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Gagne Heads North of the Border

Rendezvous — Tue, 26 May 2009 22:48:28 -0000

Gagne Heads North of the Border

He'll apparently be starting. That's interesting. It's probably better for him to be there than the lower minor systems anyway.

Brewers trade Jason Tyner

Rendezvous — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:10:02 -0000

Brewers trade Jason Tyner

Tyner, who turns 32 on Thursday, batted .095 (2-for-21) in nine games this year with Nashville.

Deja Peavy?

Rendezvous — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:42:46 -0000

According to Bill Center of the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Brewers are rumored to have interest in trading for Padres ace Jake Peavy. Though this is highly unconfirmed and possibly impossible, lets try and break it down a little bit.

The first obstacle is Peavy waiving his full no-trade clause to come and play here in Milwaukee. This probably won't be a big deal, as the Brewers have proven they are a contending team, unless he has some prior injustices against the city.

The second is the ability of Kevin Towers and Doug Melvin to hook up on the content of players coming to San Diego. Towers shot for the moon when he asked Atlanta for the likes of Tommy Hanson, Jordan Schafer, Yunel Escobar, Charlie Morton, Jason Heyward, etc (clearly not all of them, but you get the picture).

Finally, do the Brewers as an organization and us want to give up more prospects/MLB ready players for another picther? Clearly the Sabathia trade worked out well, but as ya'll know, he is no longer with us. Peavy, under contract through 2012 with an option for 2013, is not in the same boat and may require more, as he would serve much more as a rental.

Who would be given up? The name of Gwynn is still sacred in San Diego, but there would obviously have to be much more with him. If the Cubs could sneak by with a package of Josh Vitters and Sean Marshall, the Brewers would probably be able to assemble something.

Poll

Should the Brewers consider trading for Jake Peavy, IF he waives his no-trade clause to come here?

Yes. We have the goods to get the deal done.

41 votes

No. Let's keep our prospects this time.

26 votes

Blockbuster! Lets throw Kevin Kouzmanoff and Chris Young in there too.

8 votes

75 votes | Poll has closed

Cubs sign Corey Koskie

Rendezvous — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:49:24 -0000

Cubs sign Corey Koskie

Does this mean we can't support him and hope he recovers well anymore?

Build-A-Batting Order

Rendezvous — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:44:55 -0000

As Spring Training has come at least, this means the regular season is just right around the corner! The question comes to how new manger Ken Macha will line up the order, with possible input coming from bench coach Willie Randolf.

So what's it going to be on opening day? Will Rickie Weeks be back to leading off or will the job be Mike Cameron's again, as he was with Svuem. There are 7 positions all but set in stone, being C, 1B, 2B, SS, LF, CF, and RF. 3B is still up in the air. Just go with a 3B platoon at the position, unless you have ideas for separate line-ups for the likes of Hall, Lamb, or others.

Here's a sample order:

2B Weeks

SS Hardy

LF Braun

1B Fielder

RF Hart

CF Cameron

3B Platoon

C Kendall

P Gallardo

Have at it!

Rumorville: Brewers on Deck

Rendezvous — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:35:34 -0000

During a Q & A portion at the Brewers on Deck at Midwest Express Center, Melvin fielded questions about free agent pitcher Ben Sheets.

“It doesn’t appear that it’s going to happen,” Melvin said, noting that Sheets recently meet with the Texas Rangers.

Sound's like the bridge is all but burned back to Milwaukee.

A young fan also asked Melvin if the Brewers had any interest in free agent outfielder Manny Ramirez. Melvin responded:

Melvin said there wasn’t a place for Ramirez on the team and Milwaukee already had a left fielder.

“Who would you rather have Manny Ramirez or Ryan Braun?”

The young fan chose Braun.

So, there we have it, nothing overly new, just confirmations on what we already expected. Jeff Suppans of the world, here we come!

The article is from a Racine newspaper columnist, Greg Giesen.

Rumorville: C.C.

Rendezvous — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:55:42 -0000

Rumorville: C.C.

Brewers may be in talks with Craig Counsell to bring the utility infielder back, possibly as soon as tomorrow.

2009 Bill James Brewers Projections (Updated 1/8/09)

Rendezvous — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 02:08:34 -0000

Straight from the Bill James Handbook, these are the current Brewers 40-man roster and Spring Training Invitees projections for 2009. Take it as it is. As you can see, roughly half of the team have no projections, but such is life. I hope you enjoy looking at this as much as I enjoyed typing it in. If you would like to know the Bill James projection for any player, just ask in the comments.

Note: If a player is added to any list, the projections will be added with them. I apologize for the lengthy space at the bottom, it simply won't go away.

