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  1. Point Beer Is Best
    In other words, he'd be interested in the role that Melvin will be moving to this offseason. Which basically rules him out as a Melvin replacement.
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    Suppan was wined & dined in LA by Attanasio at his home during his offseason as owner. That signing was meant to be a statement that Milwaukee could compete with the big boys in free agency, never mind the fact that most seemed to think it was a large overpay at the time. Not sure who to pin the Lohse signing on, but at least they learned their lesson from Suppan/Wolf that they shouldn't go 4 years in those types of deals. But signing a guy in the middle of spring training that causes you to forfeit your 1st round pick screams one of two things 1) meddling owner; or 2) GM didn't have a real plan going into that season. Of course it's possible that Lohse was holding out for a 4 year deal and finally caved after teams reported to spring training, and it really was all Melvin. I'd throw the multiple re-signings of K-Rod into the mix as well, since it was reported that Boras was dealing directly with Attanasio (not Melvin). I'm not sure what the difference between meddling and being "hands on" as an owner are. We shall soon find out during this offseason. Will the Brewers go with a youth movement (i.e. low payroll) to seperate the wheat from the chaff knowing they'll play themselves into a top-ten pick again (which ultimately helps the rebuild)? Or will they continue to shell out some coin to aging free agents and try to play to a mediocre level because they believe that's what will put butts in the seats?
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    That's my understanding. You basically have two types of waivers - Revocable, and Irrevocable with the former being the one we're familiar with during August. Teams basically place their whole teams on Revocable waivers and one of two things happen - a) player goes unclaimed, which means he can be traded just like he was before the non-waiver deadline and b) player is claimed by a team, at which point the teams discuss possible compensation and either pull the player back (and he can no longer be traded) or let the player go with some compensation coming back to the team. I don't recall a team ever just letting a player go for nothing in return, but I suppose it would be possible.
  4. Point Beer Is Best
    So the Brewers are sending $1mil for sure. And if the Cardinals buy his option out for $2 mil, the Brewers kick in that cash. But if the Cardinals exercise his option for 2016, they are on the hook for that. Am I understanding that correctly?
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    I'm not an expert on the MLB draft slotting system, but I understand it in general terms. What do you perceive me to not understand about it? Why do you think Haniger playing 10 years is a joke? Why is everyone so down on Haniger in this forum? And maybe more importantly why is everyone so high on Gerardo Parra? I don't think anybody has addressed this yet. What we're taking issue with was you had mentioned in your first post that the Brewers didn't sign Donny Everett for $2.5mil, so we should have offered him substantially more money to sign and that this would be a better use of assets than signing the Kyle Lohse's of the world. What you fail to understand is that teams are restricted to set dollar amount to sign their draft picks (about $7.744mil for MKE) selected in the first 10 rounds. After the first 10 rounds, there is up to a $100,000 signing bonus through round 40, with any excess counting against their draft pool allotment. Everett was a firm commit to go to college; the Brewers just drafted him late (29th round) and several other players (Hooper & Donovan) around phase of the draft just to be able to talk directly to them and maybe see if they could be swayed. If they had offered Everett $4mil and he accepted, then you're talking about spending well over half of your draft pool on a 29th rounder, and not having enough money to sign nearly anyone else you drafted. The draft cannot be viewed through the same lense as free agency.
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    Elaborate.
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    He's certainly not an untouchable asset at this point, but probably won't be moved until this winter or the next. Right now we would seem to have a surplus of OF talent (specifically the corners) yet we don't have a clear-cut plan for the corner IF positions. Braun may end up at 1B eventually, so if you could flip Davis for a similar (preferable LH hitting) 3B I think it would make sense.
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    For some reason, I pictured Melvin & Scott Boras lighting a paper bag full of dog excrement and leaving it on Alderson's (or Wilpons') doorstep. They ring the door bell and duck behind some bushes as they wait for them to open the door. Then, as the victims angrily stomp on the bag to put out the fire, Boras jumps up and yells, "Looks like YOUR hips check out medically." Boom. Roasted.
