Contract Problems

The big news today out of Brewer camp in Arizona is that Prince Fielder is unhappy with his contract renewal for 2008. As a player with less than 3 years of ML experience, he is at the mercy of the team in terms of salary, and the Brewers deemed Fielder worth just under 700k. I know he is worth more than that, but what are the Brewer's supposed to do, break the bank for a guy who next winter will easily get $10mill or more through arbitration? I am sure Doug Melvin offered some sort of contract to Fielder ala the Rockies locking in Troy Tulowitzki, but SUPER ASSHOLE Scott Boras probably turned it down because he knows the worst thing to do is lock Prince down early.

In GOOD Brewer news, Sheet's looked sharp in his start yesterday. Two innings, 15 pitches, 6 up, 6 down. Sadly, my favorite player will probably walk after this season unless he has a shitty year and no one is interested in signing him. Say what you will about his injuries, but when he pitches, he is BY FAR the best pitcher on our staff.