Honestly I am a little concerned about the future. The Cardinals, Cubs, and Reds all have the ability to outspend the Brewers by a lot. The Reds, Cubs, Cardinals, and Pirates all have top 100 prospects coming through the system. It's likely that there will be busts for them. Not all of those prospects are going to work out. The Brewers do not have much. None of the Brewers prospects are in the top 100. There are no future aces in the minors. As always the team has some rookie hitters that are projected to be contributers. I don't there are any Fielder or Braun types in the minors. Unfortunately the Brewers are a small-market team. That means that the team gets 5 to 7 good years followed by a mediocre period. Doug Melvin has made the future a little foggy. I think that it is going to take awhile to stock the farm system again. I hate trading away players that we have become accustomed to, but it might time to do so. The Brewers need to improve the scouting system. Hire better scouts and start investing most of the budget into the farm system. The Brewers should model their system after St. Louis, Oakland or Tampa Bay. The Cards, A's and Rays are constantly recycling. The only way for the Brewers to stay competitive is to have a healthy system that constantly produces players. The Cardinals are always competitive because of their farm system. When their current group gets old, they have another one ready to go. Oscar Taveras is going to be a pain in the butt for a long time. They have a bunch of young pitchers that are projected to be great players. They might have a future closer in Trevor Rosenthal. I think the playoff runs have ended for the Brewers. I think that we are going to enter a bit of a mediocre period for a few years. That mediocre period will not be as bad as the early Ben Sheets days. I think that the Brewers most of the time will be somewhere between 75 to 84 wins. Not awful but kind of mediocre. This years team is missing an ace that's it. The offense is good. The bullpen is average. If the Brewers had an ace, everyone else in the rotation would fall into place. 1. Ace 2. Gallardo 3. Lohse 4. Estrada 5. Peralta Right now everyone is bumped up to a spot that they probably shouldn't be at. The bullpen will have good stretches followed by bad stretches. That is what an average bullpen does. The lineup will be fine when Hart comes back. Everyone will go back to their normal spots again. 1. Aoki 2. Segura 3. Braun 4. Ramirez 5. Hart 6. Gomez 7. Lucroy 8. 2B 9. Pitcher It will look something like that, either way it is a great lineup. Trading for an ace would kill the farm system. The Brewers should give away the little that they have. What about signing one? It could be a very expensive short-term deal? Any aces projected to hit free agency?