JJ Hardy to Twins for Carlos Gomez
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JJ Hardy to Twins for Carlos Gomez |
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Posts: 51 November 6, 2009 10:52 AM |
Last Edited By: BrewBomber November 6, 2009 10:56 AM.
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panthernick |
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Posts: 479 November 6, 2009 10:54 AM |
This has to be a joke.....
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BrewCityUnit |
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Posts: 1501 November 6, 2009 10:55 AM |
It is not a joke.
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BrewBomber |
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Posts: 52 November 6, 2009 10:57 AM |
Link added. That sucks.
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Posts: 6763 November 6, 2009 10:59 AM |
I guess they figured that is all they could hope to get for him...also means Mike Cameron will be gone, and I assume that salary will be used to add a pitcher.
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panthernick |
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Posts: 480 November 6, 2009 11:00 AM |
Yep, underwhelmed. What about pitching? Yikes.
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joepepsi |
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Posts: 3056 November 6, 2009 11:01 AM |
So they traded JJ for......Tony Gwynn Jr?
"We're the big-big-wowowow-look-how-far-i-can-hit-a-ball-moron-brewers. It's our identity".--
holybannana 7/31//08
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Diskono |
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Posts: 1979 November 6, 2009 11:01 AM |
We have to be getting more than Gomez back...right?
"Does this put more pressure on the Eagles?"
-Mike Greenberg, on the Philadelphia Phillies winning a championship |
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The Truth |
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Posts: 131 November 6, 2009 11:02 AM |
Hardy traded for a CF with a .638 career MLB OPS? Granted Gomez is fast and young, but there's Doug Melvin for you.... there wasn't a single pitcher in
MLB that Melvin could trade Hardy for?
If this means that Melvin will be using Cameron's money to spend on pitching, I suppose that is a good thing... Gomez, Escobar and Weeks makes for a faster Brewers lineup, but will Macha actually let them run? |
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japanfires |
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Posts: 186 November 6, 2009 11:03 AM |
This deserves the proverbial [expletive deleted].
The Twins took us hard on this one. I would of thought we got ripped off is we would of traded Seth McClung for Gomez. (edit: language --1992)
Last Edited By: 1992casey November 6, 2009 11:29 AM.
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jerichoholicninja.lambeauleap |
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Posts: 14 November 6, 2009 11:03 AM |
I would guess this also means Lopez won't be back. Gomez will probably lead off.
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patrickgpe |
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Posts: 2991 November 6, 2009 11:03 AM |
doesn't look so, would have liked to alteast get a reliever out of this as well. Plus if escobar is the leadoff hitter, all we have is a player in the 8th
hole at center.
"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been
baseball. This field, this game, is a part of our past,
Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again" --Terence Mann (Field of Dreams)
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Shootkick1000 |
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Posts: 197 November 6, 2009 11:03 AM |
(repeatedly bangs head against wall)
Sal? How did you get back in the office?!? |
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Posts: 8106 November 6, 2009 11:05 AM Hipster, CWFHA |
I'm devastated.
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joepepsi |
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Posts: 3057 November 6, 2009 11:06 AM |
This takes $14 million off 2009's payroll. Gives them two options at CF with Gerut.
"We're the big-big-wowowow-look-how-far-i-can-hit-a-ball-moron-brewers. It's our identity".--
holybannana 7/31//08
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The Truth |
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Posts: 132 November 6, 2009 11:06 AM |
On the plus side Gomez is a great fielder and is one of the fastest players in MLB. He's only 24 years old.
Problem is he walks only occasionally. His OBP is terrible. We're talking Johnny Estrada type OBP |
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bklynbrewcrew |
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Posts: 1495 November 6, 2009 11:07 AM |
Melvin has lost me forever. He just traded our best trade bait for garbage. Now he will probably unload Gamel for an average starter. This trade is as bad as
it gets.
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The Truth |
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Posts: 133 November 6, 2009 11:08 AM |
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gomezca01.shtml
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=gomez-003car Stole 64 bases as a 19 year old in A ball... at least his .339 career minor league OBP speaks to potential... |
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Invader3K |
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Posts: 6764 November 6, 2009 11:08 AM |
The early assessment on MLB Trade Rumors is much more positive than here. Gomez is young, fast, and plays great defense. He will also be cheap and under
control for several more seasons. The cost savings will tremendously help in acquiring better starting pitching.
I know many here are Cameron fanatics, but his salary was going to hinder the team next year.
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PrinceEatMeat |
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Posts: 577 November 6, 2009 11:08 AM |
I don't mind this trade that much. Granted Gomez has underacheived so far in his career, but I honestly think he still has a lot of upside. I'm pretty
sure Melvin wouldn't do this if he thought he could get more. He obviously wanted to fill a need right away. Hopefully, this at least means he'll use
the money that would've went to Cam on pitching. That's all we can hope for right now. Also, we can hope that Gomez turns it around in Milwaukee. It
was basically and underachiever for and underachiever, the difference is that Hardy has played well before. Hopefully, this doesn't come back to bite us.
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Diskono |
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Posts: 1980 November 6, 2009 11:09 AM |
Wait, Gomez is pretty awesome defensively, right? I have terrible memories of the Brewers getting hosed countless times on hard-hit balls to CF vs the Twins in
recent years. I hope that was Gomez I'm thinking of.
Of course, Cameron can do all that too and can hit, but hey.
"Does this put more pressure on the Eagles?"
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