I was surprised to wake up this morning, open up the paper, and find this trade on the front burner again. Some thoughts about the article in the JS this morning and some other things I heard. - I heard on the way in to work that R. Ibanez is about to agree on a contract with the Phillies for about $30 mil over 3 years. I know he does not play CF, but I would rather have Ibanez than Cameron. Based on this contract (if it's true), I don't think Cameron is a value and may even be overpriced. I'm sure others will disagree. - The article mentioned that the Brewers would turn around any savings from this trade to shore up starting pitching. They mentioned 4 possibilites - Moyer, Smoltz, Johnson, and Wolf. Of those 4, only Wolf is below the age of 40. Not really thrilled with any of those guys. - Melvin was quoted as saying: "We weren't going to go out and get A.J. Burnett or Derek Lowe because they didn't want to come here". This is the Catch 22 of being a small market team. Players don't want to come here because they don't believe the team can truly be competitive and the team can't attract the players it needs to prove it's competitive. I also think that no matter how competitive the Brewers become, there are some big name players who will never consider playing in a city like Milwaukee.