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What is Sheets' status for the beginning of next year? Is he going to be 100% by spring training?

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Are the Brewers going to offer arby to Shouse? He didnt seem to be quite as effective last season, and he's listed as a type B, so we could get another pick for him if he signs elsewhere. I wouldnt mind seeing him back, but I also wouldnt mind getting a pick for him, especially with Stetter ready to go. I'd like to see Kapler back, and now that Torres retired I'd like to see Mota back. He really picked it at the end of the season. I also would like Lamb back. Counsell can go. He is nothing more than a defensive replacement, and I think September showed that the post season experience he brings doesnt really bring much. I highly doubt Sabathia is returning, but I'd offer Sheets a 2 year, incentive laden deal. Maybe a base salary of 7 or 8 million, with incentives kicking it up to 12 or 13.

You never know, especially if we dont resign Sheets. We are losing a bunch off the payroll....$10 million for Gagne, 3 for Counsell, 3 from Turnbow, like 12 from sheets, another chunk for Mota. Its seems like all the big spenders are focuses elsewhere, LAD on Manny, LAA on Textiera, and NYY on pitching, and the Mets on KRod. Are there any teams linked to Abreu, or do we know what his demands are? He made 16 last season, but that was with the Yankees. I think we could go as high as 13 or 14 per, so long as its no longer than a 2 year deal. Basically thats like replacing Gagne and Counsell with Abreu. Then Suppan, Hall, and Abreu will all clear at the same time, IIRC.

I doubt this helps, but basically all the sound is hooked up through the subwoofer. The subwoofer is hooked up by one chord to the dvd player. Is the chord from the DVD player to the subwoofer a unique chord, as in, you can just buy another dvd player with the same connection? Or, is it possible to order the same DVD player from the company, do you know? Its a good system just the DVD player is going. I supposed I could even take that somewhere to see if that can get fixed.

I personally think FM radio in Milwaukee sucks. within the last 10 years, 95.7, 102.9, 102.1, and now 94.5 have all changed formats. While the first 3 are somwhat similar, they all play less of what i like to listen to. I used to be able to turn on 102.1 and listen to whatever song was on. They had a lot more new stuff. Now they still play new stuff, but its mixed with a lot of late 90's early '00s crap. 95.7 got rid of all the cool "oldies" songs from the 50's and replaced them with songs from the 70's. Its seems like the only thing musics stations play around here anymore are songs from the 70's, 80's and 90's, which, oddly enough, is what 94.5 is switching to isnt it? They you have 99.1 AND 95.7 playing Christmas music in October....give me a break. I hardly even listen to FM anymore.

About 4 years ago I bought 1000 watt panasonic home theater system. Recently the 5 disc DVD player/am fm radio has taken a dump. While it still plays DVD's the screen gets all messed up (really hard to explain what its doing) and although I can still watch the dvd, its extremely obnoxious. My question is, can i simply buy a new Panasonic DVD Player? Will the Subwoofer still hook up to it? Do I have to buy a reciever in order to still use the speakers and subwoofer? Or do I have to replace the entire thing? I obviously prefer the cheapest method, and dont want to pay the $250 to get a decent reciever or $500 for a new home theater system. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Well that I do agree with. I wouldnt ever think he could be the 150 start player he once was, and yes his defense has dropped. But its not like we are throwing Billy Hall out there. He is still a good defender. And while he OBP dropped last year, it was still higher than Cameron's. His Slugging was actually higher too. And if you only look at his numbers is Chicago, his Slugging was almost 100 points better than Cameron's. He played in 111 games total. I dont know how many he missed after being released by SD before ending up in Chicago, but if he played in 111 games and put up the same numbers, or anythign even close to what he did in Chicago, I'd be more than happy. Kapler can get the starts against lefties, which with Pittsburgh in the division will be quite a few. Another option, albeit more expensive and I believe a Type A free agent, would be Abreu. The outfield would have to be reshuffled, but he is exactly the kind of player we could use. OBP of .371, slugging .471. 22 steals, played in 156 games. Maybe a 2 year $24 million deal for him with added incentives? When that expires Cain/or Gillespie should be around to take his place. Late in games you could always throw Gwynn in Center as a defensive replacement.

