Morning Ramble – 12/4
There really hasn’t been much to report yet…but here’s some of the updates from the past week:
The Brewers are reportedly interested in Greg Zaun. I think he’d make a great addition and has been undervalued almost everywhere. Like I said before, I’d also be cool with Yorvit Torrealba, but Zaun is probably cheaper and will put up similar stats.
Lots of teams are interested in Ben Sheets and Mike Cameron. Every other day on ESPN rumors or other sites, there’s another team showing interest in one of those guys and who can blame them.
By the way, the miss noticed that Mike Cameron was 4th in almost every offensive category for the Brewers last year. Felipe Lopez was often third in those categories. Both players were NOT even offered arbitration.
Some posters on the JSonline site apparently believe that Randy Wolf has signed a three year deal with the Brewers and that this would be a good thing. I don’t believe it is at all. Randy Wolf had arguably his best year pitching in the cavern that is Dodger stadium. He also has only thrown over 200 innings for one year in the past five (last year…a contract year) so this year he’s looking for a multi-year deal. I think Wolf coming to Milwaukee has bad deal written all over it.
That said, it’s really sad but he is one of the better names on the market. I don’t know…it just reminds me of the Jeff Suppan signing. Wolf’s numbers overall are slightly better than Suppan’s were when he signed so I guess it could be worse than Wolf…I just don’t want to get into another long contract that was overpriced based on the lack of talent in the free agent pool and because the player had a surprisingly strong showing the previous year. I still would pass if he wants 9 million +.
Two “under the radar” players I want the Brewers to be interested in: Noah Lowry and Jamey Carroll. Feel free to post your own.
Winter meetings next week…woo!
Tags: Brewmors
December 4th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
I want Javi…. dude can throw i watched him a lot in chicago hes pretty good has strikeout numbers that are impressive
December 4th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
I like the Zaun deal. Cheaper than Kendall and should be able to put up slightly better numbers. A perfect bridge to Lucroy. I saw a blog commenter say he was pissed about it because he wants Rivera to play more. Hey, Rivera seems like a great guy, but there’s a reason he’s in his mid 30s and has never been more than a back up.
I like a possible Noah Lowry deal, but again, he falls into the Mulder/Sheets/Bedard category. Otherwise it is just an average FA pitching crop this year. Winter meeting are going to be fun.