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I agree with Homer. Aoki might very well be insurance in case Morgan resorts to his past antics. The Brewers lost Hawkins, Counsell, Kotsay, McGehee and Fielder this off season - that is a lot of veteran leadership that helped keep Morgan in line. Morgan was 100% worth the risk last year. He also wore out his welcome in Pittsburg and Washington before that. I repeat, Washington didn't want him anymore! (That same team that put up with Lasting Milledge and Elijah Dukes) -
I was actually thinking about Bill Hall. The only question is if he can still play SS. I believe I heard he was slimming down to be a little more nimble than he has been in past years. He really struggled last year - but he did put up a .772 OPS with Boston in 2010. He would also be a good club house guy. If we have a defensive first SS - I don't see any reason the back-up also needs to be a defensive specialist.
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Who ever had Gamel as a top 30 prospect in all of baseball? I'm not sure he ever cracked the top 100 on any major lists.
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I'm still trading for Jason Bartlett and letting Alex Gonzalez be my back-up SS. Against RHP Morgan Bartlett Braun Hart Weeks Gamel Lucroy Green Against LHP Bartlett Gomez Braun Hart Weeks FA First Baseman McGehee Lucroy Corey Hart should not lead-off. For a team that will be in need of run producers with Prince Fielder leaving - I don't want to waste a .500 Slugging in the lead-off spot.
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With Christmas coming up quickly, I'm curious how many members of Brewerfan.net are involved in charitable works. Currently, my wife and I play cards at as assisted living home and visit the residents with our little dog. I used to coach a youth basketball team, but with a daughter due in January I wasn't able to commit that time this year. I'm looking for some good charitable work to fill that void. Anyone have any ideas?
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Brewers have serious interest in Jose Reyes?
twobrewers replied to BillyRed's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
I think people will be shocked by the contract Barmes is going to receive. I expect he will get at least a two year contract - likely approaching 5M a year. -
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I'm a week behind, but I loved Ron's Halloween costume. "You can as a pirate last year!" Ron (confused) "Yeah, this is my Halloween costume"
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In 2010... Yuniesky Betancourt = 1.3 WAR Clint Barmes = 1.3 WAR Jason Bartlett = 1.7 WAR Jack Wilson = 1.3 WAR I'm not willing to pay Clint Barmes for the career season he had in 2011. If we are going off potential - Bartlett posted a 4.7 WAR in 2009. I'll gladly stand by my "pretty equal" comment.
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If the Brewers are going to pay a crappy shortstop (Barmes, Bartlett, Wilson, etc) - I'd prefer they pay the one that costs the least in salary and potential trade costs. I'd rather sign Yuni for another year at $1M than pay Barmes $7M over the next two years. If the Brewers can't sign Reyes or Rollins, they should focus on the best value of the remaining options. There is no reason to overpay when the other options are pretty equal.
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Expectations for the St. Louis Series
twobrewers replied to jjfanec's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Did anyone else catch Furcal during Prince's at bat in the 9th inning? He appeared to line up at SS, and then right before the pitch, he would sprint towards second base. It looked like a pick-off play at second base. This didn't happen once either. On every pitch, you could see Furcal flash on the bottom of the television screen as he sprinted towards second base. On the D-List today, Haudricourt suspected it might have been LaRussa messing with Prince during his at bat by having a player running into his line of site behind the pitcher. Anyone have any other explanation? -
I blame Brad Nelson, Erick Almonte and Mat Gamel. The Brewers have had very little success calling up AAA players to the MLB bench. After failing over the last few years, they seem completely unwilling to take that risk again - preferring the known qualities of Counsell, Hairston and Lopez. That said, McGehee, Lopez, Hairston and Counsell have all been below replacement level this year. McGehee has a recent history of success. Hairston is versitile and provides depth at CF. Counsell still plays quality defense. They can at least be argued. I have no idea why Lopez is a Milwaukee Brewer. Eric Farris would at least bring better defense and a good pinch running option.
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I'm glad to see Bradley let go and replaced with Klinsmann. My biggest argument with Bradley is that he never really set an 11 player team. I started following the US team before the 1994 World Cup. I bet I can still name 8 or 9 of the regular starters from that World Cup. They had a pool of around 15 players who saw regular playing time from the 1994 World Cup till the 1998 World Cup. They were certainly not a great team - but they played so often together that they played above their skill level. Bradley always seemed to have a pool of around 30 players to choose from. He rotated players on and off the squad without ever making a real committment. He always seemed from the "Ed Wade" school of management - just do enough not to get fired. In the past 20 years every one assumed the US would develop better talent - instead they have just developed more average players. I don't blame Bradley for the US not having a Messi-type talent. I blame him for not picking a team and developing them. He seemed to be luke-warm on almost every player - including Donovan. The best thing Bradley did for US soccer was having a son. I just want 15 players I cheer for again.
