"Fielder wants to re-sign"

"I'm not sure. You never know. If they have this much to spend, you never know. I hope not," Fielder said. "I hope they have a little left for me, but this year, my contract's good for this year, I'm happy about it and ready to play baseball."

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Well, sure.

I have no doubt that if the Brewers matched or came real close to the highest bids he’d choose to stay in Milwaukee.

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by DEUCE SLUICE on Apr 23, 2011 11:59 AM CDT reply actions

Probably,

but if they’re going to be throwing around another $100 million contract I’d rather it go to Greinke

It is what it is.

by coolig on Apr 23, 2011 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions

"I hope they have a little left for me"

They did… it was 5 yrs/$100M and apparently it wasn’t “little” enough.

Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.

by sjlee on Apr 23, 2011 11:34 PM CDT reply actions

maybe

for some reason he thinks he can get more going year-to-year

prob is aiming for 25 next year and 30 year after;)

by PagsBrewCrew on Apr 24, 2011 10:16 AM CDT up reply actions

If they can lock up Greinke and Marcum for multi-year deals

I wouldn’t be completely against paying Fielder on a year-to-year basis, but I have a hard time believing that Boras would let him.

Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.

by sjlee on Apr 25, 2011 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions

why not?

more negotiated contracts probably means he gets a higher fee;)

by PagsBrewCrew on Apr 25, 2011 4:26 PM CDT up reply actions

I think Boras charges a flat percentage

so, he wouldn’t get any more money… just have to do more work.

Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.

by sjlee on Apr 26, 2011 10:13 AM CDT up reply actions

I know its a video game and has nothing to do with real life

but I actually did this with Prince in OOTP in 2012. Signed him to a 1 year 27 million dollar deal… The Brewers got to the NLCS that year fyi…

by Flanyboy on Apr 26, 2011 12:09 AM CDT up reply actions

WOW~!

Maybe that’s all the Brewers need to do to get the WS.

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by sjlee on Apr 26, 2011 10:14 AM CDT up reply actions

I said I know its a video game and has nothing to do with real life...

Was just a random comment…

by Flanyboy on Apr 26, 2011 11:47 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

That was my thought as well

Guess that wasn’t enough…

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by Michael M on Apr 25, 2011 12:10 AM CDT up reply actions

In fairness

that was a different 5year/$100M when it was first offered than it would be if it were offered now. The organization has made a very public change in attitude since then.

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by Tepo6688 on Apr 26, 2011 5:52 AM CDT up reply actions

Fairness to who?

When Fielder rejected their offer and let his agent float out the 8 yr/$200M number, the organization moved on.

I seriously doubt their original offer would still be available. Marcum and Greinke will be the next two that they’ll try to sign to multi-year deals.

Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.

by sjlee on Apr 26, 2011 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions

Can we do a frontloaded deal for Prince so just as Braun is getting expencive Prince is getting inexpencive?

by Flanyboy on Apr 26, 2011 12:07 AM CDT reply actions

braun's 2nd deal is frontloaded

but the current deal is backloaded

so, I guess midloaded?

by PagsBrewCrew on Apr 26, 2011 5:34 AM CDT up reply actions

No

Next year’s payroll already has over $56M in contracts across six players. After paying pre-arb and arb players as well as any FA pickups, there isn’t much left to front load any kind of deal.

Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.

by sjlee on Apr 26, 2011 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions

I've got us at about $73 Million, needing a 1B, SS, Bench, and a few bullpen guys

We could fill the bullpen for cheap from within, but we would have no money for a SS or any bench players. And knowing how Melvin loves to spend on the bullpen, I can’t see it happening.

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by tcyoung on Apr 26, 2011 12:00 PM CDT up reply actions

Unless we traded Wolf

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by tcyoung on Apr 26, 2011 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions

Trade wolf and slot in Estrada...

I know, I know sample size… still fun to speculate.

by Flanyboy on Apr 26, 2011 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions

If we're going off this season, I'll take Wolf's 2.64 ERA for $13.5 million or whatever.

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by SRB on Apr 27, 2011 1:31 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

I'll take Estrada's what 3 something ERA and Prince over just Wolf and his 2.64 ERA

Just because I am honestly a little worried what is going to happen to Braun’s production when he doesn’t have Prince protecting him in the lineup, Braun is obviously a great hitter but him being a phenomenal hitter and not just a very good hitter you could argue is due to him hitting in front of Prince.

by Flanyboy on Apr 27, 2011 4:15 AM CDT up reply actions

Protection in the lineup

Prince doesn’t seem to have that problem

Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.

by sjlee on Apr 27, 2011 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions

Yeah, that would be my estimate as well with guesstimates for arb and pre-arb players

I didn’t include any of them because I could see some of them (like Marcum) getting a multi-year deal.

Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.

by sjlee on Apr 26, 2011 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions

right, i figured as much. I just figured I'd expand on what the $56M meant, so nobody saw the figure and thought we had all sorts of money available.

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by tcyoung on Apr 26, 2011 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions

Actually, a 1-year deal makes a lot of sense

For both the Brewers and for Prince. He gets a good salary and gets to try free agency in a year when he isn’t competing with Albert Pujols, and the Brewers get one of the best offensive players in the game for one of his ‘prime’ years without committing to his post-‘prime’ future.

by nullacct on Apr 26, 2011 8:17 AM CDT reply actions

There'll be more than one team looking

for a first baseman who can afford to pay $25M+ per year on a multi-year contract.

Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.

by sjlee on Apr 26, 2011 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions

That's fine too

We have Mat Gamel.

by nullacct on Apr 26, 2011 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions

At least he doesn't want to resign

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by tcyoung on Apr 26, 2011 8:43 AM CDT reply actions

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