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  1. Funketown
    *Cue the Gold Glove Selection flowchart*
  2. Funketown
    Worst memory of David Weathers: Trading for David Weathers. Best memory of David Weathers: Declining David Weathers' option.
  3. Funketown
    Wow, just saw this pop up on MLBTR and I thought there must have been another Carlos Gomez that I had forgotten about. Even if he's the best defender in the history of baseball, it's hard to justify putting that bat in the lineup. It almost has to just be that the Brewers didn't get any bites on Hardy and essentially just dumped his salary, unless I'm missing something. Are there any prospects coming the Brewers' way, or is this really a one-for-one deal?
  4. Funketown
    Actually quite a bit of love for Bourgeois on the JS blog...I mean, it's nice to have him around as a deep depth guy in Nashville, but I seriously doubt this will have a significant impact on the major league club.
  5. Funketown
    This would probably be a good deal for both sides somewhere around $5MM. Gotta figure Hoffman is worth around that on the field and brings in a few extra fans throughout the season. Losing the draft pick is a bit annoying (last I checked he was a type B, right?), but it will still be nice to see him back.
  6. Funketown
    That's right, I forgot Axford was even up with the club...
  7. Funketown
    It's always been a farfetched dream of mine to see American professional sports operate the same way that the aforementioned soccer leagues and European hockey leagues operate. Something like 20 teams at each level, 4 levels, with the top four teams at each level moving up each year and the bottom four moving down a level. The idea of mid to small size towns getting to experience major professional sports, if even only once in a blue moon, would be really cool to see. For example, in 1997, the Leksand Stars won the SEL (Swedish Elite League) hockey championship (Leksand, SWE, population around 15,000). Places like Nashville, Portland, Las Vegas, Albequerque, would likely see their teams play about 20-30% of their seasons in the top league, and places like Madison, Des Moines, and Pittsburgh might even once every few decades see their clubs move to the highest level. If nothing else, it would make the Brewers season more interesting right now, as they would be trying to avoid demotion, and I would find myself watching just about every Cubs game down the stretch if they were in the bottom four. I know that this probably isn't feasible as a business, but that would be a lot of fun.
  8. Funketown
    Parra gone, this could be fun. Hopefully we'll get to see Axford get some tosses in tonight.
  9. Funketown
    As meaningless as it is, it would be nice to see Prince trump The Chosen One in RBI's this year.
  10. Funketown
    Yeah, but there also seem to be more Johnny Estradas in the major leagues, so Escobar's got that working for him. That would be interesting to see how long it took the ball to get the the defenders in the minors compared to the MLB though.
  11. Funketown
    Using THT's xBABIP calculator, you get .309 for Gerut. Do I think that xBABIP is a perfect predictor of future BABIP? Of course not, but taken with his .280 career BABIP, I find there to be little reason to expect Gerut to continue to post such a low BABIP. Bumping it up to a pretty conservative .270 (you have to figure he'll post a higher BABIP than Kendall), his line changes to .271/.325/.398/.723, which really isn't that far from being respectable, and actually isn't that far off his career averages. Like I said, he is probably slightly below average (-5 to -10 runs/season) at the plate, and those numbers would back that up.
  12. Funketown
    Gerut's season has been largely deflated by his .228 BABIP, despite his 18.7 LD%. I think it's pretty reasonable to think Gerut holds an average or slightly below average bat, and a solid glove. Patterson might not be as terrible as many think he is, but I don't think he can come anywhere near the level of an average player.
  13. Funketown
    Cameron has not seemed to show any signs of slowing down over the past couple years. If they were to sign him to a 2 year, $15-18MM deal, I'd be happy.
  14. Funketown
    I think the Cardinals fans are saying Looooooop for that intentional walk
  15. Funketown
    In retrospect, this move probably was made with the intentions of getting an extra year of service. That said, even if upper management didn't handle this well (not saying they didn't), I don't think Hardy is being robbed of his right to free agency, as he seems to believe. Whether it was simply due to bad luck or not, Hardy's stat line was pretty miserable this year, and his offensive production did not really warrant him being an everyday major league player. Now, we can talk all we want about defense (I, for one, still saw Hardy as a valuable player even hitting like he had), but in the end, defensive metrics are defensive metrics, and very few people seem to have a great understanding of their significance. I seriously doubt the fanbase (with the exception of the 12 year old girls) will sympathize with poor J.J. Hardy, who was demoted for poor performance at the office. I hope I'm right in this. (And yes, the pouty face Nashville Sounds picture has influenced my views on this subject)
  16. Funketown
    I am enjoying watching the Chicago Cubs and their fans. I'm really not sure which is more of a spectacle.
  17. Funketown
    RockCoCougars, I just don't understand the ideology that the Brewers should have sold high on Parra. He was a good young pitcher with five seasons of club control left. Perhaps a trade would be logical if they needed young hitting, but how could Melvin have possibly upgraded his pitching by dealing Parra? Not only that, Parra did not look to be overvalued. All of his peripherals backed up his results, and his .337 BABIP and 13.5% HR/FB were heavily inflated. I won't argue that Parra hasn't been a disappointment this year, but his numbers are definitely inflated by a .368 BABIP. He hasn't been great, but he has been the Crew's 2nd best starter this year. His FIP, xFIP, and tRA for this season are 5.03, 4.76, and 5.53, respectively. In 2008, he was most definitely at least a solid #3, and this year he has been much better than his ERA would suggest.
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    I think Melvin has done a terrible job evaluating pitching talent in recent years (see: Suppan, Jeff; Weathers, David; Riske, David), but I can't disagree with him here. Sure, I'd love to see a John Lackey type in the rotation next year, but the market will price him very high given this weak free agent class. The problem is that there are undervalued pitchers in the trade market, but I'm not confident that Melvin will be able to find them. Getting a guy who put up a 3-4 ERA last year might not be possible, but I'm sure there are guys out there who should put up an ERA in that ballpark next year. Someone like a Ricky Nolasco would be a welcome addition, but I just don't see it happening. A rotation of Gallardo, Nolasco, Parra, Bush, and Suppan would probably be good enough to give this team a 15-20% shot at the playoffs next year, which I would be happy with. I just don't see Melvin finding a decent pitcher without overpaying.
  19. Funketown
    Oh, I have a feeling Dayton Moore just won't be able to resist signing another mediocre type A. I mean seriously, Juan Cruz?
  20. Funketown
    I wouldn't mind taking a flyer on him, although I guess he might not be inclined to sign with Milwaukee if a few teams in contention still have interest.
  21. Funketown
    I've become a huge Lopez fan ever since they've fallen out of playoff contention. Each double puts the crew closer to Type A compensation. I doubt he'd turn down arbitration at this point. That would be great two get those two picks.
  22. Funketown
    I never thought about the irony of Dusty Baker managing a Corky until just now.
  23. Funketown
    Wow, didn't realize he was signed through 2017. The only way I can see Fielder fitting in is if he would sign a 4 year deal from 2012-2015, 80 mil. The Yankees certainly haven't had a problem with fielding horrendous fielders in the past, though that might be changing. A-rod would have to be pretty brutal by age 40 though.
  24. Funketown
    Yea, by 1.4 runs. Career, in 98.2 innings, he's 1.9 runs below replacement. That's about as close to replacement level as you can get over that sample.
  25. Funketown
    How so? All of his minor league and major league numbers suggest that he is a replacement level pitcher.
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