Brewers Looking Hard at Cameron (1 Viewer)

[_4_]

Doesn't make any sense. Poor OBP. Only plays CF. Has to sit out 25 games.

Brewers appear to have strong interest in Mike Cameron

 

[NY/NJMFDIVER]

Doesn't make any sense. Poor OBP. Only plays CF. Has to sit out 25 games.

Brewers appear to have strong interest in Mike Cameron

So are they playing with 24 guys for the first month in this case?

 

[hauser42]

Doesn't make any sense. Poor OBP. Only plays CF. Has to sit out 25 games.

Brewers appear to have strong interest in Mike Cameron

Makes a lot more sense than most think. They get a huge upgrade in CF with the glove and bat. Hall gets moved to 3B,LF or in a trade to improve on of the previuos spots. Gross and others can fill in CF while he is out.

 

[Softballguy]

Doesn't make any sense. Poor OBP. Only plays CF. Has to sit out 25 games.

Brewers appear to have strong interest in Mike Cameron

Makes a lot more sense than most think. They get a huge upgrade in CF with the glove and bat. Hall gets moved to 3B,LF or in a trade to improve on of the previuos spots. Gross and others can fill in CF while he is out.

Cameron's skills are declining with his age, so while he's an upgrade over Hall defensively this year it can't be called "huge." Hall showed a lot of improvement last year, and it will continue this year. The only two cases this makes any sense are if they're trading Hall or they've decided they're going to just say "#### it, we're going to hit even more home runs."

Ideally they need a lefty with a good OBP who can play 3rd.

 

[boom king]

Doesn't make any sense. Poor OBP. Only plays CF. Has to sit out 25 games.

Brewers appear to have strong interest in Mike Cameron

Makes a lot more sense than most think. They get a huge upgrade in CF with the glove and bat. Hall gets moved to 3B,LF or in a trade to improve on of the previuos spots. Gross and others can fill in CF while he is out.

Cameron's skills are declining with his age, so while he's an upgrade over Hall defensively this year it can't be called "huge." Hall showed a lot of improvement last year, and it will continue this year. The only two cases this makes any sense are if they're trading Hall or they've decided they're going to just say "#### it, we're going to hit even more home runs."

Ideally they need a lefty with a good OBP who can play 3rd.

hes getting younger?

 

[fatkid]

Doesn't make any sense. Poor OBP. Only plays CF. Has to sit out 25 games.

Brewers appear to have strong interest in Mike Cameron

So are they playing with 24 guys for the first month in this case?

No, Cameron just can't be on the active roster.I like Bill Hall better in Center as the season went on. I don't want Cameron, as his best days are behind him. I don't think the Brewers should pay players in their decline years. They can't afford to it with the core of Fielder, Weeks, Hardy, Hall, and Braun all hitting free agency in a couple of years.

I expect that Braun will get better at 3rd as he gets more experience. He is too good of an athelete not to.

As for more Free Agent Signings, I want them to save money to try and resign Sheets next year. So unless Cameron is a 1 year deal (Ala Gange) I am not all that interested.

 

[Statorama]

If Cameron is signed to a 1 year deal, you might be able to squeeze a "lightning in a bottle" year from him like the Sox did with Ellis Burks years ago. Cameron is easily among the top 5 defensive CF's in baseball, so he would be a huge help for Ryan Braun while he learns to play LF.

Anything over 1 year would be a disaster of Jeffrey Hammonds proportions.

 

[NY/NJMFDIVER]

If Cameron is signed to a 1 year deal, you might be able to squeeze a "lightning in a bottle" year from him like the Sox did with Ellis Burks years ago. Cameron is easily among the top 5 defensive CF's in baseball, so he would be a huge help for Ryan Braun while he learns to play LF.Anything over 1 year would be a disaster of Jeffrey Hammonds proportions.

Unfortunately, has Mike Cameron, short of one night in Chicago a few years ago, ever been capable of lightening? I don't know, I guess he could pop a few in that park, and if Braun is that big of a butcher its worth it, but otherwise, I don't get it.

 

[Captain Hook]

Brewers signed Cameron to a one year deal ($ not released) today

Plans are to move Hall to 3B and Braun to LF per fantasybaseball.com and ESPN

 

[Statorama]

If Cameron is signed to a 1 year deal, you might be able to squeeze a "lightning in a bottle" year from him like the Sox did with Ellis Burks years ago. Cameron is easily among the top 5 defensive CF's in baseball, so he would be a huge help for Ryan Braun while he learns to play LF.Anything over 1 year would be a disaster of Jeffrey Hammonds proportions.

Unfortunately, has Mike Cameron, short of one night in Chicago a few years ago, ever been capable of lightening? I don't know, I guess he could pop a few in that park, and if Braun is that big of a butcher its worth it, but otherwise, I don't get it.

The Brewers might have just enough offense to hide a K machine like Cameron, but it's a close call.

 

[hauser42]

If Cameron is signed to a 1 year deal, you might be able to squeeze a "lightning in a bottle" year from him like the Sox did with Ellis Burks years ago. Cameron is easily among the top 5 defensive CF's in baseball, so he would be a huge help for Ryan Braun while he learns to play LF.Anything over 1 year would be a disaster of Jeffrey Hammonds proportions.

Unfortunately, has Mike Cameron, short of one night in Chicago a few years ago, ever been capable of lightening? I don't know, I guess he could pop a few in that park, and if Braun is that big of a butcher its worth it, but otherwise, I don't get it.

The Brewers might have just enough offense to hide a K machine like Cameron, but it's a close call.

He will be out of PETCO so his offense will go up and his defense and other moves will upgrade the all around defense.

 

[_4_]

It's actually a 2 year deal - 5 million in year one - prorated to 4.2 because of the suspension, and then a club option for 2009 at $10,000,000.

 

[Balco]

Solid signing by the Brewers.

They have plenty of offense on that roster, I don't think Cameron's signing was for his offensive capabilities. He is a solid defensive centerfielder, and this allows Bill Hall to move to 3rd, thus taking the worst defensive 3B in all of baseball and moving him to LF (who knows hoe Braun will do in left, but he can't possibly be as atrocious as he was at 3rd).

This is going to be a 1 year deal, and it is a nice low risk signing by the Brewers.

 

[Mister Martie]

Brewers signed Cameron to a one year deal ($ not released) today

Plans are to move Hall to 3B and Braun to LF per fantasybaseball.com and ESPN

And this is why this is a nice move. Braun was a butcher of epic proportions at 3B.

 

[_4_]

got a 1.25 Mil. signing bonus too....and if the club chooses not to pick up his option, he gets 750,000. So it amounts to a 1 year 6 million dollar deal essentially unless he makes hay finally playing in a hitters park after a career essentially in pitchers parks.