Sucks to be Kevin Mench

by Jeff Sackmann on Feb 12, 2008 10:45 PM CST in Transactions Comment 10 comments

I wonder if, at any point other than the time that Kevin Mench came to Milwaukee in the Carlos Lee deal, he actually had trade value. Sure, he was always in trade rumors, for years before he came to Milwaukee, and more or less continuously after he arrived.

But now that he has hit the open market (granted, not at the peak of his career, or at least the peak of what he's done so far), we know what teams really think of him.

He signed with the Rangers (it's a Doug Melvin round trip!) on a minor league deal.

A minor league deal! That means he'll be competing with Nelson Cruz (remember him?) for a bench job.

Now that Podsednik and Mench are off the market and it looks like Damian Miller is headed for retirement, there aren't many veteran Brewers to keep an eye on. I suppose someone could sign Tony Graffanino to a minor league deal and supervise his rehab, but...well...I'd rather count down the seconds to pitchers and catchers reporting that go on full-time Graffy watch.

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Wayne Franklin has signed with the York Revolution of the Atlantic League.

Wes Obermueller is now a member of the Samsung Lions in Korea. His stock has fallen to the point that his own team can't spell his name correctly.

I'd update you on Enrique Cruz but after looking his name up on Google, I'm not so sure I want to anymore.

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

by TheJay on Feb 12, 2008 11:40 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

But he's rich!

300 million in salary! Woo-hoo!

I think A-Rod should put out feelers for playing in Japan, just so he can get offers of 10 billion yen over 5 years.

"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 Feb 13, 2008 6:24 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Of course...

After reading what you said about Cruz, I had to go Google it myself. Thanks for that.

by KLSnow on Feb 13, 2008 10:51 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Wow, his own web site!

Apparently, he's a pitcher and catcher too!

"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 Feb 13, 2008 1:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

ZING!!!

And that's about as far as anyone should take that

I saw the overcrowded marketplase that is the brewers blogs and said, "Me Too!" The Chubber Lang Report

by hyattff2003 on Feb 13, 2008 2:50 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Kieschnick!

Kieschnickophiles probably already know this, but...

Brooks Kieschnick's third cousin Roger is about to embark on his junior season at Texas Tech. The Red Raiders' first game of the season is Friday, February 22 against Northern Illinois.

He was a Second Team All-Big 12 last season after putting up a .302/.373/.621 line with 13 home runs in 232 at bats last season. He won Freshman of the Year accolades in 2006 with a .359/.418/.549 line and 9 homers in 237 at bats. His complete profile is here. Now, if only he could pitch...

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

by TheJay on Feb 13, 2008 10:05 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Others

Jose Valentin was invited to Mets camp.

Are Fernando Vina and Eric Young still going to be on ESPN this season? I hope not.

My non-embarrassing thoughts on the Brewers:
Two Fisted Slopper

by nmc on Feb 13, 2008 6:47 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

BT

it'll be interesting to see about nando since he was named in the mitchell report, if that has any effect. eric young, on the other hand, was just plain terrible.

YoGanna win with Gallardo on the mound.

by Griswald on Feb 14, 2008 10:32 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

My guess

is that Vina would be back. After the Mitchell Report came out he admitted to using HGH in 2003 (but not steroids). Frankly, I think that nipping it in the bud by admitting it is enough for ESPN to continue their obsession for ex-players-as-analysts. I wouldn't mind seeing him go, though.

Come check out Beer, Brats, and Bucky for the latest in Badgers sports news!

by The Prospector on Feb 14, 2008 12:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

nelson cruz

it's funny sometimes to look back on these trades years down the road. i remember a lot of people, none moreso than myself, hated the carlos lee trade because we had to give up nelson cruz. while there's still time, cruz really hasn't done anything and i wouldn't say our outfield isn't exactly missing him.

in the meantime, we also got a year and a half out of cordero that should have been a lot more if not for he or his agent with the whole greediness thing.

(disclaimer - i use "we" and "our" in a lot of my posts when talking about the brewers because i am, you know, an integral part of the team and all).

YoGanna win with Gallardo on the mound.

by Griswald on Feb 14, 2008 10:38 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

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