TheCrew07

Why would I expect the players I root for to carry themselves any different on the field than off the field in real life? I'm not asking you to believe in the same values I do, by your response I guess you don't believe in and maybe don't practice the concept. That's fine, live your life the way you want, root for your team the way you want. In my opinion many of Braun's HR antics last year were Busch League, and walking to first on a wall scraping HR was Busch League again tonight. I feel very strongly about this and I've benched my own players for similarly misguided efforts as recently as last season. More fantastic logic... why hustle when you're winning the run in the top of the 9th? It's one thing to hit an upper deck shot, it's another when the ball just scrapes over the top of the wall, that was no gimme.

Yea it's so wrong to expect players you root for to play the game with some Class... silly us.

I love the clutch home run, and I'm on record that Braun, Hart, and Hardy are my 3 favorite Brewers. That being said, every time Ryan shows up the other team after a HR I want to punch him in the eye. I'll have no problem if he takes one in the ribs later this season, he has it coming.

I wouldn't pickup Washburn for the reasons I mentioned in the trade suppan thread.

Wierd... I swear it said final 3-2 when I looked...

Ordorizzi's line not bad and not great, if they do a better job holding the runner in the 3rd he only gives up 1 run in the 4th on a HR. Good win for the AZ Crew, and a nice effort by all 3 pitchers.

Suppan isn't overpaid in terms of MLB wide pitcher contracts, the Brewers got market value, the only thing I thought was excessive was the no trade. When I say he's overpaid, I mean the Brewers are spending more on his production than he's worth to the team. Is his production worth 1/9 of the total payroll the Brewers can afford? I would argue it isn't, and this is precisely why I don't like the Free Agent Pitching market at all for the Brewers. I don't see why they have to sign a free agent to address the rotation in the off season when they still have valuable bats they can move. This precisely the reason I'm not interested in signing Sheets or Sabathia, is their relative value to the team going to be worth 1/5 to 1/4 of the payroll when they are 34 years old? When you factor in the average injury factor for MLB pitchers and consider the possibility of having 1/5 to 1/4 of the payroll on the DL... that really seals the deal for me. Paying the kind of money Sheets and Sabathia deserve on the open market is simply a risk I wouldn't be willing to take. Again it's not about next year, or 2010, it's about 2013... I've always been more of a relative value guy, trying to work within confines of the max payroll. Suppan's role will depend largely on what happens with the crop of pitchers at A and A+, and if Melvin aquires a young stud over the winter. I have no doubt he'll be in the rotation in 2009, but it wouldn't surprise me if he were gone by 2010.

No long explanation, I've posted my thoughts about Yo pitching again this season many times. I think it's a horrible idea for the reasons I've already stated.

There's all kind of names you could list from R through A+ right now. I'll be very interested to see how things shake out at AA and above, especially for young men like Anundsen and Cody who from the reports we've gotten don't have "wow" factor but get very good results, maybe good bullpen guys down the road.

He's studly... That my friends is the most depressing statistic I've seen in a long time.

I like Colby's post, don't necessarily agree with his comps, but I like the post.

I'm firmly in that camp... The first thing I didn't like was that he's basically searching for a position, that's something I never want to read about a HS kid. I honestly didn't realize how good of an athlete he was until I saw how he faired in the trials against the other elite HS athletes in the draft. I'll concede that point and it has changed my opinion somewhat in the last 2 weeks. The bloodlines thing doesn't impress me much, mostly because I never liked his father all that much, and it appears his career was aided heavily by performance enhancers (BTW, the piece HBO did on him was fantastic). I know typically Lenny would have been the type of player that I adore (a more athletic and talented Brady Clark on steriods), but I just didn't like him for whatever reason, on the other hand I find his current exploits pretty fascinating and he's grown on me tremendously since. He's absolutely relentless and fearless in all aspects of his life, I find it very easy to admire what he's done. All that being said, I reserve the right to be a skeptic of Cutter until he proves me otherwise.

Many of us haven't seen him play enough to know either way and I doubt that anyone from Rotoworld or BA has either. I'm sure that's the opinion of a trusted scout, and while it doesn't mean the opinion isn't valid, we can only hope that he does in fact stick at 3B. Quite honestly I'm more willing to accept Money's opinion of him than I am the opinion of a national publication.

Wow, Money must have been cranky, that was some pretty biting criticism of a couple of guys... "very long and very slow swing", "no out pitch"

While I agree with your premise, being fast in a straight line doesn't mean someone is uber athletic, which is why track guys rarely succeed at sports like football. I have nothing against the Olympic sports, don't take me the wrong way, but if you're suggesting to us that someone who throws the javelin has a better arm than a MLB pitcher or NFL quarterback and is a similar athlete, I couldn't disagree more... in the same way that being a world class ping pong player doesn't make you a great athlete. I've always been a huge fan of the Olympics, but generally speaking the best athletes in the world are basketball players.

Well Lasker on the DL stinks (good find Battlekow), Rivas continues to give up more than his share of HRs, Ramlow solid through 3 innings, and Mercedes is proving to me that I know absolutely nothing about our prospects. The top of the order for BC is absolutely tearing it up in game 2. 10 Runs through 3 innings... Huntsvillle down 3 to 2 through 5, Gamel 0 fer with 2 strike outs... Nashville down 2 nil midway through the 6th....

Mr Tyson where have you been all season? Very nice line tonight.

I highly doubt Yost cares what people on Brewerfan.net think of him, or Brewer fans in general.... and honestly he shouldn't.

I just dropped by to say Rickie's talent is obvious... so are the lack of the results... hopefully he gets going here. That was a very impressive HR.

While true he's not been economical with his pitches, he was still leading the league in K's, it's not as though his season has been poor statistically.

