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  1. Invader3K
    Hey all. I'm also toying with the idea of going to Spring Training next year...would probably look towards late March when the wife is on spring break. I have never been before (haven't even been to Arizona previously), so is there any good place to start looking for info? I don't know anyone down there so we'd almost certainly be looking for hotel deals, etc. Thanks in advance.
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    In the second half of this season, he's batting over .280 with an OPS over .850. He's slugging around .500. This team has been dying for a legit #5 hitter for a long time, and he's been filling the need quite nicely. I'll take that. I know many on this board are sheepish about him because of Hall's rapid decline, but just because Hall fell into the cellar, doesn't mean McGehee will.
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    It seems like Atlanta and Milwaukee match up well as far as needs. Would like to see Melvin explore this in the off-season, whether it's for Jurjens or another good young pitcher.
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    He won't catch Pujols, but it's awesome that he's so high on that list with so many other superstar players. Way to go Ryan. Just goes to show how stupid the talk of trading him in the off-season is.
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    It's an interesting and somewhat compelling idea, but it's way too radical for a major US sports league. I do think expansion and further changes to the playoffs are worth exploring at this point...as long as other changes like an international draft go hand in hand. I guess, ultimately, I think something like this shouldn't be necessitated if more obvious changes to the current broken economic system are initiated.
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    Looper is not worth $6 million for next season. He's in his mid 30's, does not have overwhelming "stuff", and his personal record is flukey due to the incredible run support he's gotten compared to other Brewers pitchers this season. The only way he should be back is at a negotiated lower salary amount...like maybe $2-3 million or so. Otherwise, let him go. We don't need more Loop & Soup types eating up valuable salary on this team.
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    McGehee has been a legimitate ROY candidate. I think some here are too quick to trade him off. Yes, it could be a career year, but there's no guarantee that Gamel is necessarily going to hit better than Casey has been, either. Who knows, maybe there will be a place for both next season, if Hart and Hardy both get traded?
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    I would be open to it. LaRussa would bring some needed fire and accountability , and Duncan might be what this team was missing since Maddux left. I'm pretty tired of Macha, at any rate.
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    Yeah, that is definitely true, which just furthers my point.
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    Let's look at the past ten years: 2008: Phillies vs Rays 2007: Red Sox vs Rockies 2006: Cardinals vs Detroit 2005: White Sox vs Astros 2004: Red Sox vs Cardinals 2003: Marlins vs Yankees 2002: Angels vs Giants 2001: Diamondbacks vs Yankees 2000: Yankees vs Mets 1999: Yankees vs Braves Out of 20 possible teams over those past ten years, I'm seeing maybe six appearances by truly small market teams. Tampa, Colorado, Houston, Florida, San Francisco, Arizona. We all know Colorado and Tampa Bay got incredibly lucky getting in. I do not include St. Louis or Atlanta, because I think calling either of those small market is a joke, due to the number of years they each dominated wide swaths of territory. I guess that might fit your description of "regular basis"...but it still means roughly the bottom third of the 30 MLB clubs basically never make the World Series. That is wrong, in my opinion. Everyone should have at least a decent shot on a semi-regular basis.
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    Sadly, that's the only thing I think the smaller market teams could do to actually effect meaningful change.
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    Yeah, I know it's not apples to apples, but look at the Packers...many lengthy extended runs of success (yes, I know partly due to their heritage and popularity) in the smallest major sports market in the US, but there is no realistic way the Milwaukee Brewers will ever be able to achieve that in MLB as it is structured now, even if they draw over 3 million every single year and continue to get record TV and radio ratings. MLB is just so stacked against teams like the Brewers it is basically a joke. The Brewers and other franchises shouldn't exist just to be extended feeder teams for other markets, but that is basically how it is at this point.
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    He definitely has to get aggressive if he wants to keep his job beyond next season. It's clear that the makeup of the team is flawed, and no one but the three you mentioned should really be off the table at this point. I do hope Gamel and Escobar do not get traded, because they are both young and cheap, but if they need to be traded to significantly improve the team, so be it.
  14. Invader3K
    That's exactly it. If you're a Red Sox or Yankees fan, you get to talk about maybe having Fielder or Gallardo on your team some day. If you're a Brewers fan, you talk about getting some guy that's in the minors right now.
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    Burnitz and Sexson spring to mind. You are correct about the fact that Cleveland probably would not have traded Sabathia in a better system...but at least the given system should have worked out where the Brewers got some real compensation for losing him, after having given up LaPorta in the trade. One other thing that gets me is that for years, the big market fans would scream at the small market fans "Maybe your team should spend some money!" Well, teams like Milwaukee have, and it seems like they get burned by those contracts more often than not. They gave big money to Suppan and Hall (yes, I realize it was their choice to do so) and those contracts are like mill stones around the neck. A team like the Yankees can just shrug when a contract doesn't work out, and spend more money on someone else. When one team can spend nearly half a billion in one off season on the top three free agents, that just screams about how much inequity there is in the market place.
