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Bud Selig to Be Honored With Statue at Miller Park

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By Tom Fornelli 2/08/2010 12:56 PM ET

The Milwaukee Brewers announced on Monday that they will be honoring the team's former owner and present Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig with a statue that will be displayed at Miller Park's Home Plate Plaza. The Selig statue will join current statues of Milwaukee greats Robin Yount and Hank Aaron, both of whom have been there since Miller Park opened in 2001.

"We are proud to honor dommissioner Selig for all of his efforts on behalf of the Milwaukee Brewers and Major League Baseball," said Brewers Owner Mark Attanasio in a statement. "The Brewers and Miller Park are in this city because of the dommissioner's vision and dedicated efforts. Just as importantly, he has remained a prominent and highly philanthropic member of our community while effectively leading Major League Baseball during his tenure as baseball's top executive."

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By Matt Snyder 1/31/2010 5:05 PM ET

Prince Fielder won't be a free agent until after the 2011 season, but that doesn't mean the subject of his contract is of little importance. The stout slugger could command a gargantuan deal on the open market that the Milwaukee Brewers could never hope to match.

Consider several factors:

• Fielder is only 25, so he'll be 27 if/when he hits free agency.

• He's one of the premier power hitters in baseball, having hit more than 45 home runs twice in the past three years. Fielder finished in the top five in the league in home runs, RBI, slugging percentage, OPS and MVP voting in both 2007 and 2009.

• His patience at the plate is making him one of the more well-rounded hitters in baseball. Fielder walked 110 times in 2009 en route to a very impressive .412 OBP.

• Despite constant concerns about Fielder's weight, he's as durable a player as they come. He's played in at least 157 games for his four full seasons in the bigs and played all 162 last year.

• Fielder's agent is Scott Boras.

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By Pat Lackey 1/28/2010 6:48 PM ET

Less than two weeks ago, Jim Edmonds was lobbying his old employers in St. Louis to help him return to baseball in 2010. He signed a deal to do just that with a National League Central team, just not the team everyone expected, on Thursday. Edmonds signed a minor-league deal with the Brewers that gets him an invite to spring training and would pay him between $850,000 and about $3 million in 2010, should he make the team.

Edmonds didn't play at all in 2009 though he played fairly well for the Cubs in 2008, hitting 19 homers with a .937 OPS in 85 games with the Cubs after a terrible start to the season with the Padres. Even though he'll turn 40 in June, nabbing him on a minor-league deal seems like a good low-risk move for a Milwaukee team that could use some left-handed pop.

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By Matt Snyder 1/20/2010 5:10 PM ET

The Milwaukee Brewers have added another 30-something, left-handed starting pitcher, according to a tweet from Adam McCalvy of MLB.com.

Earlier this offseason they brought in Randy Wolf and now they will welcome Doug Davis. The terms of the deal are reportedly for one year and $4.25 million with a mutual option for 2011. Also, there are some incentives available, but the specifics of those are unclear at this time.

Davis, 34, is an innings eater.

The only time since 2004 that he wasn't in the ballpark of 200 innings pitched was in 2008, when he battled thyroid cancer and still found a way to hurl 146 innings in 26 starts. Last season, Davis went 9-14 with a 4.12 ERA and 1.51 WHIP. He led the NL in walks with 103 free passes in 203 1/3 innings and has a history of allowing too many baserunners. Davis was previously with the Brewers from the middle of 2003 until he was traded to the Diamondbacks after the 2006 season.

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By John Hickey 1/18/2010 4:45 PM ET

All that you read about Jarrod Washburn turning down the Minnesota Twins' contract offer last week didn't quite tell the whole story.

Washburn told FanHouse Monday that he continues to weigh his options. And the 35-year-old left-handed starter said that an ESPN report that he was close to rejoining the Seattle Mariners caught him off guard.

"I don't know where that came from,'' Washburn said from his home in northern Wisconsin where the temperature reached a balmy 34 degrees Monday. "There's nothing close as far as I know.''

Washburn, who is represented by Scott Boras, reportedly turned down the Twins' offer of a one-year, $5 million contract. But it's Washburn's view that while he didn't say yes, he didn't say no, either.

"We haven't made a decision,'' he said. "Hopefully we'll get to a point where we can make one."

