11:33pm: MLB.com’s Adam McCalvy says Type A free agents Ben Sheets and C.C. Sabathia also declined arbitration. The Brewers will get two draft picks for each if they sign elsewhere. Haudricourt says Sheets’ decision "almost certainly ends his association with the Brewers."
11:12pm: According to Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Type B free agent reliever Brian Shouse declined the Brewers’ offer of arbitration. The Brewers will get a supplemental pick if he signs elsewhere. He’s looking for a two-year deal.
