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  1. Gopher74
    Though it's not directed towards me, I'll answer. The Brewers can absolutely afford to sign him. There's no question they'll be able to. The only question is whether they can re-sign him and still be able to afford enough players to still be competitive and moreover, is it the best use of their somewhat limited resources. I think most on here will agree that the answer to those two questions is no. I still believe that Prince is far and away the best offensive player we've got or will have for the foreseeable future. Braun's great, but his OBP is still just what, .320? Not very good. Of course Braun's OPS is near .900, so he's very good, but Prince is a more well rounded offensive player IMO. But the Brewers are also a better team if they trade him IMO.
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    I think the sentiment isn't based solely on his contract comments. 3. Remember when Prince was suppose to sign a bat for all the full-season ticket holder - and suddenly had a "conflict" even though this was set up months before? Prince disappointed many fans. Ryan Braun stepped in graciously signed the bats. Not taking any sides on this thread, but I happen to know for a fact that Prince had no "conflict". In fact, in the end he ended up simply hanging out with another athlete and canceled without giving a reason. Of course the Brewers aren't going to say that he just didn't want to do it, but that's pretty much what it was. I know the Brewers were pretty irked by that. Some took it as him making a point. I look at it as a kid who didn't feel like spending all day signing bats before a game, but whatever....
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    The Chicago Cubs have also gone 100 years without winning a world series. I really doubt they've told their players to not win. Which IMO is almost as far fetched as what you're claiming the Twins do. There are a lot of teams who've struggled with one aspect of the game or another for a long period of time. If that's the only "proof" you need that the team in question tells their players not to do whatever it is they're struggling at, then I think it's fair to say that it's probably not the best way. All I asked for was one single site or link saying that the Twins told David Ortiz to not drive the ball. For whatever reason, there seems to be this call to all join together on here and develop these teams that we look down on and mock as if they're not quite as smart as us. That certainly would seem to be the case when you say the Twins tell their players to not hit for power. I'm willing to bet if we ever asked anyone in the Twins organization that question, they'd fall off their chair laughing at us.
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    I try to be pretty reserved about guys in the lower minors and the chances that they could come up and help us this year, but the fact of the matter is that for this team to really do anything this year and get back into it, they're going to need a couple players like Aquilar to come out of nowhere to be a really effective player for us at the end of the year.
  5. Gopher74
    Yea, I think we need Parra to be a 4.50 type pitcher all year, and a guy who can go at least 6 on average, McClung to be a good starter, or Villy to bounce back and be a good starter, and the other to be an effective reliever, plus Dillard or another one of our young guys to pitch well in the pen. IF those things happen, THEN we may be in position to be buyers and for it to make a real difference. If we're .500 and those things haven't happened, or at least a couple of those things and we're .500 because we just mashing, I can't see just one pitcher that's going to be available putting us over the edge. More likely it's just going to be a guy that we're going to add who's going to help next year, or a guy who's going to cost us prospects without making a real difference. A Javier Vazquez or Washburn.
  6. Gopher74
    We don't? Why exactly is that? It's not like there is anyone in our division who's without flaws. With everything we're 4.5 games out. Saying we don't have a chance is ridiculously premature at this point. It may not be a good chance, but we've most certainly still got a chance.
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    And you've added immensely to it your last few posts. But let me see if I've got this straight. It's alright for you to ask him why he thinks Dillard is going to be a failure. Now if I ask you're going to start this ridiculous little bickerfest. That pretty much sum it up?
  8. Gopher74
    My god will you let it go? You jump into a thread that you're not involved in and now what exactly is your point here? To drag this out even further?
  9. Gopher74
    Yea, I forgot to add that I can't even possibly articulate just how much disdain I have for Stu and Steven A. I can't understand why the powers that be think that's the type of over the top fake hip hop type of crap we desire, but it's most certainly not.
  10. Gopher74
    I don't think Weeks is a great defender yet, nor do I think he will ever be, but his range much improved. He's made some plays this year that I don't believe anyone in the organization save for Escobar could make.That's not to say that I don't think we'd benefit from improved defense at 1st. I think it goes without saying that we would. Prince truly is awful over there.
  11. Gopher74
    Yea, I think the fear is that he'd be too much like Braun. He's likely hit well enough, but he's not going to field well right now. At least it doesn't appear that he's going to based on what he's done up to this point in the minors. Of course, you can absolutely never predict that a player will hit like Ryan Braun did last year. Mat Gamel will be a good big leaguer no matter what IMO. But if he's a corner OF'er his value to use drops significantly. If he sticks at 3rd, he's as valuable as just about any prospect we've brought up in a while.
  12. Gopher74
    I don't think anyone knows what the Rays would do if we offered Prince Fielder for Scott Kazmir. That said, it's probably wise to deal Prince in the off-season rather than in-season. That's when you're going to get most value for him.
  13. Gopher74
    Then we're not likely going to win more than 81 games. There's still a lot of hope with this pitching staff. Sheets and Suppan have both been very good. We need Parra to keep pitching like he has the last 3 times out, but going deeper. We need McClung to pitch well, or Villy to, and we need Bush to find a way to be consistent. Without Gallardo we're going to have to rely on someone pitching over their head, OR figuring it out real quick, but it's not like we've got a rotation of Matt Kinney's. We've got some talented arms.
