We have been saying for a while now on these pages that the Milwaukee Brewers’ rebuild is over. Really, one could argue that it was complete following the 2016 season, as the Brewers had already traded away nearly an entire roster’s worth of players for prospects by that time. The outline of a competitive ball club had begun to take shape. The only major trade David Stearns and company pulled during the 2016-17 offseason was sending Tyler Thornburg to Boston, and one can’t really classify that as a pure rebuilding trade since in addition to prospects, Milwaukee also got their starting third baseman - Travis Shaw - in return.
The rebuild is over: the Milwaukee Brewers have flipped the switch to competing
