Why would the Brewers offer him another contract at all? A small market team which aims to compete in their division year in and year out, necessarily means there will be a large amount of annual roster shuffling around a small core of players. A team can't emulate the Athletics and Rays then be reluctant to say good bye to good complementary players. Are you calling the guy who leads the Brewers in hits, homers, and rbis a complementary player?