Unglued

Doug Melvin said today that the Brewers aren't going to exercise their $9 million option on the Glue. Surprise!

Which means the Brewers are now officially in the market for a leftfielder.

Some clowns on the JS Online Brewers blog are clamoring for the Brewers to sign Barry Bonds. Not only is that a terrible idea, it's completely unrealistic to think that Barry would come here.

What to do?

The CF class is much better than LF in free agency. You have Torii Hunter, Aaron Rowand, and Andruw Jones, to name three prominant names. This is off the top of my head, so I might have missed somebody.

You could move Hall to LF and stick one of those guys in center, giving the Brewers not only an upgrade at the plate over Jenks but also a plus defensive player playing in CF.

You could also move Hall to LF and put Gwynn Jr. in CF. I like this option a lot less.

If we're stuck with Hall in CF, the options on the current roster aren't great. Mench is there for now, as is Gross. LaPorta is hitting well in the low minors and in the Arizona Fall League, but it seems like it'd be a stretch to think he's ready to play LF on the big club coming out of Spring Training. I'd be all for it if he is deemed ready.

Finally, lots of people think Braun is going to move to LF, but I just don't see it quite yet. If Braun continues to hack up the infield next year, I think you'd have to start considering it, but I think you have to give him another year.

Thoughts?