Koskie to the Brewers

[RynoRules]

What's Koskie's contract look like?

 

Its a bunch of papers with big and important sounding words on written on them, but that's not important right now...

 

:jocolor:

[RynoRules]

 

So can you honestly say if we have a healthy year of Wood, Prior, Aramis, they are a better team?

 

let me know when that happens.

 

Cory Koskie is the difference maker, eh?

 

:pukel:

[Diffusion]

C Miller, 1B Fielder, 2B Weeks, 3B Koskie, SS Hardy, LF Lee, CF Clark, RF Jenkins

 

Really not a very solid decent lineup, though I don't think Fielder or Weeks are worth getting that excited about yet, I think Hardy's underrated, and I think Brady Clark is going to have a pretty bad year.

 

SP Sheets, Davis, Capuano, Ohka and one from Dave Bush, Rick Helling and Dana Eveland, probably Bush then Helling then Eveland.

 

Very decent but not great. Sheets obviously is great. Davis is underrated, Capuano has a lot of potential but needs to cut down his home runs really, really badly or his ERA's headed straight back up whence it came. Ohka and Dave Bush are bearable at best.

 

Decent is the word that I'd use to describe the Brewers. 80-85 win range I think.

[rawaction]

C Miller, 1B Fielder, 2B Weeks, 3B Koskie, SS Hardy, LF Lee, CF Clark, RF Jenkins

 

Really not a very solid decent lineup, though I don't think Fielder or Weeks are worth getting that excited about yet, I think Hardy's underrated, and I think Brady Clark is going to have a pretty bad year.

 

SP Sheets, Davis, Capuano, Ohka and one from Dave Bush, Rick Helling and Dana Eveland, probably Bush then Helling then Eveland.

 

Very decent but not great. Sheets obviously is great. Davis is underrated, Capuano has a lot of potential but needs to cut down his home runs really, really badly or his ERA's headed straight back up whence it came. Ohka and Dave Bush are bearable at best.

 

Decent is the word that I'd use to describe the Brewers. 80-85 win range I think.

 

Fielder and Weeks are star potential players. I'd say they are very much every bit of excitement they've generated. Both K a bit too much, but have excellent batting eyes. I probably would have held on to Overbay for 1 last year (or 1/2 year). As for Hardy, I like him too. He can really catch the ball. And his 2nd half stats are worth keeping an eye on. .308/.363/.503

[RynoRules]

Seems to me that Fielder is being rushed. They remind me of the Bulls: after a step in the right direction last season, they might take a step back this year.

[BigbadB]

I think the Brewers are making some good moves. They may still be another year away yet, but they are going to be a good team for years to come. It will be interesting to see what they do with it. The Cubs were sort of in that position in 2003, where they were getting good and still had plenty of room for improvement. Instead of progressing, they regressed and, IMO, are nowhere near the shape they were in in 2003.

 

The Brewers will have cheap replacements for Lee and Clark with Krynzel and Anthony Gwynn in the next few years. The only surprise to me was that they didn't sign Washburn this offseason.

 

One last thing of note: I haven't read anywhere that Kolb has actually signed by the Brewers yet. Kolb has Boras as his agent, and the Brewers declined to offer arby, so unless I completely missed the signing, it's not set in stone quite yet. I believe they were haggling over numbers the last time I heard anything.

[Diffusion]

C Miller, 1B Fielder, 2B Weeks, 3B Koskie, SS Hardy, LF Lee, CF Clark, RF Jenkins

 

Really not a very solid decent lineup, though I don't think Fielder or Weeks are worth getting that excited about yet, I think Hardy's underrated, and I think Brady Clark is going to have a pretty bad year.

 

SP Sheets, Davis, Capuano, Ohka and one from Dave Bush, Rick Helling and Dana Eveland, probably Bush then Helling then Eveland.

 

Very decent but not great. Sheets obviously is great. Davis is underrated, Capuano has a lot of potential but needs to cut down his home runs really, really badly or his ERA's headed straight back up whence it came. Ohka and Dave Bush are bearable at best.

 

Decent is the word that I'd use to describe the Brewers. 80-85 win range I think.

