barbados73

I was just on MLBtraderumors.com and they had an article about him being a FA. I think he would be in interesting pickup depending on the cost.

I think Boston would have to eat some cash for a deal to happen. The Brewers have to be getting close to being tapped out. As for Cameron the player, I would be all for him returning because the team seemed to be quite fond of him.

If the Brewers sign Pavano that will be the end of the pitchers they bring in except for maybe resigning Capuano or someone like that. They won't be dealing for and other SP(unless Fielder gets traded for a young SP). Worst thing about possibly signing Pavano is that he is type A free agent so we would have to give a pick as well as blow money.

Sure Garza is being overrated a bit, but he is a clear upgrade over what the Brewers have and also the options on the FA market. I still don't want to sell the farm to acquire him, but I would much rather deal the prospects for him than the ones that it would take to get Grienke who I feel is even more overrated.

Yeah the more I hear about Fielder(and Boras) and their lack of willingness to talk contract or their unrealistic salary demands, the more I just want Fielder traded to be done with all of this. I am so sick and tired of hearing about it, that I just want a resolution one way or another. Heck trade Fielder for hitting prospects and then continue looking for a SP to trade for.

I really hope that they do not sign Pavano, because I think everyone hear can see what the outcome is more than likely going to look like. Overpaying for an average pitcher at best. I would prefer the Brewers either bring Cappy back or take the approach of bringing in a couple "bounceback" players over signing Pavano for multiple years.

This would be ideal in my mind if the Brewers could swing Fielder and ???? for Smoak and Pineda. If not Seattle then Baltimore is dying to make a splash and they are also looking for a 1B, and they have multiple young SPers that they may part with.

I hope this is not true otherwise we are wasting our time talking about Grienke. "It's believed the Brewers were on Greinke's no-trade list last year, but the pitcher hasn't yet delivered his new list to the Royals" http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/14312978/royals-greinke-dbacks-upton-hot-topic-in-first-week-of-meetings

I was thinking the same thing with Smoak, but I would try and get Tanner Scheppers in the deal as well even if it means sending something else back to Texas

The team that I see as a dark horse is the Baltimore Orioles. They have shown a willingness to pay players in the past and are on the edge of fielding a good team. They also have a lot of good young SP to offer in the likes of Brian Matusz, Jake Arrieta, Chris Tillman among many others. The Orioles are the team that I would target being that they do have pitching to deal.

I am going to start off by saying I know this is not going to happen, but I am just wondering if the deal was on the table would people do it. I was reading earlier today that Boston and San Diego were talking Adrian Gonzalez for Buchholz and Ellsbury. What would people think of a deal of Prince for Buchholz, Ellsbury, and Lars Anderson(possible future 1B)? Go out and sign a Nick Johnson, Jermaine Dye, or whomever else to play 1B(or possibly move Gamel or Hart(played 1B in minors) to 1B). This would give the Brewers another good young SPer, CF of the present and future and possibly their 1B of the future. Just a thought and I know it is not going to happen.

I think that is pretty easy to answer. To get Capps in the bullpen you can either trade Villanueva off, so basically offsetting most of Capps salary, or you can just let Lofgren go back to the team the Brewers selected him from. To have the chance to get a 26 year old who could be our closer of the future(when Hoffman hangs it up) I really am not worried about fitting him into the bullpen. Yes he had a bad year, but his career stats are still very good.

I could see Hardy as part of a package for King Felix, but as trwi7 said Salome and Jefferies would have to be replace. Probably needs to be Lawrie and someone like Ordozzi(spelling not right but you get the idea), and even that probably wouldn't get it done if you believe the reports of what the Red Sox were offering before the deadline.

Depending on the price I would have no problem taking a flier on Myers, but as trwi7 said I would also prefer to add a Sheets or Hudson(not big on Smoltz(age) and Bedard(think price will be to high)). My ideal would be to add say Sheets and then sign Myers also. Have a rotation of Gallardo, Sheets, Bush, Myers, and the best of Parra, Suppan, and Looper(if back). I would feel much better about the Brewers chances with this rotation and you would also have some depth for when Sheets gets injured.

I think you would have to add something along with Gamel to get Baumgarner. This is the type of trade that I personally would like the Brewers to do. Get a young pitcher that they would have under control for a while.