The Weekend Mug

by Noah Jarosh on Nov 21, 2010 1:49 AM CST in Milwaukee Brewers News

Some things to read after realizing that Ozzie Guillen must read Brew Crew Ball.

It's a slow week in the offseason, so this ought to be a pretty short one. The biggest news of the past couple days is probably the Friday deadline for teams to add minor leaguers eligible for the Rule 5 draft to the 40 man roster to protect them from being taken. The Brewers had already added Eric Farris, Dan Merklinger and Wily Peralta to their 40 man on Wednesday and didn't make any other moves before the deadline. The Brewers now have 37 players on their forty man roster and players like Taylor Green, Brendan Katin and Chris Cody are in danger of being selected in the Rule 5 on December 9.

Eric Farris, by the way, led his Arizon Fall League team in hitting, batting .351 in seventeen games. You can follow that link to find how all the Brewers prospects that played in the AFL performed, including Jeremy Jeffress, who answers questions in the official sites "Six Pack" and doesn't really say anything interesting. Jeffress was also number seven in Jonathon Mayos list of 20 prospects that stood out in the AFL.

Jeffress played eight games at Brevard County last year. Battlekow reports that they will be resurfacing their field going into 2011.

And Tom H has another look at Prince Fielder and the odds that he will be traded, calling it a "no-win situation" for Doug Melvin.

Around the league:
Indians: Shin-Soo Choo has avoided mandatory military service by helping South Korea win a gold medal in the Asian Games
Pirates: Designated Zach Duke, Andy Laroche and Delwyn Young for assignment
Tigers: Signed pitcher Alberto Alburquerque
Rangers: Signed Barret Loux

The biggest news around baseball the last couple days is the Houston Astros have officially been put up for sale by current owner Drayton McLane. Mark Cuban, who seems to always be a candidate to buy for sale sports teams, has already said he has no interest in purchasing the Astros.

In the past year, three Independent leagues have been losing teams and were struggling to put together full schedules for the upcoming season. Now, the Northern League, the United League, and the Golden League are merging together to form the North American League. The new league hopes to field 16 teams, which will still require several expansion teams.

That's all I've got, unless you want to give yourself pink-eye.

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I believe that should read:

San Francisco Giants’ Brandon Crawford, foot, forces out Milwaukee Brewers’ Eric Farris (90) at second base in the sixth inning of a spring training baseball game Monday, March 29, 2010, in Phoenix.

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by Troy J. on Nov 21, 2010 8:03 AM CST reply actions

Quick correction

It’s the NBA that carries a pink eye risk, not necessarily basketball as a whole.

Thanks for taking the time, Noah!

Now that's great tasting chicken!

by Kyle Lobner on Nov 21, 2010 8:33 AM CST reply actions

only about 60 meters of pink eye for me anyway

by PagsBrewCrew on Nov 21, 2010 5:19 PM CST up reply actions

Zach Duke

Should Melvin offer this guy a minor league contract and an invite to spring training? May be worth a shot.

by brewman70 on Nov 21, 2010 8:40 AM CST reply actions 1 recs

maybe...

by ilikeburritos on Nov 21, 2010 9:25 AM CST up reply actions

This is only my personal opinion

But I think any starting pitcher on the market with an ounce of upside is worth a minor league deal and an NRI.

If I ran a team I’d have the most overcrowded spring training roster ever, but I guarantee you I’d occasionally find a nice surprise in there.

Now that's great tasting chicken!

by Kyle Lobner on Nov 21, 2010 9:47 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs

It would be tough when everyone is getting just three innings to show off

I never use a big word when a diminutive word would suffice.

by TheJay on Nov 21, 2010 11:12 AM CST up reply actions

Intersquad games

At least three every day.

by nullacct on Nov 21, 2010 2:22 PM CST up reply actions

I know I've played the "not enough innings" card before

But 25 pitchers pitched at least three innings in spring for the Brewers in 2010.

And, as nullacct pointed out above, if you’ve got guys with upside worth checking out there’s always also B games and intrasquads.

Now that's great tasting chicken!

by Kyle Lobner on Nov 21, 2010 3:18 PM CST up reply actions

Intrasquad games don't help the guys who want to show off not only for you, but for other teams

Those players who assume, correctly, you do not have room on your roster for all of them.

I think there’s a tipping point where the number of non-roster invites who have already signed makes it harder to sign more.

I never use a big word when a diminutive word would suffice.

by TheJay on Nov 21, 2010 5:29 PM CST up reply actions

by MrLeam on Nov 21, 2010 2:08 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

Reply fail

Approximately 22 by me this year so far. I think one of the questions in the pre-season competition was whether my reply fails would be more or less this year than Jeff Suppan’s total losses…

"I hope your name is Rick"

by MrLeam on Nov 21, 2010 2:11 PM CST up reply actions

Dang, that put a dent in your VORC

Value Over Replacement Commenter.

Nullacct’s VORC, by the way, is off the freaking charts.

by Cheeseandcorn on Nov 21, 2010 11:35 PM CST up reply actions

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