Disappointment SWEEPS Milwaukee Brewers Nation After Freddy Peralta Departure

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1. I read this post the other day by Jeff Julseth. It's so spot on, I had to share it. It's the drum I've been pounding for many years now.. but this guy says it so much better than I can… Milwaukee Brewers fans, it’s time to say this clearly and stop dancing around it: this is on Mark Attanasio and the ownership group. Period. The Milwaukee Brewers finished dead last in Major League Baseball in offseason spending. Thirty out of thirty teams. Not lower half. Not bottom third. Dead last. That is not small market reality. That is Mark Attanasio and the ownership group choosing not to invest. And this is exactly where the anger should be directed. This is not an accident. This is a business model. The Brewers are not broke. Under Mark Attanasio and the ownership group, the Brewers receive revenue sharing, national TV money, local TV money, playoff revenue, merchandising revenue, concessions, parking, and consistently strong attendance revenue. And let’s stop ignoring this: Mark Attanasio and the ownership group do not pay for their stadium. Taxpayers across a five-county referendum built and continue to support American Family Field. The people of Wisconsin paid for the house. Mark Attanasio and the ownership group run the business inside it. And that business is packed. Two and a half to three million fans per year, year after year, one of the most loyal fan bases in baseball. Milwaukee has done its job. Last season was the moment. The Brewers finished with the best record in Major League Baseball. Best record in baseball. That is exactly when serious ownership groups go all-in. The Dodgers do. The Mets do. The Phillies do. The Rangers did. The Braves have. What did Mark Attanasio and the ownership group do? They protected margins, flexibility, and the balance sheet. And when October came, the same movie played again. Pitching staffs worn down. Bullpens exhausted. Injuries everywhere. No frontline depth. No elite reinforcements. And no help coming. Because Mark Attanasio and the ownership group don’t build October teams. They build attendance teams. Teams designed to stay in the race, create hope, sell tickets, fill the stadium, reset payrolls, trade stars before they cost real money, and live comfortably on revenue sharing. That model works beautifully if your goal is profit. Not championships. And here’s something else fans are allowed to talk about. Mark Attanasio and the ownership group are not just Brewers people. Mark Attanasio is also the majority owner of Norwich City FC in England and a longtime finance executive and investment-firm partner with multiple business interests. That makes this a fair and unavoidable question for Brewers fans: is Mark Attanasio and the ownership group running the Milwaukee Brewers as a championship-driven franchise, or as a stable, publicly supported cash-flow machine that helps support a broader sports and business portfolio? When you are collecting revenue sharing, playing in a taxpayer-funded stadium, drawing millions of fans, coming off the best record in baseball, and still finish dead last in spending, people are allowed to ask where the money is going and why it isn’t going onto the field. I’m not claiming access to their books. I’m saying their behavior is speaking loudly. And what it says is Milwaukee loyalty, minimal reinvestment, maximum protection of profit. Since this group took over nothing but a long list of playoff exits, and a long list of elite pitchers whose arms were pushed to the edge because ownership never finished the roster. Depth wins championships. High-end pitching wins championships. Impact bats win championships. Those cost money. And Mark Attanasio and the ownership group refuse to spend it. This offseason proves it. Dead last in all of baseball. Milwaukee is not asking for the Dodgers’ payroll. Milwaukee is asking for honest reinvestment, real October rosters, windows being attacked instead of sold back to us as “success.” Because under Mark Attanasio and the ownership group, the Brewers are never allowed to become dangerous, only dependable. Dependable attendance. Dependable profit. Dependable early playoff exits. If Mark Attanasio and the ownership group want this conversation to stop, there’s a simple solution: spend when the window is open, build October teams, stop finishing dead last, and stop treating Milwaukee like a guaranteed ATM. Public stadium. Elite fan base. Best record in baseball. Last in spending. That tells you everything. And it’s time Brewers fans start believing what Mark Attanasio and the ownership group are showing us. Most money spent this offseason: Toronto Blue Jays $337M, Los Angeles Dodgers $314.5M, New York Mets $240M, Chicago Cubs $228.5M, Philadelphia Phillies $227.9M, Baltimore Orioles $195M, New York Yankees $191.27M, Boston Red Sox $130M, Atlanta Braves $113.5M, Seattle Mariners $99.75M, San Diego Padres $91.2M, Detroit Tigers $59M, Houston Astros $56.6M, Arizona Diamondbacks $51.75M, Chicago White Sox $50.5M, Pittsburgh Pirates $36.75M, San Francisco Giants $35.4M, Cincinnati Reds $33.7M, Tampa Bay Rays $25M, Texas Rangers $24.62M, Minnesota Twins $21M, Colorado Rockies $20.8M, St. Louis Cardinals $16M, Miami Marlins $15M, Los Angeles Angels $12.95M, Cleveland Guardians $7.9M, Kansas City Royals $6.15M, Washington Nationals $5.5M, Oakland Athletics $2.85M, Milwaukee Brewers $1.25M.

