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Some things to read while making golf more interesting.

The big news of the day today is yesterday's trade sending Tony Gwynn Jr. to San Diego for Jody Gerut. Here's a sampling of response from all over the web:

  • Doug Melvin said the Brewers were trying to upgrade their left-handed bench options.
  • Adam McCalvy says Melvin had interest in trading for Gerut for a while, and finally found the opportunity.
  • The BBTF Transaction Oracle predicts Gerut will hit .278/.335/.472 as a Brewer, which would be pretty good for a fourth outfielder.
  • Matthew Pouliot of Circling the Bases says Gerut is "a big upgrade in a reserve role for the Brewers," and calls the Brewers a big winner in this trade.
  • FanGraphs calls the move a salary dump for the Padres. Gerut is still owed about $1.3 million this season.
  • Meanwhile, Tony Gwynn found out about the trade from his dad, who's pretty excited to have him as a Padre.
  • Elias says Gwynn will become just the third player ever to play for the same team his father played in over 2000 games for, joining Pete Rose Jr. and Dale Berra. (Thanks to TheJay)
  • Gwynn made it to San Diego in time to draw a walk in the ninth inning as the Padres scored two in the ninth to beat the Giants last night.
  • Adam McCalvy has Trevor Hoffman, Mat Gamel and Prince Fielder's reactions to the trade.
  • At The Old Ball Game has been covering Gwynn in Nashville and called him "the most consistent player on the Sound’s team in 2009."
  • Brewers Bar compared the trade to Doug Melvin trading candy for water.
  • MLB Notebook criticized the Brewers for unloading young talent.
  • Big League Stew says the Padres must have made this move for PR reasons.
  • Tyler Maas of Bugs and Cranks says Tony Gwynn will get many more opportunities to ruin the Padres' playoff chances.
  • Quevedo at the Buffet is patting themselves on the back for helping get Gwynn on his way.
  • Chuckie Hacks says none of us would care if Gwynn's name was Jim Smith.

Gerut is expected to join the Brewers today. While no official announcement has been made, it's expected he'll take the place of Chris Duffy, who will be designated for assignment. He'll join the team along with R.J. Swindle, who was called up yesterday when Hernan Iribarren was sent back down. Having the DH for this weekend's series in Minnesota eliminated some of the need for bench flexibility, but the Twins' lefty-heavy lineup created the need for another situational lefty.

Interleague play will mean an increase in playing time for Mat Gamel, who is expected to DH all three games in Minnesota. Gamel doesn't doesn't seem to know what the team has in store for him once interleague play is over, but is keeping a good attitude about it.

It's possible Gamel will be seeing more time at third base. Bill Hall went 0-for-3 with 2 strikeouts and grounded into a double play against Roy Oswalt last night in what might have been his last chance to prove he can hit right-handed pitching.

There appears to be a good sized community (or at least a loud community) of people in baseball who think Ryan Braun should be hit by pitches, but what about Corey Hart? Plunk Everyone lists Hart among the most likely targets with 0 HBP in 2009.

We have good news on the farm today as Taylor Green, ranked #8 in our Community Prospect Rankings, has finished his rehab assignment in Wisconsin and is headed to Huntsville. Green hit .400/.538/.600 in 20 ABs for the Rattlers.

Speaking of rehab assignments, David Riske is expected to head to Arizona to start his, according to Gord Ash's Twitter. Ash also reports Rickie Weeks is returning to Milwaukee to work with Brewer trainers. (Thanks to Aaron for the heads up.)

The Brewers continue to gain ground in power rankings: Yahoo has them at #6, up from 10 last week.

Around the league:

Astros: Designated infielder Jason Smith for assignment.
Rangers: Placed Vicente Padilla on the DL with a strained deltoid muscle. (h/t Baseball Musings)

The Brewers may not be interested in trading MLB ready pitching for Mark DeRosa, but it appears someone will be: MLB Trade rumors suggests both the Mets and A's as potential fits.

Someone could write a book about Brooks Kieschnick entitled "Anatomy of a Fan Favorite." Brooks sat down for an interview with Brewerfan.net, where topics discussed included his love for Milwaukee and dislike of the Cubs.

On the other end of the spectrum, we have Randall Simon. If you're passing through Fargo today, you might see Simon playing for the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks, and you might hear him talk about getting blackballed for clubbing a sausage.

Do baseballs really fly out of Minute Maid Park, or can we blame Jeff Suppan? Balking Traditionalism has the answer.

The blackout issue isn't getting resolved after all. A vote on the matter was tabled at the owners' meetings again this week, meaning the issue likely won't be resolved this season.

Oh, and apparently San Diego is the place to go if you want to get devirginized to fresh squeezed tangerine juice.

Drink up.

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Very cool MM Park Article

Interesting how the deep deep center field neutralizes the cheapies to the short porch. I assume Houston looks to have pull hitters to get more cheapies. It would be interesting study to see how many more or less HR Houston would have since they moved to MM Park if they built a more traditional stadium.

by SgtClueLs on May 22, 2009 9:44 AM CDT reply actions  

Unloading younger players

TGJ is not really younger players.

Scored three times and detonated an indisputable in four visits to the batting box.

by Jordan M on May 22, 2009 11:28 AM CDT reply actions  

No blackout resolution

Lame, its costing MLB money because I’d be much more tempted to buy mlb tv if I could watch Brewer games.

You're not laughing with me.

by Awesomo on May 22, 2009 11:48 AM CDT reply actions  

Hoolio Time is nearing its end

Gord Ash just tweeted that Riske is beginning his rehab assignment in Arizona.

