Tim

placeholder

placeholder

placeholder

placeholder

Not a bad idea. I may have to start doing that for people with 10,000 posts. Of course, with the game threads as they are, that could be next week. :D

Thanks again for coming Jim! And I second the opinion that anyone interested in reading up on the prospects here on NSBB should invest the money in a BA Prospect Handbook. There's no more definitive source of information out there.

I had the same initial impression. From a pure baseball perspective, it probably doesn't make sense. His contract will just be running out when Fielder, Weeks, Hardy, Parra, etc. will be getting good. He'll be a very bad bet to extend at that point, so from that perspective, it doesn't make any sense to keep him now when he could be traded for pieces that could be a part of that future. However, after thinking about it a little more, I came to a different conclusion. This contract won't prevent Jenkins from being moved, but gives the Brewers more time to work a deal with a team like the Cubs who will be in the market for a LF next year. Meanwhile, the Brewers get a PR bonus for keeping somebody on the payroll, which may be worth the price of his contract in itself. Plus, I'm sure the ultra-low payroll teams get pressure from the union to reinvest some of the revenue-sharing money at the major league level. Jenkins was as good a pick as anyone for those "free" dollars. Finally, with the team being up for sale, there has to be someone there for the team to have an identity to the buyers. Jenkins at least helps to prevent Milwaukee from slipping down to 2003 Detroit levels of mediocrity. All in all, I think the non-baseball reasons were the main drivers of the deal. I'm sure Geoff will take the money, regardless of why they spent it. Tim I just find it difficult to understand why sign a player 7 mil a year who cant stay healthy. If he is a target for next year, I rather take a chance on J.D. Drew if the Braves dont resign him perhaps for a cheaper price. He's certainly a gamble. If he stays healthy for 162 games, he's going to look like a great investment at $7M. If I were Milwaukee, I would have him fielding grounders at first base during spring training to see if he can handle the position.

I had the same initial impression. From a pure baseball perspective, it probably doesn't make sense. His contract will just be running out when Fielder, Weeks, Hardy, Parra, etc. will be getting good. He'll be a very bad bet to extend at that point, so from that perspective, it doesn't make any sense to keep him now when he could be traded for pieces that could be a part of that future. However, after thinking about it a little more, I came to a different conclusion. This contract won't prevent Jenkins from being moved, but gives the Brewers more time to work a deal with a team like the Cubs who will be in the market for a LF next year. Meanwhile, the Brewers get a PR bonus for keeping somebody on the payroll, which may be worth the price of his contract in itself. Plus, I'm sure the ultra-low payroll teams get pressure from the union to reinvest some of the revenue-sharing money at the major league level. Jenkins was as good a pick as anyone for those "free" dollars. Finally, with the team being up for sale, there has to be someone there for the team to have an identity to the buyers. Jenkins at least helps to prevent Milwaukee from slipping down to 2003 Detroit levels of mediocrity. All in all, I think the non-baseball reasons were the main drivers of the deal. I'm sure Geoff will take the money, regardless of why they spent it.