One of the biggest question marks for the Milwaukee Brewers entering the 2025-26 offseason was how their starting rotation picture would shake out. With ace Freddy Peralta entering the final year of his contract, a telltale sign that trade rumors will start to emerge, and Brandon Woodruff hitting free agency with a $22.025 million qualifying offer from the Brewers to consider, Milwaukee's president of baseball operations, Matt Arnold, has some work to do before his team's NL Central title defense begins next April.
However, while much of the baseball world generates trades that would send Peralta to a big market and concocts long-term contracts for Woody that would take him away from the organization he has spent his entire career with, many are failing to consider an alternate reality where the Brewers retain both pitchers and add another arm to their rotation.