 

Fielder and Weeks are star potential players. I'd say they are very much every bit of excitement they've generated. Both K a bit too much, but have excellent batting eyes. I probably would have held on to Overbay for 1 last year (or 1/2 year). As for Hardy, I like him too. He can really catch the ball. And his 2nd half stats are worth keeping an eye on. .308/.363/.503

 

I know that Fielder and Weeks are star potential players, and I have very little doubt that Weeks is going to be a star player, but that doesn't mean they'll be that stars in 2006. My best guess for Weeks is something like .260/.345/.440 with 20 stolen bases, which is superb for someone his age and at his salary, etc., but in the whole scheme of things isn't great, even for a second baseman. As for Fielder, .245/.330/.460 with 20+ home runs? Again, great for his age and salary, absolutely superb, but when you're on the field, it's numbers that count and not age or salary, and .245/.330/.460 from a 1B isn't amazing production or anything.

[CardsFanInChiTown]

Seems to me that Fielder is being rushed. They remind me of the Bulls: after a step in the right direction last season, they might take a step back this year.

 

.291/.388/.569 in AAA last year. He's ready.

[Diffusion]

I think the Brewers are making some good moves. They may still be another year away yet, but they are going to be a good team for years to come. It will be interesting to see what they do with it. The Cubs were sort of in that position in 2003, where they were getting good and still had plenty of room for improvement. Instead of progressing, they regressed and, IMO, are nowhere near the shape they were in in 2003.

 

The Brewers will have cheap replacements for Lee and Clark with Krynzel and Anthony Gwynn in the next few years. The only surprise to me was that they didn't sign Washburn this offseason.

 

One last thing of note: I haven't read anywhere that Kolb has actually signed by the Brewers yet. Kolb has Boras as his agent, and the Brewers declined to offer arby, so unless I completely missed the signing, it's not set in stone quite yet. I believe they were haggling over numbers the last time I heard anything.

 

It was completed a day or two ago. $2m/1yr.

[BigbadB]

I think the Brewers are making some good moves. They may still be another year away yet, but they are going to be a good team for years to come. It will be interesting to see what they do with it. The Cubs were sort of in that position in 2003, where they were getting good and still had plenty of room for improvement. Instead of progressing, they regressed and, IMO, are nowhere near the shape they were in in 2003.

 

The Brewers will have cheap replacements for Lee and Clark with Krynzel and Anthony Gwynn in the next few years. The only surprise to me was that they didn't sign Washburn this offseason.

 

One last thing of note: I haven't read anywhere that Kolb has actually signed by the Brewers yet. Kolb has Boras as his agent, and the Brewers declined to offer arby, so unless I completely missed the signing, it's not set in stone quite yet. I believe they were haggling over numbers the last time I heard anything.

 

It was completed a day or two ago. $2m/1yr.

 

Ah, I stand corrected. Thanks.

[rawaction]

C Miller, 1B Fielder, 2B Weeks, 3B Koskie, SS Hardy, LF Lee, CF Clark, RF Jenkins

 

Really not a very solid decent lineup, though I don't think Fielder or Weeks are worth getting that excited about yet, I think Hardy's underrated, and I think Brady Clark is going to have a pretty bad year.

 

SP Sheets, Davis, Capuano, Ohka and one from Dave Bush, Rick Helling and Dana Eveland, probably Bush then Helling then Eveland.

 

Very decent but not great. Sheets obviously is great. Davis is underrated, Capuano has a lot of potential but needs to cut down his home runs really, really badly or his ERA's headed straight back up whence it came. Ohka and Dave Bush are bearable at best.

 

Decent is the word that I'd use to describe the Brewers. 80-85 win range I think.

 

Fielder and Weeks are star potential players. I'd say they are very much every bit of excitement they've generated. Both K a bit too much, but have excellent batting eyes. I probably would have held on to Overbay for 1 last year (or 1/2 year). As for Hardy, I like him too. He can really catch the ball. And his 2nd half stats are worth keeping an eye on. .308/.363/.503

 

I know that Fielder and Weeks are star potential players, and I have very little doubt that Weeks is going to be a star player, but that doesn't mean they'll be that stars in 2006. My best guess for Weeks is something like .260/.345/.440 with 20 stolen bases, which is superb for someone his age and at his salary, etc., but in the whole scheme of things isn't great, even for a second baseman. As for Fielder, .245/.330/.460 with 20+ home runs? Again, great for his age and salary, absolutely superb, but when you're on the field, it's numbers that count and not age or salary, and .245/.330/.460 from a 1B isn't amazing production or anything.

 

You know. I completely missed the word "yet" in your first post. I thought you were saying they weren't worth getting excited about at all.

