By every indication, the Milwaukee Brewers will once again be looking for ways to reduce payroll heading into the 2021 season.
After the season, Baseball Ops President David Stearns told reporters: “I think budgets are tighter everywhere right now, for most businesses. You know, over the last two years we’ve run the two highest payrolls in the history of this organization. And I think it’s uncertain at this point, as we look forward, whether our payroll next year would be at that same level.” The idea that the Brewers ran a record-high payroll in 2020 is rather misleading as the club only dished out about $40 mil in prorated salaries during the shortened season, but the rhetoric around the club has been quick to point out the loss in potential revenue thanks to playing without fans (suggested to be $100+ mil) as well as uncertainty about what the 2021 season will look like.