Tuesday's Frosty Mug

Just go back and read the Marcum thread. It’s in there somewhere. We also get into the semantics of #2 vs #3 vs #4. Trust, me, it’s not worth going over this again. I don’t think even BtC wants to go over this again.

He would need to repeat his 2010 to be a solid #3. His arsenal screams #3. He gets results, eats innings but his stuff is taht of a #3. He could perform as a #2, but as I mention he would actually have to do better than he did last year, imo, to be considered a #2. Id say your #2, if youre a playoff team needs to contribute at least 4 WAR.

“I know I shouldn’t do this…”

don’t.

speaks volumes.

I know you dont like to believe that I know what I am talking about, but you have to be able to read between the lines when you look at numbers and be able to guage what a scouting report says. He has some promise, but his numbers in AA last year are somewhat distorted by the fact that he has spent a lot of time in minor league ball so far, and that he is probably around 2 years older than most of the league.

And take a flier on Jim Shields.

Have appeared together since circa 2000.

Except for the logical part.

I wasn’t really clear on his performance last year. He’d be pretty much on par with what we had with Narveson last year. He would’ve been good for #4 on the Reds, though. If the Brewers can score even more runs in 2011 than they did in 2010 they could compete with Blanton in the rotation (this could actually happen, too).

I agree with you wholeheartedly that he’s well overpaid for his performance. I wonder how much of his salary the Phillies can afford to pick up, though. Cash vs. prospects might be the key in making the deal. The Brewers, oddly enough, have the cash, but not the prospects.

I hope that doesn’t also mean he likes to text women who work for the team.

Seems like they could be adequate replacements for Counsell besides Cruz.

He’s 40 years old.
Use someone from the system FFS, get someone up, you never know, maybe someone will break out at the ML level.

Counsell’s career is on life support, no reason to pay him more than twice what a minor league player would cost.

If he’s willing to take around $750k or $1M in some non-guaranteed contract, sure.

Also, Tom thinks we shouldn’t be surprised if the Brewers sign Pavano. My favorite quote from the linked article:

Brewers GM Doug Melvin was coy today at the Shaun Marcus press conference when asked if he was still interested in signing free-agent pitcher Carl Pavano.

Also at the SiTS blog, is this article about the Marcum press conference. At about this time last year, there was some outcry amongst Brewers fans here and elsewhere about Randy Wolf’s apparent resignation to signing with Milwaukee (yes, I was probably leading the vanguard on that), so its refreshing to see a guy coming to Milwaukee say:

On his 29th birthday, Marcum was introduced Tuesday afternoon at a media session at Miller Park. After nearly five years in Toronto, the Kansas City native said he was "a dream come true" to be dealt to a team in the Midwest.

"I’m going to go out there and battle and compete and give this organization a chance to win," said Marcum, who went 13-8 with a 3.64 earned run average in 31 starts for Toronto last season.

"You come here and see the atmosphere, the fan support, the players here. It’s an opportunity I’m looking forward to."

Marcum was asked how it felt to escape the power-packed American League East Division.

"A lot better know that Boston went out and did what they did," said Marcum, referring to the acquisitions of Adrian Gonzalez and Carl Crawford. "That division is a tough division, day in and day out.

"When you’re in a division like that, you can’t go out there and just throw. You’ve got to learn how to pitch. That’s one thing I was able to do there."