Insult?

For being one of the cornerstones of the future Milwaukee Brewers, it sure does seem like JJ gets the raw deal. They signed Dave Bush to a deal before arbitration for goodness sake. Sure, the guy has only played 2 of 3 seasons in the bigs. Not to mention the fact that they signed Gagne to a 10 million dollar deal, and who knows what that will turn out to be. Its like this..."Hey kid, sure you had your rookie season, then one where you played 35 games, and you really did show us something last year...but we think that we wont spend the money on you." Seems like a slap in the face to me. Granted, because of his short time in the majors, the Arb. panel will probably go with the teams offer, but lock the kid up. In 3 years, extend him, and you have one of the better all around SS in the game, in my opinion. Dont dink around with one year deals with the future, because SS who can hit are tough to find in the NL. Plus, he gets hot chicks to the ball park.

UPDATE 2/15:
Looks like the Crew and Hardy have reached a 1 year deal. Lock the guy up for fucks sake.