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Seconded. Moving Braun to 1B might help keep him on the field. In addition, we could greatly improve our defense by moving him to 1B and signing a corner OF like Fukudome in the offseason.
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Chase Headley and Jason Bartlett
twobrewers replied to Warning Track Power's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
If you want to go with the SS and 3B combo platter, I think Jamey Carroll and Casey Blake would be a much more likely combination. -
Whoa Nelly! Axford, Lucroy and Narveson are all on their rookie contracts. They will cost about 1,300,000 combined. Morgan will get a raise, but it will be closer to 1 million than 3 million. Gomez might very well be gone since that is a significant chuck to spend on a platoon/defensive specialist. Check out the Brewerfan Salary page. It is a great resource.
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If you caught a famous ball, what would you do?
twobrewers replied to paul253's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
The IRS would never get you on taxes for giving the ball back. I DOUBT they could do anything until you sell the ball - especially since the ball doesn't have a "value" until it is sold. So we can pretty much take that out of the argument. I'd give it back, with the caveat that I want something equally awesome in return. I will give back the 3,000 hit ball - but I would want the bat that hit the ball signed with something along the lines of "3000th hit". If Jeter wants the ball - that is fine. But I want SOME part of the history, such as the jersey he was wearing or the bat that hit the ball. In my opinion at least, the act of the 3000th hit creates the value. If Jeter has the ball - no one else has any piece of the memoribilia. So I would think an authenticated item from Jeter indicating the 3000th hit would fetch a similar price at auction. -
I think this is a "worse case scenario" call-up. The Brewers have no one in the pen to go multiple innings if Wolf gets lit up. Plus, I believe next year Scarpetta becomes a free agent of Rule V eligible? So they need to get a feel for him at the MLB level at some point.
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Greinke: someone talk me off the ledge
twobrewers replied to Bombers's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
If you could extend Greinke's contract - what would you be willing to pay him? Given his social anxiety disorder and his one stellar season, I wouldn't give him any more than 3 years and 39 million. Does anyone expect him to get a HUGE deal when he is done with the Brewers? -
Years ago, when I first started really adding miles to run a marathon I would hurt in many different areas. I remember times when I could barely walk down hill after a long run. It almost seems like your body just adjusts to take on the miles after awhile and now the idea of having knee pain, shin splits or a side ache seems almost comical. Everything I've ever had "hurt" from running - eventually stopped on it's own. Now I run a half marathon and head out to play soccer afterwards. As a side note, I hate how expensive races are. I run 13.1 miles every Saturday - but never sign up for half marathons because of the expense. I just can't justify paying $50 bucks when I can do it for free on my own.
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Cole Gillespie is up to 12 triples?!? He only has 7 doubles - is that just some bad MiLB scoring?
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So far my favorite has been the Kunde Cabernet Sauvignon - I think it runs around $20 a bottle. I've heard very good things about Layer Cake as well.
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1. Last week's episode at the health food store was amazing. Ron with the tofu bacon samples had me rolling on the floor. 2. Ron's speech this week at the art show was fantastic. Ron Swanson is, without a doubt, the best character on television for me.
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Didn't we have Craig Counsell DH last year in interleague play? (I looked it up, we technically had Casey or Weeks DH a few games with Counsell playing in the field) I'm going to scream if we don't bring up Gamel this year to DH. Right now we have Weeks, Braun and Fielder all having great years. The rest of our regulars have been HORRIBLE. We jump from Weeks .958 OPS to McGehee's .642 OPS for players with over 20 at bats. I hate Gomez batting second instead of Morgan. But if we use Counsell as our de facto DH in interleague play again, I'm going to be very disappointed.
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I'd love to hear an explanation for Gomez batting second against a right handed pitcher. I'll take Morgan against a RHP any day of the week, and he would slide in very nicely at the top of the order. Morgan could be a Brewers for the next 3 or 4 years. Gomez is probably gone after this year. I can't believe that Gomez's defense can justify a 75 point OBP swing in the 2-hole. How long are we going to suffer the OBP that is Gomez?
