The most important trait Brewers' GM Doug Melvin was looking for this winter in trying to rebuild his pitching staff was durability.
The Brewers were devastated last season due to injury and ineffectiveness by their starters, and Melvin needed to find pitchers he could count on to make every start, while still giving the team a shot to win.
Melvin not only found one starter, he brought in a second one as well. While Randy Wolf was the big-name, high-priced acquisition, when Melvin signed Doug Davis, he brought in not only a familiar face, but one of the most reliable arms in the game.
Over the past six seasons, the only year Davis hasn't pitched at least 192 innings in a season was 2008. He threw only 146 innings that year. Of course he had a good reason for missing time. He missed six wee ...
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