The Milwaukee Brewers didn't sign Kyle Schwarber at the 2025 Winter Meetings. Nor did they hand Edwin Díaz the largest annual salary of any relief pitcher in MLB history, which would have been the largest Milwaukee had ever given to any pitcher for that matter, broken just weeks ago by Brandon Woodruff and his acceptance of the qualifying offer.
However, while their contending NL counterparts added contracts to their payroll that are bound to include a few ugly years, the Brewers were doing exactly what they should be: making it known that several of their expected trade candidates are available, but that it will take a significant offer for Milwaukee to move them.