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  1. bsglorydays
    Shocker. I really thought Brady would be settling for minor league contracts from here on out. Instead, he signs with a major AL contender.
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    My girlfriend's cat sits by me all the time. I better make sure my life insurance is paid up.
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    If Fielder is indeed an MVP, he should play every day. Period. Stop babying You can generally count on one hand the number of players that play 162 games in any given season (okay, 2 hands max). This is smart managing IMO. Everybody on the roster will have had a day off leading up to the 4 games in 3 days series with the Cardinals. Even the best players in the league should, and generally do, get 4 or 5 days off in a season. It is impossible for you or I to know who "needs" a day off and who doesn't. I don't like multiple regulars sitting on the same day unless absolutely necessary for injury reasons, but I'm realistic enough to know that Prince can get a day off here or there and the Brewers will be okay.
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    I think people have over estimated what Suppan was going to do coming to Milwaukee. He was bought at market price and done his job. Amen, Brother. THat's why backloading the contract seems like a mistake. That was my first thought when the deal was signed... "this is going to look bad in years 3 and 4." Increased attendance could have helped pay for years 1 and 2 if they had front-loaded the deal. Then, in years 3 and 4, Suppan could have been fairly tradeable. Now, I think it will be difficult to trade him later in his contract. That said, I was happy with getting Sup when the deal was signed. He has been slightly worse that I thought he would be, but not much. He has basically kept the team in games. He's just making too many mistake pitches right now by leaving pitches up in the zone. His strength is keeping the ball down, and he hasn't been consistent enough with that.
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    I have no problem with Prince taking a day off today. I just don't like "JV" lineups like last night when there are 3 regulars (not to mention the usual numbers 1, 2, and 3 guys in the order) out of the lineup on the same night (not counting Estrada).
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    No mention of anything else at all. Unfortunately, Melvin answered the questions that were asked, and that question wasn't asked.
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    I don't think its a case of the Brewers not liking Inman. If you only traded players you didn't like, you wouldn't make many trades, because chances are that other teams' scouts wouldn't like those guys either. You have to give up a good player(s) in order to get something of value in return. The Brewers probably could have given up less to get a lesser RP, but in order to get one of the premier set up men in the league, they had to give up decent prospects. If the Brewers were trying to win in 2010, they probably would have kept Inman. But, they are trying to win in 2007.
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    Recap: 1. The Brewers were confident in their bullpen before the Linebrink trade, but they knew it was going to wear down in the 2nd half 2. Wanted a RP with the durability and pitchability that Linebrink brings to the table 3. The Brewers gave up 3 good prospects to get Linebrink, but that is the price of getting one of the top set up men in the league 4. The Brewers haven't been in this position before (contending) and they want to capitalize on the opportunity 5. The Brewers had considered bringing Thatcher to the big leagues earlier in the season (Thatcher is reporting to San Diego today, as most of you already know) 6. The Linebrink deal helps both teams compete for a pennant right now. 7. The Brewers have been interested in Linebrink for quite a while, and they tried to trade for him last year. 8. Fans are coming out to Miller Park in record numbers, and the Brewers want the fans to know that they are serious about winning now. 9. Adding Linebrink now makes the bullpen a strength for the Brewers, and it should help them hold leads in the second half without overusing anybody. 10. Regarding Ben Sheets, he has started playing catch but isn't ready to resume pitching. The Brewers are targeting September 1st as a return date for Sheets.
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    I'll recap shortly
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    Although I feel that giving up the 3 pitchers was a bit much, I have no problem with dealing Inman and I love the deal overall. Win now. If you keep waiting for next year, next year never comes. For once the Brewers are in position to deal prospects instead of stockpiling them. If Inman eventually becomes a stud, DM may one day regret this trade. However, the odds are stacked against that. For every can't miss prospect that actually pans out to his "potential", 10 others (or so it seems) flame out before they ever even make a (positive) mark in the big leagues.
  11. bsglorydays
    They're unwilling to part with right-handers Derrick Turnbow or Manny Parra And, thus, this trade idea goes nowhere. If the Sox are only interested in major league ready relievers, the Brewers and Sox are not trading partners. If there is one thing the Brewers don't have, it is surplus relievers. Edit: I would probably be willing to give up Parra if I felt the player that the Brewers were getting in return would put the team over the top. I'm not sure if Dye is that player though. And, actually, Parra himself might be just what the doctor ordered - a second lefty in the pen, and he can work multiple innings.
  12. bsglorydays
    Who goes down when Dessens comes up? I'm guessing Dessens gets DFA'd.
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    Gwynn will likely be back next week Barring an injury, I believe Gwynn has to go down for at least 10 days. That's why I'm guessing Gross will be brought back first. Only a guess, obviously.