2. I wonder what percentage of their annual review FanDuel was and if they are holding back on spending money because they do not know what if anything they will get in streaming/broadcast revenue in 2026? I've read some players are holding off on signing and instead of waiting for that situation to be clarified in hopes of getting higher offers from affected teams.

3. The only thing that I am upset by the trade is we didn't attempt to find a hitter that could hit the ball out of the park when you get to the playoffs you need someone that scares the other team It is not the regular season I am worried about. Lacking power your pitching staff has to little room for error in the playoffs.

4. Let Quero play

5. When you have a cheap owner, these are the results you're going to get.

6. Said it before, but we still have Yelich as a team leader and no Freddy and no added bat but hey bottom line Arnold saved Mark A money. I've been a Brewer fan since Molitor and Yount in the middle of Red Sox territory and I truly believe I"M DONE. So what, they go to the playoffs and then watch Yelich choke again it has gotten really really old, better things to do than cheer for a team whose owner doesn't want to win. And Arnold lets Stearns get better of him again. Next up get ready to lose Contreras for a prospect because we are cheap.

7. The Brewers do not have an ace on there staff. They have a bunch of 2s and 3s. Can’t count on Woodruff due to injuries.

8. 1sr of all he did have high pitch count but he was out there everyday. Unlike the others. Power? They need averge guys they all bat 220

9. Misleading headline that doesn’t align with the majority of what I’ve seen.

10. I love Fastball Freddy and wish the Brewers could pay a $200M contract, but that’s not feasible. They made a trade, as expected, and let’s hope it works out as well as the rest.

11. Milwaukee has young arms ready to prove themselves capable. More than enough to cover Peralta 100 pitch 5 inning outings. Aloha from kahuku Hawaii.

12. Win the division title is the ceiling for the Brew Crew now. Baseball is not for the smaller markets. That's why the NFL is now the American past time.

13. Brewers are #24 out of 30 teams in spending. Hey, fans are sad, but I have some great news…. your owners are laughing all the way to the bank. 😀

14. It's all part of being a Brewers fan. They should try to keep Contreras and Turang when it's time to resign

15. As a 57 year old lifelong Brewer fan, very expected move. The Brewers never pay pitching, at least not this ownership group. The only 3 pitchers the Brewers ever paid a premium for were Teddy Higuera, Yovanni Gallardo, and Ben Sheets. And I guess you could include the 2-month rental of C.C. Sabathia. Considering the lack of success those pitchers brought Milwaukee as opposed to the present team and the recent success they have had, I don’t know how you argue with this team building method. When you have limited resources, you need a strategy, I applaud the Crew for sticking to their guns.

16. With the payroll situation being tight, the Brewers must have really valued Jett and Sproat if they both gave the QO to Brandon Woodruff and weren't trying to use Freddy Peralta to move Christian Yelich's contract. I'm certain those two will be excellent and hopefully the Brewers spend a little further by signing a cheap veteran left handed starter or extending Pat Murphy.

17. Baseball needs a strike in 2027, as much as I hate to say that. It has gotten out of hand between the LAD, NYY, NYM, and the other big market teams. This ownership still needs to spend money on the product that the taxpayers deserve with their great support.

18. Freddy had a post season record of 1-3… how does that help u in the post season?

19. We’ve always been a AAA team for the large markets .. it feels like it’s getting worse somehow, but it’s the way it’s always been.

20. They will not sign Contreras. They have Quero.

21. You heard Mark Attanasio last year. I don’t care if we win the World Series just want the fans there while the Brewers are winning because he makes money.

22. Brewers ruining baseball for being cheap and NEVER paying their stars.

23. Im glad Peralta is gone. Nothing but a 4-5 inning pitcher having his ass saved by great bullpen strength. He won't have close to the success in the big apple.

24. Always trying to do it on the cheap. I’ve been a Brewer fan forever, but you can’t be the small market and the cheapest market.

25. The Mets already have Megill's brother Tylor. They weren't giving up Baty because he's valuable as a utility guy this year and will be the starter at 3B next year after Bichette opts out. Vientos is who they should have tried for. Just then the second player would likely have to be an early teens prospect.

26. teams like the Brewers are bad for baseball cannot hold on to their own Stars but everyone gives them a pass