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  1. paul253
    Gomez should be hitting 8th. Now that Lucroy is back he should be hitting #2 IMO.
  2. paul253
    With all the injuries at shortstop in AAA, it seems as though if Farris doesn't move to shortstop now he never will. I just don't get it. They have pretty much no shortstop prospects playing in full season ball. Why not just play him there and see what he can do? Or Gennett too...he's played shortstop before. Why not see what he can do? We know they can handle second base and if it doesn't work out they can move back to second. But as of now, there is nowhere for Farris to play in Milwaukee. I don't see the harm of letting him take some reps at shortstop.
  3. paul253
    I agree with ListachRides' assessment of Purke. I really like the way he pitches, but I think his pricetag would scare some teams, including the Brewers, away. This is one of my biggest problems with the draft. Instead of the best players going to the worst teams, the best players are going to the teams who are willing to pay for them. It's pathetic.
  4. paul253
    Casey.....that is Provel? That looks disgusting! I'll have to remember to ask about that stuff if I ever order anything with "cheese" on it.
  5. paul253
    If the guy can even be average at it he could have the opportunity to be the everyday SS in Milwaukee next year. It would really help out financially too and would free up some more money to try to extend Marcum and/or Greinke. Surely he must know his path his blocked at second base. If I were him, I'd ask to for some chances to play short.
  6. paul253
    I don't want to trade Rogers. I'm hoping in the off season we can save some money buy trading Wolf and replacing him with Rogers. I'd rather just hang on to Bentancourt since he is only on a one year contract then upgrade via free agency then to trade away yet another prospect.
  7. paul253
    I don't like that offer. I think it's way too much to give up and you are taking a huge chunk of your offense away. If Freddie Freeman was included I could get more excited about it, but I highly doubt Atlanta would give him up for half a season of Fielder. I agree with RockCo...the only way we trade Fielder at the deadline is if we are way, way out of contention. I just don't see it happening. Plus, we need to try to keep Greinke happy to increase the odds he'll re-sign with us.
  8. paul253
    Is there any chance this guy can play shortstop? With Weeks being signed long term, what does keeping Farris at second base accomplish?
  9. paul253
    My brother-in-law and I are taking a trip down to St. Louis at the beginning of May for the Brewers-Cardinals series. I'm not sure what time we are getting there Friday, but we are not going to the Friday game, just the Saturday and Sunday games. We are staying at a hotel downtown about 6 blocks from the Stadium but off the top of my head I can't remember what hotel it is. I have 2 questions. 1) Everyone I tell I am going to St Louis tells me about how rotten of a city it is. Is downtown St. Louis ok to be wandering around, presumably drunk, as long as I don't do something stupid? And 2) Are there any cool sports bars or anything like that within walking distance of the stadium where we can watch the Friday night game? I am looking specifically for something where I don't need to worry about drunk Cardinals fans giving us a hard time or trying to start a fight with us. Any advice would be appreciated.
  10. paul253
    In a recent chat on Baseball America, someone asked Jim Callis if he thought the Mets had a shot at Matt Purke. He said yes, at #13. Obviously the Brewers have the pick right before that. If Matt Purke is available at #12, the Brewers would pick him.....right? Here is a link to the chat. http://www.baseballameric...s/chat/2011/2611546.html Peter (Brooklyn): Do the Mets have a shot at Matt Purke?[/tt] Jim Callis: Yes, at No. 13. Again, I think he's better than that, but he hasn't been 100 percent this year and is sliding a little. Also, his signability has to be in question because he's a sophomore who was offered $6 million out of high school. (Which he agreed to, but MLB killed the deal.)
  11. paul253
    I've got a schedule magnet that I'd be willing to sell. I don't know who still needs one so if you do, send me a message. I don't really know what price to ask for in return so it'd help me if you made an offer as well.
  12. paul253
    Except Melvin brought in 3 young pitcher to Milwaukee in Capuano, Bush and Davis. And he's the one who pushed to draft Gallardo. Those three were serviceable pitchers. Hardly the type of pitchers I would consider building a team around, though it would be nice to see how Capuano would have turned out if he wasn't injured. Melvin did bring in some prospects in trades though. Zack Jackson, Jose Cappellan, and Jorge De La Rosa. All three of them were swings and misses for the Brewers. Quite honestly, if the best we can come up with for young pitchers to build the team around are Capuano, Davis and Bush, doesn't that kind of prove my point? I do have hope for some of the guys we have now like Peralta, Scarpetta, and Rogers, and Odorizzi looks to be a pretty good pitcher, but until they prove in in the majors you can't really call them successes yet.
  13. paul253
    I have two tickets in the Terrace Box, row 2 I am looking to sell for this Saturday night vs. Chicago. I am just look for $23 each (premium game face value is $25). They are in Section 429 row 2 on the aisle. If anyone is interested, let me know!
