Randy Wolf talks about signing with Milwaukee

I think he should send me a case of Sprecher root beer.

I would like that.

“He’s one of those guys who can help a team” sounds like faint praise. At least he said something nicer after that.

But maybe some Rehorst, Lake Front Brewery, New Glarus along with the Sprecher…

is the title of this post. Why is he talking about the Gomez trade?

that Tommy reports on his THblog that Doug Melvin had this to say:

Indianapolis – Brewers general manager Doug Melvin said this morning that he planned to meet in January with left-hander Mark Mulder about launching a comeback attempt in Milwaukee.

Mulder has barely pitched since 2006 because of ongoing arm problems and surgeries but worked in his rehab program this year with new Brewers pitching coach Rick Peterson. The Brewers think Mulder is worth taking a chance on as a low-risk acquisition. They’d offer him a minor-league deal with incentives to pitch in the majors and see what he has left.

This isn’t the “second starter” the Brewers are seeking before spring training. It’s merely an opportunity to maybe catch lightning in a bottle if Mulder gets back to form. Melvin met with his agent, Greg Clifton, here at the winter meetings to discuss Mulder, who would like to stay with Peterson.

Melvin said he and Peterson would probably visit Mulder in Arizona in January. In the meantime, the Brewers are examining Mulder’s medical records. Melvin said if he is satisfield with the medicals, he won’t ask Mulder to throw for the Brewers before signing him.

As for the possibility of adding another starter, Melvin said, "If we can, we’d like to. We might not be able to. We’re always looking to improve the club.
“We’re trying to keep flexibility to do things we can do. The worst thing you can do is lose flexibility.”

Granted, the starting rotation got significantly better (in my opinion) with the signing of Randy Wolf. But…isn’t this sort of Dougie’s logic from last year? Banking on the rotation being league average and the offense carrying the team?

Perhaps over-spending in the bullpen will (again) prevent salary dollars being allocated to the starting rotation?

But I saw something that said Wolf would have accepted a two year, $14-16M contract to stay with the dodgers or something like that.

would have preferred to pitch for their old teams.

Sweet.