I already did mention who i think would be a better CF for our team. You can go back and find it if you like. I acknowledged that he might not want to sign, but I'd be willing to guess if you gave him $10 million at one year he'd go for it. I think hed go for 1 year at $6 millon with possibly a team option for '10. MJL, I dont know if you were reffering to my posts or not, but i certainly dont hate Mike Cameron. He a good player....in certain categories. In the categories he's good at, we have several other players that are also good. In the categories he is not good in, we dont have hardly anyone who IS good at them. This appears just be a difference in opinion as to whether a home run reliant offense is good enough to win, or whether a balanced offense consisting of fewer home runs and higher OBP and batting average is the way to go. TLB appears to think the home run offense is fine. While I certainly respect that opinion, and can even see why he'd argue for it, I simply dont agree with it. The offensive numbers in September, when we werent hitting homeruns, were pathetic. Yet nobody seemed to be able to ease up on their swing and try to just put the ball in play. In fact, they all appeared to swing even harder. The numbers in the postseason went far beyond pathetic...a .271 OBP....a .254 Slugging %.....a .206 batting average.....32 K's in 4 games....4 extra base hits total. Do you really think taking Billy Hall out of the lineup is going to make that much of an improvement? And now that I answered who I think was a better CF option, who is this 3rd basemen that is going to improve everything so much? Branyon? He does have a good OBP, and he really grew on me last year. But he is another all or nothing type guy. Plus, he was injured all lot last year too. Mike Lamb? I wouldnt mind seeing him given a shot, but I don't think he is the magical fix either.

Trust me, I was as down on Corey Hart as much as anyone last season, but I dont think 3 bad months is worth giving up on him. In '07, his OPS was .892, and in '06 it was .796. He had a terrible September, but has shown before what he can do, and has done it over an entire year. Heck before the allstar break his OPS was .831. I'm not ready to dump him yet because he has a ton of room for improvement. If next year is another ,700 OPS year, then lets start looking around. There is nothing wrong with hitting home runs. Certainly not, but they are much more effective when someone is on base for them. So instead of batting Hardy, Braun, Fielder, Hart, and Cameron, hoping 2 of them hit homeruns, why not find some guys to get on base so that if they dont hit a homerun, a single or double will score the run.

I have a hard time rooting against UNC. If you look at their last national championship team and compare it to this years, you see something in common. Really good, talented upperclassmen. Back then it was May, Felton, and McCants, this year its Hansborough, and those two guards whose names I'm forgetting at the moment. They do it the right way. I like seeing teams with a lot of upperclassmen winning, as opposed to a team that brings in one or two really good freshmen who you know will be gone in a year. I'm glad the NBA made that rule about having to wait a year after your class graduates, but I wish it would have been two years.

Except that nowhere in the post did I mention strikeouts. I think that you're just assuming I dont like Cameron because of his strikeouts because they are so high. I dont like the strikeouts but I've kinda lightened up on the affect of strikeouts. What I really dont like even more though is the low OBP. What I did mention is high home runs, and low OBP. The Brewers need is higher OBP and can afford to give up a little on Home Runs. So his OBP was slightly below average for centerfielders. How is bringing back someone who is below the league average in an area you need to improve on going to help? The alternative I've mentioned before was Jim Edmonds. Yes, he may not want to sign in Milwaukee, and yes he's old and wont play as much, but just about every offensive number of his was better than Camerons, so why not go after him instead. He would also probably cost a lot less. If not him, maybe try to pry Dejesus away from KC. Its not like they are going anywhere anytime soon and we have the prospects to get him. My biggest fear, is that they bring back the same offense as last season which completely evaporated during the final month of the season. You cant improve an offense by bringing everyone back and hoping they get better.

I just get the feeling that some people are so impressed by slugging and Home Runs that they overrate it quite a bit, and underrate (is that a word?) anyone who doenst have a high slugging percentage and thinks that player cant possibly be successful because a pitcher will just throw a fastball right down the middle and never walk them. The thing with Cameron, yes he has a high slugging percentage, which brings his OPS way up. But a .331 OBP? .328 the year before that? Thats not good. You can find someone who can get on base at a higher rate than that. You dont need to find someone who will hit 30 homeruns. Fielder will hit 30 homerun. Braun will hit 30 homerns. Hardy might, and Hart might also and barring injury they'll both get at least 20. I'm not arguing that Cameron isnt a good player. His defense is superior. But in this lineup, with these players I would prefer someone to compliment the above listed players as opposed to someone who does the exact same thing as all of them. Some people just seem to get so pissed when someone says Cameron isnt the player to improve the offense. I dont think he is. Who is? That I dont know.

I think Dan O'Donnell is an idiot. I also think a lot of the people calling in talking about the Brewers arent very smart. I didnt catch this one, were there a lot of bad callers?

I am excited to see how MU does. Ihave a feeling they'll do what they normally do and go like 14-2 nonconference and like 10-8 in confernce....obviously i didnt add up the games so i dont know if thats the right number, but you get the point. Tom Crean, i think his recruiting was very overated. He got Wade, who was a sleeper, and he got James and McNeal, who were good recruits, but everyone else was kinda eh. Matthews, Novak, and Diener, while all good recruits, were by no means bluechippers and were local guys. Plus, he complete inability to recruit a decent big man is going to kill them this year, especially with the loss of Mbakwe. Williams had an amazing class considering it was his first one, and I think their future looks bright. While UNC looks like the team to beat this year, they looked that way too last year. Lasts years final four was one of the best in recent memories. Here's to an exciting season.

