The Milwaukee Brewers are trying to add a starting pitcher to the rotation by the end of July. They have talked to the D-Backs about bringing veteran lefty Doug Davis back to Milwaukee. The Orioles match up well with the needs of the Brewers as Ty Wigginton or Melvin Mora along with Jeremy Guthrie would be interesting. The Brewers would likely have to give up players like Taylor Green (3B), Lorenzo Cain (OF) and Carlos Villanueva to get a trade done with the O’s. Kevin Kouzmanoff, Mark Teahan and Garrett Atkins would likely appeal to the Brewers to fill the 3B slot in the starting lineup and they wouldn’t likely cost an arm and a leg. If the Brewers want to get in on either the Roy Halladay or Cliff Lee sweepstakes it would likely cost them at least SS Acides Escobar and 3B Mat Gamel plus much more and I don’t think they want to pay that kind of price. So they could sniff around the bargain bin for pitchers like Jon Garland, Scott Olsen or Carl Pavano. Look for the Brewers to be active in the next couple of weeks in the trade market.

The Milwaukee Brewers should rid themselves of the overrated Bill Hall by trading him and cash to the Minnesota Twins for Boof Bonser. Hall has not been the same since his breakout season of 2006 and now he’s crying like a little girl about playing time. The Twins need a upgrade at 3B if they are going to contend in the American League Central because playing Mike Lamb there will just not get the job done. Hall has played in 63 games this season for the Brewers and he is 46 for 213 (.216 avg, .675 OPS) with 22 runs scored, 9 homers, 25 RBIs and 3 stolen bases. Boof Bonser has a big time arm but he always seems to have one awful inning that wrecks a otherwise good performance. Bonser has pitched in 17 games (12 starts) for the Twins this season and he is 3-6 with a 6.45 ERA and a 1.53 WHIP. Bonser has a good upside if the Brewers could coach him up as they need help in the starting rotation with Dave Bush pitching poorly right now.