The Milwaukee Brewers had the best record in baseball in 2025.
In the regular season, that is. In the NLCS, the Los Angeles Dodgers proved to be too much and swept the Brewers.
That leaves Milwaukee in a tricky spot. How are the Brewers meant to approach this offseason? Are they capable of getting even stronger?
What they end up doing with ace starter Freddy Peralta will be telling.
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The thought when Brandon Woodruff accepted his qualifying offer to return to the Brewers' rotation was that it would lead to dealing Peralta away, a one or the other type of situation.
But ESPN's Jeff Passan and Kiley McDaniel wrote on Tuesday that the Brewers may actually choose to keep both, setting the chances of Peralta getting traded this offseason at only 25%.
"Though many expected a Peralta trade soon after Brandon Woodruff accepted the qualifying offer, the Brewers aren't approaching the winter focused on dealing their top starter," the duo wrote. "If they get blown away by an offer, they won't hesitate, but for now, the plan is to enter the year with Woodruff, Peralta, Jacob Misiorowski and Quinn Priester anchoring their rotation."
That's a formidable four-man pitching group, for sure, which Peralta would lead.
"Peralta is going into the last season of his extension, making $8 million this year," Passan and McDaniel write. "He is drawing interest despite having just one year left on his deal because he's a No. 2 starter and has averaged a 3.30 ERA and just under 150 innings per season since 2021, while clearing 165 innings each of the past three seasons. He relies on his fastball in an era where that isn't en vogue, but it works due to his combination of command and a low release created by extension and a lower slot. His changeup is a plus pitch, and his breaking stuff is good enough to be effective against right-handed hitters."
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Teams in the financial bracket of the Brewers often have to deal players early in order to recoup some value before losing them in free agency.
But Milwaukee is one of the best teams in the league, and they may just try to run it back.
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