Brewers GM David Stearns made this move to help bring stability to the second base position that, up until this point, has been a revolving door of different players, with the hopes that one of them would step up and take the job.
In order to bring Schoop to Milwaukee, the Brewers had to give up Jonathan Villar and minor leaguers Luis Ortiz and Jean Carmona, both of which ranked in the top 15 in the Brewers farm system. By no means was Schoop a steal, but it was a move that Stearns felt would give the Brewers offense a boost.