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by KLSnow on Jan 19, 2009 9:13 AM CST Comment 5 comments

Some things to read from inside your Indestruct-O-Bubble.

So, with 24 days until pitchers and catchers report, the Brewers are expected to exchange arbitration figures today with their four remaining eligible players. Brewers Bar has predicted the figures he expects to see.

Another day, another series of updates on Ben Sheets:

As noted in the FanShots, the Mets have interest in Ben Sheets, which creates a scenario where the Brewers could lose two Type-A free agents and receive no first round picks in return.
Jeff Moore of Dugout Central thinks Sheets' best fits are in Texas or back in Milwaukee, but predicts Sheets will be a Met.
Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe is reporting the Phillies are also interested in Sheets, but the Cafardo rule applies: until someone else reports it, take it with a grain of salt.

Last week it was noted in the FanShots that Randall Simon was going to try out for the Brewers as part of their annual tryout camp. Buried in Tom H's story is a note mentioning that Mark Bellhorn and Robert Fick also tried out, but none were signed.

Elsewhere in free agency, the Brewers are reportedly considering making an offer to Chad Cordero, who is recovering from a torn labrum. The Grand National Championships has a deeper look at torn labrums and wonders why Cordero appears to be rushing his.

Let's take a look around the world of rankings:

Mike Cameron was the eighth best defensive center fielder in baseball in 2008 according to Tiger Tales, saving four runs above average.
Corey Hart, on the other hand, was only the 13th best defensive right fielder, and cost the Brewers a run.
J.J. Hardy is the seventh best fantasy shortstop in the NL for 2009, according to FakeTeams.

Jonathan Mayo of MiLB.com ranked Jeremy Jeffress as the #44 prospect in all of minor league baseball. Follow the link for a brief profile. (also noted in FanShots)
As of this writing, Brent Brewer leads Cody Scarpetta by seven votes and Alexandre Periard by 15 votes in the balloting for the 17th and final spot in our Community Prospect Rankings. You have until noon today to cast your ballot.

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Sucks about The Baseball Beat

I really enjoyed that show—it’s so much better to listen to beat writers who (generally) know their teams inside and out and will tell it like it is, rather than hearing talking heads spout off ridiculously uninformed opinions or managers and players give a bunch of safe, meaningless cliches.

Now, if XM decided to cut MLB games themselves (not that I think they will), that’d be the end of me. Life’s too short to spend a baseball season without Bob Uecker.

by Cheeseandcorn on Jan 19, 2009 11:09 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Here are the requirements for good sports radio:

1) People who know something you might not, and are willing to share it.
2) A desire to do more than just say something outlandish to “stir up the callers” and ride the wave for an hour.

Unfortunately, most sports talk radio fails to meet these simple criteria.

I don't specifically articulate my motives, because that wouldn't travel as well as a boo does.

by KLSnow on Jan 19, 2009 11:39 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

the Tiger Tales stuff

Corey had the highest number of innings plus he played in the All Star game and engaged in the hoopdeedoo to get him there. Hopefully that means a big part of his stinky second half was fatigue. Cameron actually managed to get his innings total pretty high considering his early suspension. As much as the howling at the “Sunday lineup” is predictable, I hope the bench gets more play this year.

The Michael Bourne thing is a giant red flag to the quality of data coming out of BIS and STATS. What happens that produces such disparate results? Can it be positioning?

by ol Pete on Jan 19, 2009 11:50 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Chad Cordero

Following that link to the story in Slate sure is depressing. I wonder how serious Cordero’s injury was or if anyone even knows. I love the part about showing the MRI to five different guys to get a vote of sorts on what is wrong.

by ol Pete on Jan 19, 2009 11:57 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

baseball america musings

What do Alcides Escobar and Dave Bush have in common? They both seem to have pictures used with odd expressions and/or contortions. The lead picture on the website today has Alcides making playing SS look easy the captions says. But what about that grip?

The link goes to Haudricourt writing about the team and gives a top prospects list. What is interesting is that it isn’t the one that TH provided as they reserve the editorial right to substitute. TH also related in a radio show how they changed his future lineup to have Rickie Weeks in CF rather than “LoCain.”

by ol Pete on Jan 19, 2009 12:34 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

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