Starting Rotation

[wallus]

Who we got for the rotation this season?

1. Woody

2. Priester

3. Miz

4. Patrick

5. Harrison

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6. Sproat

7. Henderson

8. Gasser

9. Drohan

10. Rodriguez

11. Crow

[Dadbauer]

1. Woody

2. Miz

3. Priester

4. Harrison

5. Gasser

[TURBO]

11 minutes ago, wallus said:

Who we got for the rotation this season?

1. Woody

2. Priester

3. Miz

4. Patrick

5. Harrison

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6. Sproat

7. Henderson

8. Gasser

9. Drohan

10. Rodriguez

11. Crow

This is how I would guess things starting out, although if they start with a 6 man, I'd bump Henderson into the 6 spot.

I am really REALLY hoping Woody avoids the injury bug, but I'm not 100% sold that is going to happen, so it is pretty nice having that deep of a rotation.

I admit, I have no faith in Carlos Rodriguez, I was  kind of hoping that another team would have interest, and he would have been part of a trade package this off season.

Have they officially said that Hall is going to be a bullpen guy?

[endaround]

46 minutes ago, TURBO said:

This is how I would guess things starting out, although if they start with a 6 man, I'd bump Henderson into the 6 spot.

I am really REALLY hoping Woody avoids the injury bug, but I'm not 100% sold that is going to happen, so it is pretty nice having that deep of a rotation.

I admit, I have no faith in Carlos Rodriguez, I was  kind of hoping that another team would have interest, and he would have been part of a trade package this off season.

Have they officially said that Hall is going to be a bullpen guy?

Rodriquez is an emergency starter.  He's the guy they bring up if they need to cover innings if the timing doesn't match up for someone else. They have shown that they aren't worried about his long term viability.  He is likely gone after this year after they use his third option.

[MoreTrife]

The depth is crazy. (Knock on wood). 

[brewcrewdue80]

The 5 best who make it through Spring Training healthy.

[liveforoctober]

The youth in this rotation+ is absolutely wild.

Just a reminder last year at this time we were taking about a starting rotation of

1.) Freddy, 2.) Cortes, 3.) Civale, 4.) Quintana, 5.) Tobias

[long ball]

Wallus, I agree with your top 5. 
 

im going to rank it in tiers to add a little more context

 

locks: while healthy, these guys are in the rotation. 
 

woodruff (and he’s your opening day starter if he is heakthy coming out of camp)

priester

Misiorowski

Leg up on the rest:

Harrison- pedigree, amount of big league experience, and left handed. I’d be surprised if he doesn’t start the year on the roster and in the rotation. 
patrick- based on what he did last year and his age, I think he starts in the rotation. Even though it’s tempting to let him air it out as a high leverage reliever. 
 

next group up: I think these guys are big league starters now, but due to depth they’re probably starting in AAA as starters assuming health. I haven’t ordered these guys since it might depend on team need. I predicted in the “bold predictions” thread that 8 guys get at least 10 starts and these guys are in that group. 
 

Sproat

Gasser

Henderson

stretched out, but they’re relievers; Murphy already kinda alluded to this, but I think these guys stretch out to a few innings but are ticketed for the Pen. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Hall and maybe others get the 1-3 inning “opener” starts from time to time:

Ashby

Hall

Zerpa

Drohan

Deep depth/emergency starter:

Crow

Rodriguez- probably just an emergency spot starter at this point or emergency bullpen bulk guy. 
 

there are probably a few guys not on the 40 man who warrant inclusion too, but I’ll start with just these guys for now. 

[jay87shot]

I am going to put Ashby's hat in the ring. I would really like to see him get a chance to start again if the club thinks his arm will hold up. With the next 3 years being at 7, 9, and 13 we wont pay him that as a non closer reliever. It might make sense to put him in a multi-inning role and stretch him out mid-season but that seems risky. 

If Ashby can get his changeup to be a tad better he has ace stuff. I would just go with a 6 man all year. 

Woody, Ashby, Preister, Harrison. Misi, Gasser.     

I would give Sproat and Henderson like a month or so in AAA for a couple reasons. 

1) Hone in on slight changes, for Henderson working on the 3rd pitch and Sproat making small tweeks

2) Load management, it is only a week or so that AAA starts after the bigs but if you can keep both at 75 pitches for a month it should only help late in the year.

3) Extra year of control, both guys spent around a month on the big league roster and if the stay down for like 6 weeks we gain the all powerful extra year of control.

By June, I would expect both to be regular starters over Gasser and either an injury or less effective starter.

