Ben Sheets Plans on Testing the Market

Foul Balls found this 6/25/2008 on sports.aol.com [flag]

The Milwaukee Brewers signed their ace Ben Sheets to a four-year $38.5 million deal before the 2005 season started, and in the years since Sheets has spent a lot of his time earning that money on the disabled list. Last season, after spending the majority of the year in first place, Milwaukee's slide down the Central coincided with a Sheets injury. Ben's injury history is probably the main ... [link]

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Ben Sheets Plans on Testing the Market
Published 6/25/2008 by Fornelli (noreply@blogger.com) at Foul Balls
... of his time earning that money on the disabled list. Last season, after spending the majority of the year in first place, Milwaukee's slide down the Central coincided with a Sheets injury. Ben's injury history is probably the main reason that the Brewers didn't want to discuss a contract extension with Sheets this spring before the season started, and because of making that decision, Sheets has every intention to test the waters when he becomes a free agent at year's end .... Continue reading at FanHouse

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