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  1. Crewin06
    Start Kendall 4-5 times a week with Rivera getting 2 starts a week and I think Kendall's and the Catcher position in general will be greatly upgraded. 151 games is alot for a catcher. For a 34 year old catcher it is pretty much a recipe for failure.
  2. Crewin06
    If I was a lower tier team such as Washington I would be stocking up on these guys. Ben Sheets, Adam Dunn, Juan Cruz. Sign Ben Sheets and Adam Dunn to 1 year $13-15 million deals and Cruz to a 1 year $6 million deal and let him close. You lose a second and a third this year but you are competitive and in the running next year for 6 compensation picks and that is if at the Trading deadline nobody wants Ben Sheets on a .5 year deal or Juan Cruz on a .5 year deal. Right now they have 7 players making 21.5 million plus a couple up for arbitration such as Ryan Zimmerman. They could easily add $30-35 million in payroll.
  3. Crewin06
    Cameron in 2009>Swisher in 2009 Swisher for 3-4 years plus an extra 5 mil in 2009>Cameron for one year Swisher for 3-4 years plus and extra 5 mil in 2009 and 17-26 million commited to Swisher for 2010-2012<<<<<<< There I updated it for you. I love how everyone that brings up the 5 million in cost savings for next year convienently forgets that he is owed an average of 8.5 million for the following 2-3 years after next. Any cost savings the Brewers get next season gets negated and then some in the following 2 years. If Swisher doesn't rebound like alot of you think he will the Brewers have another potential anchor hanging around their necks. With Suppan and Hall already on the roster how many more do we need. I am tired of watching dead money play horribly at Miller Park and this is the exact type of deal that could easily turn into alot of dead money taking up a roster spot.
  4. Crewin06
    Except New Commisky was a bigger Field at the time.
  5. Crewin06
    Kramnoj, what about the White Sox?
  6. Crewin06
    Man I am really going nuts. I just can't see how so many people can be behind this turd of a trade. Swisher had an OPS of .742 last season. Cameron has never had a season that poor and he has played in some of the biggest pitcher friendly parks in the league in Safeco, Petco, and Shea. Why would a small market team even think about taking this risk? If the upside was a .950 or 1.000 OPS hitter maybe but he is not that type of hitter.
  7. Crewin06
    Abreu had a better combined years OPS and had 50 more stolen bases in that time period plus he would probably cost a bit more but would not need a 3 year contract. Dunn on the other hand had 100 more points of combined OPS over those two years. And never mind that you are not betting on a comeback. Remember the Brewers were relying on a Bill Hall comeback last year and he had an even more disastrous year than 2007. That could easily happen to Swisher. There is just something about 2 teams giving up on him in 2 year and a third team wanting to trade him. Call it the Johnny Estrada Correlation. There is just something that does not sit right with Swisher.
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    Peavy it only favors the Brewers if Swisher rebounds. Also what about the $15 million in cost over 2010-2011. Doesn't any savings this season get negated by the costs that we have to take on in future years. Again why would we trade Cameron for Swisher instead of just trading Cameron for nothing or low level prospects and signing someone like Bobby Abreu or Adam Dunn to patrol the OF.
  9. Crewin06
    That is the first I have heard about that type of trade idea. It is very interesting. I wonder if the Sox would do it.
  10. Crewin06
    Swisherhttp://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/stats?playerId=5937http://sports.espn.go.com...ayers/stats?playerId=5937 Your site has Swisher's OBP at .332, Slugging at .410, for an OPS of .743. It's probably a matter of rounding. Anyways Kramnoj. Yes Swisher had an OPS that would have ranked 21st out of qualified 1st baseman last season. But you should qualify that by telling people that there were only 22 Qualified first baseman. I don't know what to tell you Strawboss. Prince is entering his prime at 24. Swisher should be in his prime at 28. Both are not entering their prime. Lets just agree that we are not going to convince the other person. You don't want to hear about OPS or prior year numbers because somehow they come off the top of my head and don't hold any statistical credence when seeking to compare players. And I don't want to hear about how 3 years ago Swisher had an average offensive season for a Corner outfielder/1B and how he might be able to repeat that season for $21 million over 3 years.
  11. Crewin06
    Actually in Bill Hall's best season he had a better OPS than Swisher's best season, In Bill Hall's second best season he had a better OPS than Swisher's second best season and Bill Hall's third best season is very comparable to Swisher's third best season .768 to .740. Add into the fact that Hall plays a touger position and I think its not really close. Strawboss- its fine that you think Swisher is going to rebound. He might and very well could. I just don't want to bet Mike Cameron and over $20 million in salary that he will rebound to an .865 OPS hitter. If he does the deal looks decent. If he doesn't we have another 2 year $16 million anchor strapped around our neck. As for the .150 OPS difference between Swisher and Fielder. Last year Fielder's was .879 compared to Swishers .742 (So it was .137 if you really want to get technical) and the year before Fielder had 1.013 compared to Swisher's .836 a difference of .177. Considering Fielder is 3.5 years younger I wold bet on the gap staying at around .150.
  12. Crewin06
    I guess what I am trying to say is if the Yankees want Cameron a better deal IMO would be to trade Cameron to the Yankees for low level prospects or nothing and go hunting for replacements in the Free Agent market.
