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Old 01-07-2020, 01:05 AM   #941
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Cheol-han enters Free Agent market

Cheol-han Lee did not take the Brewers up on their arbitration offer and has officially filed as a free agent.
And if news reports are to be believed, his services are very much in demand.
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Likely the Brewers will explore negotiations with him, but it looks like he might be lost to another team after all.

In other news, Ryan Rodgers is also being courted pretty heavily.

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Old 01-07-2020, 01:22 AM   #942
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Cheol-han returning to Denver?

At this point, the answer is, maybe?

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(I have never really thought about it as it didn't matter when he was signed far into the future, but I just noticed that Cheol-han is high on the greed characteristic. I offered him pretty well above his asking price but fewer years and front-loaded. We'll see if that is enough. I'm not even sure if I want to win this bidding war.)
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Old 01-07-2020, 01:27 AM   #943
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Lee to remain a Brewer!

(Well, I guess you called it Palaaemon.)

And in the end, the Brewers convince veteran ace Cheol-han Lee to stay in Denver for another five years (with a team option on the last season.)
Mostly by throwing a lot of money at him.
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For better or worse, the sure Hall of Famer will likely finish his career with the Brewers.
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Old 01-07-2020, 01:36 AM   #944
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Velocity extend veteran team captain, Antonio Sosa

At age 39, Antonio Sosa remains on of the better hitters in the game and in fact just won the first Silver Slugger award of his career. And he's a great leader and role model. Sosa is also durable and remains a pretty good base runner in spite of no longer possessing much foot speed.
As a center fielder though, well, it's time he was a corner outfielder. He just doesn't have the wheels anymore.

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And now the Velocity, one of the perennial doormats of the MGL, have extended him through 1979, when he will be in his age 43 season.
It's an admirable move in some ways. But also maybe not the smartest one.
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Old 01-07-2020, 08:42 PM   #945
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Baltimore Lords sign Taiwanese slugger Chou

The Baltimore Lords announced today that they had reached agreement on a 7 year contract with Chia-ch'ing Chou, the 28 year old slugging outfielder from Taiwan who was considered the most coveted position player international free agent this off-season.
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Old 01-07-2020, 08:51 PM   #946
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Schardein for Alfonso trade completed

The great Jaime Schardein is returning to the MGL as he approaches his 40th birthday, having played the last 4 seasons in the SJL (3 with Columbus, 1 with Milwaukee).
The Cadets traded him today to Oklahoma City in exchange for 28-year old veteran second baseman Ricky Alfonso.
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Schardein put together a 13-10, 3.16, 3.4 WAR season in 1975 and it will be interesting to see what he has left in the tank in 1976. But no matter what, it will be nice to have him back in the MGL as his great career winds down.
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Old 01-07-2020, 09:02 PM   #947
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Stagner signs with San Francisco!

Mike Stagner, the 1973 SJL Pitcher of the Year and the runner-up this past season for the MGL POY, inked a 5-year contract with the San Francisco Velocity today.
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It should be interesting to see how the 31-year old fares going from the MGL champion Spinners to 8th place Velocity, but he should enjoy pitching his home games in Bank of the West Ballpark, one of the best pitcher's parks in the league.
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Old 01-07-2020, 11:37 PM   #948
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Travis Johnson now a Detroit Falcon

The reigning MGL champs, the L.A. Spinners, have now seen two of the biggest stars of their 1975 club leave via free agency, as future HOF left fielder Travis Johnson signed today with the Detroit Falcons. The 3-year contract would have Johnson in a Detroit uniform through his age 40 campaign. Earlier they had seen starting pitcher Mike Stagner sign with San Francisco.
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Old 01-07-2020, 11:42 PM   #949
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Ryan Rodgers signs with Brooklyn!

Well, this isn't ideal. Ryan Rodgers signs on with one of the Brewers biggest competitors, the Brooklyn Aces. The Aces and Rodgers agreed on a 3-year deal.
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Brewers fans aren't happy at all that management allowed Rodgers to walk.
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Old 01-11-2020, 12:07 PM   #950
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Jake Harris given 3-year extension to stay in Columbus

Just as it appears Cheol-han Lee will conclude his WPK career as a Brewer, so too his left-handed counterpart competing for the honor of best starting pitcher of his generation, Jake Harris, will remain in Columbus.

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Unlike Lee, Harris has been a one-team player his entire career, and this contract extension should insure that he never wears another WPK uniform. Having just come off another Pitcher of the Year season at age 36, Harris is now signed through 1979, which would be his age 40 season in the bigs.
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Another star free agent signs with San Francisco!

