Comments on: Brewers “suspend” extension talks with Zack Greinke

By: stex52

stex52 — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:32:17 +0000

Sounds like the Brewers may have a case of the mid-market blues.

By: paperlions

paperlions — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:24:33 +0000

I would be shocked to see him end up in either one.

SD has ownership issues and won’t spend any money.

Seattle is already super pitching rich with 2 or 3 very high ceiling prospects expected to make the big leagues over the next couple of years. With that much cheap pitching on the way, and relatively little offense…if they are going to spend, they need to do it on a bat or two.

By: dan1111

dan1111 — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:40:37 +0000

More likely they just don’t agree on the price. By the way, here is the article the tweet was supposed to link to: http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/146902895.html

By: uyf1950

uyf1950 — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:06:55 +0000

The Red Sox Nation is probably drooling over the prospect Greinke hitting FA and the opportunity of going after him. They might want to tell Lucchino to loosen the purse strings a bit though. He’s probably going to cost more then the $5MM/1 year commitment the Sox seem willing to make for free agents.

By: Baseball Beer Burritos In That Order

Baseball Beer Burritos In That Order — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 05:21:27 +0000

Won’t be surprised to see him end up in San Diego or Seattle. Much less pressure than the big-market teams, two beautiful cities, and pitcher-friendly parks.

By: bigharold

bigharold — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:45:37 +0000

And the RS Nation begins to chant in unison to implore the RS FO to sign Greinke in three, .. two, .. one ….

By: xavier46

xavier46 — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:40:32 +0000

While conventional wisdom says that the Cubs and Dodgers are going to have open wallets this offseason, and BOS/NYY obviously wouldn’t be far behind – don’t forget about Greinke’s past psychological issues. I don’t mean that negatively toward him, but he has previously stated that he had no desire to pitch under the microscope in NY or Boston (this was during his time with KC). He almost quit baseball in 2006 and was eventually placed on 60 day DL for his psychological issues.

He will only have an interest in going to a major market if his issues are indeed behind him.

By: brewcrewfan54

brewcrewfan54 — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:20:27 +0000

Must be pretty far apart somewhere already. They’ll talk more and hopefully something will get done. Brewers have some pretty good pitching coming up through the minors so re-signing Greinke, while preffered, is not something they need to overpay for.

By: koreanfandeath

koreanfandeath — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:48:07 +0000

He’ll get paid by the Dodgers, Yankees or Boston if Milwaukee doesn’t pony up. He and Cole Hammels will be the two big free agent pitchers this off season.

By: randygnyc

randygnyc — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:40:22 +0000

Sounds like someone, probably the agent, said something that management viewed as terribly offensive. Bet he said Cain is double A compared to Greinke.