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08:26 AM ET 11.07 | The Milwaukee Brewers did more Friday than trade one player for another. In sending shortstop J.J. Hardy to the Minnesota Twins for centerfielder Carlos Gomez, the Brewers began remaking their roster as well as clearing salary space to pursue much-needed pitching.
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Congrats, Milwaukee! You now have the worst hitter in the majors starting in center field.
badnewsvikes
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This better be a salary dump move, otherwise the Twins would have needed a gun to pull off this kind of a robbery.
Justin Cyder
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They are hopeless if they don't sign some pitching so I can see them clearing salary space.
CardsFan2
Saint Louis , MO
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I wonder if CC is availible?
Sovereign
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I agree with cards fan the brew crew is going down in the divison being the cardinals cubs and the Astros have a chance with Roy Oswalt and the Wand Wandy Rodrigieuez
in6grade615
Massapequa , NY
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He'll let you know when he gets back from Disney.
Justin Cyder
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How do the Twins pull these trades off.
I mean, does their front office sit down after the season and actually believe they can trade off a disappointing, backup outfielder for a starting shortstop? A SS who in 07-08 averaged hitting .280 with 25 hrs?
This is unbelievable. And then I read Brewer blogs where dozens of fans proclaim that they LIKED the deal!!! Did the Twins slip something into the Milwaukee water system?
Yaz #8
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I can understand clearing salary, but surely you can get more for Hardy than a bust outfielder who can't hit. Couldn't they at least have gotten a decent minor league pitching prospect?
I know Hardy had an off-year in '09, although it wasn't as bad as many like to portray. He was putting up decent fielding stats and on the way to a 15-16 hr season when he was benched. That's better than several other SS were doing.
But given that he had a career average of hitting around .260 with 20+ hrs and solid fielding stats and is only 27 and has 2 years until free agency, I am shocked that they gave him away for so little.
Yaz #8
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There is no question that they could move Hardy. He wasn't the starter over the last 40 or so games of the season.
It is more a matter of giving him away for so little in return. A couple of years ago, Gomez was a hot property. But this last season, he was so bad that you couldn't put him in your lineup.
Yaz #8
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Milwaukee played a mean trick on Hardy this season. When they brought up Escobar, rather than bench Hardy, they sent him down to the minors for 20 days. That was the exact number of days needed to deny Hardy free agency in 2011. They did this so that when it was time to trade him, he would have 2 years left before FA, thereby driving up his potential trade value.
But then they went and gave him away anyway.
Yaz #8
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Carlos Gomez?!?!?! HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!! Milwaukee, enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!
Wanted Man
Lincoln , NE
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Milwaukee fans are happy to see JJ Hardy leave, but don't think the Twins fans will be happy...
Lucky Aces
Vegas, NV
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Carlos Gomez=Brian Mcrae...McRae who someone once said hit like the coachs' son.
Wanted Man
Lincoln , NE
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