Re: Brewers Management Disgust Me...
I know the Brewers are a small market team, and I know they can't spend money the way that the Yankees or Dodgers or BoSox do, but their payroll wasn't $70 million. It was only $40...among the lowest in the league to start with. And now they're cutting it even farther down. If they wanna make money, they have to put a decent team on the field. Most people don't wanna go see a 100 loss team.
And TexasJedi mentioned we have to rely on homegrown players...that won't even help. It's likely the Jenkins will be traded by the All-Star Break, $8+ million a year on a $30 million budget doesn't work, plus this upcoming season is the last year of his contract. And I think Sheets is elligible for arbitration, so his contract will go up too. Only a matter of time before we deal him too.
They keep telling us how great the team will be once we start calling up our prospects, like Hardy, Weeks, Fielder...but chances are after a couple years, they'll be dealt too because the Seligs refuse to stay on the same payroll as even most small market teams.
I'm looking at ESPN right now at the payrolls...here's some "small market teams"
Twins: $67 million
Marlins: $52 million
A's: $49 million
Tigers: $46 million
Expos: $45 million
Royals: $43 million
I don't know how accurate those really are, but even the Expos have a bigger payroll than the Brewers! And what did they average last year? 8000 fans a game? Plus they're owned by MLB!
Just makes no sense to me, with a new stadium(that the taxpayers of WI paid for) and revenue sharing, I'd think we'd at least be able to have a payroll around $45 million.
I know the Brewers are a small market team, and I know they can't spend money the way that the Yankees or Dodgers or BoSox do, but their payroll wasn't $70 million. It was only $40...among the lowest in the league to start with. And now they're cutting it even farther down. If they wanna make money, they have to put a decent team on the field. Most people don't wanna go see a 100 loss team.
And TexasJedi mentioned we have to rely on homegrown players...that won't even help. It's likely the Jenkins will be traded by the All-Star Break, $8+ million a year on a $30 million budget doesn't work, plus this upcoming season is the last year of his contract. And I think Sheets is elligible for arbitration, so his contract will go up too. Only a matter of time before we deal him too.
They keep telling us how great the team will be once we start calling up our prospects, like Hardy, Weeks, Fielder...but chances are after a couple years, they'll be dealt too because the Seligs refuse to stay on the same payroll as even most small market teams.
I'm looking at ESPN right now at the payrolls...here's some "small market teams"
Twins: $67 million
Marlins: $52 million
A's: $49 million
Tigers: $46 million
Expos: $45 million
Royals: $43 million
I don't know how accurate those really are, but even the Expos have a bigger payroll than the Brewers! And what did they average last year? 8000 fans a game? Plus they're owned by MLB!
Just makes no sense to me, with a new stadium(that the taxpayers of WI paid for) and revenue sharing, I'd think we'd at least be able to have a payroll around $45 million.
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