According to Bill Center of the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Brewers are rumored to have interest in trading for Padres ace Jake Peavy. Though this is highly unconfirmed and possibly impossible, lets try and break it down a little bit.

The first obstacle is Peavy waiving his full no-trade clause to come and play here in Milwaukee. This probably won't be a big deal, as the Brewers have proven they are a contending team, unless he has some prior injustices against the city.

The second is the ability of Kevin Towers and Doug Melvin to hook up on the content of players coming to San Diego. Towers shot for the moon when he asked Atlanta for the likes of Tommy Hanson, Jordan Schafer, Yunel Escobar, Charlie Morton, Jason Heyward, etc (clearly not all of them, but you get the picture).

Finally, do the Brewers as an organization and us want to give up more prospects/MLB ready players for another picther? Clearly the Sabathia trade worked out well, but as ya'll know, he is no longer with us. Peavy, under contract through 2012 with an option for 2013, is not in the same boat and may require more, as he would serve much more as a rental.

Who would be given up? The name of Gwynn is still sacred in San Diego, but there would obviously have to be much more with him. If the Cubs could sneak by with a package of Josh Vitters and Sean Marshall, the Brewers would probably be able to assemble something.

As Spring Training has come at least, this means the regular season is just right around the corner! The question comes to how new manger Ken Macha will line up the order, with possible input coming from bench coach Willie Randolf.

So what's it going to be on opening day? Will Rickie Weeks be back to leading off or will the job be Mike Cameron's again, as he was with Svuem. There are 7 positions all but set in stone, being C, 1B, 2B, SS, LF, CF, and RF. 3B is still up in the air. Just go with a 3B platoon at  the position, unless you have ideas for separate line-ups for the likes of Hall, Lamb, or others.

Here's a sample order:

2B Weeks

SS Hardy

LF Braun

1B Fielder

RF Hart

CF Cameron

3B Platoon

C Kendall

P Gallardo

Have at it!

During a Q & A portion at the Brewers on Deck at Midwest Express Center, Melvin fielded questions about free agent pitcher Ben Sheets.

“It doesn’t appear that it’s going to happen,” Melvin said, noting that Sheets recently meet with the Texas Rangers.

Sound's like the bridge is all but burned back to Milwaukee.

A young fan also asked Melvin if the Brewers had any interest in free agent outfielder Manny Ramirez. Melvin responded:

Melvin said there wasn’t a place for Ramirez on the team and Milwaukee already had a left fielder.

“Who would you rather have Manny Ramirez or Ryan Braun?”

The young fan chose Braun.

So, there we have it, nothing overly new, just confirmations on what we already expected. Jeff Suppans of the world, here we come!

The article is from a Racine newspaper columnist, Greg Giesen.

Straight from the Bill James Handbook, these are the current Brewers 40-man roster and Spring Training Invitees projections for 2009. Take it as it is. As you can see, roughly half of the team have no projections, but such is life. I hope you enjoy looking at this as much as I enjoyed typing it in. If you would like to know the Bill James projection for any player, just ask in the comments.

Note: If a player is added to any list, the projections will be added with them. I apologize for the lengthy space at the bottom, it simply won't go away.

The Brewers tendered contracts to Prince Fielder, J.J. Hardy, Corey Hart, Rickie Weeks, Dave Bush, and Seth McClung. Prince, arbitration eligible for the first time along with Hart, Weeks, and McClung, is in for a big raise.

However, most notably left off the list is starting lefty Chris Capuano. After a second Tommy John surgery, who knows what he is capable of doing. However, if he can somehow return even close to the 18-win form he was in 2005, clearly he would be an asset to a team currently deprived of starting pitching due to recent free agent departures.

Per MLB.com, courtesy Adam McCalvy.

Edit 9:24 PM: Ty Wiggington has become available through a non-tender from the Astros. A solid 3B pickup, that'd be nice eh?

The Green Bay Packers Press is reporting the release of Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila. Justin Harrel was activated from the PUP list to take his place.

Most of the experience and depth on the line is now gone. What was Ted thinking? KGB was a valued and hardworking player and now is counting on his young 'uns to step up again. Thompson counting on his younger players has become more and more evident in his managerial style.