Ranking 5 trade candidates Brewers could shop around this offseason

The Milwaukee Brewers are no strangers to making trades. Last offseason, they made nine trades between the end of the 2023 season and Opening Day 2024. As the Brewers face a pending 40 man roster crunch and another likely limited budget, there are sure to be plenty more trades in store for Milwuakee this offseason.

Milwaukee traded six players from their 40 man roster last offseason (Mark Canha, Abraham Toro, Adrian Houser, Tyrone Taylor, Corbin Burnes, and Clayton Andrews) and also traded several minor league prospects to get some big league help in return.

This winter, the Brewers could certainly deal from their prospect depth again to acquire some help, but there's also likely to be moves among the 40 man roster. Since so many players have to be returned from the 60 day IL and there aren't a ton of free agents, Milwaukee will face a roster crunch and will need to clear up spots for offseason acquisitions. The easiest way to clear those spots is to make trades from the 40 man.

Here's our ranking of potential Brewers trade candidates from the 40 man roster heading into the 2024-25 offseason.

1B Tyler Black

Tyler Black had some big prospect hype coming into the season. Ultimately, he was beat out by Joey Ortiz for the third base job in spring training. After that, he was then moved to first base, a less valuable position, and struggled to find big league playing time. He earned a couple of promotions, but failed to show very much at the major league level and couldn't force the struggling Jake Bauers out of his job.

His numbers continued to dip even down in the minors as the season went on, perhaps a sign of his confidence being a little shaken. What could benefit Black is a change of scenery, especially if another team sees his on-base skills and knows they could give him an easier path to everyday playing time and boost his confidence.

Despite that, the Brewers would be selling low on Black's value, who was a Top 100 prospect coming into the season. Milwaukee doesn't like to do things like that considering how important their prospects are to remaining competitive. The chances are pretty low Black gets moved, but if the Brewers can't find a path to regular playing time for him in 2025, they'd almost be better off moving him now than waiting until later.

Probability of being traded: 10%