Why The Brewers Are Rebuilding

Baseball can be a very frustrating game. It is frustrating for the fan, the player and the team. It can be even more difficult for a team that is below the ranks of other cities, or, in other words; a small market. That is where the Milwaukee Brewers currently stand in their rebuilding, refuting the notion that they are not in a revamp stage.

That being said, there is certain criteria that needs to be followed in order for these types of teams to contend, and the Brewers are doing it.  Last year, the Brewers began to ship away their star players in return for talented, young prospects. Fans should be excited that Mark Attanasio is giving the green light for the rebuild to occur. If one looks at the last decade of Milwaukee Bucks basketball, they will see mediocrity that kept a team locked in at the No. 8 seed for multiple seasons. The Brewers are taking their opportunity and running with it.

Again, Milwaukee is a small market. They cannot compete in free agency with the larger teams such as the Yankees, Dodgers, etc. There is a certain blueprint that exists and needs to be followed. The Kansas City Royals’ path to the summit of the baseball world last season was a perfect example.

When contention is clearly out of reach as it is now for Milwaukee, players need to be sent off in exchange for talent that re-bolsters the Minors. That is exactly what the Brewers did in the trade with Houston last season, and what they are going to do come the late weeks of this month. Now, if you ask me, that sounds like a team submerged in rebuild mode.

There is definitely no concrete way of approaching rebuilding in any sport, and just the sole fact that the debate of whether or not the Brewers are rebuilding exemplifies that. It should be celebrated that they are only 11 games below the .500 mark.

Why? Because when the top prospects such as Orlando Arcia and Brett Phillips are making themselves comfortable in the Big Leagues, the team will be even more ready for contention and a run into the playoffs. Just because a team is having a better year than some thought does not detach the rebuilding label. Hopefully, this argument dissipates soon. With one of the top farm systems in all of baseball, the title drought in Milwaukee will soon be non-existent.