The Milwaukee Brewers figure to have a very good lineup with a pretty clear hole at second base.
Neil Walker is a pretty good second baseman without a job on March 6th.
It seems like a pretty logical match, so, what gives? Why haven’t the Brewers brought him back yet?
At the start of the offseason, it seemed like GM David Stearns was resigned to the fact that Walker would likely get a free agent offer the team wasn’t comfortable matching. The veteran made more than $17 million last season after accepting a qualifying offer, and while he was never going to match that annual salary this winter -- even before the free agent freeze -- something in the $10-12 million per year range didn’t seem crazy (in fact, recent history showed even $15 million a year was possible).