Well said splitter Plusses: This helps the team this year. This gives them room to move Peralta down to AAA and get him ready to take a spot if/when someone falters. It also gives them a little time to see if Rogers can find it. The contract isn't horrible. Let's do this comparison with Suppan...with Soup, Mark A was wining/dining him to get him over and had to throw in that 4th season to in a competitive bid. No one was biting on Lohse. Negatives: It's so hard to flip a switch and root for guys that I've hated...but he's a Brewer so I'll adjust. Hate the draft pick, hate the 3rd year. Still think he's a mirage, but that's my uneducated bias for ex-Cardinals. I'm sure they'll regret the contract at some point...hopefully they can get enough value early like with ARam where they still win overall on the deal even when he drops off. Overall I wouldn't have done it. Not a disaster and they have the payroll to do it. We lose the 17th pick, not a top 5. I still wouldn't have done it. I think it takes us from 79 wins to .500. I'd rather see what they have in the youngsters and adjust the plan in 2014. Maybe they felt with the TV money that would only get pricier next year.