Sad Tale For The Brewers

[love_that_reefer]

Brewers' Draft hopes take hit | MLB.com: News

Good read but disheartening.

[realmofotalk]

For losing A.J. Burnett, the Blue Jays received just a sandwich pick and their compensation from the Yankees was bumped down to a 3rd round pick.

[cjkalt]

Maybe the Brewers reconsider signing sheets now even with the injury? Say a 3 year deal for 7.5 per so they can get comp for him?

[missionhockey21]

The system is flawed. While I do not shed tears for the Brewer as they were playing with fire and relying on variables that could not be relied on, it does show a weakness in the system. Personally I think an alternative should be explored where a team would simply forfeit their 1st round pick in the next season should they sign two type A players. That would be taking a great risk as they would not know how they would finish and possibly might give away a very choice draft pick, so most teams naturally would avoid this route and it would curtail free agent signings of the elite cash teams. I am sure better solutions could be thought of, but for rare cases like the Brewers, it shows how flawed the system can be.

[ljshorty89]

It's ironic, because it works both ways. It also hurts guys like Varitek and Juan Cruz, because no one wanted to give up a first round pick for them, despite Cruz's usefulness.