This is really unexpected. But it really shouldn’t be. The Milwaukee Brewers went into this offseason with their expected biggest area of need being at second base, with everyone predicting they would land a stopgap free agent for one season to bide time until prospects Mauricio Dubon and Keston Hiura were ready.
Here we are on January 23rd and the only addition the Brewers have made to their middle infield is Cory Spangenberg, who’s coming off a .235/.298/.362 season. He’s barely an upgrade over Hernan Perez, if he is one at all.