[liveforoctober]

10 minutes ago, jay87shot said:

I am going to put Ashby's hat in the ring. I would really like to see him get a chance to start again if the club thinks his arm will hold up. With the next 3 years being at 7, 9, and 13 we wont pay him that as a non closer reliever. It might make sense to put him in a multi-inning role and stretch him out mid-season but that seems risky. 

If Ashby can get his changeup to be a tad better he has ace stuff. I would just go with a 6 man all year. 

Woody, Ashby, Preister, Harrison. Misi, Gasser.     

I would give Sproat and Henderson like a month or so in AAA for a couple reasons. 

1) Hone in on slight changes, for Henderson working on the 3rd pitch and Sproat making small tweeks

2) Load management, it is only a week or so that AAA starts after the bigs but if you can keep both at 75 pitches for a month it should only help late in the year.

3) Extra year of control, both guys spent around a month on the big league roster and if the stay down for like 6 weeks we gain the all powerful extra year of control.

By June, I would expect both to be regular starters over Gasser and either an injury or less effective starter.

You might be missing our 3rd best pitcher in your lineup here..

[jay87shot]

2 minutes ago, liveforoctober said:

You might be missing our 3rd best pitcher in your lineup here..

Yep I am. Patrick over Gasser for sure. Thanks.

[SF70]

1. Woodruff 

2. Ashby 

3. Misiorowski 

4. Patrick

5. Priester

 

If AA is healthy i think they rotation him because of his contract and upside as a starter.

[Platoon Power]

What I think the rotation will be - Woodruff, Priester, Misiorowski, Patrick & Harrison

What I'd like to see the rotation be - Woodruff, Priester, Misiorwoski, Harrison & Zerpa

I've been intrigued with the idea of trying Zerpa out as a starter since the move was announced.  I remember what the Rays did with Drew Rasmussen and see a potential solution for our unbalanced bullpen.  There's also added bonuses with retaining our depth and having the potential to maximize our return for Collins & Mears.  If Zerpa can't cut it as a starter then you send him back to the pen. I just like the idea of turning a reliever and a utility player into a potential #3 starter.  That's a big win from a value standpoint which you can use in future trades.

Anyone know how long Harrison, Sproat & Henderson need to stay down in the minors to maintain an extra year of control?  That might determine how I feel about starting Harrison in the rotation over Patrick to start the year.  

[Lathund]

1 hour ago, Platoon Power said:

Anyone know how long Harrison, Sproat & Henderson need to stay down in the minors to maintain an extra year of control?  That might determine how I feel about starting Harrison in the rotation over Patrick to start the year.  

1 year of service is 172 days, and with off days, allstar break etc. the full season is something like 12-14 days longer than that usually. So someone with zero service time would only need to stay down ~2 weeks. 

Henderson has 75 days, Harrison 1 year and 102 days, Sproat has 22 days. So Sproat would have to be down little over a month, Henderson roughly half the season, and Harrison 4+ months. With the starter depth they have, Sproat is probably a likely candidate to not reach a full year this season. The other two might, or might not, but I don't think it's likely that they won't, and if it happens it's more of a case of unusually good injury luck and not something planned. 

I also probably could have typed that without the double negatives and made it a lot easier to follow. 

[MNBrew]

Sproat earning a rotation spot over Patrick wouldn't surprise me, and not due to Patrick's capability as a starter but more b/c of Patrick's success in the BP as a RH multi-inning guy.

I do like the promising depth they've built up, even if it's rather young.

[StearnsFTW]

15 hours ago, Lathund said:

1 year of service is 172 days, and with off days, allstar break etc. the full season is something like 12-14 days longer than that usually. So someone with zero service time would only need to stay down ~2 weeks. 

Henderson has 75 days, Harrison 1 year and 102 days, Sproat has 22 days. So Sproat would have to be down little over a month, Henderson roughly half the season, and Harrison 4+ months. With the starter depth they have, Sproat is probably a likely candidate to not reach a full year this season. The other two might, or might not, but I don't think it's likely that they won't, and if it happens it's more of a case of unusually good injury luck and not something planned. 

I also probably could have typed that without the double negatives and made it a lot easier to follow. 

 

 

[CheezWizHed]

Opening Day rotation:

1. Woodruff - Undisputed. 
2. Priester - No reason for him not to be. 
3. Misiorowski - His last development step will be at the MLB level.  Shouldn't have much for innings restrictions this year either. 
4. Patrick - I still like Patrick as a starter, but I get the feeling the club might not. Henderson would be the backup plan.
5. Ashby  - I agree with the others that he needs another shot starting.  Gasser would be the choice if Ashby stays the super-sub in the pen. 

