rluzinski

Unless they are willing to eat some of ARod's contract, they won't.

We are going to trade for Pods for his post season power? Good stuff. As for his ability to steal, he's no longer anything special in that regard.

I'd love to get Dunn but at 10 mil for 1 year, there's not a whole lot of value there. I could see trading a couple of middling prospects for him but not much more.

Come to think of it, does anyone out there want Pods back in CF and leading off for the Brewers? Clark is more valuable than Pods at this point. At least Clark get's on base.

So are most here for going after Schmidt? Or is this just a "hypothetical?" For what he'll cost, his age, and his history of injury, I'm not sure I'd pursue him. Hasn't he had arm/shoulder problems? I was just curious, personally. I saw someone put 4 years and $52 mil and an with it. There's room in the budget for a $13 mil arm without playing games with trading away all our overpayed players. The bullpen suffers and CF could potential be a question mark, however.

I'm not saying this is what I want exactly but the Brewers could probably pay for Schmidt even if Jenkins' and Clark's salary can't be shed: http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a345/rluzinski/projpayroll.gif That's a very good starting rotation, in my opinion. If Villy held up, I'd think it could be the best in the NL. The relief pitching would be mediocre, probably. The offense could be pretty good as well. I'd like to think Davis could get the Brewers a cheap and decent right handed stick to platoon with Jenkins in RF. There would be decisions to be made at SS, 3B and CF but there's enough personel on that roster to figure something out. Even better news, Russ. He's only making $2.25 mil. We're saving enough here for like 3/4 a Graffanino. I'd certainly rather have Graffy than Cirillo. It will just be a question of whether someone will offer him a starting spot (I think someone will). I'm glad you aren't calling for the Crew to resign Bell anymore http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

Midweek overnighter = 2 days off of work = ouch.

Well, we can all update our projections to reflact Miller's $2.75 mil salary for 2007. An extra mil!

You know what else pogog? Both teams lead their leagues in runs scored! Amazing how the teams with the highest OPS have the best offenses! Which goes to show you, it's all about speed and small ball. O yeh. I'll give you one guess for how many runs the teams with the worst OPS in the NL and AL scored.

Stop trying to defend this team...it's about time we deserved a winner...it's only about 15-20 years late. It seems like no matter what the topic of a thread is, you end up inserting an emotional rant about what we "deserve" as fans. It has nothing to do with the topic.

Is consistancy important at all or were people happy the way Jenkins would get hot and cold? Are we talking about the value of consistency with regard to winning or losing or with regard to satisfying the unappeasable fans? I can accept that consistency has some value. I just don't think it's the end all, be all, as some would suggest. I will give you how a guy can effect a 10 game losing streak. Late 83 with it was mentioned that Tony Peters was a king pin, Molitor slumped horribly and the Brewers went from 1st to 5th during a 10 game losing streak. One player can certainly contribute to a 10 game losing streak, sure. He's only a very small part of the overall team, however. I'll steal from your example to illustrate this. Starting with the second game of a double header on Sept. 9th, 1983, the Brewers started a 10 game losing streak, culminating with a heartbreaking 11 inning 7-8 lose to the Orioles on September 19th. Since that doubleheader gives me headaches statistically, I'll concentrate on the last 9 loses of that streak. The pitching and offense were both putrid during those 9 games. While pitching staff gave up an average of 5.3 runs/game, the offense only mustered 3 runs/game. Who's to blame in the offensive category? Let's look at every guy who had at least 10 AB during that streak: [b]1983, Sept. 10-19 (9 game losing streak)[/b] [b] AB BA OBP SLG OPS[/b] Molitor 34 .206 .250 .265 .515 Ganter 33 .182 .229 .303 .532 Yount 33 .212 .308 .394 .702 Cooper 34 .088 .205 .088 .293 Simmons 36 .278 .308 .389 .697 Manning 29 .276 .344 .379 .723 Moore 28 .429 .467 .464 .931 Ready 21 .238 .304 .286 .590 Yost 10 .100 .100 .100 .200 -------------------------------- [b]TOTALS 258 .229 .290 .310 .600[/b]Molitor was bad but so was almost everyone else. Cooper was actually the main culprit but really, only Moore hit at all during that losing streak. Even our buddy Ned contributed! It was a team effort. To blame only Molitor is simply unfair.

Why not spend the money if he's willing to come here? It would be about time the Brewers pony up some dough to bring in a big-name free agent (not named Jeffrey Hammonds). It's not like its yours or my money. The fact that it's not our money is why looking at it that way is pointless. Any meaningful discussion on the merits of signing a player begins with the assumption that the ownership cares about their money. If you can't conceed that, any further discussion takes place in a fantasy world. If Mark A. wants to throw money around, I can think of a lot better places to throw it. Assuming Soriano is done with the infield, 4 years and $40-$50 mil is about all Soriano is worth, IMO.

