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radio silence — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:21:30 GMT

I just don't get the "tomorrow may never come" argument. La Porta was our best prospect, and probably could have joined the ML team as early as mid-2009, and definitely by 2010.

With La Porta we're not talking about a prospect that is a long shot to making it to the big leagues. We're talking about a prospect that is already at AA, and producing well in the minors.

I agree with Brewguru that nothing is guaranteed with La Porta's production, but only to a point.

Even if La Porta turns out to be closer to average as an outfielder, I still take seriously the years that the Crew could have controlled him, vs. the years they control Sabathia.

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brewguru — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:28:47 GMT

It seems Radio would never trade a prospect until they are in their 5th and 6th years. We would have a team full of young players.

When you have a well stocked farm system you either promote them to the majors or trade them away. What's so difficult to understand about that?

LaPorta is a minor leaguer. Nothing is guaranteed with him. As for the Green, "a top 25 prospect"...what does that mean? Top 25 prospects don't turn out all the time! I don't think it's a big deal.

Melvin and Attanasio did what they had to do to win now. Thank God Radio doesn't work in the Brewers front office.

re: Welcome, C.C. Sabathia

hedges — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:45:54 GMT

Can't disagree more, Nick.

First of all, I'm pretty sure Laporta was drafted as trade bait. He's a defensive liability -- may be a better 1B than Prince, but that's it -- even though he was playing LF at Huntsville, he's NOT an outfielder. He's a 1B/DH type. On a team as defesively limited as the Brewers, that's not what we need.

He's also a RH power bat. We've got those. Yes, he projects well, and it never hurts to have more hitters in your lineup, but still. Mat Gamel is almost as good a major league hitting prospect as Laporta, and they're both destined to be first basemen -- I have to think the bad 3B will be better at first than the bad LF. Plus, when Prince leaves, we'll need LH power, not RH. And that's what Gamel gives us. Laporta was just blocking Gamel on the depth chart.

We didn't give up Escobar. Middle infield defense needs to be a priority in our farm system. The Brewers system is stocked with prospects, and that's good for two reasons: it gives us a young core of talent for future teams AND it helps us trade to win now -- which is important because:

Tomorrow may never come.

Lots of teams get stuck in perpetual-rebuilding mode. It's really easy for a smaller-market team like Milwaukee to fall into that trap. Laporta sure looks like he's going to be an All-Star caliber major league hitter, BUT HE MIGHT NOT. History is full of "can't miss" prospects who failed to pan out. We KNOW what we're getting with CC. There are no gurantees. We might not win the Series. We might not even make the playoffs. But, at the end of the season, nobody will say that we didn't try.