Left Field

[naivin]

Is the Left Fielder in the Brewers' lineup on August 1st currently on the roster?

[Oldcity]

I'll say yes. I don't think they're getting Dunn or Dye or someone like that.

[MoneyballMan]

I agree - "yes".

 

And if we put any kind of money on my answer, then we'll certainly acquire someone just so I lose my cash!

[shelmark]

Sort of......Gabe Gross...laugh if you want..I will be vindicated.

[dadofandrew]

Geoff and Kevin are both here now, so yep.

[Never Outhustled]

The Brewers have a LF who has a 933 OPS after the break the last 3 years. I think they'll stick with him.

[hauser42]

The Brewers have a LF who has a 933 OPS after the break the last 3 years. I think they'll stick with him.

 

If you mean Jenks we are in trouble. This team is in a pennant race he doesn't get hot till the team is out of it.

[kmcasper23]

Call up La Porta if he can hit as well as Braun.

[brettac1]

If you mean Jenks we are in trouble. This team is in a pennant race he doesn't get hot till the team is out of it.

 

The team has never been "in it" until this year. This is just anti-Jenkins vitriol, which you do fairly often.

 

Stop fudding.

[Never Outhustled]

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If you mean Jenks we are in trouble. This team is in a pennant race he doesn't get hot till the team is out of it.

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Thats often the cliche, but not factually true. The Brewers were within striking distance (less than 5 games)of the wildcard for most of 2005, when Jenkins had the 2nd highest OPS in the NL after the break.

[DHonks]

The Brewers were within striking distance (less than 5 games)of the wildcard for most of 2005, when Jenkins had the 2nd highest OPS in the NL after the break.

 

Didn't he miss the last 5 weeks of that season because of a broken finger? No wait...that's the year that he played with a partially torn groin and a fractured hip. It's always interesting when a player has a career best stretch while injured...like Beltre's career year with the Dodgers, when experts speculated he was so good in part cause the injury makes them take a better approach

[JJHardy7]

I don't think we make a move...I'd like to, but I just don't see it or what we could reasonably give up for a guy like Dye.

[madtowndrunkard]

I think if we want to seriously compete for a playoff run then we HAVE to bring in a productive left fielder.

 

We have the SP IMO. Gallardo, Sheets, Capuano, Bush is a plenty good enough for a playoff run. Our bull pen is suspect but can get hot at any time.

 

Our offense has one hole - left field.

 

So IMO Melvin needs to decide "do we make a run now?" or just hope for the best and be happy with a nice season from a bunch of youngsters?

 

As a fan I'd like to see us do something now. Obviously the asking prices might be so high that it makes no sense long term or short term. Who knows.