vegasbrewcrew1993

That wasn't and isn't the question. It's a purely hypothetical question about how would this team look if they still had all the players they'd traded away. And you seem to be awfully dismissive of the players the Brewers traded away and I'm not sure why. None of them complained about the Brewers, none of them had a say, and they helped get the pitchers you so clearly are thrilled we got. Calling guys like Lorenzo Cain a nobody is just...ridiculous. Cain has a 3.1 WAR this year, is hitting over .300, 16 SB's, and a VERY good defender. That's a nobody? Alcides Escobar is a very good SS. He's an outstanding defender like Cain, and is hitting about .280/.315. Not Arod, but really-really valuable player. Odorizzi's "crime," here is that he hasn't yet put together a dominating season? HE'S 24 YEARS OLD!!! He was good as a 23 year old in the AL East and this year has a FIP of 3.46, has a K/9 of 10.06. What the heck do you want from him? Remember when you called Peralta an ace and said it was an "insult," to him to suggest that Jimmy Nelson is very similar to him? Well, sorry to break it to you, but last year when Peralta was 24(same age as Odorizzi) he wasn't nearly as good as Odorizzi. In fact THIS YEAR he's has a FIP of 4.20 to Odorizzi's 3.46, about 3.5 fewer K's per 9 IP. And then there's the one you did concede was alright, Brantley...who by the way has been more valuable than anyone on this Brewers team and is a borderline superstar. So...nobody said that we shouln't have made the trades, rather, how would this team look with the Players we traded away. But trying to diminish the value of every player we traded away....I don't get the point there. Does that make you feel better if the players we traded fail? Don't we still have a historic 2nd half from CC and a couple playoff runs? So no need to distort how good the players we traded actually are. I think this all goes back to your mantra about prospects are unproven(which is like saying water is wet to me, but I digress). Just because I don't think they're good doesn't mean I have something against them. There is nothing wrong with what I said about Odorizzi. He has yet to do anything of relevance. He's young and unproven. He could be good or could be a flash in the pan. Alcides Escobar is nothing special. I'll take Segura 100x over him. We've seen how good Segura can be. I think he'll be consistently good once he matures. Escobar was hyped to death and was supposed to be the next big thing. He's not bad, but he's nothing special either. I was a bit harsh on Cain. I take that back. He's still nowhere close to the guy the Brewers have in CF right now. These guys got the Brewers great players because of what they did in the minors. As minor league players they were great. Their perceived value was far greater than their actual production at the MLB level. I don't have much respect for Brewers prospects because they haven't earned it. I don't trust Brewers prospects, especially pitchers. They have fallen short of the hype often. I trust Cardinals prospects more because most of them are consistently good.

i'd gladly do those trades again and again. why? because they led to playoff appearances. half of the guys the brewers traded away have amounted to nothing. matt laporta? nobody. escobar? nobody. lorenzo cain? who? odorizzi hasn't yet to put up a solid season. brantley is the only good player the brewers lost. i don't think brantley would have made the impact that greinke did. not all prospects are good prospects. the brewers are doing just fine without those guys. would anyone here really trade in the memories of '08 and '11 for a few no name prospects? i sure wouldn't.

Segura's moment of stupidity is negated by Vogelsong's extreme laziness

looks like bad yo showed up

come on scooter can't be scared.

I hope a few other big names go down. That way everyone forgets about Braun.

big win for the brewers. nice way to bounce back from the major disappointment in St. Louis. these guys need to prove that they are capable of beating other NL contenders. Just need 1 more for the series win.

good job weeks. at least he's patient now. come on segura. time to come up in the clutch.

at least there was no chance at double play. hopefully weeks can do something with this

luc is just awesome

damn the giants are lucky.

yup a real ''ace'' right there...

so that's what a successful squeeze play looks like

Giants vs Brewers has always been one of my favorite matchups. Looking forward to this game.

I hope the same rings true for the Brewers. I don't see it happening though

lmao who the heck hates the Padres? I knew the Yankees were going to be #1 most hated by a mile. I think they covered more territory than the Lakers did.

They didn't look mentally soft yesterday when they scored 7 runs after falling behind by 4 early. They looked mentally soft blowing a 2 run lead on the road in a big game.

This team has blown at least 5 to 6 games. They should be either 67-44 or 66-45.

Sign me up! I'm tired of this guy pissing away games with his stupid decisions. I've lost count of how many games against the Lards the Brewers have blown. I'm tired of it.

Mentally soft team.

I love how this team spends most of their Sunday's winning low scoring games just to end up blowing them late.

If this board was surveyed, then yes it would be the Cardinals, but I could see it being the Cubs or White Sox. why the White Sox?

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2014/8/2/5962957/introducing-the-sports-hate-map An MLB one is coming soon. I think we all know who will the Wisconsin vote....

They went 2-5 and got outscored 26-17 this year. That's bad--but not exactly domination. It doesn't make sense to use recent history to justify that the Brewers "can't beat" the Braves. History also shows that the Braves can't win in the playoffs. They have lost 6 playoff series in a row, plus a wild card playoff. Still, both stats are meaningless because MLB rosters change so much that it doesn't really matter. So what if the 2012 Brewers got killed by the Braves. The rosters are completely different now. I don't even have to use recent history to think the Braves would beat the Brewers again in a playoff series. All I have to do is go by what has happened this year. Again the Brewers failed to beat the Braves. Atlanta is just one of those teams that often gets the better of Brewers. Just like the Lards. At least with the Lards we're capable of beating them on the road. With Atlanta it's once in a blue moon. Roster wise I think the Brewers are superior. Unfortunately it seems like they are incapable of proving this on the field. Good thing that the Brewers are neck and neck with the Dodgers for the top seed in the NL. If the Crew can avoid the NL East then their chances of progressing to the NLCS go up. Brewers have fared better against the Dodgers and Giants in the past few years.

2013. once in a blue moon. this year they got whipped at home and in the ATL.