We have a top-10 CF option in Cameron, who you're saying is a problem. Weeks would be better as a #5 or so batter, but to get stuck on AVG at this point in time is preposterous. Even if you go off 'Weeks is a .240 hitter', which is worst-case imo, you still have a .340 OBP & at worst an avg. 2B. Then to claim that Brantley is our best leadoff option for 2009... I really don't know what to say. Brantley is not, and was not ready. I didnt mean to imply was the best in house option to start the season, just that he was our best in house option in general. Sorry for the confusion. But while we're on him, he had an excellent year in AA, so to suggest he would have been ready by the allstar break isnt too much of a stretch. Also, I'm not debating the Cameron isnt good at what he does, just thinking that we don't really need what he does. My only point was that he doesnt improve our weaknesses, which he clearly doesnt. Weeks....eh....like i said, he shouldnt be hitting leadoff, but we havent been able to replace him for 3 years for some reason. I'm happy with his OBP, but thats about it. I think the Brewers need to move on with Sabathia. Let's face it, he's not going to resign. Focus on getting Sheets, as much as I hate to say this, a 2 year, incentive laden deal. Focus on figuring out who's going to play third. Focus on signing two good bullpen arms. If we go into the season with a rotation of Gallardo, Sheets, Parra, Bush, and Suppan, I'll be satisfied. The bullpen isnt terrible, with Villanueva, Stetter, Riske and McClung and maybe Shouse. Dillard is also a possibility, but you need to sign someone, someone like Hoffman or Kerry Wood, and maybe another guy.

Haha....yeah I didnt realize you had to apply for membership, I thought if you had an account here it like, transferred over. I'm smart. So i did that and hopefully we can talk NCAA soon.

Haha....yeah I didnt realize you had to apply for membership, I thought if you had an account here it like, transferred over. I'm smart. So i did that and hopefully we can talk NCAA soon.

I know theres that other site, Lambeauleap.net, but, and call me an idiot if you want, I cannot for the life of me figure out how to start a new thread. I know I am overlooking something, but I just cant find it. Plus it doesnt look like anyone has posted in about a week and half and I think I'd be talking to myself. But if the moderators prefer to keep the football stuff on there, I can do that too. I was just wondering.

I know theres that other site, Lambeauleap.net, but, and call me an idiot if you want, I cannot for the life of me figure out how to start a new thread. I know I am overlooking something, but I just cant find it. Plus it doesnt look like anyone has posted in about a week and half and I think I'd be talking to myself. But if the moderators prefer to keep the football stuff on there, I can do that too. I was just wondering.

How long is this exhibit going to be around, do you know? It sounds really interesting, but I havent heard any advertising about it. When they had that body world thing, thats all i heard about.

My concerns are similar to yours. I'm worried we will get none of the following - Sabathia, Sheets, or Peavey. Those are the only three free agent pitchers that really interest me at this point. We'll be forced to trade away a position player to get a good starting pitcher, or overpay for a decent starter who will be more at Suppan's level, like you mentioned. I am also worried the offense will not be improved at all. Our guys aren't _that_ young anymore, and I don't have that much faith that the cumulative "learning" improvements they will make will be enough to improve on last year's offense. Adding one quality bat to the lineup somewhere would help a ton. Invader, I could not agree any more with what you said. I think some people are completely overestimating certain players we have, namely Cameron and Parra. Don't get me wrong, I love Parra, but i think its too early to rely on him as a #2. I also think with the whole Cameron thing.....I just dont see him strengthening any weaknesses in the offense, and its hard to improve an offense if you dont fix whats wrong. Basically they are trying to add to our strenghts, power, while not addressing the weakness, OBP and situational hitting. Also, at some point you have to realize Weeks is a .240 hitter who shouldnt be leading off, yet we keep trotting him out there in the leadoff spot because for going on 3 years now we havent been able to find anyone to replace him. Then our best in house option, Brantely, gets traded away. I'm afraid the team isnt going to be nearly as good next year.

This is bad news. He was pretty darn good until September (like the rest of the team). This is just one more arm we have to replace. I think they should give Villanueva a shot to close if they dont sign someone. He is young and this would dramatically increase his value. Villanueva, Riske, Stetter, Dillard, possibly Coffey and Mota.....nothing to be excited about.

I agree with that, but i think its hard to focus on defense when you are going between second and catcher. Second and shortstop is one thing, but catcher is a whole new monster. I;d like to see him playing third base full time, and I'd like to see the Brewers move Taylor Green to second base. They would both have clear paths all the way up to Milwaukee.

I agree with that, but i think its hard to focus on defense when you are going between second and catcher. Second and shortstop is one thing, but catcher is a whole new monster. I;d like to see him playing third base full time, and I'd like to see the Brewers move Taylor Green to second base. They would both have clear paths all the way up to Milwaukee.