For the player and the team, there is incentive to getting Guerra healthy for the final month. For the 31-year-old rookie himself, a series of late-season starts could help cement his status as a Major League starter, albeit a late-blooming one who pitched all over the world before gaining a foothold in affiliated baseball.
For the Brewers, it would provide additional assurance that his stellar performance before the elbow injury (2.93 ERA, 1.