MLB reporter Héctor Gómez wrote on Twitter that the Brewers had emerged "now as a top suitor" for Suárez, but the names he mentioned as a possible return lined up perfectly with our Journal Sentinel story proposing mock trades (with reaction and analysis from Curt Hogg), which seems fishy.

The Milwaukee Brewers were mostly idle through the final day of MLB's trade deadline. As teams around the league hurried to improve themselves or execute a fire sale, the Brewers were nowhere to be found on the transaction wire.