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1. Wily Peralta
2. Taylor Jungmann
3. Tyler Thornburg
4. Taylor Green
5. Jed Bradley
6. Scooter Gennett
7. Logan Schafer
8. Michael Fiers
9. Jorge Lopez
10. Caleb Gindl
11. Cody Scarpetta
12. Kentrail Davis
13. Santo Manzanillo
14. Orlando Arcia

The nominees for the #15 spot are:

Eric Arnett
Nick Bucci
Khris Davis
Drew Gagnon
David Goforth
Hunter Morris
Jimmy Nelson
Michael Reed
D'Vontrey Richardson
Zelous Wheeler

Follow the jump for more on the candidates, then vote in the poll below.

Eric Arnett, RHP
Age: 24
Top Level Reached In 2011: A

2011 Stats:

Helena (Rookie): 52 IP, 5.19 ERA, 1.404 WHIP, 9 BB, 49 K
Wisconsin (A): 27 IP, 5.00 ERA, 1.444 WHIP, 8 BB, 25 K

Other Rankings:

Nick Bucci, RHP
Age: 21
Top Level Reached in 2011: A+

2011 Stats:

Brevard County (A+): 150 IP, 3.84 ERA, 1.293 WHIP, 51 BB, 119 K

Other Rankings:

Khris Davis
Age: 24
Top Level Reached in 2011: AA

2011 Stats:

Brevard County (A+): 371 PA, .309/.415/.533, 15 HR, 10 SB, 5 CS, 51 BB, 70 K
Huntsville (AA): 136 PA, .210/.272/.331, 2 HR, 0 SB, 0 CS, 10 BB, 23 K

Other Rankings:

Drew Gagnon, RHP
Age: 21
Top Level Reached in 2011: Rookie

2011 Stats:

Helena (Rookie): 19 IP, 8.05 ERA, 1.842 WHIP, 10 BB, 27 K

Other Rankings:

David Goforth, RHP
Age: 23
Top Level Reached in 2011: Rookie

2011 Stats:

Helena (Rookie): 40.2 IP, 4.43 ERA, 1.328 WHIP, 10 BB, 42 K

Other Rankings:

Hunter Morris, 1B
Age: 23
Top Level Reached in 2011: AA

2011 Stats:

Brevard County (A+): 531 PA, .271/.299/.461, 19 HR, 7 SB, 3 CS, 18 BB, 84 K
Huntsville (AA): 17 PA, .353/.353/.706, 1 HR, 0 SB, 0 CS, 0 BB, 1 K

Other Rankings:

Jimmy Nelson, RHP
Age: 22
Top Level Reached in 2011: A

2011 Stats:

Wisconsin (A): 146 IP, 4.38 ERA, 1.445 WHIP, 65 BB, 120 K

Other Rankings:

Michael Reed, OF
Age: 19
Highest Level Reached in 2011: Rookie

2011 Stats:

Arizona (Rookie): 62 PA, .232/.295/.375, 0 HR, 1 SB, 0 CS, 5 BB, 17 K

Other Rankings:

D' Vontrey Richardson
Age: 23
Top Level Reached in 2011: A+

2011 Stats:

Brevard County (A+): 392 PA, .284/.327/.384, 3 HR, 9 SB, 13 CS, 22 BB, 70 K

Other Rankings:

Zelous Wheeler, 3B
Age: 25
Top Level Reached in 2011: AAA

2011 Stats:

Huntsville (AA): 268 PA, .272/.377/.465, 9 HR, 7 SB, 0 CS, 30 BB, 49 K
Nashville (AAA): 61 PA, .275/.383/.431, 1 HR, 0 SB, 0 CS, 9 BB, 8 K
Arizona Fall League: 66 PA, .276/.358/.397, 0 HR, 1 SB, 1 CS, 7 BB, 14 K

Other Rankings:

Some things to read while demonstrating poor taste.

We're 12 days away from pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training, and we're starting yet another week without any level of certainty regarding Ryan Braun's situation.Tom Haudricourt (behind the JS paywall) is reporting that the arbitration panel handling his case has a 25 day window to render a judgment, which expires a week from today.

