[BirdWatcher]

The Brewers finish with the dubious and insignificant distinction of having the best pre-season record in the MGL, ending the exhibition season 21-9. They absolutely dominated down the stretch, winning 13 of their final 15 games, and with very few of them even being close.

This is the kind of thing that I'll admit makes me nervous, as it sometimes feels like there is an inverse relationship between pre-season success and regular season success. (Logically, of course, there is simply no correlation at all.)

Young left-handed reliever Jeremy Walker was the last cut to get the team down to the regulation 25. Walker looked good in the pre-season and really just needs to improve his control a bit to be a very valuable member of the Denver 'pen. With only one lefty in bullpen currently- Liann-wei Hua- it is likely that Walker will be back soon.
The Brewers will start the season outfielder heavy, as Josh Schaeffer barely survived the final cut after putting up uninspiring offensive numbers in the exhibition season. John Flores, on the other hand, put up strong numbers (.349/.396/.581) and with Bobby Erbakan still on the IL and many of the Brewers best hitters being left-handed, it was decided to keep the right-handed Flores who also provides a little pop to a lineup that doesn't hit a lot of homers.

For what it is worth- and it probably isn't worth much- Pat Rondeau and Andrew Kennedy both had great pre-seasons at the plate. Joe McPhillips numbers overall weren't great, but he was really starting to rake towards the end of the exhibition season. Jonathan Koch and Mike Foster also were hitting quite well the final week and Koch ended up leading the team in HR's with 4.