Matt Wieters just reached a deal with the Washington Nationals on Tuesday but the Brewers were in the mix until the end. General manager David Stearns claimed to have done “due diligence” on Wieters before deciding he was fine with heading into Spring Training with the options they already had on the team behind the plate.
Stearns never said if the team offered Wieters a contract or not but he did admit to contacting agent Scott Boras about his client.
“We talk about a wide variety of free agents throughout the offseason, and certainly when there is a player of that magnitude who remains a free agent at this stage of the offseason, we’re going to have our conversations about him,” Stearns said.