Saturday, April 23, 2011

some thoughts about Braun/Fielder

Ok, I haven't had time post anything about Ryan Braun's recent $105 million contract extention since it was announced.  I have absolutely no problem with this.   He had already signed a team-friendly deal for $45 million through 2015 (could this contract possibly look dumber??) which blew me away just knowing he'd be with the Brewers that long.  Knowing he'll likely be with the team his whole career sans a Brett Favre (!!) ending is unbelievable.  Yes that money is steep, I didn't thing I'd ever see the Brewers open the wallet for that kind of cash.  On the other hand is that really going to be that outrageous in 2018 & 19??  Don't know.  This blog is called Brewers in 11, whoever decides to start Brewers in '18 can deal with that, I'll be old by then.  (fine, older!!)

On the other hand....*deep breath*.... should they have given that extension for 2016-2020 Braun when he is already signed through 2015 and we don't know how 2011-2015 is going to play out??  It's a bit of the Pujols dilemma for the Cardinals, he wants $30 mil/year and he's earned it, will he be worth it at the end of the contract, no.  But do you overpay for the future like you underpaid for the past??  That is the $105 million question.  Baseball Reference links him to some pretty good players at the same age (I hear that Kiner fellow is in the hall of fame!!)

As a fan I like it, we know the core of this team minus Fielder (more on that in a minute) is together through 2012 and the majority of them beyond, so at least we see chance to be a winning team at least in the near future despite gutting the farm system this past off-season.

On to Prince.  HE'S SUPER EXCITED TO SEE BRAUN GET AN EXTENSION AND WANTS TO SIGN ONE HIMSELF!!!!!! whatever, he's leaving.  I have come to accept that since the Brewers didn't trade him before the deadline last season.  No way they come up with the money to keep him unless he has a religious epiphany and decides he'll play for whatever in Milwaukee.  The overwhelming rumor is that he'll be a Cub.  Ugh.  That will be about as easy to take as #4 in a Vikings jersey (!!)  Well at least the Cubs are already preparing for him to fail.  Never change Cub fan, you and Viking fan can share not winning forever.

Crap I wanted to work a Geoff Jenkins reference in somewhere, well he still sucks.

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