It appears the San Francisco Velocity, who have never finished higher than 3rd place in their history and who have been one of the worst teams in the WPK the past three seasons, are intent on contending in 1976. Having earlier inked star starting pitcher Mike Stagner and veteran great second baseman Josh Jenkins to contracts, they have now signed a third great free agent in 28-year old shortstop Mike Silveira.
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Their starting rotation is still fairly weak after Stagner and the bullpen will be relying upon bounce-back seasons from two former Brewers- Jaden Francis and Jeremy Walker- but with Jenkins and Silveira joining veteran outfielders Antonio Sosa and Danny Sanchez in the lineup, the Velocity should have an improved offense in the upcoming season. They easily lead the WPK in WAR gained thus far this off-season with 11.5 (the Brewers are last at -9.8).
And they might not be done yet.
However things shake out, they should be an interesting team to watch going into 1976.
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Old 01-11-2020, 02:24 PM   #952
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WPK Hall-of-Fame Voting Results, 1976

For the first time in WPK history, there were former players who qualified to be on the Hall of Fame ballot for possible induction into the WPK Hall of Fame in Dubuque, Iowa.

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Neither of the two players on the ballot- starting pitcher Mike Young and left fielder Manny Nieto- got enough votes to remain on the ballot going forward.
Young did receive a few votes to reach 1% and did have one great year in the WPK when he was named the MGL Pitcher of the Year as a member of the San Francisco Velocity in 1966, going 18-10 with a 2.24 ERA, leading the league both in wins and ERA. But while he had another 18-win season at age 37 in 1969, his overall numbers fell far short of HOF levels.
Nieto was a 2-time All-Star who was among the leaders in home runs and RBI several years but also struck out a ton and hit for a low batting average and really never had a shot at the Hall.

(I realize that a lot of you would advise waiting for twenty seasons or so before even allowing HOF voting but through various test leagues I've run with OOTP 19 and 20 I haven't been displeased with how the program handles this sort of thing left to its own devices. So I decided to let things run their course here as well, and given the results of this first year of voting I'm pretty happy. This result is very reasonable and realistic.)
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Portland acquires veteran reliever from Phoenix

The Portland Wild Things improved their bullpen today by getting 29-year old veteran right-handed reliever Guillermo Cruz from the Phoenix Speed Devils in exchange for outfield prospect Paul Toll. (The two other players exchanged in the deal are largely throw-ins.)
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Cruz had a very poor season in 1975, his only season playing for Phoenix, but it certainly didn't help that he had a poor team behind him and had to pitch his home games in a great hitter's park. The move to Portland should help rejuvenate his career, which up to now has been quite respectable.
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Paul Toll is an intriguing pick up for Phoenix given his great power hitting potential. Toll, the 10th player drafted overall in the 1970 draft, isn't thought to be a premium prospect at this point, but given the way the Phoenix ballpark favors hitters, especially power hitters, he could put up some impressive numbers eventually and add to the slugging prowess of the team that is already the best power hitting team in the WPK.
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Old 01-11-2020, 05:39 PM   #954
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For the first time in WPK history, there were former players who qualified to be on the Hall of Fame ballot for possible induction into the WPK Hall of Fame in Dubuque, Iowa.

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Neither of the two players on the ballot- starting pitcher Mike Young and left fielder Manny Nieto- got enough votes to remain on the ballot going forward.
Young did receive a few votes to reach 1% and did have one great year in the WPK when he was named the MGL Pitcher of the Year as a member of the San Francisco Velocity in 1966, going 18-10 with a 2.24 ERA, leading the league both in wins and ERA. But while he had another 18-win season at age 37 in 1969, his overall numbers fell far short of HOF levels.
Nieto was a 2-time All-Star who was among the leaders in home runs and RBI several years but also struck out a ton and hit for a low batting average and really never had a shot at the Hall.

(I realize that a lot of you would advise waiting for twenty seasons or so before even allowing HOF voting but through various test leagues I've run with OOTP 19 and 20 I haven't been displeased with how the program handles this sort of thing left to its own devices. So I decided to let things run their course here as well, and given the results of this first year of voting I'm pretty happy. This result is very reasonable and realistic.)

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I am a bit confused. You have started your Hall of Fame already? What do you have your parameters set at? I know it says in the announcement that they have to be 5 years removed from retirement to be considered but with year 11 just being completed that would mean that you must have minimum service years for the HoF set at 5 or 0 which either way is a bit odd. Ten years is the standard as I am sure you know. It would appear that both Mike Young and Manny Nieto started playing in the WPK in 1965 only playing until 1969 or 1970 and then retiring? I am just curious if this is all by design or not? Please clarify and make my head stop hurting.


