SB Nation User Blog: marty22

Skankees Sign Teixeira

marty22 — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:35:14 -0000

Skankees Sign Teixeira

Sucks for us, as we no longer get their first rounder.

Brewers signing Looper?

marty22 — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:42:41 -0000

Brewers signing Looper?

If true, it's not an earth-shattering signing, but it will definitely help the team.

Eduardo Morlan

marty22 — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:31:33 -0000

Anyone else think the Stache should take a long look at this guy in the Rule V draft? Seems like a classic Stache bullpen guy, a cheap, power arm. Above link sends you to his minor league stats. He was regarded as a guy who was far more than a throw-in in the Young-Garza trade, and after a full year at AA, he seems like he could handle the bigs enough for us to keep him on the ML roster all year. I'd say at the least, pick him in the Rule V, bring him to ST, and if he doesn't stick, we're out 50K or whatever it is. I also wouldn't mind seeing the brewers picking Donnie Veal, but after picking up swindle, I don't think he would fit in the pen for the whole season.

Adam Dunn?

marty22 — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:45:44 -0000

No...nothing to link to, more of a hairbrained idea on my part and I wanted to get the opinions of others. I was wondering how the Brewers were going to get a LH bat into their lineup with most of the position players established RH bats. Looking at Keith Law's top 50 FA's the other day, it crossed my mind that Adam Dunn could fit niecly in the brewers lineup. While he wouldn't have a position right now, if the Crew were to trade Corey Hart, I'd love to see Dunn in LF, with Braun moving to RF.

Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of Corey Hart, and his final month doesn't concern me as much as others. But, The brewers have a decent number of OF prospects (Cain, Gillespie, maybe Gamel) who have proven that they may be ready by 2010 (or earlier in Gamel's case, maybe Gillespie too). Dunn could slot into LF if Hart is traded, and then move to 1B when Fielder leaves, or is traded, at which point Gillespie or Cain could fill into the OF.

I realize that CF is where we'd all like to have Cain, and Cameron isn't a long term solution, so maybe trading Hart would make a hole in the future. But, I really like the idea of Braun, Fielder, Dunn in some combo in the middle of our lineup. Also, I think Dunn is one FA who could actually be a bargain because of his K and BA numbers, which, most of us realize, are relatively unimportant, but still seem to matter to many GM's.

So, in closing, sorry to speculate/dream, but I'd really like to see Dunn in Royal and Gold, assuming we could still get fair value for Hart. Thoughts?

Teixeira Edges out CC in Elias Rankings

marty22 — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:43:45 -0000

Teixeira Edges out CC in Elias Rankings

CC scored a 98.110, while Teixeira was about 98.890. So, if the Yanks get both, we won't get their first round pick. The link above is for NL player rankings. The AL rankings link is :
http://www.nypost.com/seven/11042008/sports/yankees/al_player_rankings_136998.htm

Prince Fielder's Future

marty22 — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:07:08 -0000

The future of prince fielder has been widely discussed, with a substantial portion of the population here assuming he'll be traded. The losers of the Teixeira sweepstakes this offseason could be very interested in fielder, although he doesn't have half the glove of teixeira. I would just like to see what types of packages people think we could get for fielder. Pitching would likely be the priority, probably shifting Gamel to first. These are a few packages i came up with.

Fielder to Angels for Ervin Santana and Brandon Wood (a possible 4A player, 3B/ss with tons of power and Ks)

Fielder to Royals for Zach Greinke (a BCB favorite!) and prospects (not familiar with their system)

Fielder to Giants for Matt Cain and prospects (don't think we could get Lincecum)

Fielder to Yankees for Joba Chamberlin (don't think it would ever happen, but i'd love it)

Fielder to Yankees for Phil Hughes and C Jesus Montero

Fielder to Blue Jays for Shaun Marcum

Fielder to Rays for James Shields and another pitching prospect not named David Price (couldn't get Kazmir)

The orioles and mariners would probably be interested, but they don't have much to offer

Sorry to spend time speculating, as i know it annoys some, but i need a diversion from the Brewers' past two performances

LF Options

marty22 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:56:51 -0000

"Heyman believes the Mets are very willing to trade Lastings Milledge and have discussed him often."
-per mlbtraderumors.com

the mets are in the market for starting pitchers. how about cappy and maybe a low-mid prospect for milledge to play left field for the crew.

Another option i have heard is randy winn, who would be a good veteran presence in left field.

I think my personal favorite would be to swing a deal for Jeff Clement and Raul Ibanez. The Mariners are known to be looking for starting pitching help. I think a deal with sheets and a low/mid level prospect could get this done. Clement is blocked by johjima anyways. I don't necessarily want to deal sheets, but i would certainly be in favor of a deal like that. SIDE NOTE: ibanez comes off the books after 08 season, opening the door for LaPorta