Milwaukee lost last night but won the series with the White Sox. They have a 6.5 game lead over second place Cincy. But there's still plenty to be nervous about. Consistent hitting still isn't happening and the bullpen has been depleted by a couple trades already this year. Both trades were good but came at a cost. And, of course, they've had a lot of injury problems, like many other teams.
Twins reportedly want a pre-arb MLB player and 2 top 100 prospects for Berrios. Tyrone Taylor is a major league centerfielder whose first arbitration year is 2024. Brice Turang is the Brewers' #2 prospect and a top 100 overall. Ashby is Milwaukee's top pitching prospect; he's not top 100 overall but will be ready to take a major league rotation spot by next year. Add another prospect if necessary.
And I wouldn't mind if they try to get crazy Joe Gallo. Keston Hiura might be better as a DH. Send him, Ethan Small (team's second best pitching prospect and the other being setup for rotation work under the Burnes/Woodruff plan), and a couple other prospects.
Edit: That's a lot to give up but both players would still be in Milwaukee at least for 2022. Adding Berrios will free Hauser or Lauer (and by Sept, both) to move into the bullpen and strengthen that back up as well.
