[BirdWatcher]

The off-season has seen the Brewers make a few trades already.
First, (and sorry, forgot to post about this previously), on October 15th the Brewers sent relief pitcher/sometime starter Logan Dunbar along with a couple of veteran players who were in the minors this past season and two very borderline younger prospects, including Cody Otis who received a September call-up to the Brewers this season, to the Phoenix Speed Devils.
In return, the Brewers received veteran (30 year old) thirdbaseman Steve Cutrer, a pair of young minor leaguers, and $70,000 in cash.

Late in the summer, after the trading deadline, Dunbar had requested a trade as he felt he should be in the starting rotation and team management definitely didn't see it that way. The team wasn't in a big hurry to accommodate him but assured him that he wasn't likely to still be in a Brewers uniform in 1967.

Cutrer, meanwhile, has struggled at the plate the past two years although he is a solid defensive thirdbaseman and a hard worker who was very popular with the Phoenix fans and whose acquisition created some positive stir among Denver fans. With A.J. White showing significant defensive decline this season and plans being made to transition him mostly to firstbase in the 1967 season, it was decided that Cutrer was worth a gamble. There are some hopes that Cutrer might bounce back at the plate as well, as he is thought to have above average power (gap and HR) as well as a very respectable eye at the plate. Regardless, Cutrer is eligible for free agency at the end of the 1967 season and might just be a stopgap as the Brewers wait for at least a few young players who are potential future thirdbase starters to develop (Jamie Ledbetter and Jose Careaga, in particular.) Then again, if Cutrer plays well the team might make it a priority to re-sign him for a another season or two.