The Brewers have somewhere around a million questions surrounding their team and what they will do with it this offseason, and somewhere in the middle of all of them is Casey McGehee. After being a key contributor in 2009 and 2010, the third baseman fell off a (very high) cliff last year, to the tune of a .228/.280/.346 line for a guy who had an .800 OPS or better in each of the last two seasons. One of the many important decisions the club has to make is what to do with McGehee, who could hit his way into the soon-to-be vacant cleanup slot if he returns to form, and could hit his way out of the major leagues if he… doesn’t. (Also, with McGehee projected to earn $3.1 million in arbitration according to MLB Trade Rumors, the Brewers might not have the luxury to just sit back and see which one shows up.) Today, we’re going to look back at what might have contributed to McGehee’s struggles, and what a reasonable expectation would be going forward.
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