  13. Crewin06
    Everybody realizes that Nick Swisher had a .742 OPS last season, right? I understand that everybody loves OBP but its not out of this world. Prince Fielder to Nick Swisher? Really? I don't think people realize how big of a downgrading .150 OPS points from a position really is. If this is really the only option keep Cameron, Let Cain take over in 2010 and save yourself about 10 million while upgrading the defense dramatically. For 20 million dollars coming off a .742 OPS season their better be a higher upside than a .865 season out of a OF/1B
  14. Crewin06
    I hear this all the time but I just don't understand how leading the Texas League in K's at 21 years old and throwing up a 3.5 ERA translates to not performing well enough to be considered no more than a relief pitcher prospect? Having Inman at AAA this season would be the exact kind of depth I would love.
  15. Crewin06
    I hear this all the time but I just don't understand how leading the Texas League in K's at 21 years old and throwing up a 3.5 ERA translates to not performing well enough to be considered no more than a relief pitcher prospect? Having Inman at AAA this season would be the exact kind of depth I would love.
  16. Crewin06
    Thanks And That. I had the salary figure down I just didn't have it separted so nicely. I also agree with you that the Cameron deal makes to much sense for the Yankees for it not to happen, however if it does happen the Brewers better make them pay dearly for him because his veteran leadership will be sorely missed in the clubhouse, outfield and batting order if the deal does go down.
  17. Crewin06
    Someone on Sportsbubbler separated TV Market Size and playoff appearances for both football and Baseball here http://community.sportsbu...r.com/forums/t/68412.aspx from 1995 to present 46 playoff teams were from the top 10 markets, 36 playoff teams were from the middle markets, and 29 playoff teams were from the bottom 10 markets. The flaw in this though is Atlanta was catagorized as a bottom 10 market when they had a national and one of the richest TV deals out there. If you put Atlanta in the top 10 and throw out Washington who spent most of the period in Montreal for which there is no statistics for TV Market size the data looks alot worse. Top 10 Markets: 54 appearances Middle 9 Markets: 39 appearances Bottom 9 Markets: 18 appearances Football on the other hand was 62 appearances for the top 10 markets, 52 apppearances for the middle 12 markets and 55 appearances for the bottom 10 markets BTW the middle markets for baseball consisted of the 6th largest TV market to the 15th largest TV Market while the top 10 consisted of the top 5 TV markets and Atlanta who had a national TV Deal.
  18. Crewin06
    Man Inman and Garrison's struggles are news to me. I would figure that players that ranked 4th and 7th in their league in ERA would definitely get a bump. Inman lead the Texas League in K's and was 4th in all of AA. Never mind the fact that they were 2 of the younger players in AA. I am not saying that these two are going to be aces some day but with the lack of starting pitching in the Brewers system right now these two guys could probably break into the big leagues in the next year or two and hold down a back of the rotation spot and grow into solid Major League pitchers that the Brewers would control cheaply for the better part of a decade.
  19. Crewin06
    I guess everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Invader but sooner or later the talent will end up in Milwaukee. I don't care about the win loss record but I definitely want talent at the AAA level. I would be upset if 3 years ago the Brewers traded Ryan Braun for a 3 month rental of a reliever. And right now I am kind of upset that we traded organization pitching depth that could really help this season for a so-so middle reliever that left after 3 months and prospects that probably won't see the majors for 4 years if ever.
  20. Crewin06
    I wonder how good the AAA team would be if we wouldn't have done the Linebrink trade. Thatcher was great in 2007 better than Linebrink. In 2008 he struggled but it would still be nice to have him this year for organizational bullpen depth. However it would be rediculously nice to have Inman and Garrison in AAA this season. They aren't world beaters or top of the rotation pitchers right now but Inman had a 3.52 ERA last year and Garrison had a 3.82 ERA at 21 years old in AA. Inman and Garrison would be perfect injury depth this season and possible back of the rotation/bullpen depth next year. The picks used from the Linebrink trade netted Evan Fredrickson and Cutter Dykstra. As for an underrated trade I would point to Grant Balfour for Seth McClung. Balfour was rediculously good for Tampa last season but he was out of options and the Brewers didn't have the patience for him after throwing him to the fire right away. McClung has been very good for the Brewers.
  21. Crewin06
    My new favorite holiday movie is ELF. I think it is hilarious.
  22. Crewin06
    I don't think never punting would work. Never punting if you have less than 5 yards to on 4th down might work. However 4th and 20 on your own 10 I don't care who you are you should punt.
  23. Crewin06
    I don't like this staff as presently constructed but it could look damn good if we add another arm like Looper and we have 3 long arms in the pen in McClung, Villanueva, and DiFelice that could give you 120 innings if needed. If Sheets does comes back this staff could look very impressive in my opinion. The reason for the Brewers slip a bit last season IMO is because Fielder and Braun regressed from 1.000 OPS hitters to about .880, Hart regressed from a .890 OPS hitter to about a .760, and Weeks regressed from .800 to .740. When you lose .370 OPS points from what is supposed to be the 3 in the middle of your lineup that are all under 26 you are probably going to lose a couple more games than what was projected. If Fielder, Braun, Hart and Weeks can perform like we thought they would after 2007 this could be a very good team in spite of losing some pretty good pitchers
  24. Crewin06
    $81 million is what I expected right now with some rough guesses on arby raises I would say the Brewers are at around 70-73 million. If the Brewers add 8 million more in salary this team could be very good.
  25. Crewin06
    Welcome back Gabe Gross
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