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McClung, DiFelice and Rivera non-tendered
giffted1 replied to Invader3K's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
No matter where McClung goes from here, he'll always be one of the heroes of that 2008 team. He had his bouts of wildness at times, but that performance against the Cubs was huge. I hope he does well wherever he ends up and would love to see him back in Milwaukee. Thanks for the hard work, the classy comments, and the memories, Seth. -
Texas did throw in 3mil, so it put his cost at 9mil, a rule 5 pick, and a reliever coming off an injury. Not bad for a guy who had a solid year last season and would certainly be better off away from the Ballpark in Arlington.
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I think the much better comparison would be Wolf to Chris Capuano. Career K/9 Wolf: 7.42 Cappy: 7.40 Career BB/9 Wolf: 3.24 Cappy: 3.04 Career K/BB Wolf: 2.29 Cappy: 2.44 Career HR/9 Wolf: 1.13 Cappy: 1.28 Career ERA: Wolf: 4.12 Cappy: 4.39 Career FIP: Wolf: 4.28 Cappy: 4.49 Career xFIP: Wolf: 4.24 Cappy: 4.29 Career tRA: Wolf: 4.93 Cappy: 5.14 So the question is: Do you feel that the Chris Capuano (circa 2007) aged a few years is worth what Wolf is getting? I don't.
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There is a comparison. Will a 35 year old Randy Wolf be worth 9-10 million? I highly doubt it. Obviously it's not the same level of overpayment, but like Suppan, Wolf probably won't end up earning his contract. I don't want to speak for Tbadder, but here are my thoughts: It's not about not attempting to solve the problem. It's about choosing the best time to solve the problem. Doing little or nothing this off season puts us in a great financial position next off season, an off season in which the available pitching looks to be exponentially better. If we can resist the urge to waste money this off season, we should have the payroll flexibility next off season to sign a significantly better pitcher than Randy Wolf (Javier Vazquez, for instance).
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Rockies have asked about Corey Hart
giffted1 replied to MarquesJohnson2000's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
I could definitely go for that...(note the lack of blue) http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i283/Giffted/JorgeDeLaRosa-1.jpg -
Yep, I'm no fan of giving Randy Wolf ~3/25. I'd hate to have Suppan come off the books next year just to be saddled with another bad contract for two more years. If Randy Wolf is our only option, I almost think we're better off standing pat.
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I don't want to make this political, but if the DNR counts wolves as well as they count deer, the numbers they are putting out are pretty much worthless.
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I know Braun is a below average defender in left, but I'm skeptical of a metric that says he's worse than Carlos Lee out there (unless Lee has improved immensely since his time in Milwaukee).
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Because among other things, your job is to make your clients look good. A story saying Brent Brewer wants to play football doesn't look too great from the baseball side, so you trashed the story without acknowledging some of the truth to it.
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I'm not sure how accurate this story is, but it has Sanchez as arbitration eligible.
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This trade proposal makes a lot of sense for both teams. The penny pinching Marlins will probably try to deal some of their arbitration eligible players and pick up prospects and pre-arby guys. McGehee will be cheap for a while and fills a position of need for them. Sanchez will see a pay raise this year and fills a glaring hole for us. Clearly, there's some risk involved with Sanchez considered his past injuries (probably the result of the Marlins deciding a ~60 inning jump from '05 to '06 would be fine for a 22 year old), but I think there's some potential to improve as well. With the price of pitching, McGehee alone probably wouldn't be enough, but packaged with a prospect I think this deal could work.
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The best case scenario would have been to get pitching for Hardy. It's hard to imagine that Melvin didn't try that route since he seems well aware of their need for pitching. If you can't get pitching, a young guy with upside isn't a bad alternative, and that's what Melvin got. I suspect well see Gomez and Gerut in CF this year. Obviously, we won't get the same level of production, but apparently Gomez's defense is at the same level as Cameron's, and we'll save quite a bit of money. I don't think the money saved will make it possible to make a splash in free agency, but it might allow us to take on some salary in a trade or extend someone.
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Pineiro is having a career year. Nearly all of his numbers this year deviate significantly from his stats in recent seasons and his career stats. This is his first year going over 200 innings since 2003. His HR/9 this year is .46 and over his career its been 1.0 (only .19 lower than Suppan). Etc, etc, etc. Pineiro's season screams fluke, and I'd want no part of him.
