Brewers reach 2-year agreement with LHP Tom Gorzelanny

[Invader3K]

We really shouldn't be either going for a rebuild or going for the playoffs at this point. We need to see where our young pitchers are. There is just a ton of uncertainty how good we are right now.

 

I kind of disagree. I think a small market team either has to be building or contending. Just sort of being kind of competitive is a very bad place.

[afeter]

--john hammond begs to differ

[LouisEly]

I think what Logan is saying is that we need to see what we have with the young pitching before deciding which of those two ways to go. The upside of Peralta/Rogers/Fiers/Estrada is definite contenders with the Brewers offense behind them. But if Rogers fails to stay healthy, Fiers looks more like September than July, and Peralta has trouble finding the strike zone then they need to choose the rebuild path. We won't know those answers until at least June.

[MVP2110]

I agree but the chances of all of those pitchers coming thru for us this year doesnt seem worth it to me. I would rather deal Hart and/or Ramirez get some young guys that will come up with our pitchers and Coulter/Roache and we can have a young cost-controlled team for awhile

[RockCoCougars]

This is not a team that you do a full-scale rebuild on. Frankly, they already are in the middle of rebuilding the pitching staff. I agree with the others who feel that this team is going to go as far as their young pitching takes them. In my view, there are already enough pitching prospects in the hopper, so why break up that offense to add a few positional player prospects?

[Ennder]

I think you have to see what you have until near the trade deadline and if the young pitchers aren't doing well then you look at trading the offensive pieces that won't be around next year. I do agree that the roster is in sort of an awkward spot right now, it is a team that could make he playoffs or could sit around .500. I really believe we can't waste years of Braun though so I'd rather just hope the young pitching comes fast.