In making over their starting rotation this winter, the Milwaukee Brewers sought experience. Left-hander Brett Anderson has more than 10 years of big league service time to his credit. Right-hander Josh Lindblom may be lacking in MLB innings, but at 32, he has appeared in parts of five different seasons and spent most of the last five years as a largely dominant force in Korea. Even Eric Lauer can be considered something of a “young veteran”; he doesn’t turn 25 until June, but has already made 52 starts and posted 261.2 league-averagish innings at the game’s highest level.
According to Adam McCalvy, most of the slots in the rotation are already spoken for as Cactus League play begins.