Brewer Paradise Lost

Thought I’d post a little rumor that fell into my lap today. Don’t take this as truth obviously, but something to think about:

Inside source with significant previous hits (had the Wolf, Braun, and Gallardo contracts a few days before they were announced) says he has the Brewers offer to Fielder:

It is a 7 year deal w/ a club option for the 7th year, but that option vests if Fielder finishes in top 10 of MVP voting.

Total guaranteed is $109 mil

if they pick up 7th year or if it vests then the total guaranteed is $128 mil.

Has full no trade clause and a hotel suite on the road.

There are a bunch of incentive built in for all-star, gold glove, mvp, etc. which range from 50k to 150k

Now, who knows whether this is true or not, but if it is, I don’t see Prince accepting. A couple weeks ago he saw his player comp Ryan Howard snag $25 mil/year for an extended period of time… I don’t think he’d be OK with $19 mil/year, even if he was willing to accept a hometown discount.

Add that to all the times we’ve read Ryan Braun or Fielder himself say that he’s going to get paid a bunch of money someday, I suspect the Brewers might trade him this offseason for pitching + prospects and restock for 2012.

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