The Brewers have not made any flashy moves this offseason, but the club has been relatively active compared to other teams in a slow winter. In addition to re-signing starting pitchers Colin Rea and Wade Miley, Matt Arnold and company have swung seven trades in a two-month span.
Those deals have come in different shapes. Some have embodied the counterbuilding strategy that the Brewers have embraced in recent years, in which they trade away expendable players on expiring contracts to bring in controllable talent that will soon be MLB-ready. The Brewers shipped out Mark Canha, Adrian Houser and Tyrone Taylor for pitching prospects, packaging the latter two in the same deal.