With how slow everything is moving in the off-season, it was only a matter of time before the Hot Stove’s dial would turn up to max. In what felt like a matter of minutes, the Milwaukee Brewers cemented their efforts in the NL Central. All of a sudden what was a two-team race for the central division in 2018 is now a three-team race between the Cubs, Brewers, and St. Louis Cardinals for the next several years.
First came the news of the trade sending Christian Yelich to the Brewers. While the speculation of a move for Yelich and the Brewers intensified over the last week or so, there was no indication it would come about so quickly.