The one exception could be Ben Sheets, who might have made a mistake by turning down the Brewers' offer of arbitration, which would have guaranteed a salary of at least $12 million in 2009. There have been no reports of a team making the multi-year offer that Sheets figured he'd get on the market.
If the injury-prone right-hander comes back to the Brewers and proposes a reasonable deal to return, what would be their response?
"I don't know," said Melvin. "We'd have to look at that and see. It's a possibility (to work something out). He seems to be a real mystery on the market right now. You don't hear much about him."
Haudricourt also mentions that a Cameron for Swisher trade was possibly discussed.
About this Sheets thing, though-- do it, please.
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I don't know that an Alou brother has ever had to field a request like that tag before
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I typed "please" into the tag machine
and that popped up. I thought it was quite fitting.
Scored three times and detonated an indisputable in four visits to the batting box.
Its funny, I was thinking this exact same thing yesterday.
That Sheets would have been better off accepting arbitration, I mean.
Eric Gagne DL time: May 23-June 29 Brewers record in that span: 20-9
Tom H doesn't understand the rules of baseball
It’s quite unfortunate, actually. He thinks that you can only reduce a player’s salary by 20% in arbitration, but that only applies to controlled players, not free agents. I don’t even know how he came up with $12, that’s not 80% of what he made last year.
Scored three times and detonated an indisputable in four visits to the batting box.
The thing about Sheets
“I don’t know” and “We’d have to look at that and see” aren’t all that encouraging.
Since there is only one big name pitcher left and Boras is currently doing his PIA process, I like to hear him basically calling the bluff and not being used. If he’s going to sign one of the second tier guys, do it at a good price. But if he doesn’t, and the team needs 7 or 8 starters over the course of the year, after a DiFelice spot start, who goes?
And if they do sign a second tier guy, are they going to be competitive? Seems like the revenue difference of a winning team and a losing team or however you put that is more than the cost of signing a guy like Sheets.
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