Luis Gonzalez

[southpaw121505]

I don't know if this name has been thrown around, sorry if it has. I was just browsing through the free agents and he seems like a pretty good fit for a professional left handed bat, who happens to play left field. If the Brewers can't acquire a 3B to boot Braun to left, why not give him one more year and sign this guy to a one year deal. This way by 09 if Braun can't cut it there we know for sure. If he makes strides and were comfortable with him there, then we have the hitter we covet to keep left warm for LaPorta.

He's getting old but he still gets on base, hits both leftys and rightys well. His power numbers have dipped some but I'm sure he'd feast on the fastballs he'd get in the 2 slot in our order. A one year deal can't hurt us going forward, but COULD turn out to be just the bat we need to complete this line-up.

------OBP..... SLG ......BB:K
05.....366........459......78:90
06.....352........444.....69:58
07......359.......433.....56:56

The best part is, we keep all of our other players and our team looks pretty set, and we have lots of flexibility to make mid-season moves by keeping all 8 starting pitchers, having pretty good depth in the pen and keeping all of our prospects.

[Madtown Bomber]

It will be interesting to see where Gonzalez comes out when the Mitchell report comes out this week. After that is answered I think that would let me know either way if I would be interested or not.

[endaround]

The point was to improve the defense, not hinder it even further.

[chadomac]

noooooo thank you.

 

and again, i don't think they should look for only a one year guy. there is no guarentee that LaPorta will be ready on opening day of 09.

[aracko]

Id like Gonzalez as a pinch hitter - but I wouldnt be able to trust him in the outfield, and at this point I am sure he would just retire before taking a roll as the 1st bat off the bench. If I were an AL team id be really interested.

[JohnBriggs12]

I'd prefer either Cliff Floyd or Shawn Green myself.

 

But Melvin has basically rejected the entire FA outfield class.

[KCBrewerfan34]

Pass, please!!!!

[southpaw121505]

Fair enough. I'm afraid we're going to give up too much for Rolen or Crede and regret it. Gonzalez was just an idea because he gets on base and should be cheap. I still hope for Braun to work things out at 3rd, and find a short term solution in the outfield.

[reillymcshane]

Southpaw, your idea has merit if we only needed a bat, but Gonzo's fielding is really bad from all reports. He's old, he's slow - you get the picture. I think he's really fading against lefthanders too, so you'd want a platoon partner for him.

[endaround]

And don't forget that he can no longer throw from the outfield to the infield. He needs a cutoff man in the middle of left field.

[Oldcity]

Man those games against the Dodgers sure were fun. People were tagging up and taking extra bases all over the place on Gonzalez and Pierre. Dodger fans must have wanted to pull their hair out by the end of the season.