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  1. crewcrazy
    Hey now, don't mock the Giants' front office. They did "prove Moneyball was a bunch of crap," after all. They know what they're doing. At least he'd only be due $1 million if he made the roster, and if he's not on the roster out of spring training, he can (and probably would) opt out. Not bad for a replacement level pitcher, but you'd think they'd have someone with more upside available to step in.
  2. crewcrazy
    Good for Todd. I had a feeling that he'd land on his feet somewhere, and Washington seems like a good opportunity for him. Hopefully the Coffey Clock follows him to the Nats.
  3. crewcrazy
    The organization has been trying to hype Farris as a reasonable replacement to anyone that will listen. If he's getting his negotiation info from someone in the organization, it wouldn't surprise me if that's who he meant. I don't personally buy Farris as a major league player, but the front office apparently does.
  4. crewcrazy
    If they all go to hearings, I would think the only case the Brewers have a shot of winning is Loe's. The Weeks number submitted by the club is so low that even if the arbiter doesn't think he's worth $7.2 million, he'd probably pick that number anyway, IMO. Marcum would also have a very good case for his $5 million claim, but I don't think anyone would have a problem with paying him slightly more than the midpoint.
  5. crewcrazy
    Jim is flattered that so many instantly thought of him, but doesn't think he'd be qualified. Of course, as others pointed out, qualifications didn't keep AW from getting the job.
  6. crewcrazy
    We go through this every offseason with arbitration. Nobody gets a paycut in arbitration, so there's really no use in complaining about someone getting a raise. Arbitration isn't there to reward performance from the previous year, it's there make up for the club paying the player the league minimum for the first three years of the player's career. $1.2 million will be well worth it if Parra continues to be as good as he was out of the bullpen, too. The contract isn't even fully guaranteed, so if he can't perform well enough in spring training to warrant a roster spot, he can be cut loose for a fraction of that price.
  7. crewcrazy
    I think it's cute they threw in a $50K Gold Glove incentive for Prince. Seriously though, $15.5MM for Prince was probably expected, and it's nice to get it out of the way early. Now Melvin can focus on trying to get Weeks signed to a multiyear deal.
  8. crewcrazy
    Voted, tweeted, Facebooked, and blogged. And it looks like TH has blogged about this as well. I'd really like to see this get done...hopefully more of the well-known voices in the Brewers community will speak up about this, too, and we can get a real push going in the last 15 days of voting.
  9. crewcrazy
    Poor Yankees. With that starting rotation, they might only win 90 games this year.
  10. crewcrazy
    The Balfour situation was an unfortunate one which I still peg on Yost. His mismanagement of the 'pen led to everyone being out of gas by the end of July, and before we knew it, Balfour was called up and relied upon to pitch in tight games. Poor guy never had a chance, and when Melvin made the Linebrink deal to bring in a somewhat-fresh bullpen arm, he was the one to go and was out of options.
  11. crewcrazy
    It is kind of sad when I'm more excited for my mid-major alma mater's games this year than the Badgers, considering UW has always been #1 to me. I don't doubt that Wisconsin will make the NCAA tournament, but I wouldn't be surprised if they end up in an 8/9 game and are one and done.
  12. crewcrazy
    While the Cubs' payroll probably won't increase much year-to-year under the new ownership, they do have a ton of money coming off the books after this season, and even more the next year IIRC. They'd be able to fit him into their budget without increasing their overall payroll all that much. I do agree that right now the Cubs seem to be the most logical landing spot, but that's mostly because they've intentionally left the position open for next season. I guess I could see someone like the Angels being interested in him as a DH, but as the MLBTR post notes, they have a bad history with Boras and always seem to come up in 2nd place in free agency signings. I can't see the Mets giving up on Ike Davis for him, the Dodgers' future will always be cloudy thanks to the ownership divorce until the McCourts sell the team, and the O's might throw a big offer at him but part of me thinks the Teixeira offer a couple years ago was a one-time exception given his Maryland ties.
  13. crewcrazy
    No news yet. The teams have until 6 months after the deal was completed to announce the player, so it could be awhile yet, especially since it's not expected to be anyone significant.
  14. crewcrazy
    The autograph procedure sounds pretty complicated:
  15. crewcrazy
    He's not a Brewer, but Logan Morrison of the Marlins is an absolute must-follow - http://www.twitter.com/LoMoMarlins Very funny guy. One of my favorites -- back in September, someone complained that he tweets too much and threatened to send Nyjer Morgan after him (this was after Morgan started that brawl with the Marlins). Morrison's response? "That's ok, I've got Gaby."
