40 Man Rosters are still a bit of an awkward beast - there are trades, signings, all sorts of shenanigans that can happen between now and the time I stumble into the Rule 5 (not in roman numerals, thank you) draft in fifteen days. The rules are vague, but important, and there are as many loopholes as rules.

But look at the Brewers current roster and make any semblance of a winning team out of it. By winning, I don't mean contending, I mean "not going into 2004 looking to knock off the 62 Mets and making people pine for the 03 Tigers." They have one catcher and he hit under the Mendoza ... in Huntsville! Yet they have six guys in Triple-A? The pitching staff is Sheets and well, you find not just four more starters, but a reasonable #2 guy. You option your closer back to Triple-A because you can. You have Sexson who you'll lose and Counsell, who will come in and fill in whatever slot fails in the infield battle of those that aren't or never will be ready.

Pathetic.

Nice job, Bud. Oh, that's right, I wouldn't want to be involved in this mess either.