Dave Bush Rumors

Brewers Face Plenty Of Roster Decisions

After a tremendous run last year that resulted in the club's first playoff berth in a quarter-century, the Brewers sat 13.5 GB of a playoff spot coming into today's action, and sport the National League's worst starting rotation thanks to their 5.22 ERA. As Adam McCalvy of MLB.com writes, the club has a ton of roster decisions to make this offseason, although GM Doug Melvin says "We've got a lot of decisions, and none of them will be discussed until the end of the season." Some of the issues facing the Brew Crew this offseason are... Impending Free Agents: Trevor...   Continue Reading

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Brewers Discussing Possible Rotation Fixes

MLB.com's Adam McCalvy writes that the Brewers will meet this week to discuss a potential acquisition to boost a struggling rotation. Thursday's starter is currently "to be announced." With Dave Bush's arm fatigue, and the demotion of Manny Parra and his 7.52 ERA to Triple-A Nashville, the Milwaukee rotation is looking hazy, to say the least. Writes McCalvy: "... [Ken] Macha will meet with general manager Doug Melvin, assistant GM Gord Ash and the coaching staff early Tuesday afternoon at Miller Park to discuss their options. Melvin has been looking hard at potential trades, but it appears unlikely that he...   Continue Reading

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Brewers Avoid Arb With Dave Bush

According to Tom Haudricourt, the Brewers avoided arbitration with starter Dave Bush, signing him for 2009. Troy Renck says it's for $4MM, with a clause that Bush's contract will be guaranteed if any other Brewers' arb-eligible player gets a guaranteed deal.   Continue Reading

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Odds and Ends: Bonds, Zito, Bush

Today's link compilation. Dusty Baker spoke to Barry Bonds on the phone a few weeks ago, and came away feeling that Bonds does not miss baseball. A mere ten million bucks, a team can eat that. But, as Andrew Baggarly says, "They don't make mouths big enough to eat the roughly $112.5 million that Barry Zito is guaranteed." Zito could be exiled to the bullpen. Dave Bush went unclaimed by the other 29 teams because with option waivers, the team can pull the player back if claimed. Jim Callis tosses out some options for the Astros with the 10th pick,...   Continue Reading

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Dave Bush Could Be Available

Tom Haudricourt outlines the Brewers' roster crunch - something has to give this weekend to make room for Yovani Gallardo. The best solution may be to risk losing Seth McClung on waivers while moving Dave Bush to the bullpen. But trading Bush has to be considered. Bush, 28, has been knocked around in two starts this year. He doesn't even have his customary strong K/BB (last year his ratio was an impressive 3.0 despite a 5.12 ERA). If nothing else, Bush is an innings eater with strong command. He earns $2.55MM this year and is under team control through 2010....   Continue Reading

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Brewers Not Interested In Feliz

The Brewers have no interest in Pedro Feliz, according to Tom Haudricourt. Not a big surprise; why would they trade Bill Hall to sign Feliz? Hall seems likely to stay put, though it'd be surprising if Dave Bush, Claudio Vargas, and Chris Capuano all do. Speaking of which, let's bust out an MLBTR survey! Choose which of those three Brewer starters is most likely to be traded before the season begins. You can see the results of the poll here   Continue Reading

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Mailbag: Roberts, Teixeira, Johan, Nathan, And More

Time for this week's mailbag. You can hit it up at mlbtrmailbag@gmail.com to get in your question for next week. Do you see the Twins signing a big name middle of the order bopper or trading for one before the opening of the new stadium in 2010? - Jordan Funny you ask this. I recently asked LEN3 whether the Twins would have a $100MM payroll for the 2010 season, and he said, "I don't see it." So I'll go with his wisdom and say business as usual for the Twins despite the stadium. Why are the White Sox not aggressively..   Continue Reading

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Brewers Rumors: Rolen, Andruw, Mench

MLB.com's Adam McCalvy posted a Brewers article yesterday that's worthy of discussion. One reliever Doug Melvin has considered that I hadn't heard before: Eddie Guardado. Hey, at least he'd come cheap. Players like Rickie Weeks, J.J. Hardy, and Corey Hart won't be moved. No surprise there. McCalvy says Melvin confirmed having internal discussions about Scott Rolen. Would John Mozeliak trade him within the division? More importantly, would the Brewers take on the money and injury risk? The obvious match would be to send a starter over to St. Louis for Rolen. Which starters are available? Though you can never have..   Continue Reading

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Rosenthal's Latest: Andruw, Rowand, Castillo

Ken Rosenthal has cranked out another rumor-filled column. A summary is below. The Marlins are insisting on Howie Kendrick in a Miguel Cabrera deal. The Angels are understandably reluctant. The Nationals could sign Andruw Jones long-term if they felt it was a bargain - say, $13MM a year. The Giants, White Sox, and Padres may be in the mix as well. Hmmm, White Sox and Boras? And if Scott Boras changes his tune and hunts for a one-year "rebuild value" contract for Jones, the Red Sox could get involved. The Phillies think Aaron Rowand will end up getting a 4/52..   Continue Reading

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