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  1. trwi7
    Jean Segura summed up in one picture. This picture also shows why Kyle Schwarber isn't a catcher. http://i.imgur.com/Aagh1Zw.jpg
  2. trwi7
    He was pretty much 88-92 in relief today. Not sure he has the stamina or the stuff to start at this point. He may have avoided TJ surgery but his stuff got much worse.
  3. trwi7
    It's pretty much the opposite of how the series has gone. Lohse can somehow get Rizzo out but everyone else has gotten on base at least once.
  4. trwi7
    Nevermind on the replay. The Cubs camera guys are actually good at their jobs and had a view that showed his foot was off the base. The comments about the home plate umpire still stand though.
  5. trwi7
    It's pretty ridiculous that that wasn't overturned. He pretty clearly had his foot on the base. The home plate umpire is awful today too. Strike zone is so inconsistent. Pitches actually in the zone are being called balls. Pitches a few inches off the plate are being called strikes.
  6. trwi7
    Okay but you can do the same thing with the Cubs. I won't use Russell in AAA because he only had less than 50 at bats there. Russell at 20 in AA .302/.355/.529/.884 Schwarber at 22 between AA and AAA .323/.430/.591/1.021 Bryant at 22 between AA and AAA .325/.438/.661/1.099 It's close on all of them but the defensive value that the Cubs provide push them over the top for me.
  7. trwi7
    Same. Schwarber is probably a corner OF but so is Braun. I'll take the 3B and SS over the 1B and 2B.
  8. trwi7
    I just don't get this line of thinking. If several teams are willing to take a chance on him, why is he still a Brewer? It's not like the Brewers weren't trying to get rid of him. He's still here, that shows how much interest other teams have in him imo. They may have interest if we throw in a bunch of money to cover the contract or add a good prospect to sweeten taking on his contract but it's pretty clear no team wants him because he's a pitcher with a track record. If that was the case, he wouldn't be a Brewer anymore.
  9. trwi7
    It's obviously not true. 2014 leader was Starling Marte at .373. Chris Johnson, Joe Mauer, Michael Cuddyer, Mike Trout, Freddie Freeman, Allen Craig and Mike Napoli were all above .363 in 2013. There are 10 players above .363 this year.
  10. trwi7
    I'm fine with Lucroy not being dealt. He's having a down year, you hope he can play well enough the rest of the season (say .290/.350/.450 or something like that) which is basically what he hit in July. If they hold on to him and sign free agents and keep Lind or something, that would be infuriating/baffling but the fact they turned down his request for an extension makes me think that they'll probably look to trade him at some point after making a few rebuilding moves at the deadline.
  11. trwi7
    Flores is making $513,543 this year and the season is 60% over meaning he's getting paid about $200,000 the rest of the year. The money involved in that is zero factor. You're making it sound like he's making $5 million or something.
  12. trwi7
    What? The middle infield is still covered by Segura and Gennett and since we're rebuilding, if we really wanted to save Arcia's clock we could just call up Rivera or start Perez or Herrera at SS. It's not like we're going to be winning anything, so it doesn't really matter if they suck.
  13. trwi7
    Braun sure. I have no idea why you used Lucroy as an example. He's paying him on average $2.2M per year. Even Loria would pay that. So they should have signed him to a higher dollar contract for the same length of time, just to make some sort of philosophical point? No, I'm just saying he called him a cheapskate (not saying I agree) and you used Lucroy as an example that he's not. That's not the contract to use. There would be several other contracts to use before using that one. I'd use Prince's contract his last year here before I'd use Lucroy's contract considering Prince's contract was $4 million more that one year than Lucroy's is over 5.
  14. trwi7
    Braun sure. I have no idea why you used Lucroy as an example. He's paying him on average $2.2M per year. Even Loria would pay that.
  15. trwi7
    I think he did pretty mediocre, like always... and yes the entire FO still needs to go. Who do you mean, in addition to Doug? I'm guessing Ash, Nichols etc. I know he doesn't like Nichols.
  16. trwi7
    This. Melvin can't force the other team to do something they don't want to do. If they were willing to deal Wheeler and did trade Fulmer, I'm willing to bet that trading both was an option if we wanted it. We just wanted Flores for some reason.
  17. trwi7
    Moss also has a hip injury and hasn't hit in a year.
  18. trwi7
    Would you rather have those two pitching prospects or Wheeler/Flores? I think I'd lean towards Wheeler but I could probably be talked into the prospects on account of Wheeler not being able to pitch a full season until 2017 and I believe he's a FA after 2019. So even if he is healthy and good again you'll only have him 3 years. I suppose you could trade him his last year though for a good batch of prospects if he's good again though. The top guy seems like he'll be up next year and you'd have full control and maybe a year or two into it you could buy out a couple years of his arbitration if he looks good. Honestly would've preferred Wheeler and just take out Flores and replace him with Fulmer if possible.
  19. trwi7
    This is why people were worried and some still aren't completely convinced about the Brewers' future plans. Tom ‏@Haudricourt Just to be clear on Gerardo Parra, #Brewers asked agent if he would be interested in talking extension and he said no. So that was that. We were going to offer an extension to a guy who's having a career year while in the midst of a terrible season. Luckily Parra wasn't interested.
  20. trwi7
    Tom ‏@Haudricourt 29m29 minutes ago Milwaukee, WI #Brewers asst GM Gord Ash said prospect Taylor Williams has experienced more issues with elbow and will be examined again. Not good. Tom ‏@Haudricourt 22m22 minutes ago Depending on the examination on Taylor Williams, Tommy John surgery not out of question. Plasma injection did not help much if any.
  21. trwi7
    Really good haul for the Tigers for a couple months of Cespedes.
  22. trwi7
    Originally speculated, meaning he had no idea. Either way, it was pretty clear that by the time the draft happened, it would take an insane offer to get him to forgo his commitment to Vandy, a money offer the Brewers couldn't make without being called insane by pretty much every team, reporter, analyst and fan in baseball.
  23. trwi7
    This article paints a different picture of what the Vanderbilt faithful thought Everett's chances of honoring his commitment were: http://www.anchorofgold.com/2015/6/12/8774835/donny-everett-turned-down-2-5-million-to-attend-vanderbilt What? Teams were asking him before the draft if they offered him $2.5 million would he sign and he said no. So it was pretty obvious that he was going to go to college to pretty much everybody. That article doesn't say whatever you think it says.
  24. trwi7
    Yes they could have offered more. They could have offered him $50 million if they so desired. The problem with that is when you exceed your bonus pool by more than 5%, you pay a 75% tax and lose your 1st round pick the next year. The penalties get worse as you exceed by more. So the Brewers spent $7,239,100 on their first 10 picks this year. Below their pool of $7,743,800. I don't recall if they did end up signing any players past the 10th round for more than $100,000 but that would put a dent in their pool even more. You also have to remember that they had an above slot deal with Kirby until they found something they didn't like in a physical, which tied up even more money for a time. So the most the Brewers could have offered Everett or Hooper or any other player taken after the 10th round was $891,890 or they lose their 1st round pick next year. Now that could be a decent strategy if you're a really good team and it's a strong draft and the draft next year looks weak. That's not the case with the Brewers though.
  25. trwi7
    Jeff Moore scouting report
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