The Brewers will have a fourth option year for catcher Jeferson Quero in 2027, reports Matt Trueblood of Brewer Fanatic. That’s a notable development for the Brewers, as it will be easier to keep Quero on the roster next year.
Normally, a player has three option years. If a player on the 40-man roster is optionable, a team can send him to the minors without exposing him to waivers. If the player spends at least 20 days of a season on optional assignment, he uses up one of those options.
Quero was added to Milwaukee’s 40-man roster in November of 2023 to keep him out of the Rule 5 draft. He has mostly been in the minors since then. His major league track record consists of just one game in March of this year. He therefore burned his three option seasons in 2024, 2025 and 2026.
A team can be granted a fourth option on a player if he has exhausted the first three and hasn’t yet played five full seasons. A “full” season is one in which the player is active for at least 90 days, majors and minors combined, or one in which the player was active for 30 days and his active/injured list time added up to at least 90 days. Basically, these parameters are to exclude short-season rookie ball campaigns as “full” seasons, or situations where a player misses an entire year due to a significant injury.
Quero played rookie ball in 2021 but that’s a short-season level, so that likely didn’t count as a “full” season. From 2022 to 2026, he was in full-season leagues but he only played one game in 2024 because of right shoulder surgery. By MLB’s standards, that didn’t count as “full” season either because he wasn’t active for at least 30 days, hence the fourth option.
For the Brewers, it’s nice to have an extra year to evaluate things. Quero was once a very notable prospect. Baseball America had him as a top 50 guy in the league from 2023 to 2025. But despite his pedigree, he still has question marks. As mentioned, he has just one big league game under his belt. He missed basically the entire 2024 season because of that shoulder surgery. He’s also coming off an underwhelming campaign in the minors. He slashed .245/.315/.397 at Triple-A this year for a wRC+ of 88. Every other minor league season of his career ended with a wRC+ of at least 105.
If Quero were out of options, there would be a decent amount of roster pressure on him going into the spring. With the extra option, the Brewers can keep him at Triple-A for another year to see how it goes. Quero is still relatively young, having just turned 24.
It’s possible that Quero’s status impacts Milwaukee’s William Contreras decision. Contreras is slated for free agency after the 2027 season. Over the years, the Brewers have traded many star players as they have approached free agency, such as Corbin Burnes, Josh Hader, Devin Williams and Freddy Peralta.
Many have assumed that Contreras would follow those players down the same path but the needle may have tipped lately. Reporting from last month suggested that the extra money the Brewers made from their World Series run could make it easier for them to keep Contreras on the roster. Trading him now would also be a public relations hit after his World Series MVP performance.
If Quero were making a strong push for a big league audition, maybe there would be more appetite for moving Contreras. But since Quero’s ascendance has stalled a bit in recent years, perhaps it makes sense to kick that can down the road. With Quero having another option year, that could be easier to do. The Brewers also have Bo Naylor on the roster and could make him a backup to Contreras. They could also try to re-sign Gary Sánchez or pursue another free agent. Whoever the backup is in the majors, Quero could get regular playing time in the minors.
Columns today from Anthony Castrovince and Adam McCalvy of MLB.com as well as Robert Murray of FanSided both downplayed the likelihood of a Contreras trade. If Contreras is still on the roster at the end of 2027, he would be a candidate for a qualifying offer, if that system still exists in the next collective bargaining agreement.
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