The Brewers acquired Claudio Vargas from the Dodgers at the trade deadline.

My favorite part of February and March is watching the Triple-A vets and near-retirees find minor league contracts.But not every minor league contract is created equal...the Brewers have brought...

I wonder if, at any point other than the time that Kevin Mench came to Milwaukee in the Carlos Lee deal, he actually had trade value.  Sure, he was always in trade rumors, for years before he came...

I liked Scott Podsednik for a while, but no amount of nostalgia can cover up for his degree of inability.  He's not good enough to cover center field in the majors anymore, he never had any power,...

He's a National, anyway.If you wondered just how far Johnny's stock has fallen, he's now Paul LoDuca insurance in Washington for a grand total of $1.25 million.I suppose that Estrada hunted for the...

Yeah, so this is what passes for news these days.Abraham Nunez was invited to camp.  He's on a minor league deal, so there's no reason to complain about picking up such a weakling; he's great...

If you had told me in October that Mike Cameron could be had for a $5MM, one-year deal, I would've been spared an awful lot of thinking.  Given the free-agent/trade options, this is the best...

Here's the link.  It's a reclamation project, but it's a heck of a lot smarter (assuming the money is reasonable) than some of the reliever projects that the Cardinals took on last offseason....

Jinxie  is finalizing a two-year deal with the Phillies.It's $13MM for two years, with an option for 2010 that kicks in at a certain number of plate appearances.  This is a decent deal for all...

The Mets signed Matt Wise to a one-year deal.Let's review the transactions here: Brewers traded Johnny Estrada to the Mets instead of non-tendering him. Brewers acquire Guillermo Mota in the deal,...