Stolen from another forum.. this guy has got it all figured out. Unfortunately.
"Yep, Braddock will be called up and Vargas will be DFA'd (as opposed to Suppan), and Macha will give Braddock about 1 IP / week to "get him adjusted to MLB life." When he can't throw strikes due to lack of use (which I refer to as "Getting Macha'd") fans will start to boo him every time he toes the rubber. Macha would really be in a zim zam if his two catchers were Kottaras and Lucroy, as there wouldn't be a veteran to play over them, so I don't know what would happen. I'd guess that since Kottaras caught a knuckleballer last year in Boston that he would be considered the better defender and therefore the obvious choice to start 80% of the games. Unused to limited playing time, Lucroy will naturally not perform well at the plate, leading to a demotion as Salome will be tearing up AAA, and Macha will do the same thing to Salome. Next offseason, baseball reporters across the country will report how overhyped Milwaukee's farm system is, as our two young catchers and most advanced pitching prospect all failed at the MLB level the same way former prospect Mat Gamel failed the year before.
Getting demoralized... I guess I can say I started getting demoralized about this season when Macha was given another year as manager. I tried to go into this season with an open mind, but this poor start hasn't helped. I'm really starting to see a brighter future for the Brewers by doing some house cleaning this year and building from a good, young, strong core next year. To do this, we need to let our prospects get a lot of playing time this year, and I don't see Macha letting that happen.
What will likely happen is the Brewers will go on a winning binge and get back up around .500. They'll hover there for much of the year, and rather than selling some players off and playing our youngsters, Melvin will make a couple of meaningless trades selling some decent young talent for a stopgap hole-filler. Counsell and Edmonds and the "stopgap hole-filler" will start everyday as Escobar and Gomez continue to have growing pains. Parra will remain in the bullpen, so one our biggest hopes for a rotation upgrade next year will be relegated to "8th inning guy," and Suppan will be called back to the rotation in case of any injury. Next year, we'll hear "we don't want to go in with a bunch of rookies with no MLB experience, so we're signing {Insert avg veteran player's name here} to play {insert position} while {insert top prospect's name here} gets more seasoning in the minors."
Sorry for all the negativity. I'm usually pretty optimistic, but I have a bad feeling for the short and now even the longer term future for this team. If things don't turn around quickly, I hope Melvin starts calling potential trade partners for Fielder, and if we do go into a "rebuild" mode, I don't want Macha to be the guy manning the ship, as it will be filled with a lot of young players, and TheCrew's signature (Macha's clubhouse... where prospect's go to die) pretty much defines what I think about that. "