[BirdWatcher]

Any dream of the future for the Brewers rotation starts with Harry Lyerly and Adam Getchell.
Lyerly, as mentioned above, has already had a pretty good first test at the WPK level, and mostly passed with flying colors.
Getchell, who was picked up mid-season in the trade that sent Arturo Baca to Pittsburgh, only pitched in a small handful of games for the Brewers, but acquitted himself quite well in those appearances. While he still has some development needed at age 24, our scouting staff still believes him capable of being a staff ace. One encouraging thing with Getchell that is the opposite of the case with Lyerly: Getchell is expected to be stingy with the long ball.

Also not far behind these two is 22-year old righty Steve Green. Green is pretty well developed at this point and expected to join the team next September, at the latest. At this stage, the scouting team sees him as being a solid mid-rotation starter in the WPK.

With these 3 all having a decent chance of headlining the Brewers rotation in the next 3-5 years, and with Pennington likely sticking around for that long as well, providing steady veteran leadership, things look potentially quite good for the Brewers rotation for the foreseeable future.

There are a few other prospects in the minors also who could end up having mid-to-back-end of the rotation roles in a few years.
Primary among them is Justin Peacock, who is 22-year old with great character traits and 5 pitches that can all project to be average to above average, even if none look elite. His ceiling is probably a solid #3 but at this point his floor might well be a decent #5.
A few other potential back-end of the rotation guys are the recently acquired Jimmy Daniels, who at age 22 has a 5-pitch repertoire, 4 of them quite usable at the WPK level, and is considered a leader, the kind of player who could well take over as team captain from Abel Pennington when Abel eventually leaves the team.
Then there is Eric Johnson, who had a great season at Bainbridge (single A) this season and took Pitcher-of-the-Year honors. Johnson is another guy with a great reputation for his character, especially baseball smarts and overall intelligence, in his case. Johnson has what could be a solid 4-pitch repertoire but will need to make quite a bit of overall development before he is likely to have any big league success. Still, with his smarts, nobody is counting him out yet.