[RockTheIvy]

C Miller, 1B Fielder, 2B Weeks, 3B Koskie, SS Hardy, LF Lee, CF Clark, RF Jenkins

 

Really not a very solid decent lineup, though I don't think Fielder or Weeks are worth getting that excited about yet, I think Hardy's underrated, and I think Brady Clark is going to have a pretty bad year.

 

SP Sheets, Davis, Capuano, Ohka and one from Dave Bush, Rick Helling and Dana Eveland, probably Bush then Helling then Eveland.

 

Very decent but not great. Sheets obviously is great. Davis is underrated, Capuano has a lot of potential but needs to cut down his home runs really, really badly or his ERA's headed straight back up whence it came. Ohka and Dave Bush are bearable at best.

 

Decent is the word that I'd use to describe the Brewers. 80-85 win range I think.

 

Fielder and Weeks are star potential players. I'd say they are very much every bit of excitement they've generated. Both K a bit too much, but have excellent batting eyes. I probably would have held on to Overbay for 1 last year (or 1/2 year). As for Hardy, I like him too. He can really catch the ball. And his 2nd half stats are worth keeping an eye on. .308/.363/.503

 

I know that Fielder and Weeks are star potential players, and I have very little doubt that Weeks is going to be a star player, but that doesn't mean they'll be that stars in 2006. My best guess for Weeks is something like .260/.345/.440 with 20 stolen bases, which is superb for someone his age and at his salary, etc., but in the whole scheme of things isn't great, even for a second baseman. As for Fielder, .245/.330/.460 with 20+ home runs? Again, great for his age and salary, absolutely superb, but when you're on the field, it's numbers that count and not age or salary, and .245/.330/.460 from a 1B isn't amazing production or anything.

 

I think CrazyRumorGuy or the RotoAuthority guy (are they the same?) predicted Fielder to hit 30+ homers. I thought it was a bit steep too. Here's the projection http://www.rotoauthority.com/2005/12/index.html, gotta scroll down a bit. He has him hitting .274 with 36 :shock: HRs and 108 RBIs. I think if he's that good, we're in trouble. Almost like when Zambrano starts.

[BigbadB]

I think CrazyRumorGuy or the RotoAuthority guy (are they the same?) predicted Fielder to hit 30+ homers. I thought it was a bit steep too. Here's the projection http://www.rotoauthority.com/2005/12/index.html, gotta scroll down a bit. He has him hitting .274 with 36 :shock: HRs and 108 RBIs. I think if he's that good, we're in trouble. Almost like when Zambrano starts.

 

Well, they do play against Cincinnati's pitchers what, 17 times next year? The AVG is probably close, and the RBI's might be close too if he hits 4th or 5th, but any farther down will decrease the likelihood. The HR's would be quite a shock for such a young rookie.

[RockTheIvy]

I think CrazyRumorGuy or the RotoAuthority guy (are they the same?) predicted Fielder to hit 30+ homers. I thought it was a bit steep too. Here's the projection http://www.rotoauthority.com/2005/12/index.html, gotta scroll down a bit. He has him hitting .274 with 36 :shock: HRs and 108 RBIs. I think if he's that good, we're in trouble. Almost like when Zambrano starts.

 

Well, they do play against Cincinnati's pitchers what, 17 times next year? The AVG is probably close, and the RBI's might be close too if he hits 4th or 5th, but any farther down will decrease the likelihood. The HR's would be quite a shock for such a young rookie.

 

Does he project to be like Ryan Howard? Just curious who he might be comparable to.

[BigbadB]

I think CrazyRumorGuy or the RotoAuthority guy (are they the same?) predicted Fielder to hit 30+ homers. I thought it was a bit steep too. Here's the projection http://www.rotoauthority.com/2005/12/index.html, gotta scroll down a bit. He has him hitting .274 with 36 :shock: HRs and 108 RBIs. I think if he's that good, we're in trouble. Almost like when Zambrano starts.

 

Well, they do play against Cincinnati's pitchers what, 17 times next year? The AVG is probably close, and the RBI's might be close too if he hits 4th or 5th, but any farther down will decrease the likelihood. The HR's would be quite a shock for such a young rookie.

 

Does he project to be like Ryan Howard? Just curious who he might be comparable to.

