With the Baltimore Orioles signing of Alex Cobb to a four year, $57 million contract, the final potential free agent target for Milwaukee is off the board. As management has been telling us for months even as we dismissed it as “GM speak,” the Brewers major offseason moves all took place within the space of two hours on the evening of January 25.
Other moves were made, of course: Jhoulys Chacin, Matt Albers and Boone Logan, in that order, should make an impact on the major league club this season. But as far as needle-moving transactions, the trade for former Marlins CF Christian Yelich and the return of former Royals CF Lorenzo Cain ended up as the only significant additions Milwaukee made.