4 Milwaukee Brewers Assets That Should Be on the Table
With trade talks heating up across MLB, here are four trade chips the Milwaukee Brewers could leverage in negotiations this winter.
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The MLB offseason is slowly building momentum. Trade talks and free-agency rumors are picking up as owners, players, and agents convene at the Winter Meetings.
While the Milwaukee Brewers are rarely big players in free agency, they have found themselves in thick of several trade rumors in the past few weeks, most notably regarding team ace Freddy Peralta.
As many know by now, the Brewers have built a winning formula thanks to their ability to constantly replenish assets through the trade market. While much of their roster in 2026 will look like it did a season ago, there are holes that will need to be addressed in order for this team to defend its division crown.
Brewers president of baseball operations Matt Arnold will likely turn to the trade market to attack the offseason and fill those needs on the roster. Today, we will be looking at four assets that could be floated in those trade negotiations.
As a note, Peralta was excluded from this exercise, as it’s a foregone conclusion that he has already been made available in trade talks. He’s Milwaukee’s most obvious and valuable trade chip, so we will instead be looking at other names that could be on the move in the coming weeks and months.
Trevor Megill
On Monday evening, it was reported that the Brewers were receiving trade interest on closer Trevor Megill.
Megill, 32, is coming off the first All-Star bid of his career. After a breakout campaign in 2024 where he pitched to a 2.72 ERA in 46.1 innings for Milwaukee, Megill took over as the team’s closer in 2025 following the departure of Devin Williams and thrived in his new role.
Megill threw to a 2.49 ERA last season while striking out 11.49 hitters per nine innings, the sixth-best mark among NL relievers (min. 40 IP). His FIP of 2.50 was the fifth-best mark among NL relievers, and he finished third in the NL with 30 saves out of 36 opportunities.
So, why would Milwaukee be open to trading their All-Star closer? There are several factors that come into play.
As has been the case with previous Brewers closers, money and contract structure is the biggest reason.
Megill has two years of team control remaining and is estimated to make roughly $4.2 million in arbitration this season, per MLB Trade Rumors. Given his age, increasing price tag, and the Brewers’ ability to spawn high-caliber relief options, now is typically the time the Brewers try to capitalize on premier relief arms.
The Brewers have internal options to backfill Megill’s role too. Abner Uribe was one of the premier relievers and setup options in MLB this past season, and he has the makings of being the next great Brewers closer.
Perhaps Craig Yoho, who threw to a dazzling 0.94 ERA in 57.2 innings in the minor leagues in 2024 but struggled in his small sample size in the majors in 2025, will receive a greater opportunity with the big-league staff in 2026.
Point being, even with Megill subtracted from this bullpen, the Brewers still have a very talented and deep group of relievers to be a successful unit.
Not to mention Megill has also battled nagging injuries throughout his Brewers tenure, most notably with a lower back strain in 2024 and a right flexor strain toward the end of 2025, and there are signs in the batted-ball data that create a little bit of concern.
His four-seam fastball is his calling card, but despite posting overall better results in 2025, opponents got to the pitch a bit more this past season.
Megill’s opponent batting average (OBA) on the pitch increased from .216 in 2024 to .258 in 2025. His slugging percentage against the pitch jumped by nearly 130 points as well. The uptick in quality of contact was noticeably too, with his xwOBA going from .282 in 2024 to .336 in 2025.
Now, he leaned more on his knuckle curve in 2025 and those results were encouraging. Comparing this past season to 2024, his OBA on the pitch dropped from .167 to .121, his opponent slug dropped by over 130 points, and the pitch still maintained a strong whiff rate of 48.9%.
That said, given the volatile nature of MLB relievers and the fact that Megill is a two-pitch pitcher, future results are never guaranteed even for a quality arm like Megill. This is not to say that they should be actively seeking a trade, but if the interest is there and the market is formulating for the All-Star closer, the Brewers should be listening.
Tyler Black
Tyler Black has been knocking on the door of the big leagues for a couple of years now. After getting several cups of coffee in the majors, he has still yet to received the runway necessary to get his feet underneath him for the Brewers.
Black, 25, was one of Milwaukee’s top offensive prospects as recently as last season. But after a down year in 2025, obstacles remain in his way from earning legitimate playing time at the big-league level. Milwaukee’s best course of action might be to see what his interest is on the trade market.
Last week, I gave an all-encompassing look at Black’s path to the majors and did a deep dive into how the Brewers should handle his future. You can read that article by clicking on the following link: Has Tyler Black’s Time in Milwaukee Come to an End?