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Most of our pitchers were terrible this year. Does Macha ever talk to his players? Maybe he forgot that Seth was on the team or though he was another one of Don Money's kids.
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Becuase of my unhealthy obsession with Jorge De La Rosa, I've gotta go with the Rockies. George of the Rose will be a household name by the end of October.
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But out of that group Butler is the only one who will be a real addition to our rotational depth next year. Rivas, Rogers, and Capuano still have a way to go, and Narveson was already part of that group this year. But how likely is it that $5mil will be the difference between getting a good player or not? A good pitcher is going to command over $12 mil for multiple years. Heck, just this past off season the awful Oliver Perez got a contract giving him $12 million/year over 3 years. Looper's $5 mil is too insignificant to factor into a decision for a contract of that size.
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Why must some equate bringing back Looper to having the same rotation next year? Even if we are able to add a solid starter this off season, we still have to address the issue of depth in our rotation. As previously mentioned $5.5 mil certainly isn't an outrageous amount for Looper's services. Because a pitcher who will be an actual difference maker is going to command more than just a pool of money taken from small contracts. Pretty much every team could use another good starter. All that money will get you is an average starter or an injury waiting to happen.
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But he didn't say that. Haudricourt, not Melvin said that he was leaning toward bringing back Looper and Haudricourt only said that it appeared that way. Melvin said nothing as to whether Looper would be brought back, gave some token compliments about him, and left it at that.
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Here's the link. Macha discusses Gamel for about the last third of the interview. The flake comments come at around the 3:50 mark. Macha talks about him like he was the dorky neighbor kid that came over to play some ball with them this spring.
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There are many scenarios that could explain why Gamel is riding the bench: punishment for some incident that hasn't been communicated to the media, nursing a few minor injuries, or wanting him to watch how guys like Counsell and Cameron go about their business. I do think its possible that Macha simply doesn't think too highly of him, though. We've seen that Macha is very "old school." Along with the "zim zam" comment, Macha also called Gamel a "flake" in a pregame interview awhile back. My guess is that he views Gamel as some immature kid after showing up late this spring, and plans to make him pay his dues by riding the bench. This would be absurd considering Gamel's status as a top prospect who despite some struggles put up a solid line at AAA. There could be good reasons not to play Gamel, but I doubt there is one in this case.
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1 More Start For Gallardo, Burns Recalled
giffted1 replied to Minigoon's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I can see that the team might not want to risk damaging Butler's confidence, but I don't think they'll get a better chance to evaluate him than they have right now. The way our staff looks now, Butler will be in the running for a spot in the rotation next spring. A few starts in the majors is gonna show them more than they'll see in Spring Training or AAA. Obviously, he'll be pretty amped up for his Major League debut, but this is about the least amount of pressure you can put on him in the majors, being out of the playoff race late in the season. -
I think we're almost better off going with someone with little or no coaching experience so they have no stupid preexisting coaching philosophies. I'm only half kidding.
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We don't need a line of GM's bidding for Casey, just one. As pointed out earlier, a team like Florida would be at least interested in a cheap option at third coming off a solid rookie year. We're not gonna get a #3 starter for McGehee, but I think a buy low candidate or mid-level prospect is a possibility. Anibal Sanchez is a guy I'd target, but he'd probably require more than just McGehee. There are GM's out there who have been fooled by small samples (the Angels giving Gary Matthews Jr. $50 million for a career year comes to mind). Also, in the process in achieving a sizable sample, McGehee lessens one of his biggest assets, being cheap.
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Casey's OPS had never been this high (or even close) in the minors, and we've already got a lot of depth in our infielder. This is the perfect opportunity for Doug to sell high.
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Unrealistic Expectations for improving our team
giffted1 replied to BrewCityUnit's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
The only excuse (or acknowledgment of reality) being made is that we don't have the money to buy pitching like other teams. You've been complaining about these excuses. So either it is actually about money, or you've spent your time complaining about non-existent excuses. They did these things before they started winning, and fans are still using the the stadium as a reason not to go to the game. The Rays didn't become good because the fans thought to themselves "hey guys, we can go to the World Series" or because management decided they should stop being mediocre. They became good because they had a loaded minor league system after years of sucking and picking high in drafts. Of course not. It's "We're Milwaukee." You've been the only one making up reasons why Milwaukee can't succeed. I guess we figured you must have been arguing about something real. There is no standard of mediocrity, as evidenced by our playoff appearance only a year ago. You need quite a bit more time than a year to establish a standard.
