Shawn Estes or Sean Burnett?

[MoneyballMan]

I haven't seen anything rumored on these two, but they could be reasonable options (lefty starters!). Estes has done pretty well in 3 starts for the Padres, who are going nowhere fast. And the Bucs aren't going to do much this year either - they may want to cash in on Burnett while he's not injured. Both could be low cost options to try out in the rotation while CV and MP get their stuff straightened out at Nashville.

[DrWood]

Parra may have gotten his stuff straightened out; he was doing fine until the prince error (and coincidentally went over 90 pitches).

[Hate those Rodents]

Peavey I believe is going to the DL. While some feel this should make SD more willing to sell, I strongly argue that it is unlikely they give up a starter at this point since they do need five starters to start games the rest of the year and they still owe it to fans to try and win for the next couple of months.

[recte44]

Why not Greg Maddux?

[berniebrewer4life]

Why not Greg Maddux?

Full no trade clause.

[PeaveyFury]

Full no trade clause.

 

His brother is the pitching coach, I think he'd be thrilled to come here.

[sheetswannabe]

Mike had a bum career compared to his bro... Would be kinda funny taking advice from your brother who was way worse.

 

I agree he could come here.

 

Maybe not Burnett, they do need to keep SOME starters there, and he is cheap

[PeaveyFury]

Would be kinda funny taking advice from your brother who was way worse.

 

Greg has always given Mike a lot of credit for his success, FWIW.

[dlk9s]

Mike had a bum career compared to his bro... Would be kinda funny taking advice from your brother who was way worse.

Almost every pitcher in the history of baseball has had a bum career compared to Greg Maddux.

There are plenty of coaches who were nothing special as players - some guys have good minds for baseball, but didn't necessarily have the physical tools to make themselves elite players (cue Ned Yost joke).

 

[Roscoe Chill]

I guess I just don't see Milwaukee as some kind of great landing spot for Maddux, regardless of family members here. A contender with your brother as pitching coach, that'd be different.

[recte44]

Why aren't the Brewers contenders? It's not even June yet, we've played the toughest schedule in MLB. Padres are way out of it. Wouldn't Greg want to try to end his career with his brother, with a contender?

 

Could he be the Don Sutton to Ted Simmons' Kuenn? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[Roscoe Chill]

Why aren't the Brewers contenders?

 

Because I don't think they're good. They have a bad manager. Their pitching isn't good. Gallardo isn't coming back. Yeah, the Cardinals and the Astros are just pretenders I know (don't really believe it), but when is the sample size big enough to say, hey the Astros and Cardinals are pretty good...or at least better than our beloved Brewers.