  14. paul253
    Atlanta has a ton of premium pitching prospects, and if I recall they were really looking for outfield help last season. They were going after Hart pretty hard if I remember correctly. Obviously we will never know for sure with Melvin confirming it, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if that offer was on the table. That would have been a very simple move to upgrade the rotation, especially with all the other CF prospects we have in the system. Going all the way back to his days in Texas, it just seems like Melvin does not have an eye for young pitching. It's one thing to get former Cy Young winners and #1 pitchers like Sabathia, Greinke, and Marcum. It's something else to be able to draft and trade for young prospects you have to project. If he did indeed turn down offers for Hudson and Beachy, it really makes me wonder how capable he is ever going to be at building a team that has more of a year or two window of success.
  15. paul253
    I'm ok with Heckathorn being there only because there are 4 legitimate starting pitching prospects (Rivas, Rogers, Scarpetta and Peralta) ahead of him. That being said, I hope that after a month or two of success they look to move him up right away. It's also nice to see guys like Anundsen and Wooten pitching again. Those were two of my favorite prospects to follow before the injuries. And I am really looking forward to following Scooter Gennett and Kentrail Davis.
  16. paul253
    Yeah I have top agree a rotation of Gallardo, Beachy, and Hudson would look pretty good. I think Corey Hart or Mat Gamel would be playing first base right now, with the other in right. Lawrie and Jeffress would be in Nashville, Odorizzi in BC. I don't think the team would be as good as they are going to be this season, but they'd be set up for more success long term. Oh well, I am happy with the way things turned out and hopefully things go right in the next two drafts and we get 5 high ceiling prospects with the first round picks we could have in the drafts.
  17. paul253
    I was relatively impressed with him today. But I bring him up because the rumor last season was that Melvin would not trade Lorenzo Cain for him. I have two questions. Even though it's only been one start, now that we have seen him pitch against a major league team, if you could go back in time and make the trade Cain for Beachy would you do it? And the second question....if Melvin did make that trade, is their any way Greinke is in Milwaukee right now?
  18. paul253
    Good call Monty. I was thinking a platoon of Morgan/Gomez once Hart gets back. I wouldn't mind letting Morgan play full time though. Gomez just looks like all he wants to do is hit for power. If the guy could learn to draw a walk or go the other way, he could be a heck of a hitter. But I guess there is a reason New York and Minnesota both made him expendable. He just doesn't seem like he's capable of being a good major league hitter. My ideal lineup would be as follows: 1) Morgan 2) Weeks 3) Braun 4) Fielder 5) McGehee 6) Bentancourt 7) Gomez 8) Kottarras Once Hart and Lucroy get back 1) Morgan 2) Weeks 3) Braun 4) Fielder 5) McGehee 6) Hart 7) Lucroy 8) Bentancourt. Nieves can hit 8th in Nashville. Weeks seems like too good of a hitter, power wise, to be hitting leadoff. If he's going to hit 30 home runs it'd be nice if someone was actually on base for some of them. There are actually three places in the lineup I'd like for him to hit (1st, 2nd, 6th) but if I had to choose one I'd go with 2nd.
  19. paul253
    It's annoying that the Brewers don't work the count. Sometimes ambushing the first pitch can be great...but we didn't face a 3-ball count until the 8th inning today! It looks like we're trying to pull the ball for homers every at bat. Haha Dhonks. This is almost exactly what I said on the first post of the page, but you just made a comment about that saying I used that you don't like (sorry about that by the way). It's nice that we agree though. It's almost like watching a slow pitch softball game where guys just swing at everything. "They are swinging at too many first pitches and not working the count enough. Everyone is trying to pull the ball."
  20. paul253
    This team is really frustrating me. They aren't scoring any runs unless they hit home runs. They are all solo home runs though because they don't have anyone that can actually get on base without hitting a home run. They are swinging at too many first pitches and not working the count enough. Everyone is trying to pull the ball. I think Nyger Morgan needs to be in the lineup, batting first, with Weeks batting second. Of course that leaves Gomez back in the lower half of the lineup with Nieves and Betancourt which, when I just typed that, made me throw up a little in my mouth thinking of those three batting next to each other. Logan Schafer needs to learn how to stay healthy because there's a good chance he could be our starting center fielder by the end of the season.
  21. paul253
    At this point I would take a lower level prospect who has the chance to be a major league contributor. Their system is empty.
  22. paul253
    Derry Hegertys is a nice atmosphere. Its got a pretty basic food menu and the drinks are a little more expensive than the other bars (I don't know for sure because I haven't gone to the other bars in quite a while) but it's not terrible. It probably won't be as busy and say Kelly's Bleachers. I personally have always found Kellys a bit overrated but that's just my opinion.
  23. paul253
    I haven't paged through all of the comments so I apologize if this has been brought up already, but I would rather see Morgan in right field than Kotsay. It would bring up the defense quite a bit and would allow Gomez to shade over to help cover left field a bit. Then I'd bat Morgan leadoff and Weeks second. I've been waiting forever to see Weeks hit something other than leadoff. You may have to switch him back once Hart comes back, but you never know.
  24. paul253
    I think it's a pretty safe bet that whoever the Brewers pick with their first two picks in the draft this season, assuming they sign they will be the top 2 prospects in the organization. This is a good year to have two top 15 picks.
  25. paul253
    So I just bought a new laptop and I downloaded Itunes. Can someone tell me how I can put all the songs from my Ipod Shuffle into the Itunes library on my new computer?
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