Mark Mulder Retires (Latest: apparently not... reply #7)

[ewizabeff]

Reported on the TMJ4 10PM news - no apparent links online yet.

[berniebrewer4life]

Darn, that's too bad. I guess he just couldn't recover from his injuries. He was always a class act. Oh well, i wish him the best in whatever adventure he does next.

[Invader3K]

Well, I guess it's good they didn't bother signing him to a contract then.

[JohnBriggs12]

I'm not surprised. What was it, about a month ago that the Brewer brass went to look at him throw and he wasn't even throwing off a mound yet? Then they said something like, "we'll continue to monitor his progress", blah blah, blah, but reading between the lines the Brewers were clearly not impressed with what they saw and it was days later that Davis was signed.

[TooLiveBrew]

I don't think Mulder's status was ever relevant in terms of whether or not the Crew would sign Davis

[CheezWizHed]

I was beginning to wonder about that. With all the other "MiLB +invite to ST" contracts we were handing out, it seemed like something was up...

[sgtcluels]

I thought the reports were he was throwing off a mound, but he couldn't reproduce his arm slot and was wild.

 

This drops the invited pitchers to ST to 31. Including the probable 25 man pitchers that makes 14 Lefties.

 

Cappy, Schowenwise, Narveson, Wright, Halama, Waters, Cody, Lofgren, Wolf, Davis, Parra, Stetter, AJ Murray and Zach Braddoch

[Invader3K]

Just got a tweet from Adam McCalvy with a quote from Mulder's agent saying reports his client has retired, "Are not accurate." What a weird situation.

[sgtcluels]

Not so fast now! Apparently he has decided yet

 

With Favre gone, we need a waffling player to capture our attention.

[CheezWizHed]

Favre is gone? Pbbsshh... we aren't even close to the first football game of 2010... And even then I wouldn't be too sure...

[RockCoCougars]

He's probably still hoping to squeeze a million or two out of Melvin with a little help from arm twisting by Macha and Peterson. Come on Doug, please move on, there's nothing to see here. They may as well inquire about Higuera's health if they want a washed up lefty with a torched rotator cuff.

[crewcrazy]

Considering there might not even be room for him at Nashville if he were to sign, I don't think it's that much of a surprise. The Brewers were the only team really showing interest, and they've appeared to have moved on.

 

I imagine either Mulder has been telling close friends (Peterson, Eric Chavez, etc) that he doesn't think he can make the comeback without telling his agent the same thing, or he's just making on last-ditch effort to drum up interest (sort of like Washburn threatening retirement). Either way, I think the Brewers are done with him, and it's probably for the better.