Here's a post from "MGL" at BBTF about trading A-Rod or anyone: Hall can reasonably play SS and is cheap for 3 years. A-Rod probably can't play SS any longer (and may actually be a below average defender at 3B now) and isn't cheap. ARod is obviously the better hitter but he's also paid like he is. As others have said, the Yankees would have to agree to pay a big chunk of his contract to make the trade worth it.

Has anyone ever seen the movie "Pi"? I enjoyed the plot but the lead character's acting was laughably bad, IMO.

and consistancy is not the most important thing unless you are a team like Milwaukee who loses 10 games in a row and is out of contention in such a weak division. First, one player isn't going to make a team lose 10 in a row. That would be a team effort for sure. Second, why is it better to split up the loses them have them all in a row, anyway?

I'm going to trick myself into thinking that the pain Yankee fans will feel from seeing the Mets in the playoffs is worth rooting for the Mets.

rlu I respect your opinion immencely but let's get Overbay's numbers correct at least: Opps. I knew what he had but must have pasted the wrong line. I am familiar with Jamesian age theories but wonder why you don't go by the theory that it takes a person a year to get used to a new league. I know it's always declared as fact but is there any evidence of that even being true? if anyone is aware of a study on the subject, please let me know. Well it took Overbay one time around as you can see by his consistancy. .275/.314/.310/.312/.333/.326 monthly batting averages. I guess I'm not one to think that consistency is as valuable as others would. All else euqal, I'd ratehr a player be consistent but I don't think it translates into more wins. I am not saying the Brewers should not have traded Overbay but am only pointing out this year Overbay out-produced Fielder. I wonder if Fielder will out play Milwaukee when he's due the big bucks but in the next 4 yrs not out-produce Overbay in all but the last year. Should be interesting to watch. I don't think it's suprising that overbay out hit him (although the amount that he did might be a bit suprising). I would be suprised if Overbay outhit Fielder next year, however. Anything can happen of course, so I agree it will be something worth keeping an eye on.

Bottom of the 9th, 1 out and a man on first, down by 1: http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a345/rluzinski/cano.gif I don't think he was looking to draw a walk there... http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif EDIT: And the evil empire loses. Here's to hoping the Big Unit shows his age tomorrow.

Overbay had his career year at age 29 (this year) with the line: .293/.372/.467/.839 As a rookie, at age 22, Prince put up this line: .272/.344/.481/.825 I think it's fair to say that Prince's ceiling is much, much higher than Overbay's. I simply don't see Overbay improving much, if at all, on his numbers this year. Couple that with Prince being very affordable for 5 more years, plus the aquisition of Dave Bush and the trade was a no brainer.

To be fair, for Sheets to do that over 100 IP is much easier than 200 IP, however.

I guess it's more the consumer that doesn't realize they can buy much better than abercrombie for the same price or less. After $50 or so, you are only paying for the designer name anyway. If abercrombie can get more money for their label, they are apparently "better" than their counterparts.

Sure would help the A's if the Tigers can win a couple and the A's sweep...

I never onced said, Branyan sucks that is why he is on Tampa Bay. What I said last year was that Braynan will end up on a team like Tampa Bay or Kansas City in 2007 and that is exactly what happened. And you let everyone know how right you were and explained that (paraphrasing) "no playoff team would ever want Branyan." Of course, a playoff hopeful team traded for him and Branyan helped propel them to the playoffs. Does that prove Branyan is a great player? Of course not. It just illustrated how silly and unltimately incorrect your comments were in the first place. Of course, you wouldn't let that fact slow you down, now would you? which shouldnt' be too surprising considering how bad Vinny Castilla is. And yet you still think Castilla should be playing over Branyan. Good stuff. Until then I will continue to watch him strike out with runners on base and hit doubles and triples when the bases are empty and the team is already down 5-1. Ha! Branyan and all those worthless triples he always hits. That is some good criticism there. When Branyan acutally does something to help the Padres win a playoff game, then we have something to talk about. You are alike the energizer bunny. No matter what happens, you just keep going and going and going..... Don't let the facts get in the way!

All I was saying is that Bochy is nuts for playing him at third. They are better off with Vinny Castilla. Let's compare what Branyan and Castilla have done with SD this year: 2006, With San Diego [b] AB BA OPS SLG OPS[/b] Castilla 254 .232 .260 .319 .579 Branyan 72 .292 .416 .556 .972Castilla looked washed up and Branyan came in as a cheap alternative and lit the place up. OK, maybe neither line is reflective of either's actual talent? Smallish samples to be sure, so let's see what both have done for the last two years: 2005 -2006 AB BA OPS SLG OPS Castilla 769 .244 .298 .373 .671 Branyan 443 .242 .351 .494 .845Nope. Vinny is 39 and flat out stinks. Branyan is cheap and can at least hit righties pretty decently. You must have repeated your "Branyan sucks and that's why he's on TB" line 100 times here. It's time to pay the piper for shoving that stuff down everyone's throat, especially for the way it turned out.

There is no way the Padres win this series with Branyan starting at 3rd for the entire series. That statement is just silly for so many reasons. Get a grip, man.