The Brewers did cross one item off of their to-do list on Friday, signing Shaun Marcum to a one year, $7.725 million deal just before the two sides were scheduled for an arbitration hearing (FanShot). The deal represents the exact midpoint between the two sides and leaves Jose Veras as the Brewers' only potential case. Veras and the team are only $375,000 apart but the team is reporting no progress in negotiations. Adam McCalvy speculates that their hearing is likely sometime between today and the 18th, when pitchers and catchers report to Maryvale.

In less newsworthy transactions, the Brewers have also signed Frankie De La Cruz, Santo Manzanillo, Eric Farris, Mat Gamel, Taylor Green, Zelous Wheeler and Logan Schafer to 2012 contracts. All seven have less than three years of major league service time so they'll likely make near the league minimum (which is going up to $480,000 this season) for their time in the majors.

Coming into camp it looks like the Brewer bullpen will be more or less set, with John Axford, Francisco Rodriguez Kameron Loe, Zach Braddock, Manny Parra and Marco Estrada coming back and joined by Jose Veras. The situation may not be that simple, though, and Reviewing The Brew has a look at what could happen.

Speaking of bullpen candidates, The Brewer Nation continued their "Brewers By the (Jersey) Numbers" series with profiles of Brandon Kintzler and Frankie De La Cruz.

They're not often credited as the reasons for the Brewers exceeding expectations in 2011, but Baseball Daily Digest notes that both Corey Hart and Yovani Gallardo outperformed their PECOTA projections last season by a fair amount.

Finally, the Brewers wrapped up last week's bobblehead announcements by naming Aramis Ramirez as the final honoree: His bobbles will be distributed against the Mets on September 16.

In the minors:

• Seedlings to Stars compiled the results of six top 100 prospect lists and noted that six Brewers made appearances on at least one, but no one appeared on more than three. They also say Wily Peralta might be "the most under-appreciated prospect in the game."
• Hiram Burgos allowed just one run on four hits and struck out six over five innings but was the tough luck-loser as Mexico beat Puerto Rico 7-0 in the Caribbean World Series. You can read about that and more in today's Winter League Notes.
• Cream City Cables has an interview with Nashville second baseman Eric Farris. (h/t @Mass_Haas)

It looks like voting for the #14 spot in our Community Prospect Rankings is going to come down to the wire, as Zelous Wheeler leads Orlando Arcia by one vote as of this writing. You have until 1 pm today to weigh in, and voting for #15 will open at 2.

Today's lone prediction/power ranking comes from The Baseball Index, who predicts the Brewers will finish third in the Central behind the Cardinals (division winner) and Reds (Wild Card).

Looking back, Jon Baas stopped by this weekend to offer an update on his Milwaukee Brewers Replay project, which has now used Baseball Mogul to re-simulate the 2011 season through June. This month's most significant development might be Mat Gamel's breakout performance.

Around baseball:

Dodgers: Signed pitcher Todd Coffey to a one year, $1.3 million deal with a club option for 2013.
Marlins: Lost their arbitration case with pitcher Anibal Sanchez, who will make $8 million in 2012.
Nationals: Re-signed outfielder Rick Ankiel to a minor league deal.
Orioles: Designated pitcher Clay Rapada for assignment and released pitcher Rick VandenHurk.
Pirates: Signed pitcher Brian Tallet to a minor league deal.
Rays: Won their arbitration case with pitcher Jeff Niemann, who will receive $2.75 million in 2012.
Red Sox: Signed pitcher Alfredo Aceves to a one year, $1.2 million deal to avoid arbitration.
Rockies: Acquired pitcher Jeremy Guthrie from the Orioles for pitchers Matt Lindstrom and Jason Hammel and signed reliever Matt Belisle to a one year contract extension that will pay him $4.3 million in 2013.

Last week I mentioned that 2012 could be a bad year for baseball in several cities, as nine teams are projected to have a 10% or better chance of losing 100 games. I guess it's only fair that I present this opposing view: Jon Paul Morosi of Fox Sports says 2012 could be the best season ever.

