For the fourth time in a year, the Brewers have locked up a young player with a long-term contract. Milwaukee signed Ryan Braun to a five-year, $105 million contract on Thursday that locks him up through the 2020 season. Braun, Rickie Weeks, Corey Hart and Yovani Gallardo have all been signed to deals, but first baseman Prince Fielder remains unsigned. "Signing Braun to an extension almost identical to the one they offered Fielder appears to further cement the idea the Brewers are preparing themselves for life without their cleanup hitter after 2011, although general manager Doug Melvin wasn't interested in drawing any parallels between the two with regard to finances," writes the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. "They're different situations," Melvin said. "This is an extension. Prince is a free agent at the end of the year. Prince wants to win this year. It doesn't change from what we talked about in the spring - we both want him to have a big year, a monster year. "With Ryan, with Prince, we feel we have two of the best middle-of-the-order hitters in all of baseball. I think the numbers are showing that even this year. They're similar in that they're two of the most talented players in the game, but then they're different in where they are with their contract status."