AAA Starting rotation at the start of the year:

• Harrison, Sproat, Henderson, Drohan, Crow (C-ROD?) - that is a pretty nice AAA rotation!

This gives you some time to tweak Harrison and Sproat at AAA before bringing them back up.  While I like the idea of Harrison starting at AAA, there is a good chance the MLB club doesn't agree.  In that case, I think you still have Gasser down at AAA rotation. 

[Frisbee Slider]

On 2/17/2026 at 12:27 PM, CheezWizHed said:

Harrison, Sproat, Henderson, Drohan, Crow (C-ROD?)

How does this Nashville rotation compare to starting pitching Milwaukee had 25 years ago?

Wright, Haynes, Levrault, Rigdon Quevedo and yes, Sheets.

[Jopal78]

1 hour ago, Frisbee Slider said:

How does this Nashville rotation compare to starting pitching Milwaukee had 25 years ago?

Wright, Haynes, Levrault, Rigdon Quevedo and yes, Sheets.

I get your point those starters mostly were no good. I don’t disagree.

Jamey Wright, however, is interesting. He averaged more than 6 innings per start in the 77 starts he made as a Brewer. He also induced ground balls at a slightly better than average pace in an era before analytics and defense were stressed.

Maybe his  command would still doom him, but if he came up in today’s era, I bet he’d  have a much better stat line. 

[thebruce44]

4 hours ago, Jopal78 said:

I get your point those starters mostly were no good. I don’t disagree.

Jamey Wright, however, is interesting. He averaged more than 6 innings per start in the 77 starts he made as a Brewer. He also induced ground balls at a slightly better than average pace in an era before analytics and defense were stressed.

Maybe his  command would still doom him, but if he came up in today’s era, I bet he’d  have a much better stat line. 

He was the first time I learned about pitchers who are "effectively wild." He would probably do well with the current team's defense.

 

Only other comment I have is that I'm sad to see no mention of Yoho, but also not surprised.

[Sugarrayray]

On 2/15/2026 at 8:40 AM, jay87shot said:

I am going to put Ashby's hat in the ring. I would really like to see him get a chance to start again if the club thinks his arm will hold up. With the next 3 years being at 7, 9, and 13 we wont pay him that as a non closer reliever. It might make sense to put him in a multi-inning role and stretch him out mid-season but that seems risky. 

If Ashby can get his changeup to be a tad better he has ace stuff. I would just go with a 6 man all year. 

Woody, Ashby, Preister, Harrison. Misi, Gasser.     

I would give Sproat and Henderson like a month or so in AAA for a couple reasons. 

1) Hone in on slight changes, for Henderson working on the 3rd pitch and Sproat making small tweeks

2) Load management, it is only a week or so that AAA starts after the bigs but if you can keep both at 75 pitches for a month it should only help late in the year.

3) Extra year of control, both guys spent around a month on the big league roster and if the stay down for like 6 weeks we gain the all powerful extra year of control.

By June, I would expect both to be regular starters over Gasser and either an injury or less effective starter.

I think Ashby has pretty clearly proved he can’t hold up as a starter. 1) He has been starkly ineffective as a starter 2) more importantly, his body seems to hold up much better as a reliever.

But even if one disagrees with my assessment of his performance as a starter, I think the fact the Brewers brass assembled so much starting pitching depth, and specifically left handed starting pitching in this most recent trade, proves that they don’t see him as a starter going forward. I also think it proves they don’t see Hall and Zerpa has starters going forward.

Ashby does make a lot of money for a relief pitcher on the Crew. However, he has been downright dominant in that roll. Pressing him into a roll that his body can’t handle, and that he has performed very poorly in, at the expense of better options, simply because of his price tag, seems a lot more akin to the thinking of a Doug Melvin led regime than a Matt Arnold led regime.

Time will tell and of course I could be wrong, but I am very confident we won’t see Ashby start any games for the Brewers this year. Outside of being an opener of course (which he failed miserably at in the playoffs).

[BrewCrew8675309]

Woo

QP

Miz

CPatrick

Harrison

LoganHend.

6 man rotation though with the early off days it may not break camp that way.

 

[wallus]

Murph has Patrick and Mis in the rotation. Ashby and Hall building up to be options as well. I'd give Hall another shot in the rotation but prefer to keep Ashby as a fireman in the pen.

 

[markedman5]