from years past that didn't turn out. I certainly do hope what people say is true because we definitly need a wave of good pitching prospects to come through soon...it is tough to be successful for an organization with our payroll to consistently be competitive when we have to pay a quite a bit for 4/5 pitchers like Suppan and Looper. I would rather have the 4/5 pitchers be young players who don't get paid much so we can spend money elsewhere. Thanks for the information.
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