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  1. Flood Pants
    I guess what encourages me about Prince is that, even if his weight becomes an issue, I'm still confident in his hitting. He has excellent plate discipline, which should help him continue to be productive even if he slips physically. I think numerous AL teams would be happy to trade for a premier DH at $20 million per year, if that's what it came down to.
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    yes and no.... NL MVP was very much obvious. But the other awards were less so. The AL could have easily gone to Jeter or Texeira most years, but the voters took the honest look at the numbers and voted the right person. The CY young awards both went to pitchers who had fewer "wins" and were from less "competetive" teams than other candidates. This truly was an outstanding year for award selections.
  3. Flood Pants
    This is a good point. The Brewers have performed extremely well in attendance, they're not likely to improve their income in that area. Merchandising and broadcast may be the two biggest avenues to improve. Increased revenue may pay a portion of Prince's salary for them. Especially if he keeps playing ball like last season. And keeps appearing in home run derbies. What I especially like about this potential deal, is that even if his defense deteriorates, he could still have trade value as an elite DH. That is, if he can avoid Helton-like physical problems.
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    If any of you haven't done this yet, pull up the batting stats for both leagues and just take a peek at where Fielder sits in comparison with MLB's best of the best. It will make you very, very happy. MVP or not, Fielder has had an amazing season. He's quickly becoming my favorite baseball player. Easily my favorite Brewer.
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    The right guy won, which is encouraging. Mauer had a completely brilliant year, and I'm glad to see it recognized. He's undoubtedly the most complete catcher in the game right now, and outhit everybody in the game except for Pujols (and arguably, Prince Fielder). However, the comments about Jeter, Texieria, and Zobrist convinced me to take a closer look at the stats. Jeter really had a heck of a year. He put up a VORP of 71.8 and actually played good enough defense to earn his gold glove for a change. He would have been a reasonable MVP pick as well. Definitely moreso than Zobrist, who had a fine year as well, but clearly below Jeter (61.0 VORP with the bat, but questionable at best defense). Texeira's numbers look similar to Zobrist's, with lower offensive production but stellar defense at his position. The MVP voting actually looks just about right.
  6. Flood Pants
    Isn't back loading done, at least in part, because of inflation? A couple million dollars seven years from now is less money than a couple million dollars now.
  7. Flood Pants
    Of course! A great pitching staff and a great defense scores more runs than a great offense? You win baseball games by scoring more runs than the other team. You can limit your opponents runs, but obviously the more your team can put on the board, the better off you are.
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    Yes, Hamels was a pitcher drafted straight out of high school who made it to the bigs while still pretty young. Throw in the high pitch count, and we have a whole set of red flags. I'd be wary of that if I were the Brewers. The Phillies seem too smart to get rid of a key contributor after one down season. Makes me think "character issues" is code word for "dead arm."
  9. Flood Pants
    Kansas City's purpose in life is to lost, draft high, develop good players, fail to build around them, and trade them off to contenders. We need more charitable teams like them around.
  10. Flood Pants
    I don't get the "prototypical leadoff hitter" with no power but lots of speed. To me, Weeks is the perfect leadoff hitter because his extra-base hits get him in scoring position even more often than his stolen bases do.
  11. Flood Pants
    When I told my wife that Hardy had been traded, her reaction was "I can't believe it! Is Gomez even cute?" Sad, this trade really does hurt on every possible level.
  12. Flood Pants
    A fielder mega-extension would be a nice silver-lining to this deal. However, Melvin has stated that he's after two pitchers. We figured one would come via this trade. Who else is left to trade who we can afford to part with? So two free-agent pitchers it is... That would leave approximately negative 10 million dollars left for a fielder extension. Bad news.
  13. Flood Pants
    I think we need to waive the "no cuss" rule for this thread. Not only is the centerfield position being severely downgraded, but Cameron will likely be replaced by a pitcher who won't contribute as many wins to the club as he will. Here's to another losing season... We need to find the malicious alien being who laid eggs in Melvin's brain and kill him.
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    If the drop in price between the two is significant, it becomes a much larger upgrade.
  15. Flood Pants
    Part of the issue was the little fanfare leading up to the playoffs. Last year gave us a heck of a month of September, with Philly storming from behind to overtake Milwaukee and New York, and Milwaukee and New York battling to the bitter end. Minnesota and Chicago also went down to the wire, while Tampa Bay managed to wrestle a playoff spot from New York, and Manny Ramirez was "being Manny" on the opposite coast. Last year was outstanding in terms of interesting stories. Things for fans of the game to cheer for even if not for their own team. This year, blah. New York, Los Angeles (both of them), St. Louis, and Philly kicked everyone else's butts. Colorado locked it up with a few weeks to go. Our only real excitement was Minnesota/Detroit, and that was quickly quenched when New York opened a can on them in the first round. There's very little for even the hardcore fans to care about.
