I'll post a few key players that I think will be in consideration for 40 man roster adds this offseason:
Minor league free agents: Coleman Crow, Ernesto Martinez, Alexander Cornielle, Garrett Stallings, Justin Yeager, Eduardo Garcia, Anthony Seigler
This is the the largest group of minor league free agents that I can recall that have a reasonable chance of being protected. Crow is probably a lock and Ernesto also very close. Keep your eye on the others as possible trade candidates if the Brewers are going to be Buyers at the trade deadline. All are having good seasons and have value.
Rule 5: Jadher Areinamo, Hedbert Perez, Freddy Zamora, Zavier Warren, Matthew Wood, Will Childers, Brian Fitzpatrick.
Jadher is likely a lock. We shall see how the second half ends up on the remaining. The Brewers will have 4-5 open spots to protect players so they can protect quite a few these players but wont be able to protect them all. Will they learn from the Shane Smith situation or will they role the dice again?