The Toronto Blue Jays are still looking to add to their roster after missing out of a couple big free agents and a trade offer involving Davis Schneider was proposed.
This Saturday, a report floated a clean 1-for-1 trade offer: Milwaukee sends lefty reliever Jared Koenig to Toronto for Schneider.
It’s framed as a bullpen surplus move
for the Brewers, a way to turn an extra southpaw into a bench upgrade.
Here’s the uncomfortable part for Jays fans, Koenig is not some random mop-up arm.
He just posted a 2.86 ERA in 72 games and 66 innings in 2025, the kind of volume lefty contending teams hoard like gold.
This angle even points at Milwaukee’s pile of left-handers after adding Angel Zerpa, and tosses in Freddy Peralta as another looming decision point for them.
That’s the subtext, they’re thinking f
lexibility, not sentiment.
Now zoom in on Schneider, because that’s where Jays fans will split.
He’s 26, a late-round Blue Jays pick back in 2017, and he actually gave Toronto real offensive value in 2025, even if the playing time was choppy.
Toronto Blue Jays trade idea meets Milwaukee Brewers bullpen
Honestly, I’m not eager to watch another homegrown bat get shipped out right when the roster finally needs cheap offense.
Schneider hit .234 with a .361 OBP and a .797 OPS in 2025, popping 11 homers in just 188 at-bats, that’s not superstar stuff, but it plays when your lineup has dead spots and your payroll can’t fix everything.
Defensively, I’m not buying the «premium outfielder» sales pitch without blinking.
MLB’s own usage has him mostly in left field, with
some second base mixed in, which screams versatility more than lockdown glove.
That versatility matters, though, because it’s exactly what gets exposed over 162, when injuries and cold streaks turn your bench into an everyday problem.
So would I do it? If Toronto’s bullpen is alreadysturdy and the front office thinks Schneider is blocked, I get the logic, Koenig’s 2024-2025 run is real, and lefty leverage innings don’t grow on trees.
But if the Jays are serious about lengthening the lineup and keeping some personality in the roster, trading a cheap, on-base-capable bat for yet another reliever feels like the same old tunnel vision.
This is the bigger question hiding inside a tidy swap, are the Blue Jays building a lineup that can scare teams in October, or just collecting arms and hoping the bats figure it out?
