3 Players Who Won't Be on the Brewers Roster After 2020 Season

Every team sees some turnover after the end of a season, but following 2020, the Milwaukee Brewers have many decisions to face with a number of players hitting free agency and others holding team/mutual options. The 2021 roster could be looking a lot different.

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Even though these three players will likely be valuable to the team in the playoff hunt (if this season ever starts), don't expect them to make a return to Miller Park in 2021.

3. Brett Anderson

It's hard to see Anderson make a return to the Brew Crew in 2021 unless he has a stellar 2020. / Rob Leiter/Getty Images

Back in December, the Brewers signed 11-year veteran Brett Anderson to a one-year, $5 million contract. He's coming off one of the best seasons after starting 31 games and maintaining a 3.89 ERA with the Oakland A's.. The low-risk deal is good to deepen the rotation, but unless he has an uncharacteristically great 2020, don't expect him to stay in Milwaukee past the upcoming season.

2. Eric Sogard

After a solid 2019 for the Blue Jays and Rays, Sogard is hoping to provide similar stats for the Brewers. / Joseph Garnett Jr./Getty Images

Around the same time the Brewers signed Anderson, they also picked up a solid utility man in Eric Sogard, who spent time in Milwaukee in 2017 and 2018. He signed on a one-year, $4.5 million deal with a club option for 2021 (which is also $4.5 million). Sogard can play second base, third base, and shortstop and can hit the ball, too. For both the Toronto Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Rays in 2019, Sogard hit .290 in 110 games and provided great defensive depth. However, considering 2021 will be his age-35 season, it's likely the Brew Crew would rather keep Brock Holt, who is just as effective (and arguably better), instead.

1. Ryan Braun

Lifelong Brewer Ryan Braun could see his tenure with the team end after 2020. / Michael Reaves/Getty Images

Ryan Braun's five-year, $105 million contract extension expires after the 2020 season, but there's a $15 million mutual option with a $4 million buyout for 2021. The Brewers can easily save money and pay another slugging first baseman a fraction of that after 2020. Besides a small resurgence in 2016, Braun's power and run production has slowed mightily since 2016 and it's hard to believe the Brewers will pay him all that money in his age-37 season. Christian Yelich has moved to Braun's usual left field spot with the acquisition of Avisail Garcia, shifting Braun to first base. With little room for him in the field and little reason to pay him, the lifelong Brewer might have to don a different team across his chest in 2021.