MARYVALE, ARIZONA - MARCH 06: Christian Yelich #22 of the Milwaukee Brewers prepares for a spring training game against the San Francisco Giants at American Family Fields of Phoenix on March 06, 2020 in Maryvale, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images)
While we wait for news on the start of the 2020 season, a recent trend has been looking at which players a team would protect in a hypothetical expansion draft. We try to guess who the Milwaukee Brewers would protect.
Under the rules of the last expansion draft in 1997, existing teams were able to protect 15 players from their 40 man roster.