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    Probably the most logical move IMO. 10 days from now, Gwynn could be back. However, my guess is that the Brewers carry the extra RP thru this weekend, then whenever Gross's 10 days in the minors is up, he comes back and a pitcher goes down. Balfour will get DFA'd or Parra could get optioned (since he won't be able to pitch for several days after his start on Saturday) after this weekend.
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    Thanks, Sgt... Runs by Inning 1st 68 2nd 41 3rd 42 4th 59 5th 52 6th 77 7th 60 8th 43 9th 27 Ext 9 So, the 6th inning is the only inning where the Brewers score more runs than they do in the 1st. And, as you would expect, pickins are slim in the 8th and 9th, when the specialists are pitching (also, the home team doesn't always bat in the 9th).
  16. bsglorydays
    Gallardo is quickly running out of innings, if the Brewers plan to limit him to 170. I gotta believe Yo goes back to the pen, unless the Brewers do something between now and then to limit his work (like skipping his starts when there is an off day, etc). Still, this discussion is a long way away. Let's get Sheets back and then worry about this problem. By then, knock on wood, another starter may need to miss some starts, too.
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    I hate it how the Brewers do it now, "let's guess tonights attendance" when Coco is walking to the mound and you can't hear his warm up music. This has changed (or, it was different on Sunday at least). The guess the attendance was earlier in the game (can't tell you exactly which inning). CoCo came out to his own music and got a huge ovation.
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    Is there a place to find runs scored by inning? I'm guessing that over the course of a season, runs by inning do not vary a whole lot (other than the 9th inning being the lowest, since the home team does not alway bat in the 9th). Lately, it does seem like the early innings have been the most productive. It also seems like Braun hits a lot of 1st inning home runs, but that might be my imagination running wild.
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    In extra inning games, you might as well figure that every one of your pitchers is going to have to pitch. Balfour was coming into that game at some point. You can use CoCo to try to get thru the 12th if you want to, but Balfour (or somebody else on a level below Turnbow/Wise/Cordero/etc) is going to pitch at some point (even if CoCo pitches the Brewers thru the 12th and the Brewers score in the top of the 13th, you're either going to have pitch Cordero for a second full inning in the 13th or go with somebody that is not your "best guy"). Ironically, if Ned had used Cordero and he lost the game, we would be having the opposite reaction here. People would be saying, "You should never use your closer in a tie game on the road." Its amazing how, according to many, Ned mis-manages the bullpen in nearly every loss. How about some blame gets passed along to the guy who pitches to 4 batters and doesn't record an out?
  20. bsglorydays
    Charlie Haeger is a knuckleballer. That's all I need to know about him to know that I'm not interested in bringing him out of the pen.
  21. bsglorydays
    MA and DM are definitely making a run this year, IMO. But, you have to have the pulse of your team. They may decide that there is no trade out there that can benefit this team right now, so they might not pull off even one single trade. That doesn't mean that the Cubs are trying harder now than the Brewers are. The Cubs seem to think that adding Jason Kendall has improved their team for the stretch run, so they made the trade. The Brewers would have never traded for Kendall, because he would not be an upgrade. So, you can't look at how many trades a team makes and say, "okay, the Cubs are trying to win because they have made 2 trades and the Brewers are not trying to win now because they haven't made any trades." In order to get something of value, you have to give up something of value. So, DM has to weigh the benefits of adding Player A with the loss associated with subtracting Player B.
  22. bsglorydays
    I really thought he would excel at a straight platoon, something like .290, 25 homers, and 80RBIs. How do we know he won't? That's why you can't judge a player based on 2/3 of a season. They can only be judged on a full season. Throughout a long season, most players hit slumps along the way. I remember when Carlos Zambrano was having a "bad year". Does anybody still think he is? Jenkins has some years left in him yet. Probably not with the Brewers and probably not in a full time role. If he does leave the Brewers for whatever reason after this season, I will be one of the fans standing and cheering when he returns to Miller Park in a different uniform. He has been nothing but loyal, nothing but fan-friendly, and nothing but a hard working team player for the time he has been here. Unfortunately, some of the people that bash Jenkins now are the same people that wanted him to stay when he signed his contract and the same people that would have been mad at the Brewers management if they had allowed him to leave (not pointing fingers at anybody here - just stating a fact from the conversations that I have had over the years).
  23. bsglorydays
    Isn't it called an "UNbalanced" schedule?
  24. bsglorydays
    Another little nugget I heard right before the AS break: The Cubs have the easiest schedule in the NL for the rest of the season. But, have no fear... the Brewers have the 2nd easiest schedule.
  25. bsglorydays
    Send it all to Rickie Weeks. If he gets hot, the whole offense will start clicking.
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