Making Your '00 Face: Setup Man

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Published Dec. 27, 2009 at 5:00 p.m.
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It's time to select another player for the BCB All Decade Team. Here are the players we've selected so far: ... First Base: Prince Fielder ... Second Base: Rickie Weeks ... Shortstop: J.J. Hardy ... Third Base: Bill Hall ... Corner Outfield: Ryan Braun ... Center Field: Mike Cameron ... Corner Outfield: Geoff Jenkins ... Catcher: Damian Miller ... Bench IF: Craig Counsell ... Bench C: Mike Rivera ... Bench COF: Carlos Lee ... Bench OF: Scott Podsednik ... Bench 1B: Richie Sexson ... #1 SP: Ben

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Christmas Eve's Frosty Mug

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Published Dec. 24, 2009 at 9:21 a.m.
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More photos » ... by Pat Sullivan - AP ... Seth McClung thinks J.J. Hardy will return to form in 2010 ... Browse more photos » ... Some things to read while stocking up on excuses ... Things will likely slow down a bit around here over the next few days, but there will still be a Thursday Thinker at noon. After that, I'll be off until Monday, with Noah handling this weekend's editor duties. Voting will also remain open for the final position player and lefty specialist on our BCB All Decade

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Making Your '00 Face: #1 Starter

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Published Dec. 18, 2009 at 5:00 p.m.
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With the '00's almost behind us, it's time to take a look back and work together to make a BCB All Decade team for the '00s. Each day, we'll tackle a new position, and we'll have our 25 man roster complete sometime around the 1st of the year ... The concept here is pretty simple. Each day, I'll give you a list of candidates: For position players, it's the full list of players who appeared in at least 100 games at the position during the '00s. Here are the players we've selected so far: ... First

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Diving in, holding breath

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Published Dec. 12, 2009 at 7:29 p.m.

Faced with a somewhat desperate situation regarding their starting pitching, the Milwaukee Brewers have been proactive in making moves to ease the crisis and return to contending mode in 2010.Along the way, they have been forced to take some risks, both financially and in terms of personnel.The process began with the trade of shortstop J.J. Hardy, who was destined to make way for prospect Alcides Escobar at some point. By sending him to Minnesota for young, underachieving - yet inexpensive -

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Let's Sign Mike Cameron Anyway

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Published Nov. 7, 2009 at 1:14 p.m.
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More photos » ... by Tony Dejak - AP ... This is what I'm talking about, baby. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) ... Browse more photos » ... We've got Carlos Gomez now.  I haven't looked really closely at his numbers, but my first take is that it's a fair deal.  The Twins get a somewhat better player for 2010 in J.J. Hardy, but we get someone who is cheaper, fills a hole, and might improve while still under team control ... But ... reasonable people can disagree, and evaluating the Hardy-Gomez deal

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Thoughts on the Hardy for Gomez Deal

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Published Nov. 7, 2009 at 12:29 p.m.
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More photos » ... by Steven Senne - AP ... 2 days ago: ... FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2009, file photo, Minnesota Twins' Carlos Gomez poses for a photograph. The Milwaukee Brewers traded J.J. Hardy to the Twins on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, for outfielder Gomez. (AP Photo/Steven Senne,file) ... Browse more photos » ... I like the acquisition of Gomez, before we start putting any context on this trade. He's a ridiculously good defender, one of the best centerfielders in the game due to his tremendous

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Brewers trade Hardy, clear salary space for pitching

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Published Nov. 6, 2009 at 7:25 p.m.

The Milwaukee Brewers did more Friday than trade one player for another. In sending shortstop J.J. Hardy to the Twins for centerfielder Carlos Gomez, the Brewers began remaking their roster as well as clearing salary space to pursue much-needed pitching ...

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Brewers acquire CF Carlos Gomez from Minnesota in exchange for SS J.J. Hardy.

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Published Nov. 6, 2009 at 11:58 a.m.
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Brewers acquire CF Carlos Gomez from Minnesota in exchange for SS J.J. Hardy ...

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Taking a look at some early projections

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Published Oct. 28, 2009 at 1:35 p.m.
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More photos » ... by Morry Gash - AP ... Can Rickie Weeks bounce back and have a strong 2010? ... Browse more photos » ... Earlier this week, ACTA Sports sent me a preview of the hitter projections from 2010's Bill James Handbook. Obviously, it's still really early, but I found some of the projections interesting, so I thought I'd pass them along to you ... Let's start with your likely leadoff hitter for the 2010 Brewers: ... Player AB AVG OBP SLG R RBI 2B 3B HR BB K ... Rickie

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Probably misusing MLE: Where could the Brewers have done better?

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Published Oct. 11, 2009 at 9:00 a.m.
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Looking for some idle speculation on the first Brewer-free Sunday afternoon since February? Here's something to play with ... Because of Jeff's brilliant work over at Minor League Splits, we can take any Brewer above rookie ball's minor league stats and get their MLE (major league equivalent), a baseline estimate of how they would have performed in the major leagues this season ... So without further adieu, here's a look at how Brewer minor leaguers might have performed in the majors in 2009,

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