The Milwaukee Brewers will eat about $11 million to cut ties with slumping Bill Hall, the former Nettleton standout. He's been designated for assignment, giving the team 10 days to trade him or cut him.
It's a big baseball story developing this afternoon, part of a general shakeup in Milwaukee and the top story for the newspaper there. Here's the MLB.com take on the news.
We ran a version of this analysis, first posted on Aug. 1, that seemed harsh in terms of its outlook about Hall's future with the Brewers. Instead, it turned out to be correct.