Brewers predicted to trade $34 million slugger amid 'bounce-back' season

The Milwaukee Brewers are still hanging astir successful nan National League. They person recovered their stride and could make a push to triumph nan section arsenic well. Right now, they are 5 1/2 down nan Chicago Cubs successful nan NL Central.

Even if nan Brewers are successful nan postseason operation by nan extremity of nan waste and acquisition deadline, they whitethorn beryllium consenting to waste and acquisition immoderate assets. They person shown successful nan past that they are consenting to waste and acquisition players a twelvemonth earlier it's excessively precocious successful bid to onshore players to thief them successful nan future. They did truthful pinch Josh Hader successful nan midst of a awesome season.

This season, they could look to waste and acquisition Rhys Hoskins. Hoskins signed a two-year woody pinch nan Brewers past offseason. He had a down twelvemonth past year, but still managed to deed 26 location runs. This season, he is having a amended twelvemonth and has an $18 cardinal communal action for 2026.

If Hoskins is made available, galore teams could beryllium willing successful him. FanSided's Tremayne Person predicted he would beryllium traded to nan Boston Red Sox this summer.

"The Boston Red Sox are scrambling for stableness astatine first guidelines — and truthful far, nan answers haven’t travel from within," wrote Person. "They've experimented pinch players learning nan position connected nan fly, patching nan spread arsenic champion they can. But pinch Triston Casas ruled retired for nan play and questions lingering astir his readiness for Opening Day 2026, Boston’s urgency is only growing.

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"That’s wherever Brewers slugger Rhys Hoskins comes in, who, successful nan midst of a bounce-back season, checks astir each container for nan Red Sox. He’s a proven right-handed bat pinch postseason experience, and his statement building makes him an intriguing deadline target. If Boston is consenting to sorb nan remainder of his net and nonstop Milwaukee a package of cost-controlled players pinch upside, this could beryllium a classical win-win — nan benignant of semipermanent worth waste and acquisition Brewers GM Matt Arnold has mastered successful caller years."

Hoskins is slashing .256/.348/.427 pinch 9 location runs. He is successful a slump correct now, but was hitting .276 pinch an OPS of .849 done May. When he gets retired of his slump, he could beryllium a cardinal subordinate for nan Red Sox.

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