"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.

by battlekow on May 22, 2009 11:58 AM CDT reply actions  

as much as I don't like Julio

I don’t think Riske’s that much better

I think the optimum pen would be McClung, Villanueva, Stetter, Swindle, DiFelice, Coffey, and Hoffman.

by warwick5s on May 22, 2009 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

I agree

Last year was a disaster, but if you look at his previous 5 seasons his ERA was 3.03 for those years. He’s had a weird k/9 drop over the years, but had a solid track record going into last year.

by grant76 on May 22, 2009 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'm not really too confident in DeFelice

One pitch, thats slow. He already got shelled last time up. How long until all teams figure out (with Jeff Passan’s help) exactly what to do, I.E. Look where the ball is headed and aim to the left a few inches over and down.

You're not laughing with me.

by Awesomo on May 22, 2009 1:19 PM CDT up reply actions  

I think it's...

… pretty naive to think that opposing teams didn’t know 100% of the material in Passan’s article before it was published.

by Mykenk on May 22, 2009 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yea that was a bit of a joke

It was just a funny coincidence that the Yahoo! article was published the day he got tagged.

Albert Pujols: Coach, should I work the count next time I’m up against Looper?
TLR: Sorry Al, too busy spamming refresh on Yahoo! just in case they publish an article about a Brewer’s releiver that we might face in a few innings.

You're not laughing with me.

by Awesomo on May 22, 2009 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

Heart attack alert

That says “Riske”, not “Rickie”

Scored three times and detonated an indisputable in four visits to the batting box.

by Jordan M on May 22, 2009 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions  

Haha

He did say that Rickie is back in Milwaukee, though.

"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.

by battlekow on May 22, 2009 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions  

If there was ever a slimmer of a hope that we could land Peavy

TGJ may have been a nice chip. So the odds go from 1% to .25%

You're not laughing with me.

by Awesomo on May 22, 2009 3:50 PM CDT reply actions  

Per Jon Heyman

The Cubs and Brewers now look like the Padres’ two best hopes. Axelrod has said Peavy loves "Middle America,‘’ so presumably the White Sox’ issue was not their location. The two other teams on Lake Michigan are aggressive traders (though maybe not as aggressive as the White Sox), and Peavy would almost surely accept the Cubs and possibly the Brewers — though in this trading game, there are obviously no guarantees.

by grant76 on May 22, 2009 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

Interesting

Jeffress is roughly analogous to Poreda as a probable future late-inning reliever, and Clayton Richard just seems like a middle reliever to me, so I think the Brewers could probably match the White Sox’ package without too much difficulty. Did we ever hear who the other two pitchers were supposed to be?

"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.

by battlekow on May 22, 2009 4:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

Would have to be a three-way

The only way the Brewers can take on Peavy’s salary is by dumping Suppan’s. The Brewers need to find a team willing to take on salary, and crazy enough to think Suppan could replicate his last 6 starts for the rest of this year and all of next. So send Suppan to the White Sox, send Jeffress and another guy to the Padres plus whatever you can con the Sox out of to complete the deal.

by Getting Yosted on May 22, 2009 5:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

Not necessarily

I don’t have all the numbers regarding Peavy’s salary and the Brewers payroll in front of me, but even as his salary increases over the next few seasons he’ll still be making considerably less than what the Brewers offered Sabathia.

Ryan Braun: He loves it.

by SRB on May 22, 2009 5:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

The Padres are looking for some young starting pitching in return

Apart from Jeffress who do the Crew have in the minors that would interest the Padres? All the rest of our top prospects are hitters. I very much doubt that Peavy will end up with the Brewers, If I had to guess I think he may well end up with the Braves, a team that is not adverse to make the big trade (eg Texeria 2 years ago), have the pitching prospects that the Padres are looking for and they were on the list that Peavy made of teams that he would be interested in going to.

by Saltire on May 22, 2009 5:59 PM CDT up reply actions  

Well, the Brewers have plenty of young starting pitching

It’s just really young. :)

"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.

by battlekow on May 22, 2009 6:02 PM CDT up reply actions  

Lawrie

Brett Lawrie suffered a broken nose last night when struck by a bad hop ground ball. he is not expected to miss any significant time.

Per Gord Ash tweet

by SgtClueLs on May 22, 2009 4:12 PM CDT reply actions  

Damn you twitter

you finally sucked me into joining today….there goes the rest of my life

"At least we still have math on our side" - Ned Yost

by Prentice on May 22, 2009 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions  

Shaq was what got me following

and a Bandize invite giveaway got me to join, but since joining I’ve actually found it to be useful. It’s cool to find some people you think are interesting, then eavesdrop on their conversations with other people, follow those people, eavesdrop on their conversations, etc etc…

A month ago I considered it the dumbest thing in the world. Now…

by warwick5s on May 22, 2009 5:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

i was just reading lawrie's blog

no mention of said broken nose, but i’m sure he has other things on his mind than posting on the internet.

by PagsBrewCrew on May 22, 2009 5:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

Uh, wow.

I thought for sure the guy calling the Gerut trade “candy for water” would be in favour of it, what with water being pretty essential and candy being something shiny but ultimately easy to give up if needed, but no: upon clicking through, I find that the line continues “Melvin makes horrible trade”.

I guess the guy has both player-evaluating and metaphor-applying issues. As if I needed a reminder not to read the MVN Brewers site…

by Zeyes on May 22, 2009 6:39 PM CDT reply actions  

Not as bad as having analogy application issues

http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=4179981

Scored three times and detonated an indisputable in four visits to the batting box.

by Jordan M on May 22, 2009 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

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