Tom Glavine opted out of his contract, which seems as good a time as any to start wild speculation.

Pure hypothetical.  Suppose Tom Glavine called up the 'stache and said, "You know what?  I love your core, and I think you just need another vet on your staff.  I'm tired of all the New York media scrutiny, and pitching in Milwaukee might allow me to have some fun."

Aside from disbelief, you aren't sure how to react.

Suppose you are given these two contract offers.

(1)
2 year, $24 million deal
Year 1:  $10 million
Year 2:  $14 million player option

(2)
3 year, $36 million dollar deal, $25 million over the first two years, $11 million mutual option for year 3.

Would either one of these be a good idea for the Brewers?  How much real value would he bring?  

I'm sure there's approximately no chance he'd sign in Milwaukee, but I figure I might as well toss it out while it's still fun to think about.

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The Jay did the setup, so I will shamelessly steal from him here:

What do you see the Brewers roster looking like in 2008? What should it look like? Here's your chance to play Doug Melvin and chart out the team's future.

The set-up:

This is a business, not dream world, so there's budgetary and roster constraints. Mark Attanasio wants to win with the best of them, but he and the board can't condone raising the payroll above $80 million. There's an awful lot of guys with no options as well, cramping your style. Trading is one way to deal with the crunch, but you have to make sure they're realistic (i.e., no Laynce Nix for Joe Mauer straight up) and don't raise the payroll too high. Your roster limit is 25 and it should be reasonably balanced (no 15-man pitching staff, Nedgar).

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I know it's been said before....  but

This weekend series is the most important one of the Brewers season.

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With the fantasy baseball league starting up, I was wondering if any of the other regulars on the site played Strat-o-Matic baseball, or any other simulation games.  

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