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Top Five Questions Facing The Brewers: Contract Extensions

Posted: 12th November 2009 by Andy Ring in MLB
Brewers GM Doug Melvin has already had a busy offseason, putting together a trade and contacting various agents throughout baseball. While time and energy will be given to improving the club for next year, decisions on two players currently on the team will make or break the Brewers for years to come. While baseball websites across the Internet are muddled with projections as to which pitcher the Brewers need to sign, the ...

Top Five Questions Facing The Brewers: The Youth Movement

Posted: 11th November 2009 by Andy Ring in MLB
With the conclusion of WednesdayÆs GM meetings in Chicago, The Brewers are ready to start getting serious about this years group of free agents. While no deal can be reached with any free agent from another teamájust yet, Brewers GM Doug Melvin has been talking to agents to get a feel for the market. As the Brewers move forward in what should be a busy offseason, let's take a look at ...

Decision Time: The Brewers 2009 Type B Free Agents

Posted: 9th November 2009 by Andy Ring in MLB
The Elias Sports Bureau released its 2009 free agent rankings Elias Rankings Rumors: MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com On this list is five players from the Brewers 2009 campaign. Mike Cameron, Braden Looper, David Weathers, Felipe Lopez, and Jason Kendall are all free agents this year. It appears that they will be cutting ties with all of them based either on financial, or production concerns. For losing a type "B" free agent the ...

Where Are the Milwaukee Brewers Going to Spend All This Cash?

Posted: 9th November 2009 by Andy Ring in MLB
I have seen a lot of talk around the "blogs" that the Brewers have freed up a lot of money with the recent trade of J.J. Hardy to the Twins. I saw numbers ranging from $13 million to $24 million. I thought how much money do we really have to spend on FA pitchers?áSo I did a little fact finding with some help fromáCotÆs. I will give you my best attempt at ...