and went to a “rival” high school, even though when he was in school my school hadn’t been created, so I am definitely pulling for the guy. I’d say he settles in as a nice UTIL guy, with a little much-needed power off of the bench. I wouldn’t expect a Zobrist-esque breakout, but he could end up being a useful player with a long career if he keeps up his versatility.

Mostly I just wanted to reply because you quoted his slash stats to the fourth decimal and that amused me.

McGehee has some game. He isn’t going to beat his team on defense, that’s for sure. Legit tools in the field. And he has got some impressive drive power. And he makes contact. I think the Brewers may have another Scott Podsednik story on their hands. Obviously two different types of players. However, McGehee has that same stigma as a player who is going to rise to the level where he plays. And with second base wide open this season in Milwaukee, he’s going to get the chance.

He has been a big surprise for the Brewers this year. I agree with what a lot of the people have said already in that if you rely on him too much, his numbers will come back down to earth.

He is nursing a bad knee right now as well, so at any time, that could pose problems for him. He has been playing out of postion with the Brewers since Rickie Weeks went down, but he is a pretty good defensive third baseman.

He creams fastballs. So I think that once the league gets to see him and it gets around, he will see a lot more breaking pitches and that will put a serious damper on his numbers, as he has yet to prove he can handle the junk.

When 2010 begins, if still a Brewer, he becomes a bench player again.

Other than Pujols and a couple others, who would? He hit well in Iowa and has a plus glove. He’s better than a fair number of guys starting now at 3B.