I mean if you are going to die on the hill of leaving Smith off the 40-Man was a defensible decision, I have amazing ocean front property to sell you in Death Valley. Hurry up before all these plots sell, sell, sell!
I am unafraid to call a spade a spade: the Brewers absolutely botched it - pure plain and simple. It was also pure plain and simple the day they made their decision(s). You don't leave his massive toolkit unprotected under some fraudulent notion you need more low-velo journeymen lefties filling your pitching stables. It was egregious. It is egregious. And, well, here we are.