Greinke to Milwaukee

[Warner2BruceTD]

This trade made The Show 2011 even better already. Can't wait to play as the Brewers and not have to wait for Gallardo's next start all the time.

Pitching in the NL Central is solid. I feel like the Brewers bats are far superior to any other team, but pitching is still up in the air. Either way, I think it's enough to make them a contender for the division again.

Don't get me wrong, that lineup brings the punch, but the Reds led the NL is just about everything meaningful, return everybody, and have half the lineup just entering their prime.

 

[1ke]

Looks like Milwaukee finally has their ace. Interesting move, they snuck into this out of nowhere.

edit- have ye a link?

Yovanni has been here. I have a feeling Yo will still be #1, letting some of the pressure Grienke has made it known he does not like off of him.

Wow, I didn't see him getting moved here.

I was kinda on the fence. As soon as the offseaon started, here in Mke, its been rumblings. Very optimistic people thought we had a chance(me)even though it was still kind of a pipe dream. Then when Grienke came out with his list of ideal places and Milwaukee made the list, it still seemed a long shot.

Greinke rejected a trade to the Nationals. LOL.

Weeks
Hart
Braun
Fielder
McGehee
Betancourt
Lucroy
Gomez

Greinke
Gallardo
Wolf
Marcum
Capuano

Holy shit, this is hands down the best lineup in the NL Central.

If Gomez starts more than 50 games this year i will find his apartment and blow the thing up.

The local news has been all over this so far this morning, and rightfully so. Not much mention of the Packers this morning, which bizarre enough. The program went like this, shooting, car accident, car accident, Brewers for the rest of the morning.

The Royals can have the 2 pitchers going bye bye is a non issue, Escobar hits as good as my daughter, and Betancourt cant possibly be much worse. Cain sucks, but when you make real baseball moves, you gotta do this kinda stuff. Great job Doug Melivn.

 

[1ke]

Oh, and whomever it was who asked about Prince fat ass....

This deal will likely seal the fact he will stay for another year.

 

[NAHSTE]

Carpenter
Wainwright
Garcia
Westbrook

Arroyo
Cueto
Volquez
Chapman
Leake/Wood/Bailey

While the Phillies are clinching by July, this division should be interesting.

Come on, it'll take them at least until August. Hudson-Hanson-Jurrjens-Lowe-Minor is not too shabby in its own right.

But Greinke should dominate the NL and this definitely makes the Brewers the prohibitive favorite in that division. They remind me of the Rangers of last year, dangerous lineup and emerging pitching anchored by one big time acquisition.

The NL Central is going to be the most top heavy division of all time. There will be three good-to-great teams up top, and three absolutely dreadful teams at the bottom.

Gonna be a great season of NL baseball, IMO.

 

[Primetime]

Love me some Braves, but the Phillies are the clear cut favorite in the NL East. Braves are playing for a wildcard spot barring injuries.

 

[NAHSTE]

Love me some Braves, but the Phillies are the clear cut favorite in the NL East. Braves are playing for a wildcard spot barring injuries.

Sadly, you're probably right. Wild Card will be tougher to come by also now that the Brewers pitchers are sort of for real. Hope Heyward makes a leap and Chipper and Prado can stay healthy.

The lineup is better, the bullpen a bit worse, and we lose the Bobby factor. Gonna be an unpredictable year for Atlanta.

 

[Blick]

You're welcome, Milwaukee. My apathy for the farm team in KC couldn't be more instilled.

 

[Primetime]

Not to be offtopic, put I'm really interested in what the Braves will do in reaction of not having Bobby Cox. The Uggla acquisition is great, but that puts Prado in a not-so-familiar position. Very unpredictable year for the Braves to say the least.

Go Brew Crew, Go Braves.

 

[Colonel Angus]

Doug Melvin is making a very strong case for me to renew my partial season ticket plan. Well played sir.

 

[Spidey]

Pretty excited about this. Thinking about picking up the 20 game Saturdays season tickets. Just gotta find someone to join me.

Gonna be sooooo nice to have a rotation finally. Little worried about SS at the moment but there is still plenty of time to work something out there. And hopefully Gomez gets it together, not counting on it but it would be a pleasant surprise.

 

[Goober]

 

[NAHSTE]

Keith Law's take on his perceived mental weakness:

As for Greinke's ability to handle a large market, if teams are using his mental illness as a way to gauge his "toughness" or makeup, they should be ashamed. Depression is not about being sad, anxiety disorder is not just a matter of being scared, and neither one makes a person "soft." This isn't a question of "he can pitch here, but not there." That's an infuriatingly superficial take on a legitimate medical issue. Since Greinke came back from seeking treatment, he's thrown 773 innings in the majors with a 3.32 ERA and great peripherals. You're never really cured of depression or anxiety disorder, but Greinke has had a long and successful recovery, meaning that concerns that he'd fold like a Japanese fan the moment he got to Capital City are embarrassingly ignorant.

 

[Rudi]

We're still the favorites. :redsmug:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_w3p93ovuY[/ame]

 

[Goober]

Since Sunday afternoon, the Brewers have added over 1,500 new season seat account holders. That compares to 400 new account holders who signed on during the first two-plus months of the off-season.

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/112329079.html

Milwaukee is the smallest market in MLB, but one of, if not the best baseball towns.

 

[NAHSTE]

Milwaukee is the smallest market in MLB, but one of, if not the best baseball towns.

Not even the best baseball town in the division.

 

[Goober]

Not even the best baseball town in the division.

LOL cubs. Have some respect for the amount of tickets the Brewers sell, despite being the smallest market in baseball. No other small market team is even close. They out sold New York last year.

 

[SethMode]

Every small market team claims they have one of the best baseball towns.

 

[NAHSTE]

LOL cubs. Have some respect for the amount of tickets the Brewers sell, despite being the smallest market in baseball. No other small market team is even close. They out sold New York last year.

I was talking about St. Louis.