5 infield trade targets the Brewers need to strongly consider this offseason

Angels 2B/3B Luis Rengifo

There were rumors back at the trade deadline that Luis Rengifo was available, but ultimately the Los Angeles Angels decided to keep him. Rengifo was dealing with some injuries in 2024, but he ended up with some very good numbers.

In 304 PAs, the switch-hitting Rengifo hit .300/.347/.417 with six homers and 24 stolen bases. He has a career strikeout rate of just 18.5% and beat that number by quite a bit with just a 14.5% K rate in 2024.

Rengifo is entering his final year of arbitration before hitting free agency, making a trade for him a one year stop-gap option. He's projected to earn $5.8MM in arbitration in 2025, but that's not a bad thing for the Brewers. They have a number of corner infield prospects coming quickly through the pipeline, including Brock Wilken, Mike Boeve, and Tyler Black. All three of them could reasonably see big league time in 2025, especially Black who made his debut this past season.

Acquiring Rengifo would be cheaper than trading for McMahon. He's not as big of a star and there's only one year of control left. Even though he had just six long balls in 2024, Rengifo hit 17 and 16 homers in 2022 and 2023 respectively, so there's more power in the tank here.

Rengifo's experience at second base and third base could allow the Brewers to move either one of Joey Ortiz or Brice Turang to shortstop and he can slide in to the new shortstop's old position.