×Christian Yelich

The Brewers gave their fans plenty to be thankful for during the 2025 season, but the news coming from American Family Field on Thanksgiving week didn’t quite match the spirit of the fall holiday.

As part of their offseason notes feature (later reposted as a standalone story at MLB Trade Rumors ), the staff at The Athletic reported that the Brewers are “fretting over their payroll” following Brandon Woodruff’s decision to accept a one-year, $22.025 million contract offer for 2026. With Woodruff back in the fold Cot’s Contracts now projects the Brewers’ 2026 payroll at over $110 million, which would be up slightly from last season’s $108 million but down significantly from $132 million in 2022.

Naturally, the first question was how this news relates to the Br

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