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I would have paid Morse 2 years for $12 million, he would have done well at MP.

Turbo I. Interested, I would have to get a look at the money cards though. Thanks, Mike

Thank goodness. Thornburg for Ike Davis would have been depressing. I know teams can ask for whatever they want but is the GM for the Mets completely insane, Ike is GARBAGE. Comical at best.

Gomez could have tested FA but re-signed. Instead of trading away our best players hoping we"ll get better maybe someone should talk to Seid about his drafting, it's suspect at best.

You act like just go out and trade for prospects and we"ll get better. This isn't fantasy baseball my friend. Gomez has a team friendly deal, great defender, ascending hitter and he loves Milwaukee. A number of the closet GM's on this board are pretty amusing (in a bad way). There's plenty of prospects who don't pan out, we have people on here who want to give 1b to Gamel for god sakes.

What about a vesting option based on games played this year, if he wrecks a knee again I would say it would be time to cut bait.

He didn't because he wasn't offered one because he couldn't be offered one because he was traded mid-season. Even if he had been offered the Brewers #1 pick is protected is it not?

Honestly, this is the DM secret move that I have been anticipating for this offseason. I could see him offering Garza a 5 year $75 million deal and slotting him in at #3 in the rotation behind Gallardo and Lohse. Can we afford a deal like that? I was thinking like 4 for 48?

What About signing Garza?

IMO Braun used these drugs to recover from an injury, not hit the ball better. The guy has all intentions to stay in Milwaukee long term, the one thing I would say is Braun has a long term deal with us and he has to produce like pre-PED or this contract will absolutely cripple the franchise. I'm over the disgust, lets start playing again!!!!

Hard to believe anyone is even putting Taylor Green into a discussion around possibly starting, what is the guy going to blossom after sitting out a year? He"ll be lucky to make the team IMO.

Utah is our big competition, Houston is apparently interested in Ersan

I asked for the last 2 years, you went back 4. All I'm saying is this is a bad signing for the Dodgers based on the recent numbers.

Take 2010 and 2011 out, stats are great aren't they -- 2012 4.33 2013 4.67 No thank you.

What would the Brewers have to give to get Mitch Moreland, Texas is open to trading him apparently.

Why? From July to October, over his last 15 starts of the season, Haren had the following line: 87 IP 8-8 W-L 3.29 ERA 1.04 WHIP Pretty darn good numbers for a #4 or #5 pitcher. That's a great stat, what was he from Apr to July and the year before. I would take Lohse, give up the draft pick every day of the week over this guy. He won't help the Dodgers IMO.

Why would the Dodgers sign this guy, his numbers were well below average last year, didnt he pitch in what is considered a pitchers park?

If we can't sign Hart this makes some sense, lefty with some pop, his numbers would go up at Miller Park.

To give a guy $50 million after just serving 50 games for PED use is disgusting. Very simple solution, if a player gets caught cheating he plays the next season for no more than $1 million dollars, players are open to a change in the system.

Brewer killer gone, per Rotoworld others maybe involved, stay tuned. Cards want to move Carpenter to 3rd and give 2nd to Wong apparently. EDIT: http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/11/cardinals-acquire-peter-bourjos.html David Freese & Fernando Salas to LAA Peter Bourjos & Randal Grichuk ('09 #24 overall pick) to STL

NBA got it right maxing contracts at 5 years for the owning team and 4 for FA teams. Saves the teams from themselves.

Braun is going to bat 3rd, if Ramirez is in the lineup.

Fielder's numbers will go up significantly in Texas, Detroit's stadium is like Death Valley in right field.

Attanasio would be a hero (if he isn't already) in this town, if he could bring back Fielder. Detroit would probably have to eat $60-70 million to make it even work. It would be cool to see Prince back. If he has no trade language I wonder if the Brewers would be on his list.

And that's the point of this. The Yankees extended 3 offers last season Gained 2 picks. Extended 3 offers this season. Richest team in baseball gaining draft picks as players THEY DONT WANT!!! leave to another team via FA. The idea of compensation is because a team loses a player via FA because they couldn't come to terms with an extension. The compensation is to help the small market teams when they lose players they cannot afford to sign and keep. NY,Boston they can afford to sign and keep these guys but chose not to. They will gain draft picks. Let's see how would Tampa the king of the FA Comps prior to this. Guess what? They are trading away any player that they'd extend a QO to because moneywise they cannot afford that contract and make money. Shields gone. Price will be gone. Now sure, the players they recieve in these trades will likely be better than the draft comp, but they have to forego a post-season looking team with Price headlining it on their staff to moving forward with 1 less ace and whom they get in return in trade. Meanwhile, the team that acquires Price will A, be a big market club and extend him before FA. Or B, extend that QO getting his final year before FA and then receiving that draft pick comp lessening the blow of losing that prospect they had to give up for him. Let's picture 2years from now. Options all picked up. Would the Brewers extend an offer to Gallardo,Lohse,ARam, or Weeks? Based on the rise of contracts my guess is that is 4 players 1yr deals of 15.4mil or 61.6mil on team payroll. They more than likely couldn't extend those QOs to that many FAs to be. NY? Bos? LA? Chc? Won't be a problem. And there in lies the problem. The Rays got Myers ROY for Shields. Brewers have offered QO to whoever they wanted??? If Braun, Segura and Gomez were Free agents the Brewers would tender all of them. The reason why teams trade guys before FA is because they can get a boatload for those players. The new QO system isn't hurting teams, what is hurting them is the willingness of big market teams to escalate salaries, my god, $35 million for 2 more years of Lincecum is just an awful deal for SF.