Melvin, Macha and Peterson Hold Steady in BCB Tracking Poll
by Kyle Lobner on Jun 2, 2010 11:00 PM CDT
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Print243 readers responded to this week's poll. Here are the notable results:
- There were no notable changes in Doug Melvin, Ken Macha and Rick Peterson's approval ratings. The three were at 44%, 12% and 10% last week and received 43, 15 and 10% approval this week, respectively.
- 67% of voters think the Brewers are making the right decision by starting Chris Capuano tomorrow.
- 47% of voters think the Brewers should trade Corey Hart.
Follow the jump for the full results!
Chris Capuano will start Thursday's game for the Brewers, replacing Manny Parra in the rotation. Is this the right move?
| Response | Votes | % |
| Yes | 168 | 67% |
| No, he should have replaced Randy Wolf | 2 | 1% |
| No, he should have replaced Dave Bush | 16 | 6% |
| No, he should have replaced Chris Narveson | 36 | 14% |
| No, he should have been left in the bullpen | 16 | 6% |
| No, he should have been left in AAA | 5 | 2% |
The Brewers intend to pair Jonathan Lucroy with Randy Wolf and possibly one other starter. Is this the right amount of playing time for Lucroy?
| Response | Votes | % |
| No, it's too much | 8 | 3% |
| Yes, it's just right. | 185 | 74% |
| No, it's not enough | 50 | 20% |
Corey Hart is eligible for arbitration one more time in 2011 before becoming a free agent. What should the Brewers do with him?
| Response | Votes | % |
| Attempt to sign him to a long term deal. | 29 | 12% |
| Keep him for now, but don't offer a long term deal. | 97 | 39% |
| Attempt to trade him. | 117 | 47% |
Yovani Gallardo became the third major league pitcher to throw at least 120 pitches in three games this season with his outing on Friday. Are you worried about his workload?
| Response | Votes | % |
| Yes | 96 | 38% |
| No | 119 | 48% |
| Undecided | 28 | 11% |
Do you approve of the job Doug Melvin is doing as General Manager of the Brewers?
| Response | Votes | % | Prev | Diff |
| Yes | 107 | 43% | 44% | -1% |
| No | 75 | 30% | 30% | n/c |
| Undecided | 61 | 24% | 26% | -2% |
Do you approve of the job Ken Macha is doing as Manager of the Brewers?
| Response | Votes | % | Prev | Diff |
| Yes | 38 | 15% | 12% | +3% |
| No | 165 | 66% | 70% | -4% |
| Undecided | 61 | 16% | 18% | -2% |
Do you approve of the job Rick Peterson is doing as Pitching Coach of the Brewers?
| Response | Votes | % | Prev | Diff |
| Yes | 25 | 10% | 10% | n/c |
| No | 132 | 53% | 57% | -4% |
| Undecided | 86 | 34% | 34% | n/c |
Do you approve of the decision to sign Randy Wolf to a three year deal?
| Response | Votes | % | Prev* | Diff |
| Yes | 186 | 74% | 80% | -6% |
| No | 32 | 13% | 12% | +1% |
| Undecided | 25 | 10% | 8% | +2% |
Do you approve of the decision to sign Doug Davis to a one year deal?
| Response | Votes | % | Prev* | Diff |
| Yes | 146 | 58% | 58% | n/c |
| No | 75 | 30% | 30% | n/c |
| Undecided | 22 | 9% | 12% | -3% |
* - The questions about Wolf and Davis were not asked last week, so "Prev" in this case refers to the results from the poll two weeks ago.
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only 12% want to sign him long-term. I was not one of those people, but I still thought that the number would be higher.
Get well soon Ueck
What's Corey worth?
When you go to baseball-reference and look at the bottom of Corey Hart’s page for suggestions of similar players at the same age it lists Kirk Gibson, George Foster, and Felipe Alou.
Player From To Yrs G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Corey Hart 2004-2009 6 521 1831 267 500 117 21 67 260 129 370 .273 .326 .470 64 28 Kirk Gibson 1979-1984 6 492 1701 253 465 67 25 69 237 170 352 .273 .342 .464 76 34 Felipe Alou 1958-1962 5 562 1727 262 496 88 10 65 243 111 221 .287 .331 .463 40 18 George Foster 1969-1976 8 618 1982 262 546 94 19 79 324 162 391 .275 .333 .462 31 15
I could be wrong, but I believe that just looks at raw numbers to compare players
Today’s game has more offense than when those guys played, so that’s something to keep in mind when comparing Hart to them.