In former Brewers:

• The Cecil/Prince Fielder situation took another turn for the worse this weekend when Cecil said he was planning to "take the high road" while being inducted into the Ted Williams Hitters Hall of Fame, but then proceeded to publicly bash his son anyway.
• Chris Jaffe of The Hardball Times has a great post today on one-hitters, which mentions that Jerry Hairston Jr. has provided the single hit in a game for three different teams. Follow the link for notes featuring Ben Oglivie, Paul Molitor, Charlie Moore and James Mouton.
• High Heat Stats also notes that Hairston's eighth inning HBP on September 26 was tied for the tenth most valuable plunk in all of baseball in 2011.
• Carson Cistulli of NotGraphs remembers the time Glenn Braggs broke a bat across his back.
• Baseball America has a story on Craig Counsell's transition to the front office, but it's subscriber-only.

Sunday's edition of Today In Brewer History celebrated Hank Aaron's 78th birthday, and Plunk Everyone notes that his 32 career HBP are the third most ever for a batter born on February 5. This morning's edition of Today In Brewer History celebrates Bob Wickman's 42nd birthday.

Now, if you'll excuse me, it's in my head again.

Drink up.

Before Wickman could make his major league debut he was dealt to the Yankees, where he spent his first five seasons before coming to the Brewers in a five player deal in August of 1996. Wickman spent much of the next five years as the Brewer closer, and set a franchise record by closing out 37 wins in 1999. That's still tied for the fifth-highest single season mark in franchise history:

Wickman made his first of two career All Star appearances in 2000 but didn't hang around long to celebrate: He was traded to the Indians in July of that year as part of a seven-player deal that brought Richie Sexson to Milwaukee. Wickman pitched six seasons in Cleveland and is the Indians' all time saves leader with 139.

Wickman turns 42 today. With help from Brewerfan.net and the B-Ref Play Index, we'd also like to wish a happy birthday to:

• AZL Brewer Chad Thompson, who turns 21.
• Wisconsin Timber Rattler Carlos George, who turns 23.
• 2003 Brewer Peter Zoccolillo, who turns 35.

On this day in 1934 Henry Louis Aaron was born in Mobile, Alabama. He was 18 years old when the Boston Braves signed him as an amateur free agent in 1952, but the team had moved to Milwaukee by the time he made his big league debut in 1954. From there, Aaron spent 23 years rewriting baseball's record books.

420 of Aaron's then-record 755 home runs came for Milwaukee, 398 as a Milwaukee Brave and 22 more as a Brewer. The first eleven of his 21 consecutive All Star appearances came as a Milwaukee Brave, with the last one also coming as a Brewer. During his time in Milwaukee Aaron led the NL in home runs, hits, runs and slugging percentage twice each, RBI three times, doubles four times, and won two batting titles, three Gold Gloves and the 1957 NL MVP.

Aaron, of course, left with the Braves when the team moved to Atlanta following the 1965 season, but returned to Milwaukee to finish his career in 1975 and '76. He was elected to the Hall of Fame on his first ballot in 1982.

Aaron turns 78 today.

A few players have switched teams for this playoff series. It's weird.

Plesac pitched seven seasons as a Brewer and made 365 appearances, 351 of them in relief. He posted an ERA under 3 in each of his first four seasons, making three consecutive All Star appearances (1987-89) along the way. By the time he left as a free agent following the 1992 season Plesac had accumulated 133 saves, a franchise record that stands to this day. He's the only Brewer with more than 100, and he's over 60 ahead of active franchise leader John Axford.

After leaving the Brewers, Plesac pitched eleven more seasons as a member of five teams before retiring after spending 2003 with the Phillies. His 1064 pitching appearances are the sixth most in MLB history.

Plesac is one of just two former Brewers born in Gary, Indiana. The other was another reliever: 2010-11 Brewer LaTroy Hawkins.

Plesac turns 50 today. With help from the B-Ref Play Index, we'd also like to wish a happy birthday to:

• 2004 and 2006 Brewer Ben Hendrickson, who turns 31.
• 1982-83 Brewer Rob Picciolo, who turns 59.
• 1977 Brewer Steve Brye, who turns 63.