What We Learned: Looking ahead to 2016

Brewers News & Notes

• The Brewers minor-league organization has been on the rise ever since they began trading away players to rebuild. Travis notes that several different analysts expect the Brewers organization to be among the top teams once rankings come out.
• Continuing to look through the top stories of 2015, Ryan Romano recaps how the Brewers minor-league system has grown over the year, and Seth Victor looks back at the Carlos Gomez trade.
• Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel also has a recap of the top ten storylines of 2015.
• Looking ahead to 2016, who could end up batting cleanup for the Brewers? Justin Schultz of Disciples of Uecker asks which player would make sense to take the fourth spot next season.
• Also on Disciples of Uecker looks at the roster crunch upcoming as prospects come up through the system.

Around Baseball

• The Braves signed LHP Alex Torres to a minor-league deal.
• The Dodgers signed LHP Scott Kazmir to a three-year, $48 million contract and designated outfielder Daniel Fields for assignment.