MILWAUKEE -- After trading away Tyler Thornburg at the Winter Meetings and Jeremy Jeffress and Will Smith back in August, the Brewers enter the New Year in need of a closer.
Recent history says they may find one where you least expect it.
"Closers kind of come from all over the place," manager Craig Counsell said. "I think if you look at the last 15 years of Brewers baseball, where the closers have come from, it's a pretty diverse and inventive group. That's how it works in that job a little bit.