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.

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.

Lost in the shuffle of their trade deadline activity, the Milwaukee Brewers surrendered a prospect with some serious upside. Jorge Quintana was included in the Nestor Cortes deal that sent Brandon Lockridge to the Brewers from the San Diego Padres.

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The Washington Nationals start their three-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday evening. The Brewers had their three-game win streak halted after losing 10-3 to the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday.