The rebuilding Milwaukee Brewers have made several trades this season, but perhaps most memorable is the infamous “trade that didn’t happen” with the New York Mets a few days prior to the July 31st deadline. Milwaukee agreed to send CF Carlos Gomez to the big apple in exchange for the young combination of infielder Wilmer Flores and injured righty starter Zack Wheeler before the Mets’ nixed the deal after concerns about Gomez’s hip.
Before agreeing to the deal that eventually fell through, Brewers’ GM Doug Melvin and Mets’ GM Sandy Alderson no doubt discussed a myriad of potential scenarios.