"They traded when he had one and a half seasons of club control left. Corbin Burnes and Devin Williams were traded in the offseason prior to their final years of club control. Stretching further back, the Brewers traded Jonathan Lucroy when he was a year and a half from free agency, too. Listening on someone like Megill, who'll be a free agent after the 2027 season and is projected by MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz to earn $4.2MM in 2026, is par for the course."
"There's no indication that Milwaukee needs to shed salary now - they wouldn't have made the QO to Woodruff had they been wholly unwilling to risk him accepting - but the budget has obviously tightened since decided to forgo the open market. In the aftermath of that trade, both president of baseball operations Matt Arnold and owner Mark Attanasio publicly indicated that Woodruff accepting his QO and any decision on whether to trade Peralta (or other veterans on notable salaries) were separate issues."
Trevor Megill, 32, has drawn trade interest from multiple clubs, including the Yankees and Mets. Megill emerged as a speculative trade candidate after Brandon Woodruff accepted a one-year, $22.025MM qualifying offer, which pushed the Brewers' projected Opening Day payroll to $135.5MM. Milwaukee has not indicated an immediate need to cut salary, and executives treated Woodruff's QO and potential veteran trades as separate matters. The club tendered arbitration contracts across the roster. Milwaukee has a pattern of trading established pitchers before free agency, and Megill — under team control through 2027 and projected to earn about $4.2MM in 2026 — fits that profile.
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