Brewers’ Offseason Labeled Among MLB’s Worst

The Milwaukee Brewers are perennial contenders in the National League Central, but their front office has always moved cautiously … perhaps too cautiously for Milwaukee to ever take the next step toward a World Series. This winter has been more of the same.

Bleacher Report’s Zachary D. Rymer recently wrote an article on the MLB teams having the worst offseasons, and the Brewers were prominently featured.

“Hey, at least the Brewers haven’t lost any star players yet,” Rymer wrote. “That tends to be a theme in Milwaukee in any given winter, whereas they actually retained a core piece when (Brandon) Woodruff accepted the qualifying offer.”

“Yet even if Woodruff was excellent in the 12 starts he made last year, a lat strain ended his season in September and renewed questions about his durability. Between a $10 million buyout and his $22.025 salary, the Brewers will pay him over $30 million this year anyway.”

“If anything, their next big move will finally see them lose a star,” Rymer continued. “Maybe they’ll do well in an eventual Freddy Peralta trade, but it’ll still be a sore spot for the fanbase.”

Peralta’s name keeps popping up in trade rumors, despite Brewers GM Matt Arnold saying back during the Winter Meetings that he’d have to be blown away to trade Peralta. It’ll be very interesting to see if Freddy lands somewhere else before spring training commences.