SB Nation User Blog: bleedbluegold03

Javier Vazquez for Melky Cabrera

bleedbluegold03 — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:09:14 -0000

Am I missing something in this trade? I feel like we could've given more than that to get Vazquez. What am I missing about this trade? In other news, the rich continue to get richer for the Yankees

The New York Yankees have acquired right-hander Javier Vazquez from the Atlanta Braves for outfielder Melky Cabrera and left-hander Mike Dunn.

The Braves also are sending right-hander Boone Logan to the Yankees, and the Yankees are sending the Braves right-hander Arodys Vizcaino and $500,000 in the transaction.

Perspectives on Free Agent Pitchers

bleedbluegold03 — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:24:35 -0000

I was looking to see what everyone thought about certain pitchers we had been tied to earlier on in the offseason or who still are out in the market that might be a good #3 as we can get. While we have a much better chance of getting a pitcher via trade where do you all see Eric Bedard, Jarrod Washburn, and Doug Davis signing and for how long and how much? thanks ahead of time

What Now?

bleedbluegold03 — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:29:41 -0000

The next question for Doug is where to go from here having spent most of his available money on Randy Wolf (3yrs 29.75 mil) and LaTroy Hawkins (2yrs 7.5 mil). Rather than continue to discuss as to whether too much was given to either of the players what do you do if you're Melvin having said he wanted two starting pitchers in the offseason?

While I don't know what non-tender is in reference to with regards to Bush if it means anything like dropping him and picking up his 4 million to add to the 1 or 2 million we have left to sign a guy to a 1yr 5 mil deal in a month I'm all for it.

Questions RE: the Possible Removal of the Cap in 2010

bleedbluegold03 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:44:39 -0000

So if the cap were to be moved next year how would the Packers as an organization handle the finances of this shift with it being the only team owned by the fans in theory? It probably doesn't work like this but hypothetically couldn't the Packers issue more stock in the company? I really feel like any and every Packer fan would love to own a part of the Packers and those who already have a stock won't care if they own .001% or .00001% of the team but rather that they still own part of the team. It is amazing to ponder this scenario as it would be one of the wierdest things in all of sports for the smallest town in the NFL to sport a NY Yankees type salary and roster. I really feel a move like this would reaffirm the Green Bay Packers as one of the most unique and fanbased organizations in all of sports. Thoughts?

Help with Gallardo and Parra Contracts

bleedbluegold03 — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:13:33 -0000

Can someone please explain to me the contract situation with Gallardo and Parra both for this season and going forward? I am talking to my roommate who is a Cubs fan and he insists we will have to give contracts to both this offseason and I dont remember what is going on with them other than the fact that they are not a big problem this offseason. Thanks alot for the help and go Crew

Washburn to Detroit

bleedbluegold03 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:06:09 -0000

While it was fairly obvious in the recent days that he was not going to land here I find it interesting though as to how little Detroit ended giving up for him. While I won't pretend to know either of the pitchers given up the quote that struck me from the SI article follows:

"French and Robles were not among the top 10 prospects in the Tigers' organization entering this season, according to Baseball America."

While I am not upset at all that we will be staying pat (though I would've liked to see Hardy go to bring up Escobar) couldn't we have given something comparable?

(I figure most people will respond with the fact that we don't have young pitching to offer and that's what everyone wants)

Madden 2010 Rankings Out = Absolute Joke

bleedbluegold03 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:56:50 -0000

So I understand that we did go 6-10 but the rankings given out by ESPN are absolutely atrocious. Here are my top 5 pet peeves.

1. How is Aaron Rodger a 86 overall? He is a top 10 QB in the league and gets the same ranking as a rookie?

2. Same question for Gregg Jennings, a 90 for a top 10 WR. A 90 is something I can live with though

3. Nick Barnett was a borderline Pro-Bowl LB before he got injured and with a year away from the limelight he drops to a 84?

4. AJ Hawk was given a 78. Thats a Brady Poppinga type ranking for a guy that is alot better than him.

5. Mason Crosby as a 72, really?

Do I just need to take of the green and gold glasses or what?

here is the link: http://espn.go.com/videogames/features/madden/madden10?teamId=20

WIDE RECEIVERS AND TIGHT ENDS
NUM	NAME	TM	POS	OVR	SPD	ACC	STR	AGL	AWR	STA	TGH	INJ	JMP	CAT	CAR	KR
85	G. Jennings	GNB	WR	90	93	96	55	93	90	91	75	90	91	88	64	85
80	D. Driver	GNB	WR	85	86	88	56	88	90	92	85	87	87	91	67	70
86	D. Lee	GNB	TE	77	74	80	70	74	74	82	70	82	85	75	70	6
89	J. Jones	GNB	WR	71	87	89	66	85	70	82	78	89	85	77	65	60
88	J. Finley	GNB	TE	70	79	84	66	84	51	79	80	93	92	78	68	60
87	J. Nelson	GNB	WR	69	85	87	54	87	66	85	88	94	87	78	72	65
82	R. Martin	GNB	WR	66	79	83	64	80	65	75	65	86	87	74	65	58

