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  1. SoCalBrewfan
    Hopefully they convinced some talented HS players who were passed because of signability to take there money over night. Yeah that's an interesting new spin with this draft schedule...they have some time to talk to a guy like Jones overnight and work out a potential deal. Some of those guys probably had their phones ringing all night long.
  2. SoCalBrewfan
    As I said before, they've got leverage. As in, Lucroy will likely get more than the 7 player taken in the 3rd round would normally get. But nearly all players taken at this point have leverage...unless they're college seniors. HS kids can go JC or 4-year college, JC kids can go to a 4-year school or, in some cases, return to a JC, and college juniors have the option to return. So there's nothing particularly special about Lucroy as far as leverage goes. Moreover, the Brewers are sure to know what his demands are like, and feel that they can reach an agreement, or they wouldn't have spent their second pick of the draft on him. And from the player's end, there's risk in returning to school...on top of the risk of an injury or some serious regression, many college seniors get very little in the way of signing bonus, because they don't have any better options. I'm not sure where the idea that Lucroy has some special amount of leverage comes from, but it just isn't consistent with what I've seen in past drafts at all. Edit: Just to make it Lucroy in all cases instead of LuCroy.
  3. SoCalBrewfan
    Who knew Jack Z was so moneyball? Should be a fast-track guy, and I guess we've heard cautionary tales about defense that turned out to be overblown before. It's nice to have another slugger around, because even our excellent crop of OF prospects tends more toward the speedy, line-drive types...Errecart and Katin are similar breeds but far less accomplished than LaPorta I think. Whoever said that Jack Z likes to get the best of something in the first round if he can was right on I think...now let's get him signed and into that West Virginia lineup.
  4. SoCalBrewfan
    What's LaPorta's B-Day, height/weight and handedness? Colby's already got that up on the official picks thread.
  5. SoCalBrewfan
    More speculation that Laporta could catch, from the BA draft blog: The Brewers go off the board and take Matt LaPorta, the Florida first baseman who dominated the Southeastern Conference this spring with a 1.399 OPS. LaPorta is the first college senior drafted and we?ll check to find when the last time a college senior was picked that high. The question is where the Brewers play him, and this is just a hunch, but with Prince Fielder on board at first in Milwaukee, I?m guessing the Brewers will try LaPorta as a catcher, the position he played when he came to Florida. Some scouts in the past have compared him to Matthew LeCroy, the former Clemson and Twins catcher/DH, and that?s how LaPorta makes the most sense at No. 7 overall?if you view him as a catcher.
  6. SoCalBrewfan
    Some speculation that Laporta could move to catcher of LF...but he's a dh I think? Wierd pick. Just do not get it...
  7. SoCalBrewfan
    Wha? Laporta?
  8. SoCalBrewfan
    Moustakas and Vitters 2-3...get ready for a prep RHP, folks.
  9. SoCalBrewfan
    I'd think monsieur corbeau would be in support of Aumont. Bien sur. Aumont at five seems surprising to me, but who can ever figure out Baltimore? Just based on what I read, Parker seems a better pick than Aumont, so that mock wouldn't be terrible...but I'd wonder about picking on both Moustakas and Wieters. The fussing and screaming on bf.net would be something to behold...
  10. SoCalBrewfan
    I don't see why people in wheelchairs should even get to park close it's not like they have to walk really far like non handicapped people do. You know what? There might well be people with handicapped parking stickers who don't deserve it. Oh well. That certainly doesn't justify parking in that space if you don't have the sticker. People who need those spaces really need them...they are often stopped cold by things that most people don't even see, like a curb, or a small parking barrier, or a narrow space between parked cars. I've seen things posted on brewerfan before that have made me cringe, but the comment above might be the most thoughtless in recent memory.
  11. SoCalBrewfan
    The Brewers never take the guys I hope they will. I am really really hoping it is Aumont. (Maybe that'll work.) (It should be noted that the Brewers know a lot more about this than I do, and they're better off not having me in charge. Still.)
  12. SoCalBrewfan
    Keith Law on ESPN's Insider has Brewers taking Matt Dominguez. Bases that on Jack Z. frequenting Chatsworth games and his assumption they wouldn't match Moustakas' asking price. I think that's a pretty dumb assumption on Law's part...that Jack Z is really there to see Dominguez because they've ruled out Moustakas? I'm not saying there's no chance they take Dominguez, but this convoluted logic seems like a matter of trying too hard to be clever...particularly when other sources claim that the Brewers are hot on Moustakas.
  13. SoCalBrewfan
    I don't have the firsthand vantage point that some posters might, but I know that BA has ranked Palmisano as the best defensive catcher in the org...and for a catcher that's absolutely essential. (At least a good defensive reputation is essential, whatever the reality might be.) If he can play good defense, remain durable, and hit just a little bit, he could easily have a major league pension in his future.
  14. SoCalBrewfan
    Lets trade for this Soriano guy. Bavasi's generosity knows no bounds. The Braves, however, won't give him away the way the Ms did.
  15. SoCalBrewfan
    For every instance in which a batter fails in the clutch, there's one in which a pitcher succeeds. Nice to be on the right end of that combination this time.
  16. SoCalBrewfan
    'Hardy scores on the throw.' Huh?
  17. SoCalBrewfan
    BA said (in their blog maybe?) that Moustakas was moving up boards quickly. He's a guy I would love to see us get but I'm prepared to try to justify a prep RHP to myself.
  18. SoCalBrewfan
    "I agree with you completely, I went to the game last night and Bill obviously isn't seeing the ball, all the stats that you listed were right on the money and I think that Ned really needs to sit him for a few days and put in Gross" To me, that's a very different beast...there's some discussion there. But it's not any single post that is the issue...it's the chat-room level conversations and serial offenders that drag things down. We don't need dissertations in every post...and I know I've done my share of short responses, as has everyone. The in-game thread of course is a different format.
  19. SoCalBrewfan
    you know, those numbers aren't great for Brent, but i still think they are a lot better than many expected... Given that he's still not a year past his high school graduation, surviving in a pitchers' environment in full season ball is an accomplishment. He's clearly got a lot to learn yet, but he's no Josh Murray.
  20. SoCalBrewfan
    The couple of weeks after the draft always see significant player movement, in part because of the influx of new players and the beginning of short season leagues, and in part because it's a natural halfway point. Thus I'd expect that some guys in WV might slip down to Helena (Roque Mercedes?), and some new players in low A from the draft, DFE signings, or from extended spring training. It's a bad time to be an underperforming veteran...some of the guys signed in the spring to fill out rosters will be gone.
  21. SoCalBrewfan
    It's sobering to think that if Counsell is in there, it's probably another patented 3 hit, 1 run Brewers night on the West coast.
  22. SoCalBrewfan
    Folks, note that this is the 5/25 thread...unless you just like it here better. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif
  23. SoCalBrewfan
    At least we're pinned to the top now...I can't do the woogie magic though.
  24. SoCalBrewfan
    This Braun fellow knows how to play it seems. Too bad the rest of the team forgot.
  25. SoCalBrewfan
    when I started getting a Bad Gateway error instead of nothing. I didn't know they even still made Gateways...funny that ezBoard is running on one.
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