WASHINGTON -- Two hours before the Brewers played their series finale in Philadelphia on Sunday, a reporter extended a notepad and pen to assistant general manager Matt Arnold and asked whether he was willing to share every proposal under consideration by the club with the July 31 non-waiver Trade Deadline about a week away.
"How much time do you have?" Arnold said with a smile. "We might be done around the eighth inning."
It is a busy time for the Brewers, and a pivotal one. Arnold returned to Milwaukee on Sunday night to join GM David Stearns and the rest of the team's top decision-makers for the stretch drive to next Monday's Deadline.