Yankees non-tender Wang

No TWSS, please.

Aside from that, I'd be interested to see if he's a guy the Brewers look at. I think he could be a pleasant surprise.

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Killer sinkerballer with great stuff, a move to the the NL could be just the thing to cure his confidence issues. I think the odds are better for Wang having a comeback than Mulder. He might not come cheap however.

by balldeagle on Dec 12, 2009 7:50 PM CST reply actions

Coming off an injury, and I thought he didn’t want to be anywhere but NYC or LA, or he’ll head back overseas.

If he’d sign with the Crew it’d be fantastic, of course.

by warwick5s on Dec 12, 2009 8:23 PM CST reply actions

Show him the money!

by Donald Driver on Dec 12, 2009 8:25 PM CST reply actions

Really

its not going to happen. The payroll is at $80M-$82M as it stands right now, with arbitration raise estimates. I can’t see the Brewers signing anyone else, unless a trade goes down.

Aside from that, I think there have been grumblings that he may reunite with Joe Torre.

"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."

~Doug Melvin

by Charlie Marlow on Dec 12, 2009 8:35 PM CST reply actions

Good lord

I guess ‘aside from that’ is my phrase of the day.

"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."

~Doug Melvin

by Charlie Marlow on Dec 12, 2009 8:35 PM CST up reply actions

I've heard quite a bit of them trying to unload Suppan

If that can go down I’m sure that we’ll have saved enough for this year to sign Wang. And if not, who’s to say that Antanassio wouldn’t okay a payroll increase? If he wants to win now, he’s got to loosen those pursestrings. Anyways, I’d expect Ming-Wang won’t get more than an incentive-laden one year deal anyways.

by Donald Driver on Dec 12, 2009 8:49 PM CST up reply actions

Well said

by C* on Dec 13, 2009 1:35 AM CST up reply actions

I don't think unloading Suppan would save them much if any money.

They’ll either have to pay most of his salary to get a team to take him (like Bill Hall) or we’ll have to take someone else’s salary albatross in exchange.

What begins in fear usually ends in folly.

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Dec 13, 2009 7:58 AM CST up reply actions

Not to mention

Wang probably doesn’t want to play in Milwaukee for the same reason Yi Jianlian didn’t want to play in Milwaukee.

"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."

~Doug Melvin

by Charlie Marlow on Dec 13, 2009 8:35 AM CST up reply actions

Thank God we don't have Yi anymore

Maybe Wang should take a cue from Yi’s blunder and play for a team that can win.

by Donald Driver on Dec 13, 2009 3:50 PM CST up reply actions

Wang is in a different situation than Yi...

Yi is young and single, so having a significant Chinese community was important to him. In addition, Yi also doesn’t speak much English. On the other hand, Wang is married and has a kid, plus he can speak some English.

Granted, he still may not want to play in Milwaukee… plus he’s likely to get quite a bit of attention from other teams, which would probably price him out of the Brewers’ budget.

by sjlee on Dec 14, 2009 2:04 PM CST up reply actions

I just don't see it happening

particularly with payroll at what it is right now.

"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."

~Doug Melvin

by Charlie Marlow on Dec 14, 2009 2:12 PM CST up reply actions

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