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By Pat Lackey 1/13/2010 3:43 PM ET

With the Brewers on a never-ending quest to find enough pitching to support their offense, new pitching coach Rick Peterson is looking to point them in a direction from his own past. He told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Wednesday that Mark Mulder, his former charge in Oakland, is completely healthy after two shoulder surgeries have limited him to just over 100 innings total since the beginning of the 2006 season and only six mound appearances since 2007.

The last time Mulder was on anyone's radar was July 2008, when he tried to come back from his shoulder problems, but simply couldn't get his arm back to slot he was used to throwing from. When it was all said and done in 2008, he sounded frustrated and while he was reportedly willing to try anything to help rehab his shoulder, no one's really heard from him since the Cardinals released him after that season.

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By Matt Snyder 12/10/2009 1:30 PM ET

INDIANAPOLIS - Of all the names involved with the NL Central, two in particular stuck out during the Winter Meetings. The path the Cubs and Cardinals will lead this offseason will be forged based upon what happens with Milton Bradley and Matt Holliday, respectively. Some expected concrete things to happen at the meetings, but nothing of the sort emerged. The Cubs still desperately need to trade Bradley and the Cardinals are still holding out hope they can retain Holliday.

Meanwhile, there were a handful of other moves in the division. The Cardinals signed Brad Penny, seemingly to take Joel Pineiro's spot in the rotation. The Pirates signed what's left of Bobby Crosby. The Astros lost LaTroy Hawkins and possibly Jose Valverde, but added Matt Lindstrom, Brandon Lyon and Gary Majewski. They also signed Pedro Feliz at the last minute to fill a need at third base.

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By Pat Lackey 12/09/2009 3:47 PM ET

A year after losing CC Sabathia and Ben Sheets in free agency, the Brewers are finally upgrading their pitching staff. Today, multiple reports out of the winter meetings in Indianapolis confirm that Milwaukee has signed both starter Randy Wolf and set-up man LaTroy Hawkins to multi-year contracts. For Wolf, it's a three-year, $27 million deal with an option for a fourth year and for Hawkins, it's a two-year deal worth $7.5 million.

Wolf immediately upgrades a shaky rotation behind Yovani Gallardo that oversaw the Brewers' runs allowed total jump from 689 in 2008 to 818 in 2009. He was the de facto ace of the Dodgers' staff last season with an 11-7 record, a 3.23 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, and a 2.76 K/BB ratio, his best total since 2001. Hawkins lends stability to a bullpen that had trouble finding a set-up man in front of Trevor Hoffman; he gave the Astros 67 1/3 innings with a 2.14 ERA in 2009 that was possibly his best season since leaving Minnesota in 2003.

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By Matt Snyder 12/08/2009 11:30 PM ET

INDIANAPOLIS - Tuesday at baseball's annual Winter Meetings, a blockbuster trade went down, two free agent signings were announced as officially complete and nine managers addressed a media throng. Here are some notes from the day.

• There's a report that the White Sox have joined the Angels in heavy pursuit of Hideki Matsui. Earlier today I warned against reports stating managers are "interested" in Matsui due to the fact that some international media are asking every single manager if they like Matsui and would like to manage him. This report, however, is unconnected and could be legitimate.

I do question what the White Sox would want with Matsui, because Ozzie Guillen specifically said he'd want someone to be able to play the outfield consistently and is really excited about being able to use multiple players in the designated hitter slot. He discussed how having an everyday DH handcuffs him in keeping his bench fresh. Then again, he also stressed Kenny Williams makes all personnel decisions. Stay tuned.

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By Pat Lackey 11/17/2009 7:00 AM ET

Footprints in the Snow is FanHouse's look at the paths to be forged by MLB teams this winter as they look ahead to 2010.

If I wanted, I could copy and paste the main points of the Brewers "Footprints in the Snow" from last year and they'd still be valid. After losing CC Sabathia and Ben Sheets, the Brewers failed to address their pitching woes and dropped from 90 wins and the wild card to 80 wins and a long winter.

Their offseason this year should follow a similar track, only now with the added pressure of Prince Fielder's ticking free agency clock. The Brewers are experiencing the worst feeling a small-market club can; that of the window closing. What can (or will) GM Doug Melvin do to avoid squandering his team's chances?

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