2026 Offseason and Beyond Trade/Free Agent Ideas

[SF70]

3 hours ago, TURBO said:

We'd have Chourio, Mitchell, Frelick and Lara if we keep both Frelick and Mitchell, so keeping Lockridge on the roster as a 5th OFer seems unnecessary to me.  Plus, I think he sucks in general, we can do better.

I'd like to trade one of Mitchell or Frelick, my preference would be Mitchell since he might have more value, but I'd only want to trade one of them if we got something in return that helps the current roster.  Otherwise, I agree, hang on to both of them, knowing that we have some great young outfielders climbing the ranks right now...  2028 rolls around, you revisit moving one of them, hoping and praying Mitchell has another healthy season.  With that being said, maybe it IS the time to trade him since he finally had that healthy season we've been waiting for...

Not trading Mitchell.

Not when he could very well have another gear we’ve yet to see.

A slight tweak to his LA and this guy hits 20+ HR’s, maybe more. We control him for 2 more years, both prime-age.

The Brewers don’t need to trade-off BL positional talent for prospect talent., unless one of their impact prospect talents are banging the door down, we are in a position system-wise to focus on the big-club.

[MNBrew]

7 hours ago, TURBO said:

We'd have Chourio, Mitchell, Frelick and Lara if we keep both Frelick and Mitchell, so keeping Lockridge on the roster as a 5th OFer seems unnecessary to me.  Plus, I think he sucks in general, we can do better.

We're one injury away from needing Lockridge as a 4th OF instead of a 5th OF.  He was hitting well until he got injured.  He's fast & plays excellent defense.  And Murphy loves the guy.  I keep him.

Mixing in other thoughts, I'd try to keep Woodruff on a lower-base, incentive-heavy one-year deal.  If he wants to stay, that plan keeps cost low if he gets injured and rewards him more the more he pitches.

Eventually Hamilton or Ortiz gets squeezed out between Made & Peña arriving.  Huge credit to Ortiz for his 2nd half, although all his good juju disappeared in a heartbeat in the playoffs.  His defense blows Hamilton's away.  Neither Ortiz nor Hamilton is without substantial holes in their overall game.  But they're decent-enough placeholders until the next IF stud prospects arrive.

Bauers . . . the dude brings a lot.  His high pitch count, his plate approach, his power, his experience, his decent 1B glove, his speed on the basepaths, and his ability to play corner OF.  Long ABs or not, his hitting fell off a cliff in the WS and he became a big rally-killer.  For me, that's enough of a reminder that the QO price is WAY too high for the Brewers to consider offering for him.