Overview
- Multiple outlets reported the trade, which the clubs had not confirmed as of late Saturday.
- Ángel Zerpa, 26, logged a 4.18 ERA across 69 outings in 2025, featuring a 96.6 mph sinker and top-percentile ground-ball rates.
- Milwaukee is sending Isaac Collins, who finished fourth in NL Rookie of the Year voting after a .263/.368/.411 season with nine homers and 16 steals, along with reliever Nick Mears.
- Mears posted a 3.49 ERA with 16 holds in 63 appearances last season, while Collins remains under long-term club control and Zerpa is controllable through 2028 with a Minor League option.
- Zerpa is expected to join the Brewers' late-inning mix alongside Abner Uribe, Trevor Megill and Jared Koenig, according to local reporting.