The Milwaukee Brewers have demonstrated, at multiple points throughout this season, that having starting pitching depth is one of the keys to success over the course of a 162-game season. Time after time, the Brewers have turned to their plethora of talented arms in Triple-A to fill in for an injured big league starter, and without their key contributions, Milwaukee would not be sitting atop the standings with the best record in all of baseball.
Whether it was Logan Henderson making spot start after spot start without being given a full-time role or Chad Patrick starting the year as a mainstay in the Brewers' rotation and putting his name in the early NL Rookie of the Year conversation or Carlos Rodriguez coming up for one gritty, rain-delay-affected outing, the Brewers have been relying on their prospects for pitching depth all season.