The Brewers paid what the market dictated at the time for a pitcher who "ate alot of innings". Suppan never had a stellar win-loss record in the first place. The Brewers went in search of a starting picher who colud help out in case of the disaster that occured last year when Sheets and Ohka went down. The Brewers knew exactly what they were getting when they signed Suppan............a "workhorse" who most likely will finish somewhere in the area of a 14-12 W/L record.