Fatter than Joey
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All Wisconsinites are pined for on this site and it is embarrassing to hear about trade ideas for Taschner and Washburn so they can pitch to Rottino…nice battery. Honestly -- Has anyone ever actually said this? -
I'm probably too high on Pena based on his pure stuff but if I had to pick between more mediocre at best SP depth and Pena, I'm keeping Pena. Losing Pena isn't optimal I suppose, but I can appreciate the need for SP depth.
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Composite Prediction Thread
Fatter than Joey replied to Darnell Junior's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
You seem to be in the minority I was there about Yost as well. I hope I am wrong... I'm not as optimistic. -
Composite Prediction Thread
Fatter than Joey replied to Darnell Junior's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
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I know that this seems sort of random -- but just to recognize an extraordinary effort.... My son sent a card for Hideki Okajima to be autographed earlier this season.... Today we received a large manila envelope which included the following.... 1.) A card with membership into Red Sox Nation 2.) Team sched for 2009 3.) A bunch of BoSox stickers 4.) A picture of David Ortiz 5.) A small bag of "Fenway Dirt" 6.) A nice letter thanking us for supporting Okajima 7.) 2 signed cards. Needless to say, my son is going to be excited to dig through all of this when he gets home from school. So, I guess my message is, that while we may not always get what we want, I think a lot of teams are definitely trying to make some people happy some of the time.
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I have a general question about the 104 number -- What % of the tested pool does that represent? -- If you assume every player was tested, there would have been probably about 800 MLB players, 104 is about 12.5%. If they only tested 400 players its closer to 25%. If they tested 200 players, then Jose Canseco was on the mark.... Does anyone know what % of the MLB players that 104 represents?
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But like I said, I'm not going to throw him out of the rotation before spring training starts. Barring injury, Suppan is assured a starting spot in the rotation until at least the AS-Break, probably regardless of his performance. Realistically the Brewers do not have a superior option to Suppan, and DM is going to try and get as much of the $$$ out of Suppan that he can.
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I hope Yeti isn't too dismayed about being bumped from the rotation into an undefined role. Suppan/Yo/Parra etc. are inevitably going to miss some starts -- McClung will get some starts. Plus I don't think it was ever in the plans to have McClung in the rotation -- I don't think he got "bumped" -- I think he was always destined to be the spot starter, BP long guy.
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I am not arguing the pro or con of A-Rod in the HOF, but how can he get in when McGwire is getting only 20-ish percent of the vote now? I don't think McGwire is the slam-dunk HOF candidate that AROD is. Also, I think that the reason that a lot of voters are not voting for McGwire right now, is that they are waiting to get a bigger picture of "the steroid era". McGwire was on the front end of all the drama -- Knowing that you cannot remove a player from the HOF, I'd probably err on the side of caution with any player of this era, and see how the big picture develops. I bet that in 3-5 years, as more and more players get "discovered", the voters will soften their stance.
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Cutting McClung would save a decent amount of cash and would probably be similar to cutting Vargas a couple years ago. McClung signed for $1.7M -- I think Vargas was around $3.5M -- so cutting Vargas saved a bit more coin -- I'd rather keep McClung around as a #6 starter when we need it.
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So does A-Rod get into the Hall of Fame now? Yes.
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Would you feel the same if the Milwaukee Braves moved to Atlanta and became the Atlanta , while the Seattle Pilots became the Milwaukee Braves again? It's not the player's fault one way or the other -- I think the Brewers should recognize the Braves that played in Milwaukee, and I have no problem with the ATL Braves recognizing players from their history either.
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Those aren't even negatives, yet. Signing Hammonds wasn't a negative in the off-season he was signed in either. I am talking about real time suffering. Losing Molitor really stung at the time it happened -- I'll certainly agree with that one.
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I imagine I'm leaving out quite a few other off seasons. Not in my top 3. Lost Jack Z Lost Jim Powell kept Dale Sveum Boned on Sheets+CC picks It's starting to piss me off.
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Yep. Billy Redden for the record was not inbred, nor a banjo player.
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He is an actor from Georgia.
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CW McCall is a great guess but wrong.
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Worst. Offseason. Ever.
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Is he a musician? No. However, he is often mistook for being one.
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I'm not sure your scenario holds, JB. If Sheets was actually injured, and it was shown that it occurred while pitching for the Brewers, I doubt that the Brewers could have cut him and not paid him. That's an interesting point I don't think you could cut him, if it was injury related. -- The other thing, would be once Sheets threw one pitch, you couldn't prove when the injury occurred easily. Also, I don't know if teams require physicals before an arby contract. I don't think DM gambles with $2M either -- in either case... Bottom line, I think DM dodged a bullet here. I think he thought Sheets would be ready to go (maybe with some rehab time)...
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Nevertheless, that wasn't bad gamble by the Brewers for offering it, because if he wasn't healthy they weren't on the hook for all that much. I don't think DM rolls the dice like that -- I am pretty convinced DM thought Sheets was good to go.
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if he does need surgery in order to continue pitching, he could be 5 months into his recovery by now. Yes -- and teams would feel more comfortable where things are at with Sheets.
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I believe the team is on the hook for some of the contract but not all in that situation. The Brewers did this with Vargas and saved like a million bucks or something. JB12 is 100% correct that the contract is not guaranteed -- but as other have pointed out, the Brewers would be on the hook for a non-trivial amount of $$$. If he wasn't going to need surgery as originally thought, why was there still little interest? Because he is viewed as "injury prone" -- that and the draft picks...
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No he couldn't. FA accepting arbitration don't get guaranteed money. He would have gotten some money. It would have cost the Brewers $1-2 million (at least) on a $12M contract.
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I might be time to start questioning our medical staff's abilities somewhat. Yep. Some quackery might be a good explanation for all of this. Brewers and Sheets are relying on their Drs., so they both think Ben is healthier than he is. This sucks. I really wanted to see Ben get a good contract.
