We're Back! Trevor too!

Hey Everybody!

After some time away from the game, we are back (and with a schnazy new name)!

First off, we are very excited and pleased to announce the resigning of Trevor Hoffman.
The contract is a one year, $7.5 million deal, with a mutual option for 2011 (which means that the Brewers will have the choice to pick up the deal or pay a buyout, but if the option is exercised the player can void it, but then would not receive the buyout). The buyout is for $500k, which can increase to $1m depending on games finished in 2010. The salary for 2011 also will increase depending on games finished, up to $8.5 million. There is $8m in guaranteed money, so some sources call this a "one year, eight million dollar deal with a mutual option." The maximum value of the deal is $16m.

Up next will be a list of Brewers free agents and arbitration eligible players, hopefully closely followed by a total salary update and likely contract outcomes. Then I hope to sift through the minors and assign some of my own awards to the guys working hard down on the farm.

That's it for now.
We had a couple weeks off, and now we're ready for the Brew-season! I mean off season!
(Or as I like to call it, the true season. Someone once told me, "The season itself isn't about winning, it's about collecting the awards you earned during the off season.) Brew up!