The day started off with the news that Chase Anderson, who had a 2020 club option worth $8.5 million, was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for minor league first baseman Chad Spanberger. The Brewers decided to pick up Manny Pina‘s club option, and the only player left was Thames.
We dove into this topic a few weeks ago about what the Milwaukee Brewers should do with Eric Thames, which you can read here.
We thought the best course of action would be to bring Thames back and simply pick up his option, rather than gamble with losing him in free agency while trying to save a few million dollars.