Packers Show Interest in Jermaine Gresham

TE Jermaine Gresham is visiting with the #Packers, per a source. Intriguing option for Green Bay.

— Rand Getlin (@Rand_Getlin) July 24, 2015

This is very interesting from the Green Bay Packers. Jermaine Gresham is a
former first round pick from Oklahoma. He played the last five years with Cincinnati.  Gresham is recovering from back surgery, but he's not expected to miss any time. He's a big tight end at 6'5 and 260 pounds yet Gresham is known for his pass-catching versus his blocking skills at tight end. He saw his numbers decline last season to the worst of his career.

Green Bay has some depth at tight end with Andrew Quarless and Richard Rodgers yet Gresham would be an upgrade plus it might drive Quarless out of town given his incident earlier this month. It's hard for me to judge Gresham's numbers because Andy Dalton is his quarterback. If he signs, going from Dalton to Aaron Rodgers is like eating bland chicken all day to porterhouses.

Charlie.

Kazmir Trade Sheds Light on Parra and Cotts' Market

Houston Astros took a step closer to be a potential World Series contender by acquiring Scott Kazmir from Oakland A's for two Single A players - Jacob Nottingham, a catcher and pitcher Daniel Mengden.  This is a low risk move by Houston, and it might be a look inside the trades Milwaukee might make with Gerardo Parra and Neil Cotts.

Aramis Ramirez is a different deal because he's playing his final year of baseball. But Parra and Cotts, like Kazmir, are going to be free agents at the end of the season. Milwaukee will definitely not get this kind of value for Cotts. Likely, they will get one player, and who knows, it could be a Player To Be Named Later. As for Parra, I feel like the expectations shouldn't be very high for the return .

Although reading up on Nottingham, he sounds like a player with big-time potential at the catcher position. He's hitting for average and power so far in two minor league stint.  But there is no guarantee Nottingham will be a starter in the big leagues. If Milwaukee can fill a need like the corner infield or pitching and they come with potential yet it might be awhile until we see them in the big leagues, that's fine.

Charlie.

Badgers Top Football Recruit Denied Admission

Wisconsin running back signee Jordan Stevenson (Dallas/South Oak Cliff) was denied admissions by the University of Wisconsin.

Badgers coach Paul Chryst and running backs coach John Settle both spoke to Stevenson this afternoon and informed him that Wisconsin's Chancellor denied the student-athlete admissions.

247Sports.com has confirmed this situation through a source on both ends.

Gary Andersen left Wisconsin for a variety of reasons, but one of them was he had trouble with the rigid athletic academic standards Wisconsin has in place. Athletic Director and Madison's Iron Throne leader Barry Alvarez will not budge on this topic as Wisconsin prides themselves on being a prestigious academic institution. Their biggest running back recruit Jordan Stevenson will not be a Badger due to these tough rules. This is a developing theme for the Badgers and a crucial roadblock to premier future success.



Stevenson's highlight reel is a fun watch. He's a short running back sitting at 5'8 and not really the prototype at Wisconsin for their backfield. Although Stevenson is the type of player who could have made an impact this season for the team. Stevenson has the speed where a home run play can be used with him. Now, he will try to find a new home late in the recruiting season. Wisconsin is praying to everything holy, it's not a Big Ten school like Ohio State who offered or any of the others.

Wisconsin could easily become a better version of Northwestern with the way this trending for their football team. Notre Dame struggles with it yet their resources are some of the best in college football therefore it's easier for them to work around this sort of thing. Wisconsin isn't having the same success. Many people will love the Badgers holding strong with their academics yet those same people will wonder why the team hasn't been back to the Rose Bowl and finished 7-6 for the last three straight years. Unfortunately, success comes with a price and are you willing to swallow your pride?

It's only going to get harder for the Badgers when Bo Ryan leaves basketball. While this hasn't been a problem on the hardwood, I feel like Ryan does a great job working around it, who knows if the new coach will be able to do the same. Basketball is a little easier given they only recruit 15 players, yet still, I can't imagine this is an easy thing to manage on a daily recruiting basis.

Right before Paul Chryst gets ready to run his first Badger practice, their top recruit will be looking elsewhere to play next season. Hopefully, it's not a bad omen.

Charlie.

LeSean McCoy's Orgy Party - No.1 Fantasy Name of 2015?

What a crazy offseason for Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy.  First, he had the comment about Chip Kelly not liking black people. McCoy also took a picture with a bunch of models this past weekend in Las Vegas like he was football version of Dan Blizeran. Now, McCoy put out an invitation on Instagram yesterday basically inviting women to a private event which we can go ahead and call an orgy because the rest of the Internet did. Everyone started to RSVP to the email listed and the response email became Internet gold. McCoy would take down the Instagram post due to copyright infringement with the Buffalo Bills, not the orgy.  Buffalo didn't comment on the event, just the picture.

Glad I cleared this up, would have been super awkward when I showed up to the private orgy. pic.twitter.com/EciBuWpIsk

— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) July 23, 2015

Charlie.

The BrewCap Vol. 96: Arizona Annihilates Milwaukee

The BrewCap will recap the Brewers game on the day of the game replacing Highlights-Lowlights. I felt like those got too repetitive and people missed out on what actually happened. The schedule is varied on these unfortunately due to me having a life. Best hope is they are up the day of the game, but sometimes, it bleeds to the next day. Deal with it. 

What a terrible way to start a road trip. Milwaukee looked listless the entire night in all facets of the game. They haven't played this badly in quite awhile, but you wonder if the pitching is regressing a bit with the last two games giving up 15 total runs. Not the best weekend for the pitching to go to complete shit though.

Player of the Day (Diamondbacks) Zach Godley (P): You expect to get beat by the likes of Paul Goldschmidt and A.J. Pollock, but not by Zach fucking Godley. Once again, Milwaukee scuffles their feet against a no-name prospect making a start for his Major League debut. He dominated the Brewers with six innings of shutout work, seven strikeouts, four hits allowed and no walks. Godley looked 'God-like' out there. That's a horrible pun, I'm sorry.

 Not Player of the Day (Diamondbacks) - Nick Ahmed (SS): He's the only Diamondbacks player without a hit tonight. Ahmed made a great heads up play at shortstop, but I needed someone to put in this category especially since no one is winning the POD for Milwaukee tonight. That's how it works with the BrewCap.

Not Player of the Day (Brewers) - Mike Fiers (P): Look, it's great Fiers ended up with 10 strikeouts in five innings, but he didn't pitch well at all. He only made it to the fifth which was the same fate for Kyle Lohse yesterday. Thankfully for the Brewers, they only needed two pitchers after Fiers left the game. Fiers didn't have it for the first time in awhile. I'm curious if the trade rumors got to him a little bit.

Not Player of the Day (Brewers) - Hernan Perez (3B): The double was nice, but Perez needs to be better on the base paths. He made a critical error early in the game that might have cost Milwaukee a big inning. If they could have rattled Godley's cage a little bit in the third inning, it could have been a different game on Thursday night.

When The Game Turned -  Third inning. Milwaukee started off the inning with a leadoff double by Hernan Perez, and Fiers actually gets on-base with a bunt single trying to advance the runner. Gerardo Parra hits a dribbler to a grounder, and Perez tries to sneak home late which Nick Ahmed shuts him down making a double play. It was a one-run game at the time with Jonathan Lucory and Ryan Braun coming up.

What to Watch - Milwaukee will try to make things better tomorrow night with Jimmy Nelson and trying to get some hits off Patrick Corbin. 

Charlie.