Mark A.

[markedman5]

16 hours ago, Baldkin said:

Mark overruled the front office on three signings. Which might be the three worst under his tenure. 

Braun extension. Yelich extension. Suppan. 

 

Yes and he's cheap and consistently lies about the team's financials. 

For example, you didn't lose money if you reinvested 80 million into new spring training facilities. 

This is the first time I’m hearing that he “ over ruled the front office “ on those contracts. I had heard about Kyle Lohse.

So just to be clear …….he’s so cheap that he over ruled the front office to sign 2 of the biggest stars in franchise history to long term big money extensions? 🤔

Listen…….you can say those contracts were in retrospect a mistake……..there is an argument to make on that……..but at the time they were signed Brewers fans were ecstatic…….we were able to keep 2 huge stars that wanted to stay..

Second guessing now is weak sauce.

Owners( other than Steve Cohen) operate within the revenues of their business……..Brewers are the smallest market and never have the smallest payroll……he is not cheap…….he is smart.

 

 

Most importantly he has been able to set up an organization that consistently wins in an en environment that doesn’t favor success for small market teams.

[cragi]

i dont think Brewers were "ecstatic" about the Suppan deal. In fact, I think I started tuning them out for awhile after that one. Just felt like it was chasing mediocrity.

[torts]

Mark A. Good dude. Backed hard.

[markedman5]

1 hour ago, cragi said:

i dont think Brewers were "ecstatic" about the Suppan deal. In fact, I think I started tuning them out for awhile after that one. Just felt like it was chasing mediocrity.

I said 2 of the biggest stars in Brewers history……..I clearly wasn’t referring to Suppan.

Front offices and owners make mistakes in contracts……..it seems Mark learned from the Lohse and Suppan deals.

The Brewers made they thought was a responsible offer to Adames and when the market went higher they wished him well.

 

[RobertCrawley]

2 hours ago, markedman5 said:

This is the first time I’m hearing that he “ over ruled the front office “ on those contracts. I had heard about Kyle Lohse.

So just to be clear …….he’s so cheap that he over ruled the front office to sign 2 of the biggest stars in franchise history to long term big money extensions? 🤔

Listen…….you can say those contracts were in retrospect a mistake……..there is an argument to make on that……..but at the time they were signed Brewers fans were ecstatic…….we were able to keep 2 huge stars that wanted to stay..

Second guessing now is weak sauce.

Owners( other than Steve Cohen) operate within the revenues of their business……..Brewers are the smallest market and never have the smallest payroll……he is not cheap…….he is smart.

 

 

Most importantly he has been able to set up an organization that consistently wins in an en environment that doesn’t favor success for small market teams.

I'm unfortunately don't have the source for you, but I heard MA say something to the effect that he overruled the baseball people and signed Yelich to a long-term contract. It's not the worst decision in the world. Yelich has been good at times, and the reports are that he is a great in the clubhouse for team cohesion, morale, and even instruction. So he has much value as the captain and face of the team. Of course, he also sells a lot of tickets and jerseys. That must also have been a factor into the decision by the majority owner.

[TURBO]

22 minutes ago, markedman5 said:

The Brewers made they thought was a responsible offer to Adames and when the market went higher they wished him well.

 

Thank the Lord all mighty!

[hawing]

On 8/25/2026 at 11:33 AM, craigharmann said:

That's what I was going to say. I grew up during the 80's, 90's and early 2000's on Brewers baseball. While those teams built my love of baseball, they were moderately competitive. 

I want to reiterate my extreme respect for the fans whose formative years with the Brewers fell between the 1993 and let's say 2007 seasons.  At least I had 1982 to remind myself that success was possible.  (And I thought about it, at least momentarily, at every game I attended between 1993 and the last week of the 2008 regular season.  Also after 2008 but with not as much longing.) 

My nephews, both in their 20s, are Brewers fans, partly due to their auntie (☺️) but I think the team's relative success in their lifetimes has played a part too. 

Oh: Fun fact that will make us all feel old. Remember the magic of the 2008 season (well documented in our forums)?  Most of this year's college freshmen were born that year.  💀

[SeaBass]

I see people complaining about Yelich a lot these days, if the Brewers were loose with their spending habits and not the disciplined team they are you could probably expect 3 or 4 more guys similar to him on this roster taking up space with varying degrees of effectiveness.

It's why you probably don't notice me making a lot of posts in favor of signing guys like Contreras or Bauers (or Burnes and Peralta) to lucrative extensions just to keep them around. The club knows what it's doing and even then some shrewd signings don't quite work out long term as was originally hoped for. 

It's hard for me to criticize the Yelich deal because his injury happened afterwards and his health has been an issue for some time now. He's mostly been able to be a positive contributor. We're just stuck waiting out the next two seasons, complaining about it feels wrong to me. It is what it is and if the Brewers spent like a lot of us wish they could we'd be a lot more used to players in the twilight of their careers being on the roster for a couple seasons.

[cragi]

I also think as the minor league depth continues to beef up and with their new approach of controlling guys early during their prime years, these "splash" deals are going to be less appealing, unless the CBA changes the dynamic. In the past when they wanted to attract talent and prove they were serious, a few of those deals made more sense to convince players they could come here and play competitive baseball in a solid org. They dont need that as much, so its a new era of finding value and avoiding the big mistakes.

[tmwiese55]

In a weird way its funny we pine over our inability to keep and sign our good players.  But in a way its helped us in recent years, we'd have gotten boned with Woodruff even more than they have, assume Burnes injury that would be too, Adames, Williams. Think I might be forgetting one or two as well. The only one that would've been fine is Hader, but he was one of the safest FA bets there could be for a pitcher.   Then add in that the two big extensions they did give out in Braun/Yelich ultimately went poorly, not disaster level on either but generally not good.

Granted, in a better system there would be revenue sharing and other things so bad deals like that wouldn't be crippling the way they are now but the point still stands. 

[Playing Catch]

1 hour ago, SeaBass said:

I see people complaining about Yelich a lot these days, if the Brewers were loose with their spending habits and not the disciplined team they are you could probably expect 3 or 4 more guys similar to him on this roster taking up space with varying degrees of effectiveness.

It's why you probably don't notice me making a lot of posts in favor of signing guys like Contreras or Bauers (or Burnes and Peralta) to lucrative extensions just to keep them around. The club knows what it's doing and even then some shrewd signings don't quite work out long term as was originally hoped for. 

It's hard for me to criticize the Yelich deal because his injury happened afterwards and his health has been an issue for some time now. He's mostly been able to be a positive contributor. We're just stuck waiting out the next two seasons, complaining about it feels wrong to me. It is what it is and if the Brewers spent like a lot of us wish they could we'd be a lot more used to players in the twilight of their careers being on the roster for a couple seasons.

We all knew at the time of the deal that there was a high liklihood that the last couple of years of the deal could be "painful". I think it's important, as a marketable enterprise, to have strong brand recognition. Yelich has served in that role with distinction. He's humble, hard-working, and by all accounts a pretty good human being. Like so many of the contributors to this organization, I like to appreciate him for all of the things that he is and has been, rather than disappointed about all of the things he is not and may never be.

[CheezWizHed]

Boy I miss the Wendy Selig-Prieb days...