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That contract is a killer for a good bur no longer elite player. And he's going to be 35.

Yep Santana was the best pitcher after everythinn was finished. The fact that Webb and Lidge show up at all is embarrassing.

The fact all those big athletes play football is what then?

Well yeah they charge you like $.95 more a month vs a normal box-Dish and DirecTV charge you an additional $10 a month on top of the receiver.

Yeah I mean t the 4:3 stuff. And since TW's TNT, TBS are non-digital I can't really tell if they do anything besides stretch it out (TW's nondigital channels are just sucky that any comparison really doesn't work well and DirceTV takes forever to change signals that back and forth comparison's really don't work either). But yeah an early 90s Seinfeld? So not HD.

The topic is pretty much the question. Disney, Viacom and Universal don't but Turner does (haven't really seen it on HBO so don't think its a WB thing). Anybody ever see a statement as to why?

He's unlikely to get a major league deal and it likely will be a minor league deal in the $500 K range. He can go most anywhere for the price but given he seems to really like Milwaukee he most likely will be back and rehabbing in Arizona

PMRs have been released for MIs for 2008: http://www.baseballmusings.com/archives/030078.php http://www.baseballmusings.com/archives/030070.php Besides showing that Vizquel should clearly be in someone's plans next year it has Hardy as the best everyday NL SS. It also shows that Aviles was very good in the AL. (Scutaro kind of gets screwed here because he's a full time player moving between 2B and SS). That said the difference between Hardy and the average SS is 3%. As for Weeks? He grades out at average while Durham is as bad as expected.

And if Tampa has $20 m to spend they are better off getting one of the premier sluggers available for $12m a year than trading away pitching to get Fielder. My guess is one of Dunn or Burrell is going to get a contract below his true value.

Cabrera is a major league player, Gwynn isn't. Even if you think Cabrera is more a back up type, he's the kind where him filling in for 20 games or so isn't the end of the world, Gwynn is the end of the world.

Blanco isn't even Cabrera and Johnson is a small if any improvement over Weeks while Escobar is about 4 wins worse than Hardy. Its bad deal for the Brewers.

It has nothing to do with Milwaukee spending less money than other teams and everything with Milwaukee fans acting like they need reinforcement by athletes. Its why every single former Brewer get booed when they return. Fielder will be in Milwaukee 6 year if he isn't traded. Thats a fairly long time. The fact that he might not want to spend his entire career in Milwaukee isn't a personal insult, though people tend to treat it as such. Fielder became persona non grata after the details of his turning down a contract came out.

Yep the goal each year should be to build a team to win 90 games. That will more than likely get you into the playoffs. You can't worry too much about what other teams do, the goal is always going to be 90 wins. Sometimes that's the Division and sometimes thats the Wild Card, so what?

You also have to include the mortal sin Prince made, he didn't decide to sign a below market deal to play for the Brewers. Again Milwaukee sports fans need their players not only to play well but to want to play in Milwaukee so much that they'll give up money to do so.

A few things make this whole thing questionable: 1) Its the NY Post. Second only to Boston papers in making up trade rumors. It doesn't mean its false, but it does mean that the source could easily be Art Vanderlay. 2) Cameron has some type of no trade protection. What it exactly is is uncertain, but it makes things more questionable. 3) The Yankees have refused to move pitching prospects before now. Given that Kennedy will be 24 and unlikely to be given a spot in the Yankee rotation, but it seems strange that Cameron on a one year contract will be the one that makes Cashman move one of his babies. That said if Kennedy(or Hughes) is being dangled it will be really hard to turn down. Now neither of them can be expected to outperform what Parra gave the team last year but the future is really where this would shine.

Cameron with runners in scoring position: .245/.346/.443. I guess is you parse "clutch" close enough he might look bad.

I think trading Fielder for young established pitching just isn't realistic so I agree with you there. Anybody trading for Fielder expects him to be gone in three years time so their horizon is short and during that same horizon then they'll need 6 quality pitchers. Given its much easier to find a cheap 1B than a cheap starter I just find it difficult to see a match most places. Now Fielder for a 3B could work, say to Boston for Lowell+ but given the glut of sluggers on the market I just think Fielder's trade value won't be that high. Which pitchers then would I try to go after? This is going to be based off of the Brewers being able to add one low 8 figures salary if they can't move Hall or Suppan. The first is Erik Bedard. Now the management change in Seattle might mean they no longer blame him for Jose Vidro not being able to hit but he's likely available. When he moves depends upon how much injury risk Seattle wants to take with waiting until the season to move him. Yes you really can't expect more than 150 innings form him, but they'll be very good innings and hell like come in at around $8 m in arby making him easily affordable. As to what it would take to get him? Maybe something like Cain, Nelson and Irribarren/Crabbe (the Mariners infielders could be traded but they stink anyway) Next Kevin Millwood. The Rangers still seem to like him but usually 5 ERA pitchers owed $11m and $12m can be had. Of course the reason to target Millwood is that his peripherals say that he is not a #5 starter, but a #2/#3 starter. His FIP that past two seasons have been 4.55 and 4.02. No reason to expect him to revert to his late 20s form so I doubt his career FIP of 3.82 is realisitic but around 4 wouldn't be a bad guess. He does have no trade clause, but that could be circumvented by moving up his deferred payments. Now what Texas would want is harder to fathom but I think Melvin can get something going there. After that there is the Pirate duo of Duke and Snell. Snell is more likely the more available since Pitt might be scared off by his 5 ERA and owing him $7.25m over the next two seasons given the {Pirates are always trying to cut salary. While Snell's ERA was 5.42 his FIP last year was 4.57. Unlike Bedard or Millwood, Snell is a back end guy but he would still be cheap for the next 3-4 years. Add int eh Pirates have loads of pitching coming up and this makes sense for them to move Snell. Something like the toolsy Brewer would seem to fit here. After those you end up with guys you'd take for the salary relief of the other team and to have a live arm. Vasquez is close here but a step above. You can put here Washburn for example.

Pena lost his control for some reason. Going from 2.70 BB/9 in AA to 8.57 in AAA is strange. He could easily get it back and find himself in Milwaukee by June or be out of affiliated baseball by September.

God thats a bad return on Fielder. Swisher likely isn't as bad as he was but he isn't Fielder offensively and right now he's dead weight. Buerhle isn't worth that contract.

How is a pitcher whose team thinks they can't even trade a good option? Even with a limited no trade clause you can easily get something for Penny at 1 year at $8.75m if he's healthy. The Dodger declining the options mean he's not healthy.

That would be a terrible trade for the Brewers and the Royals. The Brewers need to add talent to the major league team not lose it. And if the Royals can't compete with Greinke over the next two years they can't compete with Hardy either.

Where does Swisher play? And thats buying real high on Swisher after his terrible year.

Because unless the ball is hit right to him Durham won't get it

If Penny is a FA its because the Dodgers decline his option which has a marginal cost of $6m which means they thinks he's so injured that he won't even give average production next season.

Why is Fielder going to make $7.5 million in arby? What in the world is that based off of? Yes Howard got $10 m but he was ROY and MVP. And the idea that Fielder is going to get $7.5m in his first year but Hardy only $4m is humorous.