You’re the Milwaukee Brewers. You’re a decent baseball team, and you made some moves that worked (Hey Salomon Torres!), and you signed Eric Gagne. You’re three games out of the wild card and here’s the thing.
KENTUCKY NINJA SKILLS!
The Brewers have Corey Hart in right field. He is, as the photo describes, awesome. He’s a 6′6″ dude with speed. I mean, come on. Even Cubs homer and stealth blogger Elvi Patterson likes him.
But here’s the thing. Mike Cameron doesn’t suck. Completely. He’s in no way shape or form a #2 hitter, but he’s doing about what was expected. (Plus power, plus speed, plus plus defense, and a Jose Hernandezian level of the strikeouts). And if the Brewers pick up his option, there salary is still managable (10 million dollars).
But ya know what? The Brewers would be stupid to pick up the option. Downright derp joke, Horry Kow stupid. Why?
This is Matt LaPorta. He is ready now. Sure, he’d be a low average bomber? But in the roughest of Major League Equivalency? He’d be .237/.351/.517 in right field. But you know what? Cameron is equal to .222/.294/.475.
And consider the fact that they may not want LaPorta to play the Miguel Cabrera role in the Brewers putative playoff run, and you know what? Mike Cameron shouldn’t be in Brewtown next year.
He may not be as fun in the clubhouse? But he’s ready to play.