Position	Name	2009 Bill James Projections

Pitchers		Age	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	HB	W	L	Sv	BR/9	ERA
RHP	Aguilar, Omar	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RHP	Bush, Dave	29	31	29	192	195	27	44	128	13	11	10	0	11.8	3.99
RHP	Coffey, Todd	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RHP	DiFelice, Mark	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RHP	Dillard, Tim	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RHP	Gallardo, Yovani	23	31	31	196	179	13	76	201	3	13	9	0	11.8	3.61
RHP	Hoffman, Trevor	41	42	0	42	35	4	10	38	0	2	2	41	9.6	2.94
RHP	Julio, Jorge	30	30	0	34	32	5	17	33	1	2	2	0	13.2	4.5
RHP	McClung, Seth	28	37	7	85	81	10	49	73	5	4	5	0	14.3	4.69
RHP	Morlan, Eduardo	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LHP	Parra, Manny	26	30	26	154	156	11	61	142	5	9	8	0	13	3.95
RHP	Pena, Luis	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RHP	Periard, Alex	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RHP	Riske, David	32	38	0	33	30	4	15	27	1	2	2	0	12.5	3.95
RHP	Rogers, Mark	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RHP	Scarpetta, Cody	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LHP	Stetter, Mitch	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RHP	Suppan, Jeff	34	31	31	184	205	23	62	100	7	9	11	0	13.4	4.7
LHP	Swindle, R.J.	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RHP	Villanueva, Carlos	25	47	4	92	85	13	32	79	3	6	5	0	11.7	3.85

Catchers		Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Kendall, Jason	35	133	445	118	21	1	2	49	39	39	40	6	0.265	0.343	0.33	0.674
	Rivera, Mike	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rottino, Vinny	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Salome, Angel	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Infielders		Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
SS	Escobar, Alcides	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1B	Fielder, Prince	25	160	595	167	35	1	40	97	110	84	128	4	0.281	0.379	0.545	0.923
3B	Gamel, Mat	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
IF	Hall, Bill	29	131	418	103	28	2	15	57	54	37	122	6	0.246	0.311	0.431	0.741
SS	Hardy, J.J.	26	142	556	152	32	2	23	79	77	51	79	2	0.273	0.336	0.462	0.798
2B/CF	Iribarren, Hernan	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3B	Lamb, Mike	33	97	237	64	12	1	6	32	32	22	36	0	0.27	0.335	0.405	0.74
3B	McGehee, Casey	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1B/OF	Nelson, Brad	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2B	Weeks, Rickie	26	137	510	131	28	6	17	100	55	73	118	21	0.257	0.364	0.435	0.799

Outfielders		Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
LF	Braun, Ryan	25	151	603	187	43	6	44	112	120	46	117	16	0.31	0.364	0.62	0.984
CF	Cameron, Mike	36	145	558	132	32	3	24	82	80	67	173	18	0.237	0.325	0.434	0.759
OF	Gwynn, Tony	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RF	Hart, Corey	27	146	518	148	37	6	20	77	83	34	92	21	0.286	0.336	0.496	0.832

Non-Roster STI
RHP	Bateman, Joe	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
OF/2B	Bourgeois, Jason	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LHP	Capuano, Chris	30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
CF	Duffy, Chris	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LHP	Gulin, Lindsay	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LHP	Narron, Sam	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LHP	Narveson, Chris	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RF	Nixon, Trot	34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1B	Thorman, Scott	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Non-Tender Deadline 2008

Rendezvous — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:04:34 -0000

The Brewers tendered contracts to Prince Fielder, J.J. Hardy, Corey Hart, Rickie Weeks, Dave Bush, and Seth McClung. Prince, arbitration eligible for the first time along with Hart, Weeks, and McClung, is in for a big raise.

However, most notably left off the list is starting lefty Chris Capuano. After a second Tommy John surgery, who knows what he is capable of doing. However, if he can somehow return even close to the 18-win form he was in 2005, clearly he would be an asset to a team currently deprived of starting pitching due to recent free agent departures.

Per MLB.com, courtesy Adam McCalvy.

Edit 9:24 PM: Ty Wiggington has become available through a non-tender from the Astros. A solid 3B pickup, that'd be nice eh?

KGB RELEASED!

Rendezvous — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:15:14 -0000

The Green Bay Packers Press is reporting the release of Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila. Justin Harrel was activated from the PUP list to take his place.

Most of the experience and depth on the line is now gone. What was Ted thinking? KGB was a valued and hardworking player and now is counting on his young 'uns to step up again. Thompson counting on his younger players has become more and more evident in his managerial style.

Poll

KGB release? Good, bad, thoughts?

He had it coming. He was a washed up vet.

38 votes

Horrible move by Thompson. What was he thinking?

14 votes

First Brett, now KGB? Ahh! Who next? Driver?

19 votes

www.FireTedThompson.com

13 votes

84 votes | Poll has closed