  14. Gopher74
    Well known by who? I guess frankly, I find it a bit comical that people on a message board are almost mocking the Minnesota Twins player development people speaking about something that I don't believe anyone on here has any knowledge about whatsoever. Again, I don't believe that the Twins have every discouraged anyone from hitting for power. I think these "stories" get lost in translation, get taken too literal, or just flat out embellished(not saying anyone on here would or did). I guess I just see this growing trend of people on message boards almost looking down on all these successful organizations laughing at them for being clueless. Don't ya think they just might have some idea what they're doing?
  15. Gopher74
    Not even a little true. I was one of the people arguing that we should keep Vargas due in large to how effective his changeup looked this spring, a pitch that he'd either recently developed to the point of being able to use it effectively, or a pitch that he suddenly developed confidence in. So saying that nobody thought he was good is totally inaccurate. That said, I don't recall many others making that argument, and even given his recent success, it's not only just one start, but McClung's emergence makes it pretty tough to complain about letting Vargas go. In order to do that, you have to argue that you thought the Brewers should have let someone else other than McClung go(who I thought they should have cut at the time). Who else at the time did anyone argue should be cut? Certainly not Bush. Point is I liked Vargas and argued that I thought with his increased conditioning(he also lost about 20 pounds this past off-season) and his newfound change that he could be a very good back of the rotation type guy, or long man. With McClung's emergence, I can't complain.
  16. Gopher74
    I like him. I mean, not as much as Dan Patrick, or a couple others, but I certainly don't hate him. In fact, I'd venture to guess that many more people like him than dislike him.
  17. Gopher74
    To be fair, at least to my knowledge, Gagne never made any such excuses. I think those just kinda got attributed to him as the Brewers and Red Sox scouts identified that as the main problem during his stay in Boston last year. In truth, Gagne said that wasn't the issue. I think though that you almost have to go that route. At least when Gagne gets back.
  18. Gopher74
    Drag him over the coals? Setting aside the fact that I'm quite sure that Tbadder can speak for himself, and I have absolutely no idea why you insist on playing "mediator" at every turn, even where no conflict exists, do you think that just maybe you're being a "little" bit overly dramatic here? I never said he made any sort of "absolutist" statements. But I think when someone says that a player is "likely going to end up failing", I can ask why he thinks that and debate it with him. At least I THOUGHT I could.
  19. Gopher74
    That's a nice thought if you're playing the game on paper, but in the real life situations where the games on the line, the top pitcher has to be the closer, or at least you have to have a very reliable pitcher as your closer. The Cubs can get away using Marmol out of the closers role because they've got Wood who's very good. The Brewers don't have that luxury as of right now. Torres has to stay the closer, but it'd be real nice if Gange could get the job back because it's nice having Torres being able to bridge the gap from the 6th to the 8th or whatever we ask of him. That Villy type role from last year. Then again...maybe Villy can fill it now!
  20. Gopher74
    He's not being overworked. His numbers are right in line with what he threw in Pitt for three years.
  21. Gopher74
    One could, but I just think it'd be smarter to evaluate the player, not the organization, especially when in your own evaluation of the organization you're just throwing all generations into the mix. Frankly, what happened in the late 90's has almost nothing to do with these guys as almost nobody from those teams are left. And even still, it's one thing to say that you're going to reserve judgment. But that's not what you said. You passed judgment by saying that he's likely to end up a failure because of this organization. I just feel that's a bit flimsy.
  22. Gopher74
    So how long did it take you to jump on the Gallardo bandwagon? I guess to me you have to look at each pitcher individually. And you're not going to find many relief pitchers in the top 20 prospects unless they're a closer. Those are reserved for starters and position players generally. That doesn't mean that a kid who throws in the mid 90's with a good sink on it can't be a good reliever. I guess I just don't see what the failures of JM Gold and Nick Nuegabauer have to do with these young guys.
  23. Gopher74
    Well, since this was the post that started it off; JJ is slow running, does have limited range, and does not offer that huge offensive upside. Last year was a fluke beginning. JJ will never, ever hit like he did. I took it to mean that he's simply slow since it said "slow running". Either way, we've gone from he's "slow" to "not fast". We can quibble all day if you'd like, but the initial premise that he's slow...just-isn't-true. It can be spinned in 20 different ways, but Hardy has good speed. He's not the base runner that Weeks is, or Hart is, but he can score from 2nd on most singles. He doesn't seem especially quick, but he's not slow. I don't know why it's so hard to admit that someone may have been mistaken based on common perception.
  24. Gopher74
    Greinke would absolutely be my choice as well. I don't see the need to make whatever pitcher we acquire be a lefty. It's not as pressing to me in the rotation. Greinke though is a guy I wanted us to go after this past off-season. AT this point though I have a hard time believing that he's going to be available. The Royals are quietly putting together a nice little nucleus. I'd have to think that if the Royals were going to deal a starting pitcher, Gil Meche would be the guy they'd look to deal. And to be honest, that wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. I like Meche. He's got a real good arm, and his deal isn't great, but it's not that bad. His ERA is a bit inflated this year based on a couple starts as well, but overall he's done pretty well. Mainly it just goes back to me having wanted Meche over Suppan back when we signed Supe.
  25. Gopher74
    So if we offered Prince, you're telling me that you know with absolute certainty that they wouldn't deal Prince? And what exactly makes Weaver better than Parra? Parra's pitching much better at the big league level than Weaver is in AAA. Making a change for the sake of making a change seldom works.
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