Kudos to Doug Melvin for taking the initiative and getting us a star pitcher for the playoff push. Think about it like this: Milwaukee is one of the smallest (if not THE smallest) market in Major League Baseball, and Melvin managed to make a trade for the number 1 sought-after pitcher. This says two very important things:
1. Our farm system is extremely strong, especially given that we didn't deplete it with this trade.
2. Doug Melvin and Mark Attanasio are making a playoff push.
While Matt LaPorta was a good draft pick, I agree with the general consensus by our local sports jocks: when you have three ace pitchers--Sheets, Sabathia and Parra--you can win playoff games. You can win 3 out of every 5 with ease. Ideally.
Ideally.
For those of you who are truly die hard fans (and enjoy a good laugh), I encourage you to pee your pants for the Brewers.
