Teams looking to snag our pitching...

[TURBO]

...now it appears that there are multiple teams looking to get Mears, MeGill and Freddy.

The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal reports that Nick Mears is “another player generating trade interest from Milwaukee’s bullpen.”

Mears, along with closer Trevor Megill, are being heavily sought after. Mears was a nice surprise for the Brewers in 2025, posting a 3.49 ERA in 56 2/3 innings with, as Rosenthal notes, a chase rate that ranked in the top seven in baseball, according to Baseball Savant. Mears is only projected to make around $1.6 million in arbitration so the Brewers don’t have to move him, but trading relievers for younger, controllable assets is often how smaller market teams like Milwaukee remain competitive.

 

Source: The Athletic

[igor67]

Not opposed to seeing what folks want for Mears.

[wallus]

Most of you (not me) wanted to non tender Mears so you should be thrilled 

[Lathund]

I'm someone who has liked the Mears trade from day 1. But that being said, and as I've said in the Megill news post, I'm always open to trading just about any reliever (I mean not someone like Uribe with 5 years of control left, but most others) for the right return. If there is one skill the Brewers have, it's finding or creating relievers. Trading someone who is good, but not elite, with no options remaining, makes perfect sense. 

I'd see what we can get for Mears, and would rather make room in the 'pen for one of the starters that misses out on the rotation (One of Patrick, Myers, Gasser, Henderson). Whoever they feel would benefit most from facing MLB hitters, albeit as a reliever, as opposed to starting in AAA. 

[Jim French Stepstool]

7 minutes ago, Lathund said:

I'm someone who has liked the Mears trade from day 1. But that being said, and as I've said in the Megill news post, I'm always open to trading just about any reliever (I mean not someone like Uribe with 5 years of control left, but most others) for the right return. If there is one skill the Brewers have, it's finding or creating relievers. Trading someone who is good, but not elite, with no options remaining, makes perfect sense. 

I'd see what we can get for Mears, and would rather make room in the 'pen for one of the starters that misses out on the rotation (One of Patrick, Myers, Gasser, Henderson). Whoever they feel would benefit most from facing MLB hitters, albeit as a reliever, as opposed to starting in AAA. 

I think Yoho factors into the BP depth & willingness to deal relievers, too. Memories are still fresh of his struggles in his first go-around with Milwaukee but he bounced back well In AAA & I thought he looked terrific in his final outing after being recalled.

He may be a significant X factor in '26.

[Turning2]

"A king's ransom or don't waste my time". Or in some marketplace terminology... "don't lowball me, I know what I've got". That would be my response if I was Arnold. When then traded for Mears, it seemed like a "meh" move.  That's on me because I don't follow all the teams enough to know who many of the players are. Most of them are obscure to me. It seemed like an odd trade at the time. But Mears has won me over. I think he got overused and faded at the end in '25. That's on the starters or Murph being too quick on the trigger getting to the pen. Regardless, when other teams come to MIL inquiring about players, the leverage is MIL's. We have the supply, and you have the demand -  they should press the hell out of that for MAX value. That will scare teams off. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. Price yourself out of people coming to chip at your armor isn't the worst option in the right circumstances. If you want it bad enough..... it's going to cost you. Send a message to the scavengers - we're elite at the moment, not a junker car to be parted out.   

[brewmann04]

We as fans already know that this is the Brewers way moving guys whom heading to FA or does not have options left. But Arnold is going to listen but does not need to pull a move unless blown away 

[SF70]

Mears is good as gone, imo.

Multiple teams interested should nab a decent return. Not having an option has sealed Mears fate with this team.

[BrewerFan]

On 12/10/2025 at 11:48 AM, igor67 said:

Not opposed to seeing what folks want for Mears.

I certainly didn't. 

Mears is a power arm who misses bats and is cheap. He also wore down a bit late last year and... what are you going to get?

2 more years, deal him after this year. 

What are you getting anyway? If he'd ended the season before a couple bad outings and had an ERA in the ~2.80 range, fine, but you're going to get a middling prospect so you have less depth?

[wiguy94]

9 hours ago, BrewerFan said:

I certainly didn't. 

Mears is a power arm who misses bats and is cheap. He also wore down a bit late last year and... what are you going to get?

2 more years, deal him after this year. 

What are you getting anyway? If he'd ended the season before a couple bad outings and had an ERA in the ~2.80 range, fine, but you're going to get a middling prospect so you have less depth?

That description of Mears is just not accurate to describe who he was in 2025. His 95.4 mph FB was below the 95.6 mph average from RHRP in 2025. His 25% whiff rate was 49th percentile and his 20.7% K-rate was 36th percentile.

 

[BrewerFan]

3 hours ago, wiguy94 said:

That description of Mears is just not accurate to describe who he was in 2025. His 95.4 mph FB was below the 95.6 mph average from RHRP in 2025. His 25% whiff rate was 49th percentile and his 20.7% K-rate was 36th percentile.

 

7th highest chase rate in Baseball, but doesn't miss bats?

Hmmkay.

[wiguy94]

5 hours ago, BrewerFan said:

7th highest chase rate in Baseball, but doesn't miss bats?

Hmmkay.

Chase rate has literally nothing to do with missing bats? I just showed you he had 49th percentile whiff rate and 36th percentile K-rate so yes he didn’t miss bats.