This week, the GM Meetings took place in Las Vegas. It is the first real chance for GMs to meet and discuss trade possibilities with other teams, as well as hold initial meetings with free agents. It was also awards week for MLB, with the yearly awards all announced. Here’s what took place this week.
There wasn’t much for free agent deals, but a few were signed this week to kick off free agency. The big news for the Brewers was Jake Bauers signing with the Red Sox, which also means that he turned
down the qualifying offer from Milwaukee. Bauers signed a four year, $58 million contract with the Red Sox, and the Brewers will receive a compensatory draft pick after the first round. A couple of other free agents were signed at the meetings, with Emilio Pagan signing with the Tigers and Evan Phillips signing with the Braves.
Another piece of news for the Brewers was about Jeferson Quero. The Brewers were officially granted a fourth option year for Quero, meaning they can keep him in the minors for one more year. Without the option, Quero would either have to make the roster out of spring training or potentially be exposed to waivers to keep in the minors. Now, the Brewers can give him one more season in Nashville to see what he can offer in the future.
Early trade rumors are coming up for current Brewers’ players, mainly focused around the players who are free agents after the 2027 season. The main two players that have been mentioned in rumors so far are Trevor Megill and William Contreras. At the meetings,Matt Arnold spoke about the possibility of trading Contreras. He did it with usual GM speak, saying that Contreras “means a lot to this team”. When asked about Megill, he continued with the GM speak and said, “He got the last six outs of the World Series, and I just went to a Metallica concert with him, so I like him. I like him a lot.”
The yearly awards were also announced at this year’s meetings, and as expected for the World Series champions, they were represented several times. Here is a summary of the awards that they won or received votes for:
- Logan Henderson finished sixth in the NL Rookie of the Year vote, with Sal Stewart of the Reds and Kevin McGonigle of the Tigers taking the award.
- Manager Pat Murphy won his third straight NL Manager of the Year award, while Will Venable of the White Sox won it in the AL.
- Jacob Misiorowski was a unanimous winner of the NL Cy Young award, with Cam Schlitter also a unanimous winner in the AL.
- Trevor Megill finished third in the inaugural Reliever of the Year award, with Mason Miller taking the award in the NL and Louis Varland in the AL. Aaron Ashby and Abner Uribe also received votes.
- Brice Turang finished third in the NL MVP vote and Jacob Misiorowski finished fifth. Jackson Chourio and Jake Bauers also received votes. Pete Crow-Armstrong was a unanimous winner in the NL and Yordan Alvarez was unanimous in the AL.
- Turang, Chourio, and Misiorowski were all on the All-MLB First Team, and Contreras was on the Second Team. Contreras also took home the Flow Mayor award, for the player with the most swagger and style.
The next big deadline date for the Brewers is coming up next week on Tuesday. They will have until 5 p.m. CT to protect players from the Rule 5 draft. Jett Williams (MLB.com No. 10), Luke Adams (No. 13), Marco Dinges, (No. 14), Tate Kuehner, Brett Wichrowski, Brock Wilken, and Matthew Wood are among the Brewers’ top prospects that would need to be protected.
