Brad Nelson

[sheetswannabe]

Does he have any value. Never seen him play but based on his stats hes pretty good.

[trwi7]

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but based on his stats hes pretty good.

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What stats are you looking at?

[RyDogg66]

Since we have little depth behind Prince and too many OF he should be moved back to 1b in case of a Prince injury.

[dadofandrew]

At this point, he has almost no value. If he'd ever regain his former pre-injury form, he'd have a limited amount.

[igor67]

Just to interject, but I was puzzled earlier in the season when Ned said something to the effect that Hart would not be a back up at first base. If our goal is to win now then given the current roster construction playing Corey at first in the event of a DL stint for Prince is the best move. Same thing if Hardy goes down you have to move Hall back to SS. I think it would be a little bit silly to not keep as many of our best hitters in the line-up.

[pogokat]

I think brad nelson has value...not a lot, but some...he's hitting well at AAA as a 24 year old...and he's not on the 40 man, so if he were traded, he wouldn't affect a team's roster until the end of the season...

 

I'm not saying Brad nelson has completely turned it around, but he's still plenty young and talented enough to have a real career in the majors...

 

The smaretest thing the Brewers could do is let him play the full season in AAA, then add him to the 40 man after the season...if he mashes all year, you can trade him then...

 

of course, if he mashes all season, you could let him take Menchkin's roster spot...

[jackalope02ca]

Brad is the type of guy who still has some value. We've been talking about him so long on this board we forget he is still relatively young. If the Brewers remain playing the way they are and I'm an opposing GM I ask for him to be thrown in as essentially an extra guy if we are buying knowing Doug would do it.

[dadofandrew]

At best, he profiles out to be a Mark Sweeney type 1B/OF with some pop...very little value. Considering Graham Koonce has been available as a minor league FA, Nelson's worth is tiny.

[Mass Haas]

This is Brad's 7th year in the system -- unless he's added to the 40-man this off-season, he'll be a minor league free agent, unless he re-signs with the Crew, which we see happen from time to time (Ozzie Chavez did this year).

[sbrylski]

If he keeps up what he's doing right now he might find himself competing for a spot on our bench next year, if he wants to stick around.

 

You might be able to compare him to Gabe Gross, as a high pick who somewhat fell out of favor with his parent club. During his good years, Nelson has carried a very tasty OBP, but unlike Gross he hits LHP very well. But as for trade bait, he'd be a throw in just like Gabe was.

 

I'm interested to see if Nelson continues his hot April. I'll be watching the box scores for him.

[paul253]

theres a chance he could be up this year, if he keeps hitting like he has. with no real backup to Fielder and Nelson back at first, I wouldnt be surprised to see a september callup

[Hate those Rodents]

Nelson if he keeps it up, should be the type of guy that Melvin tells teams he's unwilling to move. Then, when crunch time comes for the right player, he can give teams the satisfactory of getting him to give up Nelson to get his guy.

[GAME05]

would any other GM really buy that? that Melvin has an untouchable player he really needs as a backup 1B?

 

heck, we moved Hart to 3rd pretty much when Fielder first arrived, so Melvin's track record shows he's fine with no other prospect at 1st then Fielder.

[TheCrew07]

it's moot, his average is back down where it's been since the injury.

 

He just doesn't seem to keep it going, today he was 0-4 with 3 Ks. I know it's a small sample (again), but that's pretty much the stat line I will remember when he's gone.

[GAME05]

too bad for Nelson. Soooooooooo close to making it to the bigs.