[BirdWatcher]

So let's start at an appropriate place, perhaps the strongest area on the team- the starting rotation.
First, more generally, Brewers pitching was the best in the WPK in terms of runs allowed, batting average against, BABIP, strikeouts, and tied for best in OBP. The team ERA was just slightly higher than that of the Baltimore Lords staff, who pitch their home games in the best pitcher's park in the league. On the other hand, the Brewers pitchers gave up the most HR's in the WPK. Though it should be noted that Brewers Field is the best park for HR hitters in the MGL and second best in all of the WPK. Brewers pitchers were pretty much middle of the pack in terms of walks allowed.
The bullpen was solid, and we'll get to that soon, but it was the deep starting staff that led the way.
The ace of the staff, once again, was 34-year old veteran lefthander Daniel Torres. For Torres the biggest challenge is always control, and he saw his numbers in that area get much worse during the 1969 season. And for a pitcher with great movement who led the league in HR/9 in 1968 at 0.1, his 12 HRA and 0.6 HR/9 was definitely on the high end for him. Though to be fair, offensive numbers were way up across the board in 1969 from the pitching dominant 1968 WPK environment. Still, Torres is still a pitcher who gets a good number of strikeouts and as someone who induces a great deal of groundballs (with a great defensive infield behind him) he can often work his way out of self-inflicted jams. He led the league in BABIP, which might indicate a bit of luckiness in 1969, but this number wasn't significantly lower than his career average in this area, so this might just be part of his profile.
(It might be good to note at this point that the Brewers pitching coach, Blake Martin, who has a great reputation, specializes in working with groundballers.)
Torres is signed through the 1971 season (with a team option for '71) and at this point, in spite of his advancing age, there are no indications that he can't continue to be a valuable member of the rotation for at least that long. He is also considered one of the leaders of the team in the clubhouse, so that enhances his overall value.

After Torres, Steve Alonso has generally been considered the other front-line starter on the team for the past several years. Alonso's fatal flaw is the long ball, and in 1969 he allowed a league high 32 of them. Still, in spite of that and the fact that his walks allowed also reached a career high for him, he remained a solid starter and tied Torres for the team lead in wins with 14. At age 32, Alonso is signed through the 1973 season (for which there is a team option.) Indications from the scouting staff at this point are that Alonso remains a useful member of the rotation but likely is no longer a top-of-the-rotation talent. Whether his skills will fall off the table prior to his contract being completed is an open question.

The middle of the rotation should be anchored by the talented Cuban righty, Diego Ramirez. And sometimes it is. But Ramirez has proven to be very injury prone and due to this he was able to start just 22 games this season, several of which he had to leave early due to nagging issues with his back, a few bouts of dead arm, a calf strain mid-season that saw him lose 3 weeks, and finally, at the end of the season, inflammation in his throwing arm (elbow.) As a result, he ended up with fewer innings pitched than any Brewers starter who appeared in more than a few games. When he was healthy, he was solid. But not spectacular. Ramirez is signed through 1972 but also could opt out after the 1970 season. Rumor is that the Brewers are likely to shop him prior to the '70 season starting, what with several young arms coming up to supplant him in the rotation.