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Darvish would be # on almost every MLB team. Quintana on many. You need to look beyond Quintana's bad first half last year.

The only solution is Brewers fans buying more tickets and not selling their tickets. The Brewers gave WI fans first shot but apparently not enough took advantage of that.

The Cubs being in the Harper derby was always a fan fantasy not a reality. This contract just confirms that. they have good young players who can play OF. It is smarter to player them to balance of the big money contracts that they have. I think the Yankees will sign Machado for 3b and the Dodger will sign Harper for the OF. With Judge and Stanton in the corner OF, the Yankees have not room for Harper. None of the three is going to be a center fielder. If a team is going to sign a monster deal for a position player it should be because they have a weakness at that position. If you have a young player making near the MLB minimum you don't pay another guy $30 mil a year just to get a little better at an already good position.

I'm one of those Cubs fans who recently moved from Denver to Iola, WI. I'm certainly not one of those anti-Brewers fans. I want them to do well. My nephew is in medical school in Milwaukee and he's a big Brewers fans. I will definitely come for Cubs games, but I'll still make some trips to Miller Park when the Brewers face other teams. The Brewers have made some major player commitments and with all of the young guys coming along they should be very good this year. Clearly the Brewers and Cubs are a step above everyone else in the division right now. I did think some of the Cubs fan complaints about the pre-sale were lame. I did buy some for two of the games but I'm old and not very boisterous, so you won't even notice I'm there. I will enjoy a couple of brats though. As far as the social media is concerned, the Cubs tweeted... that their tickets are open for everyone... but they neglected to say that open sale starts almost a week later than the Brewers open sale does. The Rockies have all games available to open sale except...Opening Day (4/6), Chicago Cubs (4/20-22) and Summer Fireworks (7/3-4) will go on-sale the week of February 12. Only season ticket holders can buy now. It makes perfect sense for team to at least try to favor their own fans whose repeat business keeps them going. Now which pitcher are the Brewers going to sign? If the could get Cashner on a one year deal, that might be very good for them. In this free agent market it's perfect time to look for one year players that can fill weak spots with long term commitments.