The 2025 Milwaukee Brewers head into the midseason trade deadline with a ridiculous amount of starting pitching depth. Already with several major league caliber arms pitching in Triple-A, the Brewers have both Nestor Cortes and Robert Gasser expected to re-join the team from the 60-day IL over the next month.
However, at this time last year, Matt Arnold and the Brewers' front office were scouring the trade market for starting pitching, searching for a place where they could find value without paying the premium prices that were attached to the available frontline starters. In the end, they sent Jakob Junis and Joey Wiemer to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Frankie Montas, a deal that has aged fine for the Brewers' front office given Wiemer's numbers in Triple-A this season, and the fact that Montas made a solid postseason start for the Crew last October.