 

I'm definitely not the one to ask that question. They seem to have comparable stats in the minors, but Howard started A ball out of college at the age of 22. Fielder will be starting at 1st base for the Brewers at age 22. They have completely differing frames. Howard is 6'4 and Fielder is 5'11. Fielder outweighs Howard by quite a bit as well. Fielder will have to work very hard to control his weight.

 

Diffusion's projection on AVG might be closer than the .274 that is projected on this other site. But, Howard is a candidate to break the strike out record, while Fielder appears to make better contact. It will probably come down to how well either can handle a major league off speed pitch.

[RockTheIvy]

I think CrazyRumorGuy or the RotoAuthority guy (are they the same?) predicted Fielder to hit 30+ homers. I thought it was a bit steep too. Here's the projection http://www.rotoauthority.com/2005/12/index.html, gotta scroll down a bit. He has him hitting .274 with 36 :shock: HRs and 108 RBIs. I think if he's that good, we're in trouble. Almost like when Zambrano starts.

 

Well, they do play against Cincinnati's pitchers what, 17 times next year? The AVG is probably close, and the RBI's might be close too if he hits 4th or 5th, but any farther down will decrease the likelihood. The HR's would be quite a shock for such a young rookie.

 

Does he project to be like Ryan Howard? Just curious who he might be comparable to.

 

I'm definitely not the one to ask that question. They seem to have comparable stats in the minors, but Howard started A ball out of college at the age of 22. Fielder will be starting at 1st base for the Brewers at age 22. They have completely differing frames. Howard is 6'4 and Fielder is 5'11. Fielder outweighs Howard by quite a bit as well. Fielder will have to work very hard to control his weight.

 

Diffusion's projection on AVG might be closer than the .274 that is projected on this other site. But, Howard is a candidate to break the strike out record, while Fielder appears to make better contact. It will probably come down to how well either can handle a major league off speed pitch.

 

So you're saying he gets his good looks and charm from his Father? :lol:

[BigbadB]

Fielder is listed as 6'0", 260 lbs. at both ESPN and MLB. 260 might be quite generous. Now, I'm 6'1", 205 and I'm probably considered overweight by about 10-15 lbs. I'm considered a pretty big guy relative to the norm. Fielder will need to control this to avoid going the Mo Vaughn/Cecil Fielder/Kevin Mitchell route through the bigs. That wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing considering the millions he can make before his knees give out, but it won't make for a long career.

 

But, that's going to depend on how well and how long he can control that weight.

 

The first knee injury he suffers could be his last.

[abuck1220]

 

So can you honestly say if we have a healthy year of Wood, Prior, Aramis, they are a better team?

 

let me know when that happens.

 

Cory Koskie is the difference maker, eh?

 

:pukel:

 

are you quoting the wrong post? where did i say that? the brewers were better than the cubs before they signed koskie...and they still are.

[UK1679666180]

Prince has made great strides as far as losing his baby fat and turning it into muscle, he's more lean than when he was drafted or at Beloit, when I seen him. He's never going to be athletic or great defensively, but his weight won't impact his bat until probably his mid 30s unless, he regains the fat.

 

As far as his personality, he's a rectum.

[abuck1220]

when i saw him in des moines and at ST he seemed pretty nice. you apparently saw different?

[8-8-88]

What's Koskie's contract look like?

 

Per ESPN.

 

2005 Salary: $3,500,000

 

Toronto is picking up some of the salary. I think right around half of it.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

What's Koskie's contract look like?

 

Per ESPN.

 

2005 Salary: $3,500,000

 

Toronto is picking up some of the salary. I think right around half of it.

 

He's slated to make 6.25 this year and 6.75 next year with a 6.5 team option(with 500k buyout) for '08.

[UK1679666180]

when i saw him in des moines and at ST he seemed pretty nice. you apparently saw different?

 

Those involved with the Snappers at the time as well as those who went to many Beloit games. He's talented as heck, but his body language and they way he treated fans was that of someone who thought he was better than he really was.

[RockTheIvy]

when i saw him in des moines and at ST he seemed pretty nice. you apparently saw different?

 

Those involved with the Snappers at the time as well as those who went to many Beloit games. He's talented as heck, but his body language and they way he treated fans was that of someone who thought he was better than he really was.

 

His name is Prince. You don't think he might be a bit into himself? :lol:

 

Maybe not as bad as Rex (King) Gross (Big) Man could be though.

[JeffH]

He's slated to make 6.25 this year and 6.75 next year with a 6.5 team option(with 500k buyout) for '08.

 

The '08 option is a vesting option.