Mason Miller

[Dadbauer]

I'm skeptical the Padres will trade Mason Miller, but they are under .500 and high end bullpen pieces can go for a ton of prospect capitol to help them rebuild more quickly. Is a Mason Miller trade realistic? He will likely get expensive in arb, but it would make our bullpen super elite. 

[owbc]

If we're going to fork out that many prospects I'd rather just make a run at Skubal. 

They have like 4-5 other arms that could be available but a few of them are fly ball pitchers who are benefitting from Petco. And Adam is unfortunately injured.

Morejon would be my top target, a truly elite bullpen arm who would be the primary closer on about 25 other MLB teams. Bonus that he's a lefty and has favorable splits against LHB. He pitches a bit more to contact than some high leverage relievers but is 99th percentile in ground ball rate. He would thrive with our infield defense. He won't come cheap for a rental but I prefer him over being stuck with 40-year-old Aroldis Chapman in 2027. 
 

[long ball]

The A’s got Leo Devries for Mason Miller last year. He’s still under team control through 2030. 
 

are we giving up Luis Peña + for Mason Miller who is going to get super expensive in arb? 
 

id love mason miller in our pen, but it’s not really the way this team should be operating. 

[Lloyd330]

16 hours ago, long ball said:

The A’s got Leo Devries for Mason Miller last year. He’s still under team control through 2030. 
 

are we giving up Luis Peña + for Mason Miller who is going to get super expensive in arb? 
 

id love mason miller in our pen, but it’s not really the way this team should be operating. 

it will probably go something like 6/10/14 the next three years. 

[long ball]

23 hours ago, Lloyd330 said:

it will probably go something like 6/10/14 the next three years. 

Without doing much research, I’ll agree that sounds about right. probably more than the Brewers would want to allocate to a reliever, even if he’s the best reliever in the game. 

[PBTank]

I saw a trade proposal for Mason Miller:

Jett Williams

Logan Henderson 

Andrew Fischer

 

I'm guessing most would feel that including Fischer is where they draw the line.  IMO, the only way the Brewers are going to get a premier player is to trade either Fischer or Pena.  

 

Miller would be at the top of my list of players to get.  He's the best reliever in the game and has 3 more years of control.  As in anyting, it's best to sell high.  Pena and Fischer (especially Fischer) would be the poster child for selling high on a player.  I wouldn't want to have Henderson be a part of that deal as he should be an important part of the rotation going forward.  I'd hope a package of more prospects would entice them to make the move.

[nate82]

If Miller were a SP sure but he’s a reliever.  So I wouldn’t do this trade.  Even with the years of control I’m just not interested in trading Fischer and Williams for a reliever.  

[wiguy94]

51 minutes ago, nate82 said:

If Miller were a SP sure but he’s a reliever.  So I wouldn’t do this trade.  Even with the years of control I’m just not interested in trading Fischer and Williams for a reliever.  

I agree. How many times do we see a closer just not have an impact on a playoff series? If we had Miller last year he would have been a complete non-factor in the NLCS. Padres traded for Hader in 2022 and he basically did nothing for them in the NLCS.

[markedman5]

No chance the Brewers give up that package for a reliever……..even Miller.

And I’m glad they won’t. 🫡

[Turning2]

6 hours ago, wiguy94 said:

 If we had Miller last year he would have been a complete non-factor in the NLCS. Padres traded for Hader in 2022 and he basically did nothing for them in the NLCS.

Excellent point. I’d argue the Brewers need to beef up the offense before splurging on a top tier talent reliever. 

[RWeeksFan23]

i'd love to get mason Miller, but isn't AJ Preller more of a buyer historically than a seller?

[RWeeksFan23]

just read today that mason Miller could be available as long as the other team would pick up the tab for Xander bogarts also.

 

[nate82]

5 minutes ago, RWeeksFan23 said:

just read today that mason Miller could be available as long as the other team would pick up the tab for Xander bogarts also.

 

Yuck!

If the Padres were willing to take on Yelich and they only get Yelich sure why not.  Otherwise this is a big NOPE!

[owbc]

On 7/11/2026 at 2:03 PM, RWeeksFan23 said:

i'd love to get mason Miller, but isn't AJ Preller more of a buyer historically than a seller?

That was under previous ownership. Seidler wanted a championship before he died so he gave Preller a blank check. The team is currently in the process of being sold, it is likely that they will try to dump payroll but I don’t see Miller being moved. 

[PBTank]

23 minutes ago, RWeeksFan23 said:

just read today that mason Miller could be available as long as the other team would pick up the tab for Xander bogarts also.

 

Yeah yuck. Only if they get a third team involved that would take him.  Maybe the Braves.  That would be an interesting scenario. 

[wallus]

That Bogarts contract is hilariously terrible

[Matt]

I bet they'd give Miller away for nothing if they could get off that Bogaerts deal. To think they signed him to an 11 year deal as a 30 year old. Just insanity.

[IntentionalHBP1]

Logan Henderson and others? San Diego desperately needed young controlled starters. 

[tmwiese55]

But at least the SD owner was trying to win, unlike ours

Its even more hilarious in that every avg joe fan knew it was laughably bad the second we saw it announced.

[wiguy94]

29 minutes ago, tmwiese55 said:

But at least the SD owner was trying to win, unlike ours

Its even more hilarious in that every avg joe fan knew it was laughably bad the second we saw it announced.

The average joe knew a lot of their recent moves were laughably bad the second it was announced. Mason Miller trade, Yu Darvish extension, Machado extension, Bogaerts contract, heck I'll even take it a step further that the Juan Soto trade was bad though I don't think the average joe would have thought that. It's honestly funny looking back at how much better they would be right now if Preller had just done nothing but draft and develop the last few years.

[JoeyWiemerTruther]

Based on how much they gave up for him the Padres probably first ask about Made, get told no and would then require Luis Pena and others to get this done. The best closer in the game with years of control left will not be cheap.

[JoeyWiemerTruther]

Would you do this?

 

 

[wallus]

1 minute ago, JoeyWiemerTruther said:

Would you do this?

 

 

Hard F no, too much.

[nate82]

3 minutes ago, JoeyWiemerTruther said:

Would you do this?

 

 

LOL no.  A reliever even one as good as Miller is not worth trading that many prospects.

[KCBrewerfan34]

Probably need to package King with Miller to make it worth the Brewers while.