Team Hoyt

How is Lucroy supposed to drive in 7 runs out of the 2 spot? As much as I would like to see Weeks out of the top of the lineup he continues to get on base despite the terrible batting average. Lucroy in the 6th spot is adds depth to the meat of the order. Put him in the 2 spot and the bottom of the order suffers.

was that supposed to be in blue? Didn't he turn down a bigger contract than that from us already? Hoping he sucked for another month and the price went down a little. If he sucks for another month do we want to be locked in for a 100 million dollar contract? I'm looking forward to 2014 when we are going to be relevant again. Give the young guys a shot next year in the rotation: Gallardo Fiers Estrada Rogers Peralta/Thornburg If we can sign Marcum to a reasonable contract I'm all for it. Chances are he will be asking to much as well.

Good thing we have Weeks signed through 2014

You couldn't put the whole quote in there?

The answer to that has nothing to do with how great of a pitcher he was when he was with the Brewers. But it does. If you are trying to build a team that is going to win year after, you want consistent healthy pitching. I think all of you can agree that pitching is going to win championships. Maybe it was just bad timing with his injuries coming into his prime. I will say this, you could make a case that when Ben Sheets is healthy you could argue he would make the list of the top 20 guys you would want to take the mound in a 1 game playoff in this era of 2000-present

Would Ben Sheets be on the top of your list to sign a long term contract? Even for that matter a 3 year deal? If you do, you just got fired as a GM

The combined overall stats between Sheets and the replacement (s) won't look good. See guys I'm looking at this from a team perspective here not individual stats. I say he is not helping his TEAM by missing those starts. You can praise him for his career stats but he was not helping his team with the 3 straight years missing 10 plus games. But hey we should retire his number, he was great.

I'm saying if you take his stats and combine those with the stats of the replacement for the games he missed your overall stats don't look good. As for the 3 consecutive years with 34 starts the first 2 he had an ERA over 4. When he finally broke through as a top tier pitcher he couldn't stay on the field.

I agree, good years when you look at statistics but if you put his statistics with the guy (s) that replaced him for the games he missed it would balloon his ERA, WHIP and all other statistical categories you can come up with. I put a lot of stock in pitchers that can go out year after year and start 34 games and throw 200 plus innings. "The man had a career ERA of 3.72 and a WHIP of 1.201 for some of the worst teams in Brewers history." Cool, all you can say is he may have won more games with a contending team but as for ERA and WHIP I think they would be very comparable even if he would have played for a better team.

He had two good years.

We know about what we are going to get out of Narveson. One year removed from surgery I can't see much upside out of him. The young guys have a higher ceiling. Give them a shot.

I would agree with that. I see the payroll anywhere between 80-90 mil.

I think he deserves a Bill Hall type contract.

We should cheer for the opposing pitcher. I'm rooting for a sarcastic boo

You mean 2020?