  16. crewcrazy
    It was pretty frustrating to see Jarmusz camp out on the three point line for that last shot of regulation, too, when there was absolutely nobody between him and the basket and they didn't need the three. I thought he probably should have tried to cut to the basket, but knowing Jarmusz, his bunny hop/lay-up attempt would've been swatted away since he can't go up strong, either.
  17. crewcrazy
    He was a very solid pitcher a few years ago, but I think there's a good chance he's done. If he were to go to the Mets, Citi Field may help alleviate some of those home run issues, but it won't help the fading control and velocity.
  18. crewcrazy
    Most of the hot seat talk stems from the team being a sexy pick in the AL West last year after they acquired Cliff Lee, only to fail (nevermind those that were picking them chose to overlook the poor lineup the team still had, which was ultimately their undoing). Things got worse when he traded Lee to Texas and got Josh Lueke back in the deal...Lueke was charged with rape and sodomy in the summer of 2009 and plead no contest on a lesser charge, spending 40 days in jail. Mariners ownership was apparently clueless about it, Jack Z plead ignorance, but it later came out that he may have known more about the situation than he let on to ownership. That almost got him fired last summer. It seems like that's mostly blown over, though, but if the M's are as putrid as they were last season, it wouldn't surprise me to see it happen. Selfishly, I wonder if Melvin would welcome him back to the scouting department, but I don't know how realistic that is.
  19. crewcrazy
    Here is the first commercial he did for Kraft Mac 'n Cheese: Truly a great story, especially with so many people struggling these days. It just goes to show that you never know when things could turn around.
  20. crewcrazy
    For his career, Garza throws his fastball 70% of the time -- understandable, since it is his best pitch, but guess who's the best fastball-hitting team in the division? Yeah, the Brewers. I agree with those who say that this isn't a bad move for the Cubs, but they won't see the real benefits in 2011. If they do pin their ears back and go after Prince as their #1 target this offseason, though, who knows what happens after this season.
  21. crewcrazy
    Someone tell me I'm not crazy for hoping/thinking Logan Schafer can pull off a rebound season like Lo Cain did last year.
  22. crewcrazy
    Point taken. That said, there is a similar lack of evidence that IRod juiced (outside of perhaps a mention from Canseco). Are we going to be having the same argument about him in 6 or 7 years? 'He was the best A.L. catcher ever', 'no proof', etc..... Does anyone believe that Rodriguez didn't juice after witnessing the transformation that his body made after testing became mandatory? Steroids or not, Bagwell had a nice peak, but his career stats do not scream 'All Time Great' to me. In my view, Dick Allen had a very similar career path, but I think his stats were slightly more impressive due to the era in which he played. Allen recieves no consideration whatsoever, so why should Bagwell be a shoo-in? I didn't say that Bagwell should be a shoo in. Honestly, I WOULD consider a counter argument for him based on the shortness of his career, and the tiny little park he got to play in. That said, I would probably vote yes on him, if given the choice.Minute Maid Park/Enron opened in 2000, so he only got 5+ seasons there. The Astrodome was notoriously one of the best pitchers parks of all-time, and he hit .304/.416/.545 from '91 to '99 playing half of his home games there. He was hitting .303/.421/.546 at home during those years. If anything, I would think that bolsters his case.
  23. crewcrazy
    Though I don't think that he should get in anyway because he didn't hit any of the milestone (500 HR, 3,000 hits) numbers while playing in the juiced (balls and players) era of the mid to late 90's- I think that steroid use for Bagwell is a pretty safe assumption. Take a look at pictures of him during his rookie season and then about 3 years later....not even mentioning the fact that he was a teammate/friend of Ken Caminiti (unless you believe that it's a big coincidence that both of them all of a sudden develop a big time power stroke after the '93 off season) and the fact that his body abruptly broke down at the end of his career as is common with steroid users.Bagwell's body "abruptly" broke down at the age of 37. If abrupt injuries are a sign of steroid use, what do you think about Ken Griffey, Jr.? His body broke down and he played with admitted user Alex Rodriguez. By those standards, we have just as much evidence of Griffey using as we do for Bagwell, and no one's ever going to accuse Griffey. The picture argument doesn't prove much to me, either, since just about every player is going to get bigger as their careers progress...take a look at some pictures of Rickie Weeks during his rookie year and compare it to how he looked last year.
  24. crewcrazy
    Reported by Ken Rosenthal. Highest annual value ever for a second baseman. Odds seem slim he'll finish the contract at second base, though.
  25. crewcrazy
    If playing him can't be avoided, I would hope the team has the sense to platoon him with Counsell. He at least has hit for a higher average against LHP, even if it's still empty without much OBP. I wouldn't be opposed to keeping Cruz on the bench as a late-inning defensive replacement.
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