What about Arthur Rhodes from Seattle?

[ORLANDOBREWER]

He has some experience and decent numbers this year.

 

Would a couple of prospects ( 11 - 25 ) do it?

 

How about

 

#12 Luis Pena

 

Could fill Rhodes spot in the pen

 

and

 

#19 Brad Nelson

 

Could fill corner infield or corner outfield positions for Seattle

[dadofandrew]

Should not take much...I'd argue one of those two, especially Pena, would be plenty.

[SeriesFinale]

Should not take much...I'd argue one of those two, especially Pena, would be plenty.

Too much in my opinion, especially Pena.

 

[JoeHova]

Why not just call Stetter back up? I don't think Rhodes is a great bet going forward, he missed all of 2007 and is 38 years old. I don't want to see the Brewers throw away more future service time for a couple months of a washed up guy like Rhodes. I mean, he was very good in 2005, but he was terrible in 04 and 06 and missed 07. He's also being used as a loogy this year, which wasn't really the case in the past. ZiPS had him projected as a below league average reliever coming into this year (then again, ZiPS had Stetter being even worse, but Stetter is at least relatively young).

 

I'd rather keep Pena and call Stetter up, I think that would be better for this year and the future.

[Hammer]

Arthur Rhodes is still alive? That being said, he would have to come on the cheap...as in an oldish A ball player in need of a change of scenery...

[JohnBriggs12]

You have to like Rhodes' recent form but he's not been pitching in the heat of a race though. Somebody's likely to be interested which might drive up the price. I could see the Cubs getting involved on Rhodes.

[Mass Haas]

Seems like speculation on the Seattle Times part, but hey, it's a link.

[pitchleague]

yeah, ESPN's insider has the Brewers interested in Rhodes. Apparently, they had scouts watching him earlier this week.

[buckeyesteve]

buster olney mentioned earlier tonight which is where this idea post came from i imagine.

apparently - he died after 2006....(per the link previously posted)

http://www.rotoworld.com/images/headshots/MLB/1689.jpg Arthur Rhodes | Relief Pitcher TEAM: Seattle Mariners HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6'2' / 212 DOB: 10/24/1969 AGE: 38 BATS/THROWS: Left / Left CONTRACT INFO: 2008: Near Minimum, 2009: Free Agent http://www.rotoworld.com/images/teamlogos/MLB/SEA.gif Main Page • Related News • Previous News • Career Stats • Game Log

Career Stats Pitching Year Team G GS W L SV IP H R ER BB K CG SHO ERA WHIP 1991 BAL 8 8 0 3 0 36.0 47 35 32 23 23 0 0 8.00 1.94 1992 BAL 15 15 7 5 0 94.0 87 39 38 38 77 2 1 3.64 1.33 1993 BAL 17 17 5 6 0 85.0 91 62 62 49 49 0 0 6.56 1.65 1994 BAL 10 10 3 5 0 52.0 51 34 34 30 47 3 2 5.88 1.56 1995 BAL 19 9 2 5 0 75.0 68 53 52 48 77 0 0 6.24 1.55 1996 BAL 28 2 9 1 1 53.0 48 28 24 23 62 0 0 4.08 1.34 1997 BAL 53 0 10 3 1 95.0 75 32 32 26 102 0 0 3.03 1.06 1998 BAL 45 0 4 4 4 77.0 65 30 30 34 83 0 0 3.51 1.29 1999 BAL 43 0 3 4 3 53.0 43 37 32 45 59 0 0 5.43 1.66 2000 SEA 72 0 5 8 0 69.0 51 34 33 29 77 0 0 4.30 1.16 2001 SEA 71 0 8 0 3 68.0 46 14 13 12 83 0 0 1.72 0.85 2002 SEA 66 0 10 4 2 69.2 45 18 18 13 81 0 0 2.34 0.84 2003 SEA 67 0 3 3 3 54.0 53 25 25 18 48 0 0 4.17 1.31 2004 OAK 37 0 3 3 9 38.2 46 23 22 21 34 0 0 5.12 1.73 2005 CLE 47 0 3 1 0 43.1 33 13 10 12 43 0 0 2.08 1.04 2006 PHI 55 0 0 5 4 45.2 47 27 27 30 48 0 0 5.32 1.69