The Milwaukee Brewers have become known as an organization you want to go to as a player because of their recent success in acquiring players and making them better. It happened this year when they acquired Andrew Vaughn from the White Sox, and Vaughn exploded when he first joined the team, and is now a playoff contributor with the Brew Crew.
The Brewers are now being linked to another slugger as a 'dark horse' candidate.
Brewers linked to Ryan O'Hearn
The San Diego Padres traded for Ryan O'Hearn right before the trade deadline, but he is set to test the open market in free agency this offseason.
In a recent Bleacher Report article, writer Kerry Miller names one dark horse candidate for top MLB free agents, and O'Hearn's dark horse team is the Milwaukee Brewers:
"Less of a dark horse and more a team that prefers not to spend money, the Brewers are going to lose Rhys Hoskins this offseason, and the Andrew Vaughn who had a 1.051 OPS through his first 29 games in Milwaukee was nowhere to be found over the final six weeks of the regular season. Doing something at first base this offseason is just about a must."
If the Brewers do lose Hoskins, they will be in the market for another first baseman, and O'Hearn would be a good fit. The only problem for the Brewers is that O'Hearn is coming off the best season of his career, where he hit 17 home runs, which may drive his personal price tag up.
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