Counsell to Brewers - Melvin confirms

UPDATE: He signed for 2.1 MILLION DOLLARS!!!!!! ARE YOU FREAKIN!G KIDDING ME? Melvin is making it rain this off-season!

7 months ago Dave from Louisville 13 comments 0 recs |

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whew

Dodged a bullet there. Except Jocko may go into “panic mode” now and grab some other worthless aging veteran who will steal innings from a more deserving player.

by Brian B on Dec 13, 2009 10:38 AM EST via mobile reply actions

On the other hand we may end up with PJ who will be lucky to hit his weight…he may hit a couple doubles and have a .270 OBP but this team is so in need of offense that it cannot afford to have a milktoast hitter at SS.

There is an overriding misconception that Clutch is an overriding misconception.

by Madville on Dec 13, 2009 12:04 PM EST up reply actions

I'm fibe with having a slap-hitting SS like Janish if he's hitting 8th.

But that’s not going to happen. Walt will sign another SS who will give the Reds exactly the same thing that Janish provides. But he’ll be older and get paid more money. And waste another roster spot.

by Brian B on Dec 13, 2009 2:38 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Yep that is truthiness

Except
I’m not so fine with a .209 average and a so so OBP guy at SS cause Dudsy will bat him second..and as I said this team is hurting big time for offense.

There is an overriding misconception that Clutch is an overriding misconception.

by Madville on Dec 13, 2009 3:53 PM EST up reply actions

but will Counsel play any better than Jahinish

and will he play so much better than Janish that he is worth the $1-2M contract he will get.

"There is no harder thing than to have Glenn Beck outlive your child."-The Onion

by justin007000 on Dec 13, 2009 5:09 PM EST up reply actions

Not

There is an overriding misconception that Clutch is an overriding misconception.

by Madville on Dec 14, 2009 8:14 AM EST up reply actions

Janish starter - Counsell bench

Counsell plays plus defense at 3 positions, hits LH and hits well. He also is a pretty good PH.

by ol Pete on Dec 14, 2009 10:47 PM EST up reply actions

orlando cabrera

will fall in our lap if Walt will make it happen. There just aren’t any other openings for PT like the Reds’, and he knows it. It’ll be a waiting game (like with Bobby Abreu last year), but I think we’ll have the chance to get him on the cheap, short term, in January.

Of course, that assumes we have an inkling of synapse connection in the front office, which has obviously (Tvirus) been sorely (Lincoln) lacking (dustbag.)

Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.

by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Dec 13, 2009 6:40 PM EST up reply actions

if we can get him cheap

then I’d go for it, but I doubt we do, someone will be willing to give him more years/money than he’s probably worth. I’ve very skeptical of him given his age and I will continue to view him as overrated, but he would be a decent upgrade at something like 3 mil.

by sharks on Dec 14, 2009 1:03 AM EST up reply actions