I totally agree. Tampa Bay, a team with far less revenue than the Brewers, did essentially this several years ago with Carl Crawford and not only did they keep a premier player at a below market rate through most of his prime years, it also made him much more attractive as a trade target because more teams could afford to get in the bidding. Braun is no fluke. Talent like that doesn't come around that often. They also did it with Baldelli and that didn't work out as well... Neither did Blalock for the Rangers. I'm not against doing it at all but it most certainly is risky.