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I am a bit confused. You have started your Hall of Fame already? What do you have your parameters set at? I know it says in the announcement that they have to be 5 years removed from retirement to be considered but with year 11 just being completed that would mean that you must have minimum service years for the HoF set at 5 or 0 which either way is a bit odd. Ten years is the standard as I am sure you know. It would appear that both Mike Young and Manny Nieto started playing in the WPK in 1965 only playing until 1969 or 1970 and then retiring? I am just curious if this is all by design or not? Please clarify and make my head stop hurting.


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Completely understandable confusion. (But hey, it's great to know you are still there. I thought maybe I lost the number 1, well, other than me, WPK fan. And I might after this.)
So let me jump to the important details first and then I'll explain my thought processes a bit more fully below.

I am using out of the box rules regarding the HOF, nothing unusual or odd. So, yes, players need to have at least 10 seasons of big league experience to qualify. But wait, you say, neither Young or Nieto could possibly have 10 years of WPK experience. Yes and no. No they didn't play in the WPK for 10 years but yes they did have 10 years of big league experience. And admittedly I hadn't really thought this through so wasn't expecting it when they popped up on a ballot. (We'll get into why a ballot was even an option at this stage of the league in a bit.) But then I realized that when the WPK started many players came in as already established big leaguers.

And this is how I see that: it might help to envision the WPK as a phoenix rising from the ashes of another (unnamed) professional baseball league of a similar talent level. And the decision was made when the WPK formed that players from this other league would keep their major league service time accruals, for contractual purposes primarily. But for statistical purposes, their previous experience was not rolled over into the new league. Therefore, a player like Mike Young was credited with over 15 years of major league experience but only the statistics he accrued in his 6 WPK seasons could be considered in HOF voting.

But why even start HOF voting before enough time had passed that a good number of players had at least 10 full seasons of WPK statistics to be judged on? Let's look at this as a concession to the Players Union, which insisted that the great players from the now defunct antecedent league who only managed to get 8 or 9 years in the WPK before retirement but who put up such overwhelming numbers in those 8-9 years to merit HOF induction, could earn a plaque in Dubuque. And did not think those players should have to wait a longer time period than other players before being voted upon, at which time they would be competing against players who came after them who had the opportunity to play many more seasons. The feeling in the league office was that very few, if any, players would fit this description, and therefore did not mind conceding this point. And of course they also knew this would be a temporary issue anyway, as before too long all of the players who played in the previous league will have retired from the game, at least as players.

So, to step outside of the WPK reality for a minute and into our own. I realize that many (most?) OOTP'ers prefer to hold off on allowing even the possibility of a HOF until they are at least maybe 20 years into a new league. And I understand the rationale behind that. But as I alluded to in the earlier post, my experience (even though it is less expansive than many or even most of you), including various test league simming projects which went far into the future, has led me to believe that I am quite satisfied with how the game handles this without my interference (beyond casting my own ballot.) And this first round of voting has just increased that confidence, as the program understood that in spite of some very fine seasons by Mike Young and with a lack of a WPK baseline to compare to, he isn't a HOF'er.

And hey, as you have probably figured out by now, while I am always open to suggestions from others, I do tend to be pretty independent minded when it comes to decision making time.
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Old 01-11-2020, 09:04 PM   #956
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Okay, I might have to apologize for this one a bit.
I almost didn't do it, because it might be considered cheating. I mean, I mentioned recently just what a dominant hitter this guy is. On the other hand, he really has no defensive skills at all. He can play first base, just barely, and mostly because he has the bat to carry his game. And in fairness, the OSA is not quite as high on him as the Brewers scouting staff so maybe the Boston scouts were less high on him as well.

But also, I just lost two future HOF'ers. And this is a game. So I'm gonna give myself this one.

Decent back up outfielder Zach Cook and reliever Jordan Stephens for potential MVP slugger Mike Lovett. It's done now and I'm just going to have to learn to live with it.

Bird,


It took me a long time to write this as I was unsure as to how to write it so as to not make it sound like I was attacking you. Please understand that in no way is that my intention. This is about the TRADE. Obviously you made the trade and decided what was involved in it and then posted about it after the fact.





