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Originally Posted by BigRedChief
as it should.
Milwaukee has been to the playoffs once since 1982. They sent their long term CF and SS and a top pitching prospect for Grienke. They gave top prospects for Krod they will lose fielder next year. They are all in this year. 2013 is our year.
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The homer is strong with this one.
The Reds will still have more talent than us. The Brewers will still have much better starting pitching than us and the 'core' (such as it is) will just be another year older and less interested. Who's going to save this sinking ship when Berkman's older? Afterall, he's all that's separated us from a .500 record to this point.
2012 will be hell w/ Lohse and Westbrook as our 3 and 4 and by 2013 LaRussa will have probably dumped at least 1 of the Miller/Martinez duo to cover for the fact that he traded Rasmus or Ryan. Cox is still a man without a real major league position (he doesn't have a 3b bat and Freese is the least of our problems right now). Wong's upside is that of a solid 2 hitter - how many championships have been built around Jose Vidro? And do not for one minute ignore the rumblings coming from Duncan about Jaime Garcia. He doesn't speak without LaRussa telling him what to say; when Duncan started taking veiled shots at Garcia, you found your new whipping boy. If LaRussa stays past this season, Garcia's elsewhere or mind****ed into oblivion by 2013.
As long as LaRussa, Moe and Pujols are the holy trinity upon which this team is built, there will be no 'our year'.
It's stunning to me that you can see what's happened to this team over the last 5 seasons and not understand where the problems are.