This baseball offseason has been very quiet. It is by design. If you didn’t hear, we had a pandemic. And if you didn’t know, there were no fans in the stands until they got to Texas for the postseason. Part of me wonders if baseball wishes they applied an approach that a lot of NFL teams have done, but they were the first one which is always the hardest. The hot stove has been sitting idle but it’s finally starting to warm up. Yesterday, Blake Snell goes to the San Diego Padres. And today, it seems the Padres are getting Yu Darvish for basically four lottery tickets plus Zach Davies. It’s a pure salary dump. This means that the tanks are rolling into the Wrigley, and that’s a big thing for the Brewers.

Milwaukee has not made any moves yet. Small things here and there, but the Brewers have done nothing to address the offense. While I’m a David Stearns, it will be hard for me to defend his moves if there aren’t moves made to make this offense better. Part of me hopes that happens to see the local baseball media try to carry the water for it and tell funny jokes to the Brewers’ head of media relations. They have a decent rotation, an awesome backend bullpen, but the offense needs to improve. And now with the Cubs’ demise coming, Milwaukee has a window to strike.

Cincinnati is also cutting payroll. They traded Rasiel Iglesias, their closer, last week. They might want to trade top Brewers killer Eugenio Suarez, Sonny Gray could be on the move, and Trevor Bauer isn’t coming back. Pittsburgh dealt Josh Bell, and they’re also in rebuild mode. That means Milwaukee and St. Louis are the only teams actually going for it. But neither team has made any serious moves yet to show their big dick in the NL Central cracker factory.

Should we expect it to happen soon? Not really. It reminds me of the Yasmani Grandal and Mike Moustakas year. Milwaukee signed both of those guys in late January. Part of me thinks that is a feasible possibility this season as well. And if Milwaukee adds one or two more weapons with a fresh Lorenzo Cain, Ryan Braun’s retirement tour, and a few other options, Brewers could be the top team in the National League Central.

If Brewers and Cards sit on their hands, it might only take 85 wins to win the division.

Charlie.