I will be honest with you here from the get go. I really don't like the trade. Not just how little was traded to get him (which maybe the team and game was ok with but c'mon he is worth a LOT more than that. I know why he was traded so cheaply though. Because his defense and running ratings are rated so low. That dropped his overall rating down), but the idea that you traded for him at all. The reason I say that is Mike Lovett is a player that for all intents and purposes had he been on a human players team (perhaps yours) he would have been tagged as untradable. Unfortunately the AI does not have that ability and cannot automatically stop a trade from happening like we can. A player like Mike as you pointed out is a future MVP candidate. To even think of taking him away from an AI team (like Boston) is just wrong (to me) because we as human players have SO many advantages already and the AI has a lot of disadvantages. That is why we as players have to create so many house rules to make it more fair. Hell, look at what we talked about with the Velocity with all their "great" players that have not live up to their potential for one reason or another. That whole team is a train wreck. If a human GM took it over imagine what would happen. The AI doesn't have the luxury of all the tools we have at our disposal, just what has been programmed into the game, specifically for each individual AI GM and manager.



The way I play is when I evaluate players from other teams (speaking in terms of a solo dynasty) if I come across a player that rings my bell (when you find that one player, whether a juicy prospect on the cusp of making the majors or a young mvp not yet to free agency) I freeze and allow myself to cry for a moment because I know the only way that I will have a chance to get that player under contract is if they end up in free agency. Even if they were to offer that player to me in trade I would turn it down it. I don't interfere with AI teams prize goods. I want a challenge in the game and that is one way that I ensure that the game remains a challenge.



Now that being said. I believe in "your game, play it your way".



Have a GREAT night!


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Bird,


It took me a long time to write this as I was unsure as to how to write it so as to not make it sound like I was attacking you. Please understand that in no way is that my intention. This is about the TRADE. Obviously you made the trade and decided what was involved in it and then posted about it after the fact.





I will be honest with you here from the get go. I really don't like the trade. Not just how little was traded to get him (which maybe the team and game was ok with but c'mon he is worth a LOT more than that. I know why he was traded so cheaply though. Because his defense and running ratings are rated so low. That dropped his overall rating down), but the idea that you traded for him at all. The reason I say that is Mike Lovett is a player that for all intents and purposes had he been on a human players team (perhaps yours) he would have been tagged as untradable. Unfortunately the AI does not have that ability and cannot automatically stop a trade from happening like we can. A player like Mike as you pointed out is a future MVP candidate. To even think of taking him away from an AI team (like Boston) is just wrong (to me) because we as human players have SO many advantages already and the AI has a lot of disadvantages. That is why we as players have to create so many house rules to make it more fair. Hell, look at what we talked about with the Velocity with all their "great" players that have not live up to their potential for one reason or another. That whole team is a train wreck. If a human GM took it over imagine what would happen. The AI doesn't have the luxury of all the tools we have at our disposal, just what has been programmed into the game, specifically for each individual AI GM and manager.



The way I play is when I evaluate players from other teams (speaking in terms of a solo dynasty) if I come across a player that rings my bell (when you find that one player, whether a juicy prospect on the cusp of making the majors or a young mvp not yet to free agency) I freeze and allow myself to cry for a moment because I know the only way that I will have a chance to get that player under contract is if they end up in free agency. Even if they were to offer that player to me in trade I would turn it down it. I don't interfere with AI teams prize goods. I want a challenge in the game and that is one way that I ensure that the game remains a challenge.



Now that being said. I believe in "your game, play it your way".



Have a GREAT night!


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Fair points, all.

I think I might have slightly different places where I draw the lines but I do also have lines. I was offered many established big league stars in the several trades I explored this off-season. And passed up some very tempting offers that I thought were simply unfair in my favor.

Now, obviously, I was also aware that this one was unfair in my favor as well. But that is also assuming that Lovett is what my scouting staff thinks he is. Don't get me wrong, the OSA is also mostly high on him, but not to the future MVP level that my guy sees. And yes, he put up monster numbers last season in the minors. But it should be remembered that he was somewhat old for the level of the minors he was in as well. So those can be taken with a bit of a grain of salt. Yes, my scout is very good. But certainly not perfect, and when it comes to power hitting in particular he has at times missed the mark on prospects. (Thinking they would have more power than they actually ended up displaying as they got older and moved up the ladder.)

It should also be noted that the Boston Berserkers have a 29-year old first baseman who has been an All-Star the past two years, hits for power, is slow and a poor fielder, and is signed through 1980 in Joe Black. Yes, Lovett looks like he should be a better hitter than Black eventually. But that's potential that hasn't proven itself even at the higher levels of the minors yet and Black is current reality, leaving Lovett with nowhere to play for Boston unless Black is traded. And Jordan Stephens has been named the Stopper of a pretty weak bullpen. Offense is definitely not Boston's weakness, pitching is. On the other hand, I see that Boston let Zach Cook walk as a free agent, so that makes me feel a bit more guilty and like I should have sent them someone else in the deal other than Cook.

Anyway, I'm really not trying to justify my decision, even if that is how this sounds. Just trying to explain it and contextualize it a bit better.

