The Milwaukee Brewers went into the 2026 trade deadline looking for pitching help, and they found it in Dustin May, JoJo Romero and Antonio Senzatela. All three mattered during the stretch run and through the club’s World Series run. Now, all three are on the open market, and Senzatela appears to be drawing attention.
In a Saturday column, The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon reported that teams are monitoring the right-hander as a possible starter.
"A few teams have expressed interest in free agent Antonio Senzatela as a starting pitcher," Sammon and Rosenthal wrote. "In 2026, for the first time in his career, the 10-year veteran worked strictly as a reliever.
Senzatela’s stuff and velocity played up from the bullpen. In 57 games (73 1/3 innings) spent between the Colorado Rockies and Milwaukee Brewers, Senzatela had a 4.05 ERA and a 1.35 WHIP."
His Milwaukee stint wasn’t spotless, but it was more useful than the raw ERA suggests. Senzatela made 23 appearances for the Brewers and posted a 5.14 ERA, yet 15 of those outings were scoreless. Only three times did he give up more than one run in an appearance.
The best version of Senzatela showed up in October. He pitched in four playoff games and did not allow an earned run over 4 1/3 innings.
That’s the kind of finish that can keep a market alive, and it’s why Milwaukee may have a tough time bringing him back. The Brewers declined his $14 million option for the 2027 season, a move that makes sense on paper. Spotrac has his projected market value at a little over $9.4 million over two years, a figure that would seem reasonable for both sides.
Before joining Milwaukee, Senzatela had a 3.61 ERA in 34 appearances with the Colorado Rockies.
For now, though, a reunion does not look likely. Rosenthal and Sammon’s report suggests there is real interest elsewhere, and that makes a Brewers return harder to picture at the moment. If the market doesn’t fully develop, that could change, but right now fans probably shouldn’t count on seeing him back in Milwaukee.
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