Well, Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Hope everyone has a good weekend of Turkey and football and is super excited for the deadline for teams to offer arbitration on Tuesday.
Here is a rumor that came up and was (somewhat) shotdown today. The Brewers are enquiring about Kevin Millwood from the Texas Rangers. This is not the first time that the Crew has taken a look at Millwood who looks to be the veteran leader atop a young and talented rotation. The depth the Rangers have could be the reasoning for the Brewers inquiry. However, what went along with this was the note that the Rangers are not particulily looking to deal Millwood. Also, the note comes in the Rangers GM Jon Daniels has said he hasn't spoken to Brewers GM Doug Melvin for several weeks, so even though this rumor may be true, it's old.
Milllwood is a big 35 year old right hander who has been with Texas for 4 of his 13 big league seasons. He owns a career line of 155-121 with a 4.02 ERA. His '09 season was his best in a while, and after back to back years of around 170 innings and ERAs over 5 he turned in a 198ip year with a 3.67 ERA. However, that being said, walks were up and strikeouts were down. His best season was way back in '99, going 18-7 with a 2.68 for the Atlanta Braves. Kevin is set to make $12 million in 2010, the last year of a five year contract.
So I'm not sure for the price if he is worth it, and I'm rather sure he is not what Brewers fans want. At least he can still strike people out, but beyond that he is far too Suppan-esque.
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