Comments on: What is Greinke Going to Cost the Brewers? http://reviewingthebrew.com/2012/01/24/what-is-greinke-going-to-cost-the-brewers/ A Milwaukee Brewers Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: beeker http://reviewingthebrew.com/2012/01/24/what-is-greinke-going-to-cost-the-brewers/comment-page-1/#comment-199558 beeker Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:41:55 +0000 http://reviewingthebrew.com/?p=4390#comment-199558 For fans of small market teams, watching their team engage in the endless balancing act of nurturing their life-blood of young prospects and keeping the skilled free agents that fans love -- all within the constraints of a payroll budget -- is frustrating and fascinating. Our hope swells as young talent blooms, only to have it dashed when he signs a big contract with someone on the same, tired list of big market teams. It is surprising that Greinke does not have an agent. For your sake I hope he goes to anyone but Boras. But I have to agree with you that losing him would leave a bigger hole to fill than losing Prince. For fans of small market teams, watching their team engage in the endless balancing act of nurturing their life-blood of young prospects and keeping the skilled free agents that fans love — all within the constraints of a payroll budget — is frustrating and fascinating. Our hope swells as young talent blooms, only to have it dashed when he signs a big contract with someone on the same, tired list of big market teams.

It is surprising that Greinke does not have an agent. For your sake I hope he goes to anyone but Boras. But I have to agree with you that losing him would leave a bigger hole to fill than losing Prince.

]]> By: beeker http://reviewingthebrew.com/2012/01/24/what-is-greinke-going-to-cost-the-brewers/comment-page-1/#comment-158490 beeker Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:41:55 +0000 http://reviewingthebrew.com/?p=4390#comment-158490 For fans of small market teams, watching their team engage in the endless balancing act of nurturing their life-blood of young prospects and keeping the skilled free agents that fans love -- all within the constraints of a payroll budget -- is frustrating and fascinating. Our hope swells as young talent blooms, only to have it dashed when he signs a big contract with someone on the same, tired list of big market teams. It is surprising that Greinke does not have an agent. For your sake I hope he goes to anyone but Boras. But I have to agree with you that losing him would leave a bigger hole to fill than losing Prince. For fans of small market teams, watching their team engage in the endless balancing act of nurturing their life-blood of young prospects and keeping the skilled free agents that fans love — all within the constraints of a payroll budget — is frustrating and fascinating. Our hope swells as young talent blooms, only to have it dashed when he signs a big contract with someone on the same, tired list of big market teams.

It is surprising that Greinke does not have an agent. For your sake I hope he goes to anyone but Boras. But I have to agree with you that losing him would leave a bigger hole to fill than losing Prince.

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