Initially, it appeared as if the Milwaukee Brewers' front office was set for an active offseason. Following the team's loss in the NLCS, rumors of the Brewers trading their ace, Freddy Peralta, during the winter immediately began swirling, and the initial expectation was that Brandon Woodruff would decline both his mutual option and the qualifying offer that Milwaukee has since offered him. If both of those moves come to fruition, Brewers' president of baseball operations, Matt Arnold, has some serious work to do this offseason to reinforce a starting rotation that is filled with talented, yet unexperienced arms.
Brewers' Brandon Woodruff backup plan could involve trading for this Royals All-Star