  16. Flood Pants
    This is exactly right. Most of the population, particularly in America, have at least partial immunity to the "standard" flu virus from year to year due to immunizations and previous exposures to similar strains. This virus is a completely new strain that has never before been seen by the human population, so essentially no one is immune to it. There was some concern that this strain may, in fact, be more virulent than the standard flu (such as the 1918 and bird flu strains were), but those concerns are, as of yet, unconfirmed. That's not to say the possibility doesn't still exist though. As I understand it, the very fact that the virus jumped from swine to human shows that it has quite the ability to mutate. Meaning that, whatever strain it is now, it could develop a new strain more easily than other influenzas. Meaning you could develop the antibodies for one, only to be attacked by the next in a relatively short time. They don't know if this will actually happen or not, but the behavior of the virus suggests it as a possibility. I think this is the main concern for it becoming a pandemic. At least, that's how my physician friend explained it to me.
  17. Flood Pants
    Let's put ourselves in Craig's shoes for a bit. Or any celebrity's shoes. Everywhere he goes, he likely has people recognize him, and I'm sure a lot of those people come up to him and say "hey, aren't you Craig Counsell?" as fans, we feel entitled to say hello to the players who we support. and we feel that it's their job to humor us with an enthusiastic response. but I know if I had to say hello to random people everywhere I went, that would grate on me. I'd be short with people for sure. Craig Counsell may well be a very nice guy who just has trouble dealing with the pressures of interacting with fans. Not everyone was born to be the center of attention like Ryan Braun.
  18. Flood Pants
    I met one of Craig Counsell's kids this summer. I teach camp for a local not-for-profit and he was in my group one of the weeks. I had a feeling he was Craig's son, then when he told me his dad plays for the Brewers I knew for sure. Super nice kid. Respectful. Mature for his age. Got along really well with the other campers. Likes to play sports. Coincidentally, his favorite position to play is shortstop. I didn't get to meet Craig, since the Brewers were on the road that week. But judging by the way his five-year-old presents himself, I'd bet he's a very good father.
  19. Flood Pants
    Cameron is viewed as replaceable because he has a low batting average and strikes out a lot. But he more than makes up for it in the important stats, on-base and slugging percentage. Thankfully, Melvin is smart enough to properly value these stats and ignore his "shortcomings." At least, we think so...
  20. Flood Pants
    Letting Looper and Kendall walk should do the trick. Or at the very least, resigning Kendal to a much lower salary (which he is worth after his dismal year). And if Hardy is traded, that will free up more salary. The money is there, it's just a matter of prioritizing how to spend it most effectively. Cameron should be on of those priorities .
  21. Flood Pants
    "Hudson is projected to fall just short of Type B status" This also is good news. However... "Hudson still hopes to work out a multiyear extension with the Braves." This sounds similar to when A-Rod declared free agency to get more money from the Yankees. Or when Aramis Ramirez did the same to get more money from the Cubs.
  22. Flood Pants
    Rickie Weeks is our leadoff hitter. With his combination of on-base percentage, base stealing skills, and extra base hits, he finds himself in scoring position a lot more than Escobar likely will.
  23. Flood Pants
    I like it. He's evaluating pitchers using hard science, the same way an engineer would predict the structural integrity of a bridge. Since baseball is basically a game of applied physics, it makes sense to view a player's body as a machine that has an optimal method of doing its work.
  24. Flood Pants
    I'm half-tempted to bump Counsell up into the A category. Not because he deserves to be in any team's starting lineup, though. His combination of defense and last year's offense are hard to find in a utility infielder. Normally, you're getting a guy who can't hit well enough to hold down a lineup spot and can kind of sort of play every infield position without embarassing himself. Counsell gave this team so much more, and for a bargain price.
  25. Flood Pants
    The effect on the rest of the pitching staff is a very good point, as every quality inning from a starter is an inning that doesn't need to be covered by the bullpen. Cameron's defense also affects every pitcher. Interesting how all of these ripple effects work. I wasn't entirely correct to compare Cameron to a single pitcher. Really, we need to compare the net effect of all additions and subtractions, as Cameron's loss could well be made up elsewhere. I think we can probably all argue, though, that having Cameron on our team is a good thing that would be nice to continue.
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