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    You still think he can play 3B? http://cdn.meme.li/images/4155603.jpg
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    Stealing this from another thread. This is probably what's going on in Melvin's office this afternoon. http://40.media.tumblr.com/96064fb9c0b3371eec2349149dc15f11/tumblr_ncwis7r8jF1t2ig4wo1_500.jpg
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    I don't know if it's a fair comparison or not, but looking at what the Tigers were able to get for 2-3 months of Price vs. what we got for Greinke, it feels like the Tigers did much better for a lesser player.
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    But the Indians are looking for help next year. I don't think they have any interest in Parra. If I were them I wouldn't value Parra at all.
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    The thought that crossed my mind was when the Mets got cold feet (or the Wilpons told Alderson to back out of it), is that when they couldn't find anything in the medical reports for Gomez, they resorted to Googling "Carlos Gomez Injury" and found the article where Gomez mentions he's been icing and wrapping his hip and thought "OOOHH, there's our out!" It's not even that far-fetched based on the craziness of the events over the past 18 hours.
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    Yeah, they wanted the Brewers to eat some of Gomez's contract and/or take Lagares back (who's owed some $$) instead of Flores. That's probably where the rumors of Melvin wanting one of the "Big Four" came from, I would guess. Melvin said the MRI the Mets looked at weren't even up of his hip. So ultimately they realized what their budget for OF was going to look like in '16 and pulled some crap about having a medical issue. Which is a crappy way to get out of an agreed-upon deal, but also it poisons the perceived value of Gomez.
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    Anybody know what the TV deal looks like for the Brewers? Sounds like the Cards deal is going to increase their annual TV revenue from $35 mil/year to $60 mil almost immediately, and then rocket north of $100 mil. Low end estimates are that the deal is worth $1 Bil over 15 years, other estimates said the "low end" was $1.5 Bil over 15 years with a chance to be worth much more. Hopefully one day all TV is carried over the internet, which I believe MLB ruled years ago would be subject to full revenue sharing.
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    That's possible. I just don't understand why they would go after Moss with that offer rather than Lind, unless Melvin wanted more. I can't take much more of this! http://blogs.hardingf.am/amanda/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ronburgundy.jpg
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    Maybe he was in play for Lind, but the Cards decided to take the lesser player (Moss) out of concern for having Kaminsky bite them in the butt down the road. However, if the Cards offerend Kaminsky for Lind and Melvin turned that down and that's why they shifted focus to Moss, I would have a problem with that. I'm still holding out hope that they see Moss as a Holliday replacement in the OF and still want Lind at 1B.
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    Aaaaannd I'm almost done with baseball.
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    Sounds like it's a torn quad for Holliday. If true, he might be done for the season.
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    Sounds like Matt Holliday was just injured, which will push Piscotty to LF and make their need to add a 1B even more pressing.
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    Papelbon would only waive his no-trade clause if he were going to be installed as the closer, and converted his $13 mil vesting option for next year to a guaranteed salary of $11 mil. Storen's comments after the trade show his frustration:
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    I'm not sure if I'm understanding correctly, but you're suggesting they pay him $15 mil for one year while his market value is half that? He would jump at the QO in that scenario and hit the market again next year. If he turned down the QO, nobody will be willing to sign him with draft pick compensation attached. I feel it's very unlikely they end up with draft pick compensation for him.
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    Wait. Are you suggesting the Brewers will extend a QO for over $15 mil to Gerrardo Parra?
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    He has some interesting contract clauses though based on Baseball Prospectus info... I've seen it referenced several times regarding the fact that Tulo now has a full no-trade clause (so he can't be flipped by TOR unless he agrees to it), but this is the only reference I've seen to any mention that he can void his contract if traded. Could he elect free agency at the end of the year?
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    That's not correct. When a player retires while still under contract, the team still retains his rights. That's why the Packers were able to trade him to the Jets in the first place. After he retired from the Jets, they still held his rights. They were prohibited from trading Favre back into the NFC North as a term of the trade with the Packers. Then they drafted Mark Sanchez and decided to release Favre from his contract (which was totally unnecessary if he was truly "retired"). That's what ultimately made him a free agent and eligible to sign with the Vikings. The Jets ended up giving the a Packers a draft pick a year or so later for nothing in return that everyone knew was a goodwill gesture for allowing to happen what the Packers did not want (Favre back in the division).
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