Brewers Trade Deadline: 3 Trade Ideas To Signal Crew Is “All In” On 2021

Brewers “All-in” Trade Idea #2: Trade for Max Scherzer

Starting pitching isn’t a need. Why would they do this?

While the Milwaukee Brewers have a very talented crop of starting pitchers, they lack experience, especially in big postseason moments. The current trio of starters were all pitching out of the bullpen during the Crew’s postseason run in 2018. Pitching in the postseason out of the bullpen and pitching as a starter are two very different things.

Adding someone who has experience starting games when the lights are brightest isn’t the worst idea. Max Scherzer has that experience and three Cy Young awards under his belt.

While the argument can be made that the Brewers have the best rotation in baseball already, there are other contenders. If they add Scherzer to the mix, there is no doubt the best rotation resides in Milwaukee.

A postseason rotation of Scherzer-Woodruff-Burnes-Peralta would be a nightmare for opposing offenses. The Brewers offense would only need two or three runs a game to lock down games.

Scherzer is another rental that would likely not re-sign with Milwaukee at the end of the season, so this would be just for 2021 if done. But the value of having Scherzer on the staff to help guide the Brewers young starters through their big postseason starts is immense. He’s been on that stage.

This may not be particularly likely or even the best use of going all-in, but Stearns has doubled down on positions of strength before, so it wouldn’t be too shocking or out of character for him to do it again.