They’ll save salary after next year and everyone can downplay it, but I wonder if there is something to the whole clubhouse thing. Tex seems like a monumental dork. He hasn’t got along with Alex R. in the past. Alex R. doesn’t mesh well with Jeter. I could see most of the team going their own way on the road although hopefully Cano and Melky will still party hardy.

My impression is that he would basically give us very similar offensive production to Cameron with a better OBP and the added benefit of being a switch hitter. I’m not sure of his defensive skills, but coming off a down offensive season definitely works in our favor in terms of maybe the Yankees picking up a little of his salary down the road or maybe an additional player coming back our way. I also tend to think he or Hart would be put on the trading block 1 or 2 years down the road when Cain is ready.

Yes, Swisher had a terrible year last year.

But if you look at the last three years, their power, average and K numbers are close. Swisher has a bigger potential upside with his power. The big difference is that Swisher walks about twice as much as Cameron.

The Brewers could really use someone who gets on base consistently. In an average year, Swisher gets on perhaps 70 more times than Cameron. Cameron is 36. He’s probably not getting any better and should be on the decline. Swisher is 28.

I don’t like what it does to the defense, but I sure would like to see Braun and Fielder have about 70 more baserunners on in front of them.