We haven’t heard much of anything about the trade market for Ryan Braun this winter, and General Manager David Stearns indicated earlier this past week that he expects the former MVP to remain with the Milwaukee Brewers “next year and going forward.” According to a report from Nick Cafardo yesterday at the Boston Globe, it appears that Braun’s previous issues with performance enhancing drugs may be to blame. An anonymous team executive told Cafardo:
“When a guy with that contract has been busted once, it’s hard to commit those dollars and those player resources because if he gets busted again, you lose all of your guys and you lose Braun.