It’s that time of the year again in Major League Baseball. The time for GM’s to decide if they’re all in for this season, or if it’s time to trade their best players for prospects (of course some will choose to stand pat, but there’s no fun in that!). And the Brewer’s Doug Melvin will be no different.
Most times when a team chooses to sell one of it’s top players, it’s because they have an expiring contract and the team feels that they won’t be able to resign them. So it’s better to try and trade them for something than let them walk away for nothing. The Brewers benefitted from such a situation a few years back when the Cleveland Indians decided to “sell” on C.C. Sabathia.
Now the tables have turned with our own Zach Grienke. His contract is up at the end of this season, and the Brewers need to decide if they are going to hang onto him and risk not being able to sign him, or if they will essentially give up on this season and try to trade him for some other teams prospects. And thus the debate begins.
Is the Brewer’s season over, and if so, do they give up on the current make up of the roster in an attempt to become competitive again some time in the future? For what it’s worth, I’m for standing pat. Use the money that wasn’t paid to Prince Fielder and get Grienke signed. It was the injuries that sank this season (along with a freakishly bad showing from Rickie Weeks), and with a solid offseason to get healthy and tweak the roster, the Brewers should be very competitive in the NL Central next year.
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