Black is an impressive athlete with a skillset that gives him a high offensive floor, but the lack of a defensive home combined with the fact that there is not an open spot for him on the major-league roster doesn’t bode well for his future in Milwaukee.
Garrett Mitchell
Unfortunately, the Garrett Mitchell experience has been a headache for the Brewers faithful. A sneaky 27 years old, Mitchell is entering his first year of arbitration with 3.040 years of MLB service time despite having played just 141 games in his MLB career across four seasons.
Injuries have been the storyline for Mitchell, which explains his discrepancy between service time and the few amount of games he’s actually played in.
Mitchell got a cup of coffee at the tail end of 2022 and did quite well in his 28-game sample size, slashing .311/.373/.459 for a 136 wRC+ and 0.8 fWAR in just 68 plate appearances. From there, he’s struggled to stay on the field.
In 2023, Mitchell played just 19 total games, tearing his labrum in April which effectively ended his season. In 2024, where he played in a career-high 69 games, Mitchell fractured his finger just before the season began which forced him to miss essentially the first half of the season. And in 2025, Mitchell played just 25 games before an oblique strain at the end of April ended his campaign.
Mitchell is far from old, but he isn’t getting any younger while he will be getting more expensive as he moves through arbitration. He’s only projected to make roughly $1 million in arbitration, per MLB Trade Rumors, so it’s not as if he’s a huge financial burden.
However, a gifted athlete who was one of Milwaukee’s top prospects as he came through the pipeline, Mitchell still has the makeup of being an everyday outfielder for a big-league team if he could simply stay on the field. The problem is he has yet to show an ability to do so.
The outfield is already a crowded group. The core is formed by Jackson Chourio, Sal Frelick, Christian Yelich (who is rumored to receive more playing time in the outfield in 2026), along with Isaac Collins, Blake Perkins, and Brandon Lockridge as depth options.
Collins and Perkins are likely more fourth-outfield types, but they’ve had stretches throughout their career where they’ve been productive big-league starters. Nonetheless, if they were to subtract Mitchell from the equation, they have options to fill his role.
You have to give in order to get in Major League Baseball, though, and Mitchell still has enough intrigue as a player — more than Collins or Perkins — to bring in a bigger return. In 141 career MLB games, Mitchell is slashing .254/.333/.433 for a .766 OPS, 114 wRC+, and 3.3 fWAR. That’s a really strong player and one the Brewers would love to give consistent playing time.
However, he sports a career strikeout rate near 34%, which is concerning to say the least. Elevating the baseball has been a pain point dating back to his minor-league career as well. Mitchell sports a career 50.4% ground-ball rate in his MLB career to this point.
Typically a player with his level of speed could get away with such an elevated ground-ball rate, but he hasn’t made strong enough quality of contact to capitalize on that speed and strong baserunning.
The talent and potential is clear with Mitchell, and he roams center field like the best of them. He’s the most likely to remain in Milwaukee among the names mentioned, but perhaps testing the waters on his trade value is worth the exercise for the Brewers’ front office this offseason.
Tobias Myers
Tobias Myers burst onto the scene in 2024 with the Milwaukee Brewers and was a savior in their rotation that year. As a result, Myers was voted Brewers Most Valuable Pitcher in 2024 after he pitched to a 3.00 ERA with 2.1 fWAR in 138 innings and 25 starts.
Unfortunately, Myers, 27, was unable to replicate the same level of results in 2025.
An oblique strain just before the season started derailed his year before it even began. From there, he never carved out a role on the big-league pitching staff and he was often shuttled between Triple-A and the majors, making it difficult for Myers to really get situated.
In six starts in 2025, Myers threw to a 5.64 ERA with an opponent slash of .323/.400/.510. He struggled to throw strikes, and when he did he got crushed.
With such a crowded starting rotation that is comprised of, as it currently stands, Peralta, Brandon Woodruff, Quinn Priester, Jacob Miziorowski, and some mix of Chad Patrick, Logan Henderson, DL Hall, or Robert Gasser, the odds of Myers carving out a role at the back of the rotation are pretty slim.
Upon his call up in July, Myers transitioned to the bullpen where he was much more successful, posting a 1.91 ERA and dropping his opponent batting average to .219 in 28.1 innings pitched. Perhaps he is best suited for a bullpen role, where he clearly found success last season working in bulk relief, and the Brewers utilize him as a long reliever in 2026.
But with what he flashed in 2024 as a starter, featuring a four-seamer that has impeccable rise when it’s working at its best, he could be used as a sweetener in a package if the interest is there.
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Joey Peterson is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an editor for Just Baseball. Joey covers the Milwaukee Brewers, along with general MLB topics…