Milwaukee Brewers are trying to bring the hot stove back themselves. They put themselves in a ton of rumors on Sunday night. First, they were rumored to be in on an outfielder, yet, we do not know who that person is at the moment. But they weren’t done there as Yahoo! Japan reported Milwaukee made a formal offer to Yu Darvish. This is a bit out of left field considering they’ve been in rumors for Jake Arrieta, Lance Lynn and Alex Cobb. Darvish has ace-like stuff and might be the best of the bunch.

Darvish is a legit ace of a rotation. I don’t think you can say Arrieta, Lynn or Cobb will ever possess the kind of stuff that Darvish brings to the table. He is a strikeout pitcher who has a killer slider with limited exposure to the National League. He’s the best pitcher on the free agent market. All of the big name teams are gunning for him, so, for David Stearns to pull this off would be magical. Darvish battled some injuries throughout the years, but he can be a killer to be the leader of this rotation.

Now, this could be a move for posturing for all involved parties. Milwaukee might have offers out to Arrieta, Lynn or Cobb yet this might be a shit or get off the pot moment for them. In Darvish’s case, he might be hanging this over the head of Chicago, Los Angeles, Minnesota, Houston and others who have been said to be in on him. We’ll see if the market for the Japanese ace heats up in the next 24 to 48 hours. We could be looking at a massive coup for Milwaukee though.

This might be a bit of a spicy take, but it appears to me this might be the week where we start seeing some things happen in baseball. Maybe, it’s a willing desire of mine to talk more baseball, but it just feels like more balls are in the air compared to the last couple weeks.

Charlie.