Watch out for Bowman people.... I called my shot on him, he's going to be stud. In fact, he's pretty close to becoming my favorite minor league pitcher and bumping Periard out... it's a close call. And That will call it Blasphemy, but what can I say? Luetge has been awesome thus far, when Ordorizzi gets bumped I wonder if he gets bumped to WV. Poor Mike Jones, he's been such a trooper through all the injuries, the results just aren't there. Fredrickson... bleh... I've mentioned it before but I don't think we'll see improvement from him till they can tweak his delivery over the winter. Aquilar with a solid 2 innings, good to see. edit. Of course I read the summaries now and see that Mass pretty much already posted word for word what I just said. I'm sorry Mass, just got home from building lockers all day and refreshed all my box scores and started posting. Also, reading some of the other comments... I like that Gindl is getting time in CF... I wish all of the managers had a little bit of Kremblas in them and moved guys around to get them experience with the different positions, provided they have the tools to succeed at said position.

The Brewers having the 15th-17th (depending on which reports to believe) payroll is fantastic for the market, there is no doubt. The point that many people fail to consider is that the Brewers are nearing the point where the revenue will plateau. There simply aren't that many untapped revenue streams left, this market is not going to provide unlimited revenue, regardless of how well the team does. The TV contract is important because that's one of the few remaining ways the team can make a significant jump in revenue, without raising ticket prices. With attendance that may top 3 million this year, there simply isn't much room to grow, and 90 mil looks to be about the maximum sustainable payroll. I didn't say anything about being "close-minded", and you certainly believe what you want to believe... we all do. Your opinions are based on your interpetations of the "facts" you've been presented with as are mine. Saying the team isn't small market because it has a mid tier payroll is a disservice to the truth... the payroll is fantastic for the market size, but the market size dictates maximum amount of revenue the team can take in anually. People point to TB and Florida as teams that are winning with small payrolls... but they aren't doing it with established Major Leaguers, they are doing it mostly with prospects, that's the only way to have a payroll that small. I would hope that the Brewers wouldn't follow the Florida "fire sale" model... that just doesn't appeal to me personally at all. It's an old worn out comparison, but I still think that Minnesota and Oakland do the best job selling high on their players. Player's in the free agent market? As in Hammonds, Gagne, Suppan, and Cameron? I guess we have a different definition of what being a player in free agency is. They can sign stop gap measures to be sure, but they aren't going to be able to sign impact players like Sheets and Sabathia with regularity, maybe 1 player every 5 or 6 years. As far as buyers and sellers go, that's true if you're talking of deadline deals, which in fact I wasn't, I said "generally"... I dont' think rental player deals are in the best interests of this franchise period, and my opinion will not change unless the economics of baseball change. I wasn't speaking specifically to this year either as management has made it clear they are in "win now" mode. I was speaking more to off season moves and my opinion that it's in Brewer's best interests to stockpile talent and use that talent to plug gaps with players that will give the crew some longevity. For example, I would have been much happier if we had done the Sabathia deal for a pitcher like Shaun Marcum who's very good, very young and Toronto isn't in the race. I feel that whatever side of this issue people come down on depends entirely on what their goals for the team are. I want a sustained high level of success for the franchise... some years they'll miss the playoffs, some years they'll make the playoffs. I'm a fairly patient person, I have no need to "win now", I'm more concerned with the longevity of the franchise. Other people will always want the Brewers to be making moves and "going for it"... this year is the year! I'm unsure if that will change if/when the Brewers finally return to the playoffs or not, as I feel it's fair to say that the 26 year playoff drought weighs heavily on some. As with all issues here, it's comes down to matter a perspective, and what we chose to believe in.

I agree that they can and likely will take on salary this year, but not every year. This team needs to keep prospects around for the long haul, we cannot simply dump every simgle prospect for short term solutions, when there is still the larger long term need in the rotation as there are no high level prospects close to the bigs. I don't want to get into another small market economics debate because there is enough information out there now on the subject and if people don't agree with me that's fine, people are going to believe what they want to believe. This team has maybe 1 prospect deal left it in that includes significant talent, but it better a deal for the right price. I like the Sabathia trade, but no one will ever convince me that we didn't give up too much for a rental. I don't mind the idea of aquiring a Street at all, I still think Fielder is best solution for a rotation solution in the off season. My point is that prospects are far more valuable to the success of a team that isn't going to ever be player in the free agent market, than a team like the Yankees that can plug holes with high paid veterans. Generally speaking it's in the best interests of clubs like Milwaukee to be the sellers, instead of the buyers.

90 million and the team is the red, there isn't any room for growth with the payroll... people who think Milwaukee isn't a small market, when in fact it's the smallest market in baseball (30 out 30) need to realize the truth about the situation. Be proud how well the community and state is supporting the team, but realistic about what it takes for Milwaukee to compete long term.

I was incredibly high on last him year, posting about him constantly, as I was impressed with what he did the first 4 months at WV. I hoped that he would improve his plate discipline and his defense and become a legit prospect, but that hasn't been the case. Without the benefit of talking to him and just looking at his numbers, it looks like he's been trying to be more patient at the expense of the rest of his offensive game. The only stat in his line that has improved vs last year is the SO total, he's on pace for fewer strike outs than last year, but every other offensive number is down compared to last year. Also his defense to this point has basically been a wash when compared to last year, so as I see it he's regressing in every aspect of his game (if you aren't improving you are getting passed by). I've found his lack of production so disappointing this year I quit following his lines at the end of May. I only check his line now when someone mentions his name... edit. I should add though that I've noticed he's been getting more hits in the last 2 weeks, his average was .200ish for a quite a while