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Crew has options as roster expansion approaches
- Updated: August 15, 2016
MILWAUKEE — Craig Counsell laughed when a reporter raised the topic of September callups a week ago. But soon enough, it will be a matter the Brewers’ brass will have to address.
Five of the players on MLBPipeline’s list of the Top 30 Brewers Prospects are among the notable farmhands who must be added to the team’s 40-man roster by November or be exposed to December’s Rule 5 Draft. They include No. 2 prospect Lewis Brinson, the outfielder acquired from the Rangers in the Jonathan Lucroy trade who has been a hit at Triple-A Colorado Springs, plus left-hander Josh Hader (No. 4), outfielder Brett Phillips (No. 8), right-hander Miguel Diaz (No. 20) and outfielder Tyrone Taylor (No. 26).
When such players are at the upper levels of the Minor League system, they often are in the mix for callups when active rosters expand to 40 on Sept. 1. Last year, for example, the Brewers gave then-top pitching prospect Jorge Lopez a taste of the big leagues in September, knowing they were going to have to add him in November, anyway, to protect him from the Rule 5 Draft. But they opted against a similar callup for shortstop Orlando Arcia, who had to wait until November to join the 40-man.
Among other former top prospects who are Rule 5 Draft-eligible for the first time this year are outfielder Kyle Wren, infielders …
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