How have the Milwaukee Brewers done in recent trades?
Numerous members of the current Brewers roster arrived because of trades. Is their track record really as good as it seems? We look at recent history.
Why does any team dare trade with the Milwaukee Brewers ? It's an easy sentiment to conjure given Milwaukee's track record of success in recent deals. That seems particularly evident as the Brewers head into a three-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, at a time when Kyle Harrison has been superb in the starting rotation and Shane Drohan has been strong out of the bullpen .
The Brewers got David Hamilton (a key contributor, if not someone who's mashing at the plate), Drohan and Harrison for Caleb Durbin, Andruw Monsterio and Anthony Seigler in an offseason trade with the Boston Red Sox. Thus far, that looks like a robbery. Of course, there's another offseason trade that grossly favors the team that dealt with the Brewers, so not all trades have been perfect.
A look back at the offseason and other recent trades (trades involving players going both ways) impacting the Brewers: Brewers 2026 preseason trades: Freddy Peralta, Caleb Durbin, Isaac Collins, Nick Mears, Jake Woodford Tampa Bay received: K. C. Hunt, minor-league pitcher Milwaukee received: Jake Woodford, relief pitcher The late-offseason swap gave the Brewers a reliever who sees only limited action, a 4.
67 ERA in 12 games. He has a 1. 442 WHIP (walks and hits per inning) and hasn't really been a net negative or positive thus far.
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