{"id":527253,"date":"2026-01-19T04:23:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T04:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/527253\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T04:23:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T04:23:16","slug":"brewers-offseason-labeled-among-mlbs-worst-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/527253\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewers\u2019 Offseason Labeled Among MLB\u2019s Worst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/teams\/mlb\/milwaukee-brewers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Milwaukee Brewers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> are perennial contenders in the National League Central, but their front office has always moved cautiously \u2026 perhaps too cautiously for Milwaukee to ever take the next step toward a World Series. This winter has been more of the same.<\/p>\n<p>Bleacher Report\u2019s Zachary D. Rymer recently wrote an article on the MLB teams having the worst offseasons, and the Brewers were prominently featured.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey, at least the Brewers haven\u2019t lost any star players yet,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25355918-mlbs-5-best-and-worst-offseasons-so-far-ranked\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rymer wrote;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Rymer wrote<\/a>. \u201cThat tends to be a theme in Milwaukee in any given winter, whereas they actually retained a core piece when (Brandon) Woodruff accepted the qualifying offer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet even if Woodruff was excellent in the 12 starts he made last year, a lat strain ended his season in September and renewed questions about his durability. Between a $10 million buyout and his $22.025 salary, the Brewers will pay him over $30 million this year anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf anything, their next big move will finally see them lose a star,\u201d Rymer continued. \u201cMaybe they\u2019ll do well in an eventual Freddy Peralta trade, but it\u2019ll still be a sore spot for the fanbase.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Peralta\u2019s name keeps popping up in trade rumors, despite Brewers GM Matt Arnold saying back during the Winter Meetings that he\u2019d have to be blown away to trade Peralta. It\u2019ll be very interesting to see if Freddy lands somewhere else before spring training commences.<\/p>\n<p>More MLB:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/01\/red-sox-showing-interest-in-trade-for-8-million-all-star-pitcher\/\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Red Sox Showing Interest In Trade For $8 Million All-Star Pitcher;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">  Red Sox Showing Interest In Trade For $8 Million All-Star Pitcher <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Milwaukee Brewers are perennial contenders in the National League Central, but their front office has always moved&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5,753,59,4,1218,69984,17256,25140],"class_list":["post-527253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-baseball","tag-freddy-peralta","tag-milwaukee-brewers","tag-mlb","tag-national-league-central","tag-perennial-contenders","tag-woodruff","tag-zachary-d-rymer"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115919861085318927","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}