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With the addition of Jeff Suppan, it can be assumed that little more effort will be put into acquiring any more starting pitching this off-season. However, the Crew still could move an outfielder -- presumably Mench or Jenkins -- for something. So what do we want now? Bullpen help? (Do we need it? Maybe another lefty...) Quantity-for-quality corner outfield trade? (In my dreams.) Prospects? I'm curious what you all think. Especially about where on the diamond some new prospects might fit into the five-to-eight-year plan. Edit: Personally, I'd want to trade Clark for a decent low-level pitching prospect, if possible, and go with a starting OF of Jenkins-Hall-Hart with Gross and Mench on the bench.

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Good stuff. Thanks for posting this.

If I wanted a guy with a funny name, I'd try to trade for Milton Bradley.

If I wanted a speedy guy with a low OBP and no power in CF, I'd play Gwynn there. I'd prefer to have Weeks, Hall or Hart there, myself. And that's what I'm hoping for. In that order.

I think a ground ball pitcher would have a generally positive effect on the defense, regardless of its current state. They'd have to be on their toes a lot more than they would with Davis on the mound. Projections from a year and half ago have no relevance. That's a bit dramatic, although I did debate whether to put that line in there, due to how old the projections are and how biased I am toward BP. But no, BP didn't predict that he'd be successful for two or three months to ultimately have a middling season. But they projected he'd regress. And they were right. Suppan's PECOTA weighted mean projections for last season were 4.10 ERA and 1.33 WHIP. His actuals were 4.12/1.45. That's pretty darn close. And those aren't bad numbers. But I see more regression, and I don't want this guy for four years.

I'm not convinced a guy's not going to regress just because he's a finesse pitcher. Based on BP's projections (from last year, mind you), we don't want Suppan for more than a year.

I think either Attanasio (not necessarily Melvin) wants to make a splash in the FA market and his time is running out, or this is a posturing tactic, and Melvin's in trade talks with somebody for a SP. I'm not in favor of giving Suppan more than 2 years. Mark my words: We'll regret giving him more.

Yet another reason to suspect we're reverting to Brewers-circa-2002 mode. Pass.

CO has Cory Sullivan, who I think they'll prefer over Brady Clark. That's a .722 OPS in 2006, strong defense and plus speed over a .683 OPS and Brady Clark's defense and sub-par base running. =1&pids[6583]=1&sort=25]2006 Stats

I think Jennings to the Twins for Crain and Slowey/Perkins makes more sense for Minnesota and Colorado, unfortunately.

I'd do Penny for Jenkins and CoCo. It's a risk (I'd have Capellan close), but the value matches better.

Josh - 5918 1862 1077 4686 I got mine today and I actually stopped thinking about the winter meetings for a couple minutes.

Heck yeah, I'd do that trade.

I think Jenkins and Miller for Buehrle would be great. If we keep Rivera as backup, we might not even be taking a hit in the catching department -- at least on offense. (I must admit that I'm biased because of Buehrle's stellar performance on my 2005 fantasy squad.)

Allen, you're a genius.

Jenkins, Sarfate, & $2M to the Giants for Hennessey & Taschner. The Giants need OFs, with or without Roberts. I like this deal by itself.

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/cs-061125rogers,1,2137639.column?coll=cs-whitesox-headlines Just some speculation here -- apparently there's some question over whether the Sox should offer Scott Podsednik arbitration or just get rid of him, and Geoff's name came up. I don't want Scotty Po back, but I might be able to get behind a deal for Alex Cintron or one of their middle relievers. Dave Aardsma, maybe?

There was some speculation on 11/22 in the "Rumor Central" section of ESPN.com that the Brewers might have an interest in Craig Wilson. St. Louis, Toronto, Baltimore, Texas, Cincinnati, Houston and Boston were also mentioned -- all with questions marks, mind you.

I think Hall in CF could be comparable.

I'm not fond of Koskie batting, either. Why not put Cirillo at 3rd, Fielder at 1st, and Miller at DH? I know he's been struggling, but I'd rather see him in there than Koskie against the hottest lefty in the league.

Dare I say it... this is worse than anything Obermueller ever did.

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So that means I can't join? Can I? Maybe?

2006 Milwaukee Brewer Pre-season predictions Team Record 2006 Record: 90-72 2006 Approx Record as of Sept 1: 79-58 2006 Predicted Finish within the NL Central: Second place 2006 Playoff Predictions: Wild card Offense- Individual Team Leaders with 502 PA Batting Average: Clark .303 OBP: Weeks .378 SLG: Lee .546 OPS: Lee .904 BB: Weeks 63 2b: Lee 37 3b: Weeks 4 HR: Lee 35 RBI: Lee 103 K: Jenkins 128 SB: Weeks 22 Pitching- Individual Team Leaders Wins: Sheets 17 Losses: Davis 10 Saves: Turnbow 32 WHIP: Sheets 0.98 IP: Sheets 222 K: Sheets 216 BB: Davis 78 K/9: Capellan 9.40 BB/9: Sheets 1.20 OppOPS: Sheets .650 ERA (among starters): Sheets 2.61 ERA (among relievers): Turnbow 2.70 Appearances: Kolb/Turnbow 60 Team Awards Offensive MVP: Lee Team Cy Young: Sheets Most Valuable New Addition: Weeks Minor Leagues Awards Minor League Offensive MVP: Ryan Braun Minor League Cy Young: Will Inman Misc First player not on opening day roster recalled from Minors: Dana Eveland First player on 25 man roster removed (via waivers, trade or optioned): Rick Helling First Player on the DL: Clark League Awards AL MVP: Alex Rodriguez, Yankees NL MVP: Albert Pujols, Cardinals AL Cy Young: Rich Harden, A's NL Cy Young: Pedro Martinez, Mets AL ROY: Felix Rodriguez, Mariners NL ROY: Jeremy Hermida, Marlins Post Season AL Champs: Blue Jays, White Sox, A's, Yankees (Sox over Yanks in three, A's over Jays in five, A's over Sox in seven) NL Champs: Cardinals, Mets, Giants, Brewers (Cards over Giants in three, Brewers over Mets in four, Brewers over Cards in five) WS Champs: Brewers over A's in seven (with home field advantage) A man can dream.