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  1. PeaveyFury
    And right after that post, Sheets declines: http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/35693799.html
  2. PeaveyFury
    Hoffman wasn't mentioned on Doug's list of guys he won't pursue, for some reason.....
  3. PeaveyFury
    Buster Olney has a new article up at ESPN.com, "10 people looking for answers at the Winter Meetings", which includes both Sabathia and Melvin: http://sports.espn.go.com...3751718&name=olney_buster
  4. PeaveyFury
    If Julio was signed to replace Mota, I think we have a pretty similar player. Yeah. I think the Brewers are replacing their 08 bullpen with guys who are similar yet cheaper. Julio and Swindle for Mota and Shouse is potentially similar production for about 3-4 million less in salary. Very astute moves to trim budget for an offseason where we could potentially be spending a lot of money.
  5. PeaveyFury
    I know its early, and I know comments dont really mean much, but I'm not very confident about this offseason. We have too many holes to fill with no really good options to fill them with. Too many holes? It's tough to say that before we even know what holes we have yet with 100% certainty. Say Sheets accepts arby tonight, and that makes SP less of a concern. Then there's the need for a closer, but this is probably the best year ever for closers on the free agent market in terms of both quantity and quality. All that's really left after that is 3B. So I really don't see how we have two many holes, as even if Sheets and Sabathia are both gone, we really only have 4 (2 SP's, closer, and 3B).
  6. PeaveyFury
    Perhaps the most interesting part of that article: First baseman Prince Fielder earned $670,000 this past season, but he is now arbitration eligible and stands to see his salary skyrocket beyond $6 million. The Brewers have quietly let word get around baseball that they might be willing to part with the left-handed slugger.
  7. PeaveyFury
    You don't want to know what the mascot for the Tokyo Pork Bludgeoners looks like.
  8. PeaveyFury
    I just don't see him making any big free agent signing, or trading someone like Hardy to get a legitimate starting pitcher to fill the spot of Sheets and CC. Well, he does clearly say in the article: "If he loses both Sabathia and Sheets, Melvin immediately will look to add an established starting pitcher, if not two. "We'd like to try to get at least one," said Melvin. "Two protects you against injuries." Also, I hate to tell you this Doug, but you cant play 2 shortstops. No, you can't. But one of the ones we have doesn't have a bat that's ready for major league pitching yet. I think people are reading way too much into the article, as Doug has historically been very misleading quite often in the media. Remember headed into the winter meetings last year, when the team was 'perfectly comfortable with Derrick Turnbow as our closer', and the team went out and acquired Torres, Mota, Riske, and Gagne? Or when he "wasn't motivated to move Lyle Overbay" then traded him like a day later? It's all GM speak, IMO.
  9. PeaveyFury
    Good luck in finding another platoon player that can do this against left handed pitchers. The question, though, is whether or not Hall has peaked and is trending downward. If he is, then he's not worth anything close to the ~15 million he's due over the next 2 years. Certainly not for an .800-ish OPS as the lefty part of a platoon that plays far less frequently as the righty.
  10. PeaveyFury
    I don't think Dunn has ever disparaged the city of Milwaukee like Gagne did. Dunn has said that he doesn't like the batter's eye and doesn't feel comfortable at the plate, which is a totally different thing and a valid concern for why he might not come here.
  11. PeaveyFury
    Looks like Garrett Atkins might be available for the right price. He is not a left handed bat but would look great in our lineup. Atkins home/away splits make him look terrifyingly bad away from Coors (.233 average, .278 OBP, .383 slugging).
  12. PeaveyFury
    Per the JS Blog, a NY Paper is reporting that the Brewers might be willing to go up to 6 years/110 million for CC. http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/35653364.html
  13. PeaveyFury
    That is what I am starting to believe as well. Thirded. I think the best thing for this team headed into the winter meetings is for Sheets to accept arbitration tomorrow so that we can head into the meetings with the ability now to address the other holes without waiting for the CC sweepstakes to unfold. EDIT: And if nothing else, it's nice to see that Doug is meeting with CC's agent right away on Monday to hopefully finally get some feedback on what's going on here. I understand that CC's camp is probably not in a situation to want to rule out any potential destination (especially with only two teams with confirmed bids on the table), but it's certainly time that they tell the Brewers if there's any realistic chance or not.
  14. PeaveyFury
    And isn't Johnson only a Type B FA, not a Type A? So Johnson + net of 3 picks. That's still a plus deal. Johnson wasn't offered arbitration, so the D-Backs will receive no compensation at all for losing him.
  15. PeaveyFury
    The more I think about it the less I like this signing. A guy who throws hard, was pretty decent in the past on a one year deal for less than a million and we can cut him in March and not owe him a penny..... I don't see the downside.
  16. PeaveyFury
    I really wonder who the two mystery teams are and how they have actually managed to keep this a secret. Or this could all be an elaborate ploy by the Sabathia camp. Maybe there are only 2 offers but they want to teams to think that there are 4? That seems fairly likely. I can't imagine 2 teams could have possibly made offers that have stayed under the radar for two weeks. Considering he's a 'friend of Sabathia,' I'd take it for what it's worth.
  17. PeaveyFury
    they probably think CC will give them a discount. I dont think the SFG need to outbid the Brewers. So they think he's going to take a discount after leaving 40-some million on the table by declining the Yankees already? Talk about poor negotiating tactics. Really, all they'd have to offer is 6/105 million and they instantly put themselves into a position where for CC it's them or the Yankees. By under-bidding the Brewers, it's still a bidding war even if the Yankees are really off the table.
  18. PeaveyFury
    Giants: No formal offer, but other clubs are hearing they'd go five years, at just under $100 million, for a first bid. So the Giants would leap into the bidding with an offer that's actually LESS than the Brewers' for some reason?
  19. PeaveyFury
    While not terrible, I'm not a fan of Culver's Butterburgers. My uncle accurately describes them as "cremated". I'm glad someone else shares that opinion. While I appreciate that they use beef that blows away the 'meat' in other fast food burger places, I very often get a burger that's somewhat burnt.
  20. PeaveyFury
    Another top burger in my book was Hardees' Mushroom Swiss Burger. Still the best Mushroom Swiss burger offered by far, and really not a lot have come close.
  21. PeaveyFury
    So, why not be the first? Because the players' association would never let you trade a guy half way around the world without having any say at all.
  22. PeaveyFury
    Per the JS blog, in addition to the 950k base, he can earn another 950k in incentives- 350k for games finished, and 600k based on appearances. http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/35565144.html
  23. PeaveyFury
    The worst part about it is that the Astros' offer wasn't even close to the others out there. Most were thinking 5/60 or something along those lines for Carlos, then the Astros came in with the 6th year when no one else was offering it.
  24. PeaveyFury
    Didn't see this posted here yet, but the Giants have signed reliever Bob Howry to a 1 year, 2.75 million deal. Howry would have been a good sign on a deal like this- he had a rough 2008 and is 35 (so it's quite possible that he's hitting the career wall), but on a deal like that, it would have been worth it to see if he can regain the quality form he had just a year ago. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3742548
  25. PeaveyFury
    I understand that but I don't see the outfield depth as so great with cheap talent that it makes any sense at all to trade a viable young player if we have to replace him with a more expensive player. Again, it's not that the OF depth is great, it's that the rotation depth/quality is worse, and there are more options out there to fill potential holes in the OF. Why not just sign a free agent pitcher with that money and keep the cheaper younger guy we already have? Because you can always get hitting cheaper than pitching, especially in this offseason's free agent class. And because none of the free agent pitchers are young, quality arms like Hart could potentially bring in return.
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