Latest trade proposal one that Brewers should totally jump on, but it won’t happen

It is a time-honored tradition when it comes to ingesting content about the Milwaukee Brewers or any sports team for that matter that people come up with a lot of mock trade proposals. Some are well-thought out and actually make some sense. Others are half-baked, one-sided trades that no sane human being would entertain. There is some in-between, but you get the idea.

For the Brewers, the number of trades from their big league roster they should entertain is pretty small. They have a lot of young, cost-controlled players that they want to build around the next few years. Once they moved Devin Williams earlier this offseason, the number of players that they would like to move got incredibly short with the possible exception of Rhys Hoskins.

While Hoskins is a tremendous cubhouse guy and has real upside, it is hard to ignore the fact that he posted a pretty brutal .214/.303/.419 line in 517 plate appearances in 2024. There was so hope that he would test free agency again, but he thought better of it and exercised his player option for 2025.

Well, Newsweek's Drew VonScio recently put forth a Rhys Hoskins trade proposal that the Brewers would probably be happy to take, but also feels like a pipe dream.

Proposed Rhys Hoskins trade would be a massive win for the Brewers, but the Mets aren't that dumb

The proposed trade would send Hoskins to the Mets in exchange for 1B/3B Bretty Baty and RHP Dom Hamel. The idea behind the trade is that talks between New York and Pete Alonso are at a standstill and Hoskins would "solve" the Mets' first base problem. Milwaukee probably loves this idea, but there are some pretty obvious problems.

There is just no world where the Mets would trade Baty, who is massively talented with big-time power and loads of team control, for one year of paying Hoskins $18 million with a mutual option for 2026 after a down season at the plate. There is a chance that Hoskins will rebound to be sure, but that feels like a gamble that not even Steven Cohen and his infinitely deep pockets is willing to make.

This isn't the first time we have heard a trade rumor or proposal regarding Hoskins and it is probably accurate that the team would love to get his money off the books. Perhaps a deal could materialize during spring training once Alonso is off the market and a team becomes desperate for a first baseman with upside. However, you can probably safely say that this Hoskins trade framework isn't going to happen.

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