I like whats brewin'

You know, I may be a bit of a homer here, but I really like the moves the Brewers made this offseason. Luis Vizcaino and Scott Podsednik for Carlos Lee? I mean are you kidding me? The Brewers killed the ChiSox on that deal.

Lee gives the team a formidable right handed hitter, not just power hitter, but hitter and thats something they haven't had in a while. Don't say Richie Sexson, because he was only a home run hitter. As for losing Vizcaino, lets face it the guy has never been the same since getting tourched in that series against the Cubs in the summer of '03. He has terrific stuff, it's just a mental thing with him.

Scott Podsednik may have been the face of the team, but after his struggles last year I can't help but point out the obvious here, maybe theres a reason why this guy spent EIGHT years in the minors.

Brady Clark just resigned, and for all he does he is an underrated player, does he start for you if you're a contender? Probably not, but lets not get ahead of ourselves just yet. Ben Sheets and Junior Spivey will be back, and as someone who covered this team last year, they did overachieve in the first half of the season, but the wheels fell off when Spivey went down. He was the guy who made that offense go, and now you get him back.

Look at their potential opening day lineup:
1. Clark/Krenzel: I give the edge to Clark to beat out the youngster in camp.
2. Spivey: If he can stay healthy he's an all-star caliber second baseman.
3. Overbay: Now he has protection in the front and back.
4. Lee: Finally a right handed hitter in this lineup, not named Wes Helms
5. Jenkins: He can't have back to back bad seasons offensively. Can he?
6. Branyon: Ok so he'll battle with Wes Helms, but I think Branyons their guy.
7. Hall/Hardy: I think Bill Hall goes in ahead of J.J. Hardy, but they do like J.J. a lot.
8. Miller: I love that signing, offensively he's underrated, calls good games and solid D.
9. Pitcher

That looks a heck of a lot better than last years lineup. The two concerns are depth and bullpen, well those are the two main concerns. Guys like Doug Davis and Victor Santos need to prove last year wasn't a fluke, if they can, I like how this team looks. Ricky Botallico was a solid signing, he'll probably be the closer to start, but I see Capellan taking that job. Speaking of that deal how do you think that phone conversation went for Doug Melvin..."Yeah so we'll take a young prospect for Kolb (probably a AA'er)"........"Ok how about Capellan?"......."Whaaaat, I mean are you serio..OK sure, sounds good, I'll tell Danny right now."