Brewers Interested In Lofton

Post #1 » by **MickeyDavis** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 5:56 pm

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent ... 8284c.html

I wouldn't give up much for him at 40, but he's having a good year, would be a good bench player.

Captain Erv · Post #2 » by **Captain Erv** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 6:03 pm

MickeyDavis wrote:http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/baseball/rangers/stories/071507dnsporangdate.338284c.html

I wouldn't give up much for him at 40, but he's having a good year, would be a good bench player.

Lofton >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> times 10,000 Gabe Gross.

Asher · Post #3 » by **Asher** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 6:13 pm

he's a great guy to have on your team, but what do we give up for him that makes sense for the future of both teams? and that wouldn't be a wash?

brewcityboii · Post #4 » by **brewcityboii** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 6:18 pm

Lofton would be a great vetern leader on this team but like you said asher what can we give up that makes sense. If we can get him for cheap I would do it in a heartbeat

Asher · Post #5 » by **Asher** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 6:43 pm

unfortunately, i don't think the rangers have any intentions of letting him go for cheap at the deadline. especially after we housed them in the carlos lee trade.

i would do gross and mid-level prospect at best. actually, maybe not--kenny lofton on a one-year, $6 mil deal....gabe gross is on a one-year, $398,000 deal. both are FA. seems like an easy way to end up with nothing.

trwi7 · Post #6 » by **trwi7** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 7:00 pm

I'd hope this is part of a package deal for Otsuka.

livestrong4ever · Post #7 » by **livestrong4ever** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 7:54 pm

**** Id start lofton over jenkins/mench anyday.

.394 OBP

20 sb

great defense. Not much more you can ask for.

Post #8 » by **MickeyDavis** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 8:09 pm

livestrong4ever wrote:**** Id start lofton over jenkins/mench anyday.

As Jenkins and Mench just put us into the lead.

livestrong4ever · Post #9 » by **livestrong4ever** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 8:12 pm

MickeyDavis wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

As Jenkins and Mench just put us into the lead.

You can thank me later

ssssssnake · Post #10 » by **ssssssnake** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:00 pm

I know they want Hall to be the CF but maybe they can move Hall to 2nd for the rest of the year and get Weeks out of there.

Lofton
Hardy
Braun
Fielder
Hart
Hall
Jenkins
Estrada
Pitcher

I'd be happy with that lineup.

Comet · Post #11 » by **Comet** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:58 am

ssssssnake wrote:I know they want Hall to be the CF but maybe they can move Hall to 2nd for the rest of the year and get Weeks out of there.

Lofton
Hardy
Braun
Fielder
Hart
Hall
Jenkins
Estrada
Pitcher

I'd be happy with that lineup.

Hall isn't going back to the infield unless it's an emergency. The Brewers made that clear in Spring Training.

But I thought up a trade proposal. The Rangers aren't going anywhere this season, so they're going to be sellers.

I think this deal would really benefit the Brewers. Lofton would allow the Brewers to move Hart down to a run-producing role, and Otsuka would give the Brewers help in the bullpen.

I like Gwynn, but I don't think he's really in the Brewers' plans. IMO, Matt LaPorta could be up in 2009 as the starting LF, while Hall will still be the CF and Hart will still be the RF. Thus, Gwynn will have nowhere to play.

Jenkins, well, if he stays his option for next year will be declined. We could just trade him by July 31 and get something in return.

If the Brewers do this deal, I think they'll have the divison locked-up.

Lineup:

Lofton
Hardy
Braun
Fielder
Hart
Hall
Estrada
Weeks

The lineup looks funny, but hey, that's the best I can think of.

trwi7 · Post #12 » by **trwi7** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:03 am

Why would the Rangers want Jenkins? They're out of it so they don't want his salary they'll want prospects (most likely pitching) in return.

L&H_05 · Post #13 » by **L&H_05** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:09 am

One of the biggest cancers ever.. He's also rumored to be coming back here for a 3rd stint..

We had K-Love for his prime years during our great 90's run, and he was great... However, he, along with Belle and Murray were so ego driven..

There's a reason he's played on 10+ teams... I don't really follow the 'crew, but if they have a good team camaraderie, you don't want this guy.. He bosses players around, he insists a certain music must be played in the clubhouse..

aaprigs311 · Post #14 » by **aaprigs311** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:20 pm

if the crew indeed does decide to trade tg jr they should try to get more value than old balls lofton and otsuka. don't get me wrong, they're both having good seasons and all, but jermaine dye is out there too and i've read that the sox would love to get their hands on gwynn jr. it looks like dye is finally swingin the bat well now too. the only thing is they wont get the bullpen help with this trade. it'll be interesting to see how manny parra pans out in the bigs. i'm anxious to see him pitch and i'm sure the franchise is too.

trwi7 · Post #15 » by **trwi7** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:26 am

aaprigs311 wrote:if the crew indeed does decide to trade tg jr they should try to get more value than old balls lofton and otsuka. don't get me wrong, they're both having good seasons and all, but jermaine dye is out there too and i've read that the sox would love to get their hands on gwynn jr. it looks like dye is finally swingin the bat well now too.

So you wouldn't trade Gwynn for Lofton who is having a better season than Dye or Otsuka who is a very good reliever that we would have control over for the next 3 years but you would trade him for a 33 year old free agent to be having a terrible year?

Can't argue with that logic.