The Brewers haven’t made many big moves this season, mainly keeping their roster from late 2025 through the new year. Outside of the Ángel Zerpa-Nick Mears-Isaac Collins trade last weekend, Milwaukee’s biggest moves are the signing of Akil Baddoo and the team bringing back Brandon Woodruff with a qualifying offer.
But what about smaller movements? Let’s take a quick look at the minor league deals the Brewers made this offseason (in chronological order).
The offseason moves kicked off in early November when the Brewers re-signed four minor leaguers headed for free agency. Those names included RHP Garrett Stallings, C Darrien Miller, C Ramón Rodríguez and SS Eduardo Garcia.
The 28-year-old Stallings was a fifth-round pick by the Angels in 2019. After being traded to the Orioles for Jose Iglesias in 2020, he was traded again in 2024, this time for Thyago Vieira. He spent the entire 2025 season with Triple-A Nashville and turned in his best season yet as he pitched to a 3.99 ERA with 72 strikeouts in 99 1/3 innings across 30 appearances, including 15 starts.
Miller, who turns 25 in March, was a ninth-round pick by Milwaukee in 2019. He has gradually risen through Milwaukee’s minor league system, reaching the top ranks at Double-A Biloxi, where he has spent each of the past two seasons. In 81 games with the Shuckers this year, he hit .192/.381/.329 with seven home runs, 37 RBIs, 40 runs and four steals. Despite a career batting average of just .218 at all levels, Miller has a knack for drawing walks, with a career .373 OBP.
Rodríguez, 27, was picked by the Dodgers in the 30th round in 2016. He was released by LA in 2020 before signing with the Orioles in 2021. He spent three seasons in their system before signing with Milwaukee in December 2023. He spent the 2024 season at High-A Wisconsin before leveling up to Double-A Biloxi in 2025. He played in just 21 games this season. season, as he suffered an injury in mid-May that kept him out for the rest of the year. However, over those 21 games, he hit a solid .359/.457/.484 with two home runs, 19 RBIs and eight runs.
Garcia, 23, was an international signee from Venezuela in 2018. He split his 2025 season between High-A Wisconsin and Double-A Biloxi, appearing in 129 games across the two levels. He hit .243/.330/.395 with 13 home runs, 56 RBIs, 73 runs and 41 steals in 48 attempts.
November 10: RHP Jesus Vasquez
There isn’t much to say about Vasquez other than the fact that he was born there 2008. Yes. The right-hander, an international draftsman from Valencia, Venezuela, stands 6 feet tall and weighs 160 pounds. If he leaves Ruben Guillon Academy, we should see Vasquez with the DSL Brewers next summer.
November 11: SS Eddys Leonard
Leonard, who turned 25 in November, was signed by the Dodgers from the Dominican Republic in 2017. He spent six seasons in their farm system before being designated for assignment in July 2023. He was then traded to the Tigers for cash, spending the remainder of 2023 and 2024 in Detroit’s system before playing the entire 2025 season with the Triple-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves.
In 674 career minor league games, Leonard has hit .265/.348/.452 with 95 homers, 144 doubles, 19 triples, 345 RBIs, 392 runs scored and 53 steals in 84 attempts. With the Gwinnett Stripers in 2025, he played in 126 games and hit .239/.304/.435 with 20 home runs, 61 RBIs, 48 runs and 11 steals in 16 tries. He has been assigned to Triple-A Nashville.
November 25: RHP Hansel Rincon
I won’t talk too much about Rincon because he is no longer part of Milwaukee’s organization after being selected in the Rule 5 draft (see below). Originally signed by the Diamondbacks in late 2019, Rincon made his first professional appearance in 2021 with the DSL D-backs, spending three seasons in Arizona’s system before rising to the top at Double-A in 2023. He was released before the 2024 season and, according to his Baseball Reference page, has not pitched in any league since.
December 10: Rule 5 Draft
The Brewers didn’t gain or lose any players in the MLB phase of this year’s Rule 5 draft, but there was quite a bit of movement during the minor league phase. The Brewers lost six players, including IF Zavier Warren (Reds), OF Hedbert Perez (Blue Jays), OF Garrett Spain (Twins), LHP Caden Vire (Red Sox), LHP Nate Peterson (Reds) and the aforementioned Rincon (Yankees). The only addition was RHP Cole Phillips from the Mariners.
Phillips, 22, was a second-round pick by the Braves in 2022 before being shipped to the Mariners organization in the Jarred Kelenic trade in December 2023. He has had an unfortunate run of bad luck, not appearing in professional matches due to a couple of Tommy John surgeries and a stress reaction on his elbow that has kept him out for all of 2025. We’ll see if his fortunes will change in 2026 with a new organization.
December 11: FROM Greg Jones Jr.
Jones, who turns 28 in March, was a first-round pick of the Rays in 2019. To this point in his career, he hasn’t really delivered. He has gone through the minors and debuted with the Rockies in 2024. He has made just nine MLB appearances thus far: six games with Colorado in 2024 and three games with the White Sox in 2025, recording just one hit (a homer) in seven at-bats. He was released by Chicago early in the season and spent the remainder of the year in Houston’s minor league system, although he missed the latter over two months due to injury. Given Milwaukee’s outfield depth, it appears Jones will primarily serve as further depth at Triple-A Nashville.
December 12: RHP Adrian Bello & RHP Wilmer Duarte
As with Vasquez above, there isn’t much to say about Bello and Duarte. Both are 17-year-old prospects from the Dominican Republic, as Bello was born in August 2008 and Duarte was born in March 2008. Bello (not to be confused with another Adrian Bello in the Marlins system) measures 6’3″ and 180 pounds, while Duarte is 6’0″ and 170 pounds.
December 16: RHP Alejandro Bustamante
Not even officially listed in Milwaukee’s transaction logs, the only thing I could find on Bustamante was the post below from Brewers Farm. We’ll see if any more news about him emerges in the coming weeks.
DECEMBER 17: RHP Gerson Garabito & LHP Drew Rom
Besides Jones, Garabito and Rom are probably the most well-known names of the players on this list. Garabito, 30, was already an international player from the Dominican Republic in 2012. He has spent time in the farm systems of the Royals, Giants and Rangers and debuted with Texas in 2024, making 18 appearances (two starts) with a 4.78 ERA and 22 strikeouts in 26 1/3 innings.
He spent most of 2025 at Triple-A Round Rock, where he made 10 starts with a dismal 8.53 ERA and an 0-7 record with 28 strikeouts in 31 2/3 innings. He also pitched eight innings across three relief appearances in the majors, allowing 12 runs (eight earned) with eight strikeouts across eight innings (9.00 ERA).
Rom, who turned 26 earlier this week, was a fourth-round pick by the Orioles in 2018. He spent nearly five years in their system before being shipped to the Cardinals at the 2023 trade deadline in the Jack Flaherty trade. He made his MLB debut that year with St. Louis and made eight starts for the Cardinals with an 8.02 ERA and 32 strikeouts in 33 2/3 innings.
He missed most of 2025 due to injury, appearing in just seven games with St. Louis’ Low-A and Triple-A affiliates, totaling a 3.86 ERA with 24 strikeouts in 23 1/3 innings in those games.
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