Ken Rosenthal notes the surprisingly effective relief corps for the Crew:
The most surprising thing about the Brewers is their bullpen, which figured to be significantly weaker following the trades of closer Dan Kolb and setup man Luis Vizcaino. The Brewers entered Sunday's play third in the NL in bullpen ERA. The team did not get a single appearance from a lefthanded reliever last season; now it has two with Jorge de la Rosa and Tommy Phelps. Righthander Ricky Bottalico, drawing $800,000, is the team's highest-paid reliever. Phelps is next at $360,000. The Brewers have two more inexpensive options, righthanders Justin Lehr and Jeff Bennett, pitching well at Class AAA.
I was joking with a Mets fan today that the Mets a probably paying Pedro more than the Brewers pay their entire pitching staff. I thought I was exaggerating, but it's pretty darn close. And I'd rather have Milwaukee's staff over New York's any day of the week. (Except for maybe the day Pedro pitches against Obermueller, but that's another story.)