It took until the last day of the Winter Meetings, but David Stearns got back to slinging.
The Brewers are trading their competitive balance pick in next year’s draft — the 39th pick overall — to the Texas Rangers in exchange for funky lefty Alex Claudio, according to Ken Rosenthal.
Claudio is in his first year of arbitration eligibility and is coming off somewhat of a disappointing season in which he finish with a 4.48 ERA in 68.1 innings in 66 appearances, although his 3.42 FIP says he was a bit unlucky.