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  1. Baldkin
    I want to make sure I have this right. These guys, being paid millions of dollars, need one of our pitchers to hit someone so they actually care and try to do well? And why does it have to be on our pitchers who retaliate? Why can't our hitters protect themselves? You really think anyone would ever throw at Prince again if he charged the mound and full out tackled the opposing pitcher?
  2. Baldkin
    No... this was before free agency, and cost cutting & saving measures that teams like the Brewers have to employ. For example: Lo Cain could've easily been the 4th/5th OF this year on the team, but it would've burned a year of service time.... so instead the Brewers went out and got Jim Edmonds.
  3. Baldkin
    The best that can happen is you burn a year of service time and are forced to unload/extend them a year earlier than you would otherwise. For a club like the Brewers, who needs the cheap years to be the good years of a player, burning a year of service time for a guy who only throws 120 innings of C-grade ball because he isn't ready, isn't worth the risk of losing a year of A/B-grade 200 innings of solid starting pitching down the road. At least.... that's what I think.
  4. Baldkin
    I don't think comparing Hart to those with 4+ years of service time is correct. You have to compare him to those with 5+ as that's when the contract kicks in -- the Brewers are only buying out 1 year of arbitration, and Hart's contract per season wouldn't even crack the top 9 (only 9 deals are listed there).
  5. Baldkin
    This is why they make OPS+... it's park adjusted. Loney's OPS+ this year is 109, so he's just a tad above league average... and just a teeny bit below league average for a 1B.
  6. Baldkin
    I'm not sure where you've seen or heard this, but it contradicts every single thing I've read. Gamel has huge range, and is a MUCH better defender than Braun ever was at 3B. His errors are almost all throwing/footwork related, which is why it has frustrated Don Money so much.
  7. Baldkin
    Alright. I can agree with most of your post except for this. 1) That team won 90 games. Their #2 starter threw 24 innings. 2) Their #1 starter missed the playoffs and only threw 5 innings the last 22 days of the season. 3) Massively outclassed by the Phillies? If Mike Cameron's glove is 2" longer, the Brewers win the series. As for why I personally keep giving Melvin the benefit of the doubt? 1) Not one person has ever named a replacement who could do better saddled with what Melvin has been saddled with. I mean, we could've gotten Dayton Moore. Ask any Royals fan how he's working out. 2) Melvin's first set of draft picks are just now hitting their final years of arbitration. Had the Brewers been in a more ideal situation, all of them would be delayed by another year, but Prince, Hardy, Hart and Weeks all had to be rushed to MLB to give the fans a taste, and to fill the MLB roster, because it was, quite frankly, full of crap. 3) My expectations for a bottom third payroll team are not to be in the top 15% of the league every single season. They won 80 games last year. Even if you don't remember it, it still happened. 7 teams in the NL finished behind them last year. My expectations? That they put together the best team they can for the money, and in years when they feel they can compete, they can make a deal, they can wheel and deal for someone, they go for it, either before or during the season.
  8. Baldkin
    Bourbon, Tennessee Whiskey, American Whiskey and Irish Whiskey are three very different things.... for liquor geeks like me, please don't confuse them. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/344842/guide_to_different_styles_of_whiskey.html?cat=22 And yes, in WI you definitely want some sort of Brandy.
  9. Baldkin
    Come on, Briggs. One season doesn't mean it exists. Read the page I posted earlier in the thread. But yeah, that Roger Maris sure had a horrible season the year he won the MVP in 1960.
  10. Baldkin
    Don't forget, George K out in RF.
  11. Baldkin
    Shhhhhhhh... your logic will just confuse us.
  12. Baldkin
    Fixed.
  13. Baldkin
    We have Counsell, Edmonds or Kottaras who can all hit. There's no reason for one of them NOT to be up right now. Freaking ridiculous.
  14. Baldkin
    http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2004/09/the-protection-externality-it-doesnt-exist/
  15. Baldkin
    I'm about 10 for 500 on even getting phone interviews in the last year... and that's in state. The market is just horrible. I'd look at temp agencies, as they are a good way to maybe, get your foot in the door with certain companies. Contract-to-hire is a nice thing.
  16. Baldkin
    I'd say the exact opposite. He's exactly the type of player you want to deal. A guy with no contract next year, no upside, and no future with the team. You're better off getting an A-ball player than getting nothing for him. This season is over.
  17. Baldkin
    Patience at the plate for a slugger is certainly an asset, but he's paid to drive in runs when the opportunity presents itself.. Fielder is hitting .178 this year with RISP. Howard is hitting .288. Granted Fielder is taking quite a few walks in those situations, but that's less helpful than hits in that situation and many times its the preferred outcome for opponents. No doubt Fielder has the added burden of seeing lefties almost exclusively late in games especially with men on, but so does Howard, so that's why it's fair to compare their numbers. Bottom line is you can't "toss out the RBI's". I know it's an "old time stat" but runners rarely score without a batter knocking them in, and the object on offense is to score, not see how many guys you can get on base. The object on offense is to not make outs. If no one makes outs, you score. A LOT. If guys hit for a high average, and don't walk, they do not score a lot. Look at the Royals this season.And you can't just "toss out the OBP" and act like RBI aren't a function of opportunity more than anything else. ABs with Runners on, 2007 to 2010: Prince: 966, Howard: 1064 ABs with RISP, 2007 to 2010: Prince: 517, Howard: 631 ABs with Bases Loaded, 2007 to 2010: Prince: 42, Howard: 65. So, Howard has had 20% more opportunities with RISP than Prince over the last 4 seasons. But, that just makes Howard better.
  18. Baldkin
    Agree completely. Anyone who runs on the field should be tased.
  19. Baldkin
    No, you're paying a guy now, when the payroll is lower because inflation hasn't kicked in as much is worse than paying him in the future. Now, $8M is 10% of the payroll, in 5 years, it might be 7% of the payroll because of huge inflation.
  20. Baldkin
    If it's on, feel free to post here or drop me a pm and let me know. I may have family in town tomorrow, so I might not be available, but I'd love to see everyone.
  21. Baldkin
    But, relying on Edmonds to ask for a day off is just stupid. The guy can't even run and he's being sent out there 5 games a week.
  22. Baldkin
    No. That does not account for any of those times. It only accounts for the times he's bunted the ball in fair territory.
  23. Baldkin
    Thank you, Stallis, for deciding to do obnoxiously loud street work and line painting at midnight on a weeknight, instead of, y'know, blocking off a street for 3 hours during the day.
  24. Baldkin
    You are correct in that, but there's a big difference between being under the salary cap and under the luxury tax.
  25. Baldkin
    The Royals faced this same dilemma with Soria the past couple years. Many people clamoring for him to be made into a starter, and the organization simply not doing it. I think, if the Brewers think there's any hope of Braddock handling the increased workload, it needs to be tried. A guy throwing 180 innings is so much more valuable than a guy throwing 60 (almost 3x as valuable, I'd wager!). The big problem is, it's very tough for the organization to take the risk of breaking something when it's not broken. If that makes sense.
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