I only read the first 4 and the last pages on this thread, so I'll apologize if this is redundant. Assuming Linebrink walks at the end of the season, and he retains his type A status, and gets signed, the brewers pick up a late first or early second and sandwich round pick. OK, those guys we pick, if we trust our scouting dept., will probably end up being better than Inman and Garrison were. We just lose a couple years of development on them, and Thatcher, who is the type of guy that can always be found. That's not that big of a cost, if Linebrink makes a difference. I did like Garrison, though, he was getting better as the season went by.