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Balfour dealt

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Balfour dealt 

Post#1 » by wichmae » Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:46 am

to TB for Seth McClung
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Post#2 » by MickeyDavis » Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:47 am

Crap for crap.
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Post#3 » by Ayt » Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:47 am

Better than nothing.
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Post#4 » by Mags FTW » Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:53 am

The aftershock will be felt throughout the league.
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Post#5 » by Fort Minor » Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:54 am

Ayt wrote:Better than nothing.


At least he may actually throw strikes once in awhile.
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Post#6 » by MickeyDavis » Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:56 am

I hope he likes Nashville.
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Post#7 » by bigkurty » Sat Jul 28, 2007 4:05 am

MickeyDavis wrote:I hope he likes Nashville.

I will be in Nashville Monday through Thursday. Maybe I should go see a Sounds game if they are in town.
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Post#8 » by Three34 » Sat Jul 28, 2007 4:28 am

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At least he may actually throw strikes once in awhile.



Who, Seth McClung? No chance. He's walking 6 per 9 innings.
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Post#9 » by Buck4Life » Sat Jul 28, 2007 4:37 am

seth came into the season as TB's closer :rofl:
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Post#10 » by SugarRay34 » Sat Jul 28, 2007 4:38 am

I cant believe we actually got something for this guy. Ill take it though. Im sure McClung will never wear a Brewers uniform
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Post#11 » by Three34 » Sat Jul 28, 2007 4:47 am

Buck4Life wrote:seth came into the season as TB's closer :rofl:


Seth hasn't pitched in the majors all year, so.........
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Post#12 » by Three34 » Sat Jul 28, 2007 4:49 am

SugarRay34 wrote:I cant believe we actually got something for this guy.


That's kinda Rays fans viewpoint, too.

McClung has great stuff and a big upside. Trouble is, it's been this way for a long while. And he's made no progress.

His command is still diabolical, he's still fat and ginger, and he still hasn't what you might call "toughness" under pressure.

It's a nothing deal for both of us. You get a possible reclamation project. Just don't go expecting it to work out. And please, look beyond the AAA ERA.
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Post#13 » by trwi7 » Sat Jul 28, 2007 6:23 am

Sham wrote: And please, look beyond the AAA ERA.


I'm sure many will do that because Balfour had a great ERA in AAA this year too. 8)
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Post#14 » by Three34 » Sat Jul 28, 2007 7:28 am

Well, McClung has the same sort of thing going on there. He doesn't have the injuries of Balfour, and he's younger. But he's also never, ever been good at the major league level, in quite a lot of trying.

The Rays kept passing him over for other good AAA performers like Corcoran, Orvella, Dohmann, Swizter etc, for a reason. McClung is really, really wild. At AAA, he can get away with it some, but if he came back to the big leagues he'd just be slapped about.

Not that it's a bad move for the Brewers. Not at all. Just be aware that he might never pitch for you.
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Post#15 » by Buck You » Sat Jul 28, 2007 7:50 am

Sham wrote:Well, McClung has the same sort of thing going on there. He doesn't have the injuries of Balfour, and he's younger. But he's also never, ever been good at the major league level, in quite a lot of trying.

The Rays kept passing him over for other good AAA performers like Corcoran, Orvella, Dohmann, Swizter etc, for a reason. McClung is really, really wild. At AAA, he can get away with it some, but if he came back to the big leagues he'd just be slapped about.

Not that it's a bad move for the Brewers. Not at all. Just be aware that he might never pitch for you.


Which is fine because Balfour was never going to pitch for us again anyway.
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Post#16 » by Three34 » Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:55 am

Read the sentence two before that one. I am not demeaning the move in any way. You might wind up with something for nothing here.
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Post#17 » by xTitan » Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:39 pm

McClung actually sounds alot like Turnbow before he got here....we'll see, Maddox seems to like like working with guys like this, might not be until next spring though...oh well, didn't give anything up.
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Post#18 » by Ayt » Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:52 pm

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Post#19 » by mosarsour » Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:09 pm

Hopefully with Maddux's help, we may end up with something here.
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Post#20 » by mnstinks » Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:51 pm

Mclung pitched one inning recently in Nashville gave up one hit and had 3 k's

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