In a suprising move by the Milwaukee Brewers, they have decided to release Claudio Vargas. Vargas did put some pretty decent numbers this spring training even though he was a long shot to earn a spot int he starting rotation.
I’m really suprised the Brewers elected to just release him rather then trade him. Maybe his contract scared off some of the other teams.
The Milwaukee Brewers have re-signed three of their young players to new contracts even though one of them is upset about the amount of money. Prince Fielder, Ryan Braun, Corey Hart, and Rickie Weeks were all signed to new contracts on Sunday.
Fielder is pretty upset about the deal because he thought he had earned a lot more money then what was being offered to him. He said there are younger players not putting up the same type of numbers as he is that are being paid far more. He just wants a good contract for the type of numbers he is putting up and he doesn’t feel like the Brewers gave him that with the new contract that is worth $670,000.
Ryan Braun was re-signed for $455,000 and Corey Hart for $440,00. Comparing those two contracts to Fielders, you really think Fielder should be making over a million dollars a year. Weeks signed a one year contract for a little bit over a million dollars as he will be in his third year overall with the big league team.
