Roy Oswalt?

[PrinceEatMeat]

Karl Ravech just tweeted about Roy Oswalt, saying 5 teams have made him offers. Then he listed Milwaukee as one of his possible destinations. Not sure why Melvin would want Oswalt, but thought this was interesting.

[trwi7]

He listed Atlanta and Arizona too. Just seems like he's pulling names out of a hat.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Well he said 5 teams made offers, and listed 6 teams. So I'm assuming he meant 5 of those teams made offers. Who knows? All of the teams make sense, except the Brewers really. Not sure why he'd throw Milwaukee in there if he didn't hear something.

[jjkoestler]

Trade Wolf or Narvy and sign Oswalt? It doesn't make much sense to me.

[brettac1]

For how strapped for cash they are, and Oswalt's back issues, I would think they'd stick with the guys like Wolf and Narveson.

[Bnowell4evr]

I was drooling over this idea a couple days ago. It wouldn't be fair having 5 starters who finished 2011 with an ERA in the 3's to go with one of the best 8-9 combinations in baseball.

[Eye Black]

Karl Ravech was just throwing out random team names. He has since mentioned three more teams, so I don't think he has any idea where the offers to Oswalt have come from.

[MNBrew]

It doesn't seem like a rational signing, but I like the idea of it nonetheless. He'd be an improvement on Narveson, albeit much more expensive, assuming he's healthy. . . . Then again, if this came true, it would put Narveson -- a lefty -- into the 'pen, which some people seem to be concerned about.

[dadofandrew]

Signing Oswalt and trading someone under contract would be a net gain, but it rarely happens. It wouldn't be Narveson, as that'd be a $6-7M payroll increase.

[pingman]

Brewers need to be careful with their money with the payroll already over $100 million per the Brewers blog at MJS.... vs a projected budget of low $90's ....Mark A is obviously very loose with the purse-strings......

 

What would of been the odds, say 5 years ago, that the Brewers would have a higher payroll than the Braves? and by a lot ($90 vs $100)

[Invader3K]

Yeah, I saw it pointed out earlier this week that the Brewers will have a higher payroll than the Mets this year.

[JohnBriggs12]

Wolf? Heck I'd sign Oswalt and trade Marcum. Sure he's got back issues, but he's looking for short term and Oswalt's never thrown up all over himself in the postseason. The Brewers have guys capable of filling in if he needs a month on the DL to be ready for a stretch drive.

[BrewersAA]

As much as i hate to say it, that would be an improvement. I love marcum, but just think... he could net a lawrie type prospect and hes most likely gone next year anyways. though i would lean much more toward trading wolf. He is the ULTIMATE sell high right now and it seems like everyone is ignoring that, the guy had what will likely be the best season he will have until he retires and there are plenty of teams looking for an established lefty. It just makes sense, it will also be a big payroll relief.

[Raw Biz]

As much as i hate to say it, that would be an improvement. I love marcum, but just think... he could net a lawrie type prospect and hes most likely gone next year anyways. though i would lean much more toward trading wolf. He is the ULTIMATE sell high right now and it seems like everyone is ignoring that, the guy had what will likely be the best season he will have until he retires and there are plenty of teams looking for an established lefty. It just makes sense, it will also be a big payroll relief.

If we could get a Lawrie-type prospect for Marcum, I would think the Brewers would have already pulled the trigger. The reason they were willing to trade Lawrie last year was because Marcum had two years of control. And Lawrie's value has only gone up since then. And I highly doubt Wolf would bring much in a trade, for basically the same reason (though 1 year with an option but old and expensive). Guys with only 1 year left on their contracts usually bring in better hauls at the deadline anyway when teams are in a better position to judge how close they are to making a run.

[RockCoCougars]

Oswalt makes no sense for the Brewers whatsoever. He will be compensated handsomely by someone and due to his age/injury history is a risk. I fully expect him to sign with the Cardinals. It makes more sense for them, and just seems like a natural move for them.

[TooLiveBrew]

That seems like a pretty solid prediction, RockCo. Makes sense for both parties.

[brettac1]

I think the talk is that he wants to be as close to Mississippi as possible, so StL makes much more sense than the Brewers, outside of the obvious problem of the finances.

[CheezWizHed]

Maybe the Twins then or the LaCrosse Loggers!

 

Ok, I'll bite. Why the Mississippi?

[PrinceEatMeat]

Maybe the Twins then or the LaCrosse Loggers!

 

Ok, I'll bite. Why the Mississippi?

Not the Mississippi River, the actual state of Mississippi where he is from and lives.

[CheezWizHed]

That makes sense. Wasn't really thinking clearly after a long day in airports... ugh

[brettac1]

Supposedly now that the Red Sox have shed Scutaro's salary they are going hard after Oswalt.

[HiAndTight]

Supposedly now that the Red Sox have shed Scutaro's salary they are going hard after Oswalt.

Good fit. The type of team with about 12 starting pitchers who could all be #1 or #2 types but who seem to go back and forth on a yearly basis and pitch down to 4 or 5 type starters.

 

Obviously Hyperbole, but the Sox seem like a good fit. They've got the depth that they can afford him getting 25 starts for 22 over the next 2 whereas we just simply can't.

 

Prior to the off-season it may not have sounded that bad, but not that they're already around where I thought they'd be payroll wise(actually a little ahead, I thought they'd top out at 100 this year and it looks as though their budget has to be 103-104) I just don't see any logical trade here.

 

I'd give up Wolf in a hearbeat for Oswalt, but so would any other team...so...they might as well just sign Oswalt rather than deal with the 15 or so million we still owe Wolf.

[TooLiveBrew]

Good fit. The type of team with about 12 starting pitchers who could all be #1 or #2 types but who seem to go back and forth on a yearly basis and pitch down to 4 or 5 type starters.

 

Hah! So... the anti-Dave Duncan/Cardinals effect? Nice.

[PrinceEatMeat]

http://msn.foxsports.com/...ls-Indians-market-012512

 

Rosenthal article mentioning Brewers interest. So it's legit. We'd replace Narveson if Oswalt came at a cheap enough price.

[brettac1]

That's interesting. I'd have to imagine there is enough of a market for him that the Brewers won't get him at "their price", but still interesting.