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Tonight I got the chance to hear Doug Melvin speak at a banquet in Madison, so I thought I would highlight some of the key points that he discussed.  A lot is old news, but I figured some of it might be interesting, knowing it came straight from him.

(1)  Sheets.  Doug gave the impression that Sheets' career is over as a Brewer.  He said they haven't closed the door to a return, but he expects him to be elsewhere when the season starts.

(2)  Prince Fielder - Melvin said that trading Prince would require a 1 or 2 starter (no big surprise) and that he hasn't talked to any teams about a trader and nobody has contacted him, probably because they know the asking price and teams don't have that kind of pitching to give up.

(3)  The starting rotation.  The Brewers are still looking to solidify the rotation, but he didn't discuss details here.  He gave four starters that are set in stone - Gallardo, Parra, Bush, Suppan.  Doug talked about McClung's versitility, but didn't like his high pitch counts and the void in the bullpen moving him to a starting spot would create.  As for Capuano, he said he is a possibility to fill up a starting spot, but said it probably wouldn't happen until early May sometime.

(4)  Third base - left this one wide open, basically as a competition between Hall, Mike Lamb, and mentioned Gamel at the end (didn't give many details as to a timetable on him).

(5)  Other interesting sidenotes...

     -Kendall and Cameron had a big part in getting Hoffman to come to Milwaukee instead of LA, which is obviously much closer to Trevor's home.

     -Hoffman has won the Roberto Clemente community service award somewhere around five times.

     -The Brewers have already hit the 1 million tickets sold mark for 2009 sales.

     -Ray Durham, along with several other major league free agents, are considering retirement if the money isn't right.

 

Hope everyone enjoyed, and at least found a couple things that they found interesting or new.

 

 

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by tcyoung on Jan 20, 2009 7:55 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Suppan vs. Hoffman

A budding community service battle?

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

by TheJay on Jan 20, 2009 3:46 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Haha in that case...

let’s bring back Gagne. Maybe if we make it into a competition he will buy us more free tickets.

by ajoconnor on Jan 20, 2009 5:38 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Soup

provides good service to opposing hitters and their financial security.

September 15: Not a bad little Monday

by molitorfan on Jan 20, 2009 6:18 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I just heard Melvin do an interview on a radio station here in Appleton...

… (my erstwhile home), and the more I hear Melvin talk the more I think he’s pretty much done for the offseason. Asked about the rotation he started out saying that they weren’t going to replace CC and that Sheets appears to be intent on signing elsewhere. Then he ran down the 4 starters by name (Gallardo, Bush, Parra, Suppan) before jumping straight into a discussion about the pen and Trevor Hoffman. When the radio personality tried to drag the conversation back to the rotation, Melvin mentioned McClung and Villy as young pitchers he really expected to improve this year, but didn’t indicate which (if either) he expected to be in the rotation. He then talked about Capuano and his comeback efforts and the possibility he might be ready to go by mid-May at the latest, before mentioning the fact that Gallardo’s availability would really help the rotation out since he was out all of last year.

The point seemed to be that the rotation will consist of Gallardo, Bush, Parra, Suppan and McClung/Capuano. I’d throw Villy into the mix too, but Melvin didn’t link him to the rotation at all and I can’t think they’d be foolish enough to try Villy (assuming other choices are available) in the rotation again after last season.

He very much sounded like a guy trying to sell people on the idea that a rotation upgrade really isn’t necessary. The interviewer sounded like a guy who thinks that Gallardo/Bush/Parra/Suppan/McClung-Capuano looks an awful lot like the kind of rotation that would bring home a 75 win season and a mid-August bullpen collapse, though I may be transferring my own thoughts onto him. I think this is our 2009 staff, for better or worse. Mostly worse.

I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jan 20, 2009 6:42 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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