Purleeeease. Nobody is irreplaceable. I'm not saying they come around like buses every 5 minutes, but, c'mon, enough with the "sky is falling" hyperbole. And this is at least the 2nd post that "Derek Lowe's fantasy Brewers contract that doesn't actually exist yet" has been brought up. Calling Gagne a stiff because his $10m contract hasn't exactly panned out reminds me of a number of posts round about the first time Sheets went on the DL after signing his last big payday. The fact that he's (knock on wood) stayed healthy at the end of his contract is unfortunate, but that's baseball. I believe, that the only offer that would have made Benny NOT want to test the open market would have been one that would have been lambasted for being too much for a guy that's shown to be, shall we say, fragile at best. I love him to bits, and want more than anything for him to stay but can anyone honestly say they didn't see this coming? In ST we knew that a poor or injury-ridden season would have the Crew not offer a contract, while a great season would price us out of re-signing him. I don't see what's changed. All I know is that I'll be cheering as loudly as anyone the first time we play against him next year when they present his World Series ring at Miller Park! And, no, I'm not drunk!