Most knowledgeable folks in the Twitterverse (God, I hate that term!) my group of Brewer follows says it should be Kotsay. I agree. There is drunken hope it could be McGehee (maybe many hope it's McGehee and the drunken part is just me), but it's not going to happen, even though I just learned today that he apparently does have an option left. (I still don't get why the Cubs got rid of him then--if he had the option. Now we know, I guess). Regardless, it's not to be him because it would force the Brewers to bring up Taylor Green and basically, play him every day. Not until there's no hope will that happen.
It can't be Counsell, either, really because although I think at this point Jaime Moyer could blow his "fastball" by Counsell's bat, getting rid of him leaves the Brewers with no versatility in the infield. It could be Wilson, but when he plays, he has hit a little and strangely has shown some power.
Kotsay is the odd man out. Forget the stats (which all on their own have shown he can't be relied on for a PH or even bench role)....just WATCHING him can show he doesn't have any power. His only real benefit is he can play first, but short of complete catastrophe, Prince plays every day anyway. And if something catastrophic did happen, Gamel would just be called up. So Kotsay's useless. (In case you missed this, so far).
Then, after the Minnesota series, they need to option Gamel back to Nashville and bring up Brandon Boggs. This is not a slight on Gamel--but he is not a veteran that can succeed with infrequent or late-game play. Plus it wastes time--I'd rather him get 9 innings everyday at first base and be ready to be the guy to beat for the job there with the Brewers in 2012.
Let's hope that since I have to wake up and deal with a 100 degree heat index later today that at least there's good news to read.
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