RUNNING BACKS
NUM	NAME	TM	POS	OVR	SPD	ACC	STR	AGL	AWR	STA	TGH	INJ	RBK	PBK	CAT	CAR	KR
25	R. Grant	GNB	HB	85	85	87	81	82	80	89	80	93	46	54	79	84	35
35	K. Hall	GNB	FB	72	74	79	74	76	65	85	90	92	68	48	66	72	45
32	B. Jackson	GNB	HB	70	86	87	62	90	62	68	68	85	50	35	74	70	35
45	Q. Johnson	GNB	FB	67	70	75	67	66	54	79	88	92	72	55	46	69	25
42	D. Wynn	GNB	HB	61	75	75	78	70	62	55	70	70	30	34	71	80	25

QUARTERBACKS
NUM	NAME	TM	POS	OVR	SPD	ACC	STR	AGL	AWR	STA	TGH	INJ	THP	THA	CAR
12	A. Rodgers	GNB	QB	86	69	69	54	66	76	92	70	84	94	84	60
10	M. Flynn	GNB	QB	54	75	78	64	76	52	92	82	89	75	72	75
11	B. Brohm	GNB	QB	50	60	64	63	64	47	92	82	87	85	73	60

OFFENSIVE LINEMEN
NUM	NAME	TM	POS	OVR	SPD	ACC	STR	AGL	AWR	STA	TGH	INJ	PBK	RBK
76	C. Clifton	GNB	LT	86	54	67	91	55	92	78	90	82	87	90
72	J. Spitz	GNB	RG	83	52	68	88	56	77	80	88	93	90	90
63	S. Wells	GNB	C	79	58	80	85	62	85	80	86	88	88	90
60	D. Preston	GNB	C	73	53	65	87	52	72	60	78	85	85	82
73	D. Colledge	GNB	LG	72	67	82	83	72	62	82	88	92	80	84
78	A. Barbre	GNB	LG	71	69	84	84	70	48	84	80	92	78	80
69	J. Meredith	GNB	LT	71	60	80	88	63	42	72	76	90	83	88
71	J. Sitton	GNB	RG	69	62	76	86	60	48	80	52	47	79	75
70	T. Lang	GNB	LG	65	60	70	88	58	39	78	81	94	84	70
68	B. Giacomini	GNB	RT	63	58	69	82	59	56	82	85	93	74	73
75	T. Moll	GNB	RT	58	59	68	86	54	55	74	80	87	77	82

LINEBACKERS
NUM	NAME	TM	POS	OVR	SPD	ACC	STR	AGL	AWR	STA	TGH	INJ	JMP	TCK	CAT
74	A. Kampman	GNB	LOLB	93	78	86	88	75	98	96	88	95	51	95	45
56	N. Barnett	GNB	MLB	84	76	84	75	84	83	91	92	86	65	88	60
50	A. Hawk	GNB	MLB	78	81	88	74	83	73	92	90	97	75	85	48
52	C. Matthews	GNB	ROLB	77	83	92	77	84	58	86	85	86	80	85	54
51	B. Poppinga	GNB	ROLB	68	70	83	76	74	75	81	88	93	65	84	34
54	B. Chillar	GNB	ROLB	62	70	82	74	76	69	75	79	92	58	77	37
55	D. Bishop	GNB	MLB	60	70	80	82	77	52	75	80	92	70	73	27
58	D. Lansanah	GNB	MLB	58	75	74	73	75	45	91	86	94	85	70	50
99	J. Thompson	GNB	LOLB	50	75	78	78	76	45	82	52	47	82	70	47

KICKERS AND PUNTERS
NUM	NAME	TM	POS	OVR	SPD	ACC	STR	AGL	AWR	STA	TGH	INJ	POW	ACR
2	M. Crosby	GNB	K	72	66	72	60	69	67	88	80	90	99	78
7	J. Kapinos	GNB	P	59	54	60	45	52	65	85	50	90	85	81

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN
NUM	NAME	TM	POS	OVR	SPD	ACC	STR	AGL	AWR	STA	TGH	INJ	JMP	TCK	CAT
77	C. Jenkins	GNB	LE	82	67	88	88	66	80	83	86	92	42	84	23
90	B. Raji	GNB	DT	81	62	75	93	55	63	78	90	92	49	85	20
79	R. Pickett	GNB	DT	78	58	78	93	58	77	77	78	90	53	85	34
97	J. Jolly	GNB	DT	72	62	79	89	60	62	75	88	80	50	78	25
96	M. Montgomery	GNB	RE	68	75	84	76	72	60	60	70	70	52	67	17
91	J. Harrell	GNB	RE	63	62	77	91	62	56	55	60	65	65	75	25
94	J. Wynn	GNB	LE	56	69	74	79	68	32	83	89	87	60	76	25

