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  1. davemakovec
    I'd go year to year, too. It's the rare player in the post-steroid era that continues to earn his pay past about 32. I would be leery of signing a long contract with a player who doesn't have an outstanding level of underlying talent. Rickie Weeks and Ryan Braun are the caliber of talent you want to take a risk signing into their thirties. Casey McGehee is a fine, solid player, but I do not think he's the type on whom you want to take that risk. I have no problem buying out his Arby's ® years at a reasonable price, though. As for DHonks, the question is not what better values are there now, but what better values will there be in four years when Casey's physical skills start to decline?
  2. davemakovec
    Looks like the high pitch count got to him. Seriously, though, this goes to show how random pitching injuries are. Carpenter is a Ben Sheets type, so you expect injury at some point, but few people would have guessed hamstring.
  3. davemakovec
    This is glorious. I cannot wait for the end of March!
  4. davemakovec
    He sure seems like he's a tool, but if he's swinging the lumber at the major league level this year, does it really matter? I would most likely be a jerk, too, if people had been talking about me as if I were the next Ted Williams since I was in middle school.
  5. davemakovec
    Mike Cameron is thirty-eight years old and spent a significant portion of last season on the DL. I'll take Dickerson. Hart's injury was a freak occurrence, but it seems by my personal observation that the Brewers see a lot of oblique strains in Spring Training.
  6. davemakovec
    TH in his brewers blog today talks about Roenicke wanting a utility middle infielder, which could bode well for Cruz. That way, we could have a slick-fielding replacement on the roster!
  7. davemakovec
    Wow. If he does end up needing Tommy John surgery, that pretty much ends any hope of postseason play for the Cardinals. Wow.
  8. davemakovec
    Profits may be down but the NFL is far and away the healthiest and most powerful financial sport in the country. This labor deal is a problem, but that's different from the sport pulling in billions of dollars, largely due to its truly competitive nature, and that starts with revenue sharing.
  9. davemakovec
    I love how he said that "socialism, communism, whatever" is never the answer, but the financially healthiest sport in the history of sport is built on the grandest and most equitable revenue sharing model around. Hank's an idiot. I hate the Yankees.
  10. davemakovec
    Wellington Mara was the man. Imagine George Steinbrenner saying that baseball would be healthier if the Pittsburgh Pirates could just share some of his TV revenue, and that's what Mara did back in the 50s.
  11. davemakovec
    I would like to personally thank Doug Melvin and Gord Ash for giving me a Rickie Weeks extension for my birthday. It's just what I asked for!
  12. davemakovec
    Breakout: Parra and Narveson. Parra really seems to be settling into his role as a bullpen pitcher, and I think this year, in the BP the whole way through, he will end up being great. Narveson started to put it together toward the end of the season, and if he can just cut out a few of those first inning bloopers where he strikes out the side but gives up three runs in the mean time, he could be really good. Disappointment: Gallardo. I think the world of this kid's talent, but something is just missing. He plays too fine when he should just put hitters away, and he tends to rack up huge pitch counts. Instead of trusting his overwhelming stuff and just blowing up hitters, he pitches like a guy depending on Jeff Suppan's stuff. I expect an ERA up around 4 again. I would not be terrifically surprised to see Narveson end up with a better season than Gallardo. I cannot list Betancourt as a disappointment because his production should match his talent level, which is abysmal.
  13. davemakovec
    I wouldn't put it past Theo Epstein to go after Sabathia if he opts out just to stick it in Brian Cashman's craw. If the Yankees in successive years lose out on Santana, Halladay, Lee, and Sabathia, there will be blood in the streets of the Bronx.
  14. davemakovec
    I've only been to a few (County, Miller, PNC, Target Field, Metrodome), but I LOVE PNC. It's tiny, and I mean that in a good way. From everywhere, you feel like you're right on top of the action. Target Field is really nice, too, but the drawback is that there's no ability to tailgate whatsoever. Metrodome is and was a dump unfit for man nor beast. I was so happy it collapsed. Ok, I take that back. It's good for roller-blading in the winter. Nothing else.
  15. davemakovec
    I think this move gives the Cubs a chance to play for third place in the Central. They're still old, and their best hitter spent a third of last season not hitting.Their best pitchers are going to hope to match Gallardo's poor seasons.
  16. davemakovec
    Following that link, there's a hilarious exchange between Greinke and Gobble? in the outfield shagging fly balls. Greinke is talking about taking his Wii out of the clubhouse, and Ross Gload is pissed. Then, out of nowhere, he pulls off his glove, grabs the ball with his left hand, hucks it, and says, "Bam!" Greinke: How fast do you think that was? Gobble: 89 Greinke: Yeah right. You've never seen a ball that fast in your life.
  17. davemakovec
    I'm guessing 91 wins. Pick up 20 from the rotation (continued improvement from Narveson and Gallardo, Greinke and Marcum replacing Suppan, Bush, and Parra). Lose two from SS, one from CF, three from the ridiculous interleague schedule.
  18. davemakovec
    They must have wanted to announce the Greinke deal first so they wouldn't steal Counsell's thunder: http://images.yuku.com/image/jpeg/e10255696384632b6ae227b4b856beaad99e662.jpg
  19. davemakovec
    That guy's an idiot. The recent history of big trades of stars for prospects usually goes in favor of the team getting the star. The Brewers apparently have a clearly weaker rotation than the Giants, Dodgers, and Cardinals, and the Reds are stronger in the rotation except "on paper." Betancourt is also an improvement over Escobar at short. I'm not sure that this guy understands baseball.
  20. davemakovec
    I agree that we need to do something about SS, but glove guys are a dime-a-dozen. CF I actually think is ok. We need stud range out there - Gomez provides that.
  21. davemakovec
    Chris Carpenter is getting old, and he has a lot of innings on a twice-surgically-repaired arm. I just don't see Garcia being that good continuously, but I have been surprised by the Cardinals polishing turds into gold nuggets before. Westbrook is Wolf without the strikeouts. Who's their five? I think we will out-pitch the Cards, and we will certainly out-hit them.
  22. davemakovec
    Is Adam Everett still kicking around? Could he be had for $1 million? Cut Betancourt, eat the salary, and platoon Everett and Counsell. WOAHS SOLVDD. Edit: also, look at how well focusing on defense worked for Seattle last year. That was a whole lineup that was a black hole at the plate.
  23. davemakovec
    This is an unqualified win. It's sad to lose Cain and Escobar, but you now have a team with three #1 pitchers from last year. Seriously, that's three opening day starters. The only team that can honestly say they have a better rotation is Philadelphia. Losing Odorizzi is tough, but he's two years away at least, and he might be another Inman, or Parra, or any number of can't-miss SP prospects that, well, missed. I think Gomez in center is a lot more palatable now. You make up for his negative bat with the seven hitters in front of him, and his defense helps to maximize the team's new #1 strength: starting pitching.
  24. davemakovec
    I hope he catches on. I always appreciate when a guy totally falls in love with his team and his fans.
  25. davemakovec
    Yeah, the Royals only want the no-glove-no-stick shortstop types. Like the Cardinals! Who traded Brendan Ryan to make room for thirty-year-old Ryan Theriot, with his 82 OPS+, stone hands, weak arm, and limited range.
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