Hell's Bells: The Good and Bad of Signing Trevor Hoffman

re: Hell's Bells: The Good and Bad of Signing Trevor Hoffman

Ryan Topp — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:36:37 GMT

Mike: In a sense, though, they are asking him to make up some of that difference. You can't expect Yo to go 8 innings all the time like CC so often and you can't expect Parra to get to the level that Sheets was at. So there is going to be some loss at the front end. I believe strongly that the Brewers have to get an innings eater because I don't trust McClung to be able to be that much better than he was last year.

Warped: "bleak" is a little strong, but I agree that I'm not confident with what we have. Partly (or even mostly) because.....

Menta: Totally agree. It's my biggest fear too.

re: Hell's Bells: The Good and Bad of Signing Trevor Hoffman

mentea — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:26:29 GMT

An injury or two would devastate the rotation... that is what I'm worried about.

re: Hell's Bells: The Good and Bad of Signing Trevor Hoffman

WarpedCore — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:01:19 GMT

We need more than Gallardo to be confident in our pitching situation. I would be for resigning Sheeter for a considerably lower price of course. Our rotation looks pretty bleak right now.

re: Hell's Bells: The Good and Bad of Signing Trevor Hoffman

Mike — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:04:53 GMT

But they're not asking McClung to replace the innings lost from Sheets and CC.

The Brewers, in terms of the starting rotation, need to replace Ben Sheets (which hopefully will be done by Gallardo), and half a year of CC...