1 - quality start statistic should be eliminated. The Brewers has a contract with a pitcher, I can’t remember which (maybe Josh Tomlin) that was more incentive than salary, and the incentives weighted 3 inning appearances or longer as 3 and shorter than 3 innings as 1. Then received bonuses based on points achieved, in quarter million increments. This kind of thought process combined with WPA or similar weight based on leverage is what should be used to measure pitcher value. 2 - I sure hope so.... it wouldn’t surprise me. My assumption is they would have really sold off in the off season if they thought they had competition for the central. 3 - they do have pieces to trade away, Ehire Adrianza isn’t one of them that will be in a package to substantially improve the bullpen. Best case with him is DFA and trade for a flyer. Not sure why you’d do that and hamstring yourself for the other 80 games. They definitely need to improve the bullpen, and would do well to improve the rotation for a few years. Prospects are the currency of trades. I’d like to see them make a trade similar to the Yankees deal for Paxton.