Trade Analysis: The Brewers bet on their ability to replace Josh Hader while building for the future

With the trade deadline just over 24 hours away, the Brewers swung perhaps the most stunning deal of the summer. On Monday afternoon, Milwaukee dealt closer Josh Hader to the San Diego Padres in exchange for Taylor Rogers, Dinelson Lamet, Esteury Ruiz, and Robert Gasser.

The #Brewers have acquired:

LHP Taylor Rogers
LHP Robert Gasser
OF Esteury Ruiz
RHP Dinelson Lamet

for

LHP Josh Hader pic.twitter.com/F4zYsga5Zq— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) August 1, 2022

Hader had been the subject of trade rumors for years, so it was not surprising when Ken Rosenthal speculated last night that the star reliever could finally be on the move.