5 Brewers players who could be traded off the 40 man roster before 2024 Deadline

5. RHP Bryse Wilson

I'm not entirely convinced the Brewers would actually trade Bryse Wilson, considering how valuable he's been, but hear me out on this.

The Brewers have a bunch of bulk options that aren't trusted enough to be regular starting pitchers but can fill multiple innings. Wilson, Jakob Junis, DL Hall, and Joe Ross make up that group. Hall and Ross will soon return to the active roster, but it's highly possible neither fit back in the rotation, which means they would move to the bullpen.

Do the Brewers really need four long relievers in their bullpen? The answer is no. That's too many "bulk" options to have with a full rotation. They need to thin that group out somehow.

Of those four, DL Hall is certainly not going anywhere, so let's eliminate him. Between Wilson, Junis, and Ross, who has the most trade value? It's Wilson. Ross is still returning from injury and is a free agent at the end of the year, so he's not going to bring much to a trade package. Ditto for Junis, who missed time early and is a free agent at season's end. Wilson, however, has been an effective and reliable arm for the last two seasons and he has another 2.5 seasons of team control.

Wilson has a 3.99 ERA this year, he's split time between the rotation and bullpen, and he could help out another team for the next few years.

That production and those years of team control make him all the more valuable to the Brewers as well, which is why it's difficult to see them actually pulling the trigger on a Wilson trade. Rental veterans like Ross and Junis do nothing for clubs that are selling this year. If a team has plans on competing in the near future, why not pick up a guy like Wilson?

Toronto comes to mind. They want to contend in 2025 but are sellers this year. Hypothetically, including Wilson in a package for one of their current starters like Yusei Kikuchi may not be a bad deal for either side. Wilson would need to be packaged with another player, I'd imagine, but it saves the Brewers from including a top prospect in Wilson's place.

By the time this trade deadline is over, we're likely to see some more players from this Brewers current 40 man roster shipped out. These five seem like very likely candidates.