Joel Sherman tweets that OF Jeremy Hermida, recently re-signed by the Crew to a 2015 minor league deal, could be on his way to Japan. Brewers could negotiate a nominal buyout, but can't imagine they would stand completely in his way of leaving. The 30-year-old did play in 108 games for Nashville last year, so the Brewers would need to budget those at-bats from within the system, or sign another veteran for that spot. It is a loss, as outside of Sean Halton, among non 40-man roster players, only Josh Fellhauer and Kentrail Davis have seen prior time at the AAA level. If Logan Schafer isn't the 5th big league OF, he'd be at Colorado Springs. D'Vontrey Richardson's 2014 AA OPS of .648 was underwhelming. Kyle Wren could be moved up to AAA if the entire wave of young 2014 Brevard OF's need AB's in Biloxi. So the Brewers have work to do on the minor league free agent market in terms of the AAA outfield, whether Hermida leaves or not.