Shaun Marcum asks for $8.7 million via arbitration, Brewers offer $6.75

MLB Trade Rumors predicted he'd get $6.8 million, so these numbers are pretty high.

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still trying to forgive Marcum for the 2011 postseason!

I am too drunk to taste this chicken.

by ThroughBeingCool on Jan 17, 2012 5:16 PM CST reply actions

Much Like I will never be over Macho Grande

I will never forgive Marcum for his part in the 2011 postseason

"It's a joke. It's all a joke.

by WSB Chris on Jan 17, 2012 6:08 PM CST up reply actions

How he survived, I'll never know...

Howie survived?

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by Yar Nivek on Jan 17, 2012 7:12 PM CST up reply actions

MY Man :)

"It's a joke. It's all a joke.

by WSB Chris on Jan 18, 2012 8:05 AM CST up reply actions

Wasn't his fault they kept trotting him out there when it was clear he was burnt out

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by mnbrewer on Jan 17, 2012 6:47 PM CST up reply actions

Absolutely

the blame for that, as well as Mark Kotsay starting in CF is the manager’s.

"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

"Something always good seems to happen when he's in there. Numbers matched up good."

~RRR

by Charlie Marlow on Jan 17, 2012 6:52 PM CST up reply actions

Ugh

I had forgotten about Kotsay in CF. Oy. I didn’t need to remember that.

My goodness.

by BrewHaHeather on Jan 17, 2012 6:59 PM CST up reply actions

Sorry :/

"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

"Something always good seems to happen when he's in there. Numbers matched up good."

~RRR

by Charlie Marlow on Jan 17, 2012 7:05 PM CST up reply actions

"Numbers matched up good."

"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

"Something always good seems to happen when he's in there. Numbers matched up good."

~RRR

by Charlie Marlow on Jan 17, 2012 7:27 PM CST up reply actions

Having fun today, Kyle?

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by -JP- on Jan 17, 2012 5:21 PM CST reply actions

This has been a fun day.

But with all the questions being answered today, I don’t know what we’re going to talk about for most of the next month.

Now that's great tasting chicken!

by Kyle Lobner on Jan 17, 2012 6:53 PM CST up reply actions

Pirates/Ninjas?

"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

"Something always good seems to happen when he's in there. Numbers matched up good."

~RRR

by Charlie Marlow on Jan 17, 2012 6:55 PM CST up reply actions

My guess is that there will be some talk about Pirates in the next month.

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by -JP- on Jan 17, 2012 7:03 PM CST up reply actions

Hm

"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

"Something always good seems to happen when he's in there. Numbers matched up good."

~RRR

by Charlie Marlow on Jan 17, 2012 8:34 PM CST up reply actions

Even they know they aren't as good as ninjas.

2011: A wasted year

by Tepo6688 on Jan 17, 2012 8:39 PM CST up reply actions

Still have the prince saga

by Rabbit915 on Jan 17, 2012 7:11 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

Marcum's going to lose

That formula MLBTR uses seems pretty accurate based on stats, and given his postseason meltdown he doesn’t exactly have any intangible reason to get more.

Glad he’s back either way though!

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by SRB on Jan 17, 2012 5:21 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

I estimated $6M, so I was pretty low on it.

I’ve updated the sheet and the post.

I added in Norichika Aoki as the final OF spot, and with just one bench IF spot available, payroll stands at $95.6275M (sheet and post say $94.8775, but it will be at least $750k higher with Marcum’s minimum being $6.75, but I will change it when the final number is in). Marcum will likely fall somewhere just north of the midpoint, so possibly around $7.4M, and I’d guess Aoki will get around $1M with incentives. Adding those to the payroll, we get to about $97.2775 (my original estimate was $97.19).

"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

"Something always good seems to happen when he's in there. Numbers matched up good."

~RRR

by Charlie Marlow on Jan 17, 2012 6:37 PM CST reply actions

Shoot

subtract $300k from those numbers, I forgot to change Parra’s salary. All fixed 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

"Something always good seems to happen when he's in there. Numbers matched up good."

~RRR

by Charlie Marlow on Jan 17, 2012 6:39 PM CST up reply actions

I bumped that back up to the top of the FanPosts, btw.

Now that's great tasting chicken!

by Kyle Lobner on Jan 17, 2012 6:51 PM CST up reply actions

Cool thanks for that

"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

"Something always good seems to happen when he's in there. Numbers matched up good."

~RRR

by Charlie Marlow on Jan 17, 2012 6:54 PM CST up reply actions

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