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Any news on the PTBNL front? Or even a list?

why not just see if David Wright is available, instead of playing games with Braun?

sounds like Drugs or mental health/anxiety issues to me. They probably do know a lot more than they are saying, but due to privacy issues, they can not and should not say anything. These issues are personal. Zach will need more than a demotion to help sort this out, he will definitely need counselling and support if this is the case. I highly doubt it is just "sleep related".

wins are down about 20% so.. sort of goes hand in hand. I doubt they are surprised in Milwaukee. Wins = butts in seats. It's that way for every franchise. the economy probably has something to do with it as people have lost their jobs and dont have the income to go to a game. Im not even sure what job loss numbers look like in the 5 county area - they were bad even before the recession we are in.

Big Z is the perfect curse for a half decade for the Cubs. Leave him be - keep him Chicago where he belongs.

Has anyone seen any updates from the prognosticators and the people in the know for the summer? I saw the Brewers system from anywhere from 13-26 in the offseason. With the upward movement of guys like Escobar, LuCroy, Braddock, and I guess Axford and Loe.. how are we faring?

Dont they already have a guy just like Dave Bush just kind of hanging out in the pen right now anyways? Tim Stauffer?

they shouldn't be moved unless the offer warrants it worth it. Hart is less in value than Fielder... but just trading Fielder just because is not going to do the fan base service... you really need to hump alot of value out of Prince Fielder. He is the best power hitter in baseball. With Howard and Dunn in the argument.

If SF doesn't want to trade pitching, they can just give us Buster Posey and we'll call it a deal http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

The Brewers have some decisions to make.. and one of the options is do they re-approach Scott Boras to get a deal done with Prince. I am not for this option, because I believe it is potentially very risky. However, If the Brewers do decide that it makes best business sense/baseball sense to do based on the offers they get for him. What is the ultimate number? 7 years / 150 Million - a little short of Texeira Money, not much on a per year average. Last season has a 4M buyout. It looks like the brewers have substantial payroll coming off the books and with their failures in the free agency market (especially with soft tossing 32+ y/o) would you be upset with this as an option.

1. A grown man shouldn't be writing an e-mail telling on another grown man for something that happens in a game. 2. If you feel they are hitting your guys on purpose and you want it to stop. Hit their biggest/baddest player.... or at least buzz the tower and make him dust himself off. There is a reason why we get hit alot (reputation of being young and cocky / unwillingness to back it up). 3. Next year Tommy Hanson pitches against the Brewers. Jeremy Jeffress should make his debut and uncork a 100mph rib job onto Hanson. He will think five times before pulling that stunt against the Brewers again. Ryan Braun was not right for 2 months after that HBP. It has gone a long way to helping screw our season over. 4. Just fire Macha, put Sveum in there. This wont be an issue anymore.

With the White Sox being in it to win it this season.. and with Peavy down for the year. A perfect stop gap is Dave Bush. A Fielder/Bush for Hudson/Beckham/Holmberg/Viciedo swap works. I'd move Lawrie to 1b. His bat translates. Keep McGehee at 3rd (he already plays his position well - Gamel's future is not in Milwaukee. He can't field 3b legitimately and hasnt shown the power to think a RF transition is appropriate) I'd be extending Weeks as soon as I made this deal.. and Beckham is now a super utility guy.

I agree on "no" moving Rickie to the OF. He is not good at 2b.. but he isn't killing us either. He's much better from 2 years+ ago. He'll keep getting better. Keep him there. Plus if you ever want to trade him.. his bat is killer for a 2b. He would be much less valuable in RF.

I dont think they should trade Hart, just to trade him. But if someone comes in with an offer that the Brewers like... im sure they will go for it. But if GMs around the league try to low-ball them.. i dont think they have any problem keeping these guys for next season. It's just a matter of getting what you can.. im sure they are on the phones listening to teams that want to compete. Unlike going after players at the deadline, you are now in the position where teams come to you and want to pluck from your squad. After a team shows real interest.. then the bargaining back and forth begins. But if they call up and say.. hey, we want Corey Hart and don't want to trade anything worth swapping him for (IE: Giants) then, just thank them for their time and wait till the winter. Worst case scenario you will get back draft picks - but again, this shouldnt happen either if they play their cards right.

what metric? I'm terribly concerned about the sub .900 Fielding percentage. Really doesnt matter what his range is or whatever else they are looking at. If he has stone hands.. he's not going to help us at 3rd. He needs to see the wizard stat and get new hands.