But yes, I do get the advantages that human GM's have and I try to at least balance out my decisions so as to not abuse that. For instance, the Brewers have tons of money I could spend on free agents and I could have gone after several and likely outbid other teams for most of them and really stacked this club. I didn't and don't intend to ever. In fact, as mentioned above, the Brewers have taken the biggest hit of any team in the WPK this off-season in terms of WAR added/lost. On the other hand, we got a first baseman who might be a future MVP. Or might just be a pretty darn good hitting, poor fielding, slow first baseman with fairly neutral makeup.

And hey, maybe my karmic pay-back was that Jorge Gonzalez, who I kept instead of Ryan Rodgers, now profiles as a disruptive player. That should be fun if we get off to a slow start in 1976.
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Spring Training notes and the Jorge Gonzalez dilemma.

The 1976 WPK Spring Training exhibition season is under way and teams are getting a good look at what the regular season might hold in store, feeling out what prospects might be ready for The Show, working on improving roster flexibility and depth, and maybe even trying to teach a few old dogs new tricks.
It is a time of hope and potential.
And a time to knock off the rust of a long winter.

In the Denver Brewers camp that means getting a first look at recently acquired first base prospect Mike Lovett, giving Bobby Erbakan the majority of the starts at second base to see if that is a positional move that will work, giving Sekien Hamasaki more starts in the rotation now that Harry Lyerly has departed, and more. (Lyerly quietly signed a 1-year contract with the Portland Wild Things in late January and is slated to be a member of their bullpen.) This is also a time for the Brewers to gauge clubhouse cohesion with the multiple changes made over the winter, including the loss of Ryan Rodgers, Chad Brown, Oscar Vargas, and the aforementioned Lyerly.

Mike Lovett, who is expected to start the season at AA Nashville, has neither looked over-matched nor terribly impressive in the early going. With Bobby Erbakan at second and Lovett at first, Brewers pitchers have certainly noticed how porous the right side of the infield has been. The feeling is that Erbakan has the natural defensive abilities to become a plus defender at second but just needs a bit more time to gain a comfort level there. Lovett, on the other hand, will likely never be anything more than passable at first. When the 1976 season starts it is expected that Brett Taranto will get the majority of the starts at first, and while Taranto is not as talented defensively as Erbakan, he is worlds better than Lovett in that regard. As for Erbakan, on the plus side he is off to a great start with the bat and doesn't appear to be particularly bothered by the positional move yet.

Now as for the changes in the clubhouse atmosphere going into the 1976 season. The very bad news is that all indications are that the quite talented 23-year old outfielder Jorge Gonzalez is rapidly becoming a poisonous presence in the clubhouse. With Andrew Kennedy starting to show some signs of slowing down as he approaches 30, and not having been a great fielder to begin with, the Brewers have somewhat put all of their eggs in one basket in terms of left field, especially in light of the buyout of Ryan Rodgers contract. (The feeling around the league is that the Brewers may well regret this should Rodgers have a bounce-back year with MGL rival Brooklyn, as many expect he will.) The Brewers have historically had a plethora of talented outfielders but in the past few years have traded quite a few away. Given the seeming injury proneness of Joe McPhillips (though he is still rated as normal in this regard), who has never played in more than 143 games in a single WPK season thus far, and the lingering concerns about Josh Schaeffer's motivation level, the outfield could become a bit of a problem area for the Brewers if they feel forced to unload Gonzalez to retain clubhouse unity.

On the plus side, Brewers scouts see 25-year old Longmont, Colorado native Ben Flynn as having taken a big step forward in the off-season and he now profiles as a premiere reliever while also possessing one of the best power bats on the club. They are also quite confident about lefty reliever Jason Gottula with his elite level curve ball, solid stuff, and plus plus movement. With Gottula the primary concerns are his lack of worth ethic and baseball smarts. (Flynn, it should be noted, has fine makeup and is considered one of the team leaders and a potential captain in the making.)
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Columbus reliever Alex Diaz out for 4 months

The Columbus Whalers signed four relievers in the off-season, including veteran lefty Jeremy Brauer, aged (41) long reliever Joo-seok Ann, 27-year old right-hander Alvaro Hernandez, who was really a re-sign, as he has always pitched for Columbus but was testing the free agent market before re-joining the club (for whom he won the 1972 Reliever of the Year award), and the well-traveled 32-year old Alex Diaz.

Today it was announced that Diaz will be out until roughly mid-season with a torn labrum.
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McNeil signed by San Antonio!

He is the greatest reliever alive but I'm not sure adding another disruptive influence to the already under-achieving San Antonio Keys is such a great idea.
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