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Les Rohr WAS There
To clear up previous questions and answers on this topic, courtesy The Milwaukee Public Library and an anonymous Brewers-invested researcher, here's the proof that the Mets' Les Rohr (1967), the second player ever chosen in the MLB draft (instead of say, Johnny Bench, Andy Messersmith, Graig Nettles, etc), was in uniform in the camp of the 1971 Milwaukee Brewers.
The clips from The Milwaukee Journal (February 20 and February 26, 1971) and The Milwaukee Sentinel (February 22) tell the story: Rohr was among the first 18 players to arrive in camp on February 19, homered on the 21st, and was in the hospital by the 25th with a recurrence of the back problem - that would promptly end his career.
So Rohr was there, but only for five or six days:
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