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    I don't think you can really call the Cards and ChiSox small market. And again, pointing to a team like Colorado or Tampa Bay making the World Series once in their entire existences doesn't really prove too much. The statistical odds say that once in a great while, a small market team will make the World Series, maybe even win a championship. Certain teams have been better at it than others (Marlins), but overall if you're the Red Sox or Yankees, your odds of going all the way are much, much greater. AJAY is correct again on his assessment that baseball isn't a true free market. If it was truly free market, players would be able to be cut or fired for under performing, and not be entitled guaranteed contracts which more often than not cripple teams like the Brewers. However, that's beside the point. A lot of fans out there are still very discontent right now. I think his point earlier about feeling a "dark cloud" in regards to players like Prince Fielder is very accurate. Basically you get to enjoy a guy in his prime for maybe 3 or 4 years at most, and then he is likely gone in free agency because he'll get a contract offer the Brewers can't possibly hope to match. It's time to get angry and demand better.
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    AJAY summarized what I think a lot of us feel, deep down. Looking at last season, the Brewers built up to that year by trying to do all the "right things, the right way." They spent money, they drafted well, they have an all around well-acknowledged GM in place. Then in the past off-season, they were basically punished for it. They tried to give a star player a franchise record, gigantic contract, but were still blown out of the water by the Yankees. They found their financial resources were finite, so they couldn't bring in more good pitchers to replace the ones that left. They got hosed in the draft process. Yes, it could just be one down year, but I think we all know looking at history that it's more the trend than a fluke. It's easy to be a fan of a big market team like the Yankees, Cubs, etc. It's a lot harder to be a fan of a team like the Brewers and I'm sick of being not rewarded for my fan loyalty. It's time for some change. Yes, it may take baby steps for change, but it better be real change and not just middling stuff that doesn't really make a difference.
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    Yeah, I don't get your "under the gun" assertion. Fielder should bring back a ton more than Holliday or Santana.
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    Yeah, he claimed Braun is unhappy with his contract and insinuated he and others hate Macha, but didn't really back it up with anything substantive.
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    WSSP was going to be discussing that in the 4 PM hour today. Though with their discussion on good reasons to trade Ryan Braun earlier this afternoon, I'm not sure I can stomach them further today.
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    I do partly agree with you, but I'm not sure Selig has any real power to do anything drastic at this point. A good post from that same thread on MLB Trade Rumors: If the playoffs were today here are the teams making them and their respective rank in salary (from the start of the year using Cot's numbers). Teams are ranked by winning %. Displaying team name, winning %, salary and overall rank by salary in the ML: Yankees - .645 - $206m - 1st Angels - .601 - $116m - 7th St Louis - .596 - $94m - 13th Dodgers - .589 - $109m - 8th Boston - .583 - $123m - 6th Philly - .577 - $128m - 5th Rockies - .571 - $75m - 21st Tigers - .543 - $130m - 4th Put another way - if you are in the top 8 in spending your odds of making the playoffs in 09 were 75%. Only two teams out of the top 8 spenders won't sniff the post-season (Mets/Cubs). That leaves 2 spots open for the remaining 22 teams (or approximately 10% chance). In the AL the top 4 spenders will represent every playoff spot. I would guess if you looked at the past several years, the numbers would be similar. Like AJAY said, pointing to an occasional rare team like the Rockies or Rays getting in doesn't really mean anything in the long run. The Rays won the AL pennant last year and are right back to being a middle of the pack type team. Granted, they've had injuries, but by and large, you can expect a New York, Boston, Chicago, or LA team to have a hugely better shot at the playoffs than Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Tampa, Oakland, etc. I do like what he's saying about fixing the draft as well, though...it's clearly a broken system.
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    Selig with some fresh comments from Ken Rosenthal: http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/09/selig-on-competitive-balance-draft-salary-cap.html#comments However, Selig says the draft needs to be changed when the current collective bargaining agreement expires after 2011. In fact, the commissioner believes changing the current system is "imperative for the health of the game." Selig suggests, as he has before, that he will push for slotting and a worldwide draft. Selig doesn't completely rule out a salary cap, but hints that he first plans to explore other ways of maintaining competitive balance. Seems like he is pretty serious about this issue with all of his comments on it since the June draft.
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    Is this a joke?! Certainly seems to that way at this point. The team in general, I mean.
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    Yeah, count me out for that one.
  25. Invader3K
    So, I have to wonder: Is Doug Melvin not stepping in and preventing some of these moves in order to simply give Ken Macha more rope to hang himself, anticipating an inevitable firing soon after game #162? Or is he just completely oblivious to the nonsensical moves his manager is making at this point in a lost season? It's a real head scratcher to me.
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