The Mets may not need to look far to find a bullpen answer with real bite. If the Brewers shop Trevor Megill this offseason, he looks like the kind of reliever David Stearns would jump on.
Megill is arbitration-eligible for the 2027 season, which means he is entering the final year of his contract. And if Milwaukee follows the same pattern it has used before, this could be the moment to move him. The Brewers have a history of dealing pitchers before they reach free agency, with Josh Hader, Corbin Burnes, Devin Williams, and Freddy Peralta all sent out before their contract years.
That matters here because Megill has done everything you want from a closer, especially in October. In the postseason, he has thrown five and two-thirds innings, allowed just one hit, and recorded four saves. That comes on top of a very strong regular season and has only driven his value higher.
For the Mets, the appeal is obvious. They may already have a closer in Williams and a possible one in Kodai Senga, but neither has locked the job down.
Williams had a rough run in the role, and that was a major part of why 2026 started so badly before spiraling into a disaster. Senga has been impressive, but he still hasn’t shown he can handle the ninth inning full time.
He can be part of the mix, but only as an option.
Megill would give them something sturdier. He has already shown he can handle the biggest moments, and he has the profile of a pitcher a contender can trust when the game is on the line.
There was once a thought that Williams could thrive in a setup role, much like Edwin Diaz was expected to before he signed with the Dodgers, but that plan never took shape. The same idea could work with Megill if the Mets landed him.
The wrinkle is cost. Megill is almost 33 and has just one year of team control left, so Milwaukee could decide this is the time to cash in. The Brewers tend to value young, controllable pitching and speed, and the Mets have both in their system.
Jack Wenninger and Nick Morabito stand out as the kind of pieces that could make sense. Wenninger, who is ranked eighth in the Mets system by MLB.com, is a high-strikeout arm with big league caliber, though his disappointing 2026 in Triple-A could make him available.
Morabito brings speed, and while his bat has not fully come around, the Mets’ outfield setup with Juan Soto, A.J. Ewing, and Carson Benge makes him more movable than some of their infield talent.
A package like that would give Milwaukee two prospects with upside, while New York would get the stabilizing force it needs in a bullpen that is heading for a major makeover.
And Stearns’ ties to all of this only make the fit cleaner. He was still around the Brewers organization when they traded for Megill, even if he had stepped down from the president of baseball operations role in October of 2022.
He was still advising the owner and the baseball operations department then, so there could have been some influence there. He also has not avoided doing business with his old club, as the Freddy Peralta deal showed.
So if Milwaukee makes Megill available, the Mets ought to be right in the middle of it.
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