Brewers at Reds 7/23-7/26
Mon, Jul 23 6:10 pm - C. Capuano vs. A. Harang
Tue, Jul 24 6:10 pm - Y. Gallardo vs. M. Belisle
Wed, Jul 25 6:10 pm - J. Suppan vs. K. Lohse
Thu, Jul 26 11:35 am - D. Bush vs. B. Livingston
There's no day off for the Crewers this week with the 4 gamer in the Dirtti Natti. Braun finally got some love on the front page of yahoo!'s mlb page today. With Hunter Pence spraining his wrist while effeminately waiving to the hunky servicemen in the crowd over the weekend, sports writers have finally started paying more attention to the machismo-soaked Braun. It's about f-ing time, you Omar Vizquel/Ryan Theriot/David Eckstein loving a-shots.
Most importantly, here's what our Cardinals are up to this week.
Tue, Jul 24 7:10 pm - K. Wells vs. C. Zambrano
Wed, Jul 25 7:10 pm - A. Wainwright vs. T. Lilly
Thu, Jul 26 7:10 pm - B. Looper vs. J. Marquis
posted by $lash @ 11:23 AM
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13 Comments:
Few thoughts:
It's really pathetic that it takes Braun coming within inches of some Pujols numbers from '01 to attract some attention.
I liked yesterday's batting order, but how soon can we get Hart out of CF??? I heard something about Hall rehabing for a day or two, when's he due back?
After looking at his past starts, I'm worried about facing Harang but can't wait to see our bats swing away in a hitter's park.
I am also glad to see the Cubs play a rival on the road...I don't see them winning more than 2 games (if that).
Knowing that, winning the series in Cinci would be great for our division lead and likely win me a bet. A friend (Chubs fan) bet the butt Cubs would be in first place as of August 1st, I jumped all over that and he's running out of days.
With Hunter Pence spraining his wrist while effeminately waiving to the hunky servicemen in the crowd over the weekend, sports writers have finally started paying more attention to the machismo-soaked Braun. It's about f-ing time, you Omar Vizquel/Ryan Theriot/David Eckstein loving a-shots.
Applause.
There is no God
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It's official. I have a hard-on for the Hebrew Hammer.
I didn't see where jimmy had gotten his quote from before (I tend to skim things sometimes). This was an excellent post, $. If only the skill of the gentiles on the Brewers matched that of this post's author, we wouldn't lose games like tonight's.
First of all, Bear Grylls > everyone.
Second, I have a bruise the size of a baseball from when I punched my leg in anger after watching Estrada's double play.
Third, BallFour (what is with our pen having names that generate easy puns?) needs to go back to the minors, now.
Nice outing by Cappy, too bad we ruined it. My Braun boner is out of control.
Finally, I'm calling it (not a huge gamble) the Brewers are taking the remaining 3 from Cinci.
The Almighty rediscovered on the Ohio-Kentucky border
Brewers trade three pitchers for Scott Linebrink today, including Will Inman. What are your thoughts? I've read in several places that Linebrink is rather overrated, and a 3.8 ERA at PETCO is, well, shitty. That said, Inman struggled with his jump to AAA, and given his lack of premier 'stuff', maybe the organization saw the writing on the wall. We certainly need the bullpen help, and it doesn't appear as though Grant Walkfour will be able to provide it, but was linebrink the best option?
I think there's about a 65% chance the Brewers win the trade. I say that because there's about a 1/3 chance that Will Inman is going to be a successful major league pitcher.
Baseball Prospectus immediately came out and said this was a terrible trade for the Brewers. I'm not so sure it was a terrible trade, but I do think the Brewers could have gotten a bit more. Linebrink may not be a dominating setup man. Of course, it's always tough to judge a reliever on the numbers because the reliever probably hasn't thrown over 50 innings at the time he's been traded. Linebrink has been very good in the past, but his last two seasons have been disappointing.
The Padres get Thatcher and Garrison, who I doubt will ever amount to much in the majors. Neither throws hard, and there's enough Brian Shouse types out there that losing Thatcher and Garrison doesn't hurt much. Inman, on the other hand, could be a huge loss. After getting pounded in his first three Double-A starts, he's leveled off a bit. He's still getting hit hard, but his strikeout rate is back to its excellent level that we saw in Single-A the last year and a half. That said, I think Inman is overrated. He doesn't throw hard, which usually tends to cause adjustment problems upon promotions to Double-A and the Majors. If the Brewers are in contention in 2009 and 2010, which they should be, they probably wouldn't have had room to develop Inman into the Majors. They couldn't withstand his original adjustment struggles in the midst of a pennant race. It's similar to the Twins inability to familiarize Scott Baker to the Majors, for example. Add to this a serious concern for Inman's health. He's had two separate "shoulder soreness" bouts in the last two seasons. I'm always highly concerned whenever a pitcher has shoulder issues, even if they seemingly go away soon after. He's undersized, and puts a lot of stress on his arm. There's a good chance he never throws an inning in the Majors. But, if he overcomes these problems, his numbers indicate that he could be a really solid pitcher who the Brewers will seriously regret losing.
What do the Brewers get in return? Well, Linebrink, who helps but not as much as a top-flight setup man that I think the Brewers could have gotten with this package of prospects. Linebrink isn't signed past this season, which probably is a good thing. The Brewers will offer him arbitration (hopefully not a long-term contract) and Linebrink will refuse. I would imagine that Linebrink is a Type-A free agent, but I cannot be sure. If he is, the Brewers will probably have 6 picks between pick 16 and pick 80 in next year's draft. That's a good thing, assuming the Brewers are willing to spend the money which they usually are with draft picks. That said, they've never had this many top picks.
Bottom line, the trade helps them out this year, which has to be the focus. But, I do think it was somewhat of a missed opportunity in not getting a better pitcher.
They would have paid more for a closer, even if that "closer" was Octavio Dotel, Julio Jorge, or Amando Benitez. I'd rather have Linebrink that any of those guys, really, especially at the non-closer discount.
I glanced at his splits and noticed a a couple of things... His numbers at home in SD were excellent, as you can imagine. His numbers in Houston (the only other city for which he posted a significant sample size) were awful. I think we're getting a capable reliever. I'm just pleased to see them trying to get things done. Hopefully they can move one of the SPs for a big bat in the next couple of days.
So we lost 3/4 to one of the worst teams in baseball, fuck.
I'm sure everyone has seen this by now, but:
"Linebrink and Brewers closer Francisco Cordero will both be free agents at season's end and will likely command significant multi-year contracts. Both are Type A free agents, meaning if either signs elsewhere, the Brewers would get two high Draft picks as compensation."
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