DEFENSIVE BACKS
NUM	NAME	TM	POS	OVR	SPD	ACC	STR	AGL	AWR	STA	TGH	INJ	JMP	TCK	CAT
21	C. Woodson	GNB	CB	93	86	91	64	91	94	98	92	87	90	55	76
36	N. Collins	GNB	FS	93	89	92	66	90	85	95	80	93	88	75	79
31	A. Harris	GNB	CB	90	85	89	71	89	95	94	96	97	87	60	45
20	A. Bigby	GNB	SS	80	80	85	72	80	68	97	96	83	83	82	60
38	T. Williams	GNB	CB	73	90	94	48	92	68	88	77	91	89	55	67
24	J. Bush	GNB	CB	66	85	87	50	87	72	88	77	92	91	52	56
37	A. Rouse	GNB	SS	66	79	84	66	75	50	94	79	94	81	67	63
22	P. Lee	GNB	CB	63	86	88	59	85	60	87	80	94	84	56	48
27	W. Blackmon	GNB	CB	61	92	94	52	93	56	96	78	85	82	42	64
26	C. Peprah	GNB	FS	54	79	82	56	79	53	90	78	87	82	57	44

Scouting Report on AAA Closer Chris Smith

bleedbluegold03 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:01:01 -0000

	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

1.000

1.44

31.1

123

0.989

7.8

0.6

1.1

10.1

8.75

I know he is 28 but what is his stuff? admitting complete ignorance (again) regarding a minor league pitcher does anyone think he could see some time up here in the future, thats a great line

Brewers' Minor League Pitching Talent

bleedbluegold03 — Sun, 24 May 2009 22:33:22 -0000

I am asking this being completely ignorant of the talent that individual pitching prospects posess outside of the obvious (Jeffrey) and with the knowledge that many believe our overall depth lacking with little major league help in the upcoming years.

Why haven't we given more consideration/love to Tim Dillard (6-1, 2.66) and Mike Burns (6-0, 2.15)? Both have done VERY well in Nashville this season as their records and ERAs indicate. Is there something beyond the obvious numbers (K/W, K/9, WHIP) that have people leaving these two out of the equation when considering good prospects in our farm system for trade value or helping the team in the near future?

In no way am I suggesting either of these two are potential aces but how come they have gone unmentioned in most discussions?

This Season Vs. The Future

bleedbluegold03 — Sat, 23 May 2009 18:25:33 -0000

I am writing this in response to the possible idea of the Brewers again trading future talent for a more successful team today. As we continue to throw around different possible scenarios for getting a good substitute rental for Rickie this year and different journalists rumble about possible Peavy trades, my question that I ask to all of you is how willing are you all to sacrifice potential talent tomorrow for a real shot today?

Obviously we can't trade away our entire system for a one year rental and while the trade for CC ultimately propelled us into the playoffs at the expense of our number one prospect at what point do we stop saying we will be good tomorrow and start making moves that works for success today.

I am not sure if I speak for everyone when I say this but I think the last 5-10 of this franchise can be summed up with the thoughts of hope for the distant or not so distant future where our talented prospects would emerge and help us regain some pride for the organization. For me the time may be now or at least very fast approaching. As alot of people have mentioned much of our young talent is reaching contract age and existing as a smaller market it is unreasonable to think that we will be able to keep the team that we have now for the long haul as many budding stars will expect big pay outs.

Does anyone feel as if we may want to make a push using a high prospect (Escobar or Jeffrey) as the last catapult to make a serious playoff run? The reason I bring up this is because a recent article by SI suggests that Jake Peavy's most likely destinations are either MIL or CHI. While the article doesn't give alot of insider info it got me to questioning if our organization will be ok with continuing to grow young talent, achieve a decent level of success, only to see may pieces sign elsewhere and restart the process all over again.

It is clear to most that with the contracts of Hardy, Fielder, Weeks, and Hart in the foreseeable future that we will not keep everyone in the upcoming years. It’s my thought that while we still have all of this talent in the field we should make a push to pass the field of the good and mediocre and attempt to make the level of the NL Elite. While we all can be happy with the performance our pitching staff has done this far this year with the losses of CC and Sheets it is fair to say that this success will most likely not last and in a 5 or 7 game series we do not have the lockdown ace needed to pencil in a W in a crucial game.

This all accumulates to my thought of trading for Peavy. I know it will deplete our farm system even more having already sustained the loss of LaPorta and the call up of Gamel, but it would appear that finally we have alot of the pieces needed at the Major league level where we have some time to regain depth on the farm. Looking towards the next year or two all signs point to us losing Prince Fielder to trade or free agency, this would ultimately release some money and also possibly replenish a depleted farm system. Trading for Peavy would benefit two fold because it would give us an Ace for years to come and keep him away from the Cubs which with him would have undoubtedly the best pitching staff in the NL, lowering our chances of the playoffs significantly.

I call for the Brewers to make the trade this year for Peavy that hopefully propels us out of the land of mediocrity and into a level of contention, something we have not seen around here in a long, long time.