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Tom H.: Brewer Odds and Ends

The Blog That Shall Not Be Named provided a summary of yesterday's daily briefing with Doug Melvin. Follow the link for the details, but the highlights are:

  • Brewers aren't likely to bring back Shouse or especially Sheets.
  • Moustache is looking for one starter and one reliever.  I'm assuming the reliever is someone who can close, as they seem to be reluctant to use any in-house candidates for that role.  I'm a little surprised that we're only looking for 1 starter, though, unless we plan to address our starting pitcher depth later.
  • The Brewers had discussed Randy Johnson, Vicente Padilla, Kevin Millwood, Trevor Hoffman, and  Brian FUentes, but don't expect any of them to sign with Milwaukee anytime soon.  Johnson and FUentes seem the closest, but the Big Randy Unit wants to play out west, and FUentes wants mad money (more than Kerry Wood's 2 years/$20 million deal).
  • Nothing's cooking with Seattle or San Francisco.
  • Expect the Brewers to pick up a Rule 5 player in today's draft, probably a pitcher.
  • They have a plan on how to handle Chris Capuano, but aren't saying. Unless they non-tender him, it sounds like they'll owe him $3 million, so they'll probably work out an incentive-laded deal in its stead. 

I have to say, it's a little discouraging to list a bunch of players who won't sign with us so soon after CC, well, didn't sign with us.  Granted, Padilla is bad and Millwood's worse, and signing either of them would be disastrous in a rotation that already has Suppan.  Still, when the suck-os don't want to sign with us...

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Regarding the 2 suckasses from TX

It would have to be a trade to bring them here. I wouldn’t give a bag of balls for either.

I just sit back and root for the taser

by Hyatt on Dec 11, 2008 8:29 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

I’d trade a broken bat for ’em.

by HRF on Dec 11, 2008 3:12 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Seriously ---

given even a minimum salary, I’d rather have the broken bat.

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Dec 11, 2008 4:20 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

The Rick Helling bat?

Obscure baseball records and more at my blog, Recondite Baseball.

by TheJay on Dec 11, 2008 4:41 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

No way

I don’t mind shedding payroll, if that’s what we’re now doing, so long that we don’t respond by adding more Suppans on the roster.

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Dec 11, 2008 8:33 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

we should

have signed Kerry Wood. I’m seriously disappointed that we never got in on that. Cleveland made a far smarter signing than the Mets did.

And then the Mets traded for Putz? This reeks of overdoing it. Every time since I can remember that a team went nuts trying to stock their bullpen (didn’t the O’s do this a few years ago, and the Yankees many times over?) it backfires.

I’m sure we’ll hear all spring about the Mets new pen, and whomever isn’t picking a Yankees-Cubs Series will undoubtedly be picking a Yankees-Mets one, but don’t be surprised if K-Rod is getting booed off the mound by May 15.

by James Stanley Cocanower on Dec 11, 2008 12:32 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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