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[Transmogrified Tiger]

How the hell do the Brewers have us beat? They lost their 2 top pitchers, and their big off season aquisition was the remains of Trevor Hoffman.

 

Except for the fact that they had been building for right now this entire decade. Braun, Fielder, Gallardo, Laporta, Gamel, Weeks, Hardy, etc. didn't just appear out of nowhere.

 

Sucks for them that they've built for this the entire decade and are projected in 3rd place like 10 wins behind us.

[SouthSideRyan]

And that Mat Gamel can only play in 6-9 games a year.

[UMFan83]

How the hell do the Brewers have us beat? They lost their 2 top pitchers, and their big off season aquisition was the remains of Trevor Hoffman.

 

Except for the fact that they had been building for right now this entire decade. Braun, Fielder, Gallardo, Laporta, Gamel, Weeks, Hardy, etc. didn't just appear out of nowhere.

 

Sucks for them that they've built for this the entire decade and are projected in 3rd place like 10 wins behind us.

 

Well they aren't without their mistakes. Weeks was supposed to be a multiple time all star, Hardy was supposed to be better than he was. Gallardo has been hampered by injuries and if he pitched all of last year they would have a much better idea of what they were going to get out of him. The Gagne signing was stupid even before they knew what they were going to get out of him, those resources could have been used elsewhere. The CC trade helped them get into the playoffs, but it came at the expense of a really good prospect in LaPorta.

 

Obviously they were trying to emulate an Indians like system. A lot of teams try to do that. Some, like the Indians, can build a consistent winner out of it. Some, like the Rockies, can catch lighting in a bottle and make a strong playoff run. Who knows.