Failure is just success rounded down.
So he's not going to hit 52 homers next year
Hit a walk-off HR in the world series and retire to manage the Giants? How dare they lie to me
by nullacct on Jun 3, 2010 8:39 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Could be 42, a walkoff HR in the LCS, and Louisville Bats manager
Failure is just success rounded down.
That is a convincing arguement
I voted for a long term deal. I think that there is a group of people that thinks we are going to pull the wool over the eyes of another GM and get a nice prospect. Other GMs have the same doubts about Hart that we do, and I don’t think we have a better option waiting in the wings. His poor 2009 season might make a long term deal more affordable.
So you propose selling him for 0.70 on the dollar?
-I don’t disagree, but how little is too little?
by BrewCrewBrian on Jun 3, 2010 9:27 AM CDT up reply actions
Agreed...
I just done know what they can get for him
by BrewCrewBrian on Jun 3, 2010 9:47 AM CDT up reply actions
Hopefully doing more than he did last year
I like Cain as much as the next guy (ok maybe not), but last year he had a craptastic .213/.287/.317 line – in AA. I know he had the injury, but still.
And this year he is batting .363 thanks to a .442 babip with a 10.3 LD%. Adjusted for luck that might be closer to .265/.355/.371. He is walking more and the OBP is ok I guess, but he isn’t going to have the power to hit in a corner spot.
He’s a 24 year old at AA that is probably locked in at CF. I’m not convinced he’ll be better than the 24 year old MLB guy that is currently locked in at CF.
"...he isn’t going to have the power to hit in a corner spot."
Statements like that always confuse me. If the team has guys with better than average power at other positions (2B, C), then isn’t it easier to get away without a power threat in the outfield? Or is the concept that guys with power are always available to play RF so they shouldn’t waste time putting a guy without much power there?
Personally, I think they should trade him if/when there’s a decent offer available. If not, let him walk as a free agent. $5M/year on a so-so RF is a lot.
Failure is just success rounded down.
I think the argument is that
In the corner spots you don’t need a quality defender – quality defenders only save you a marginal number of runs. So, you reserve that spot for someone with a greater potential to generate offense. If you see SLG, OPS or ISO as ways to measure that, you don’t slot in a moderate or even high AVG player there.
But yeah, truly, they should evaluate his WAR in terms of what defense he could see at that position – for instance, you’re not going to get as many opportunities for a defensive play in right field as you do in center – so their current defensive contribution to WAR has to be position adjusted by the ratio of the balls hit to each position (and the types of balls? ie grounders matter less than liners and deep flies). I guess you should give him partial bonus points for his ability to slot in at center when the center fielder needs an offday or is injured. If his MLE WAR at right field is better than anyone else in the system, I think you have to give him the job, even if someone else has higher power numbers.
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 3, 2010 10:16 AM CDT up reply actions
Another terribly irrelevant Corey Hart statistic
The only every-day players at least Corey’s height with a higher career WAR/g: Adam Dunn, Frank Howard, Darryl Strawberry, and Dave Winfield.
Personally...I would rank as
Trade
Sign for long term
Wait out contract
Dump
but yeah, that depends on the value we can get in the trade as well as the contract he’s interested in.
I voted for the "Keep him for now" option.
I really don’t think we would get much in return, so why not keep him? See what he does next year and then think about a contract.
Damn you Bill Hall! You make me doubt everyone!
My goodness.
by BrewHaHeather on Jun 3, 2010 9:42 AM CDT up reply actions
were all numbers divided by 243
and not the number of respondents for that question?
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 3, 2010 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, there's a math error in there.
I forgot to close the poll at noon yesterday as I was supposed to, so I went into the spreadsheet and deleted out seven responses that came in after the deadline.
Now I realize that those seven “blank” answers are still being counted in the percentage. They account for the missing 3%.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
eh
i guess next time just leave those responses in. they were valid opinions of people, unless you thought they were double-dips.
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 3, 2010 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions
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