ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Pat Murphy has been through this before.

The Milwaukee Brewers’ manager knows the business side of baseball means he could lose ace pitcher Freddy Peralta this winter. The 2024 and ’25 National League Manager of the Year tried to look at the situation with a little philosophy and a little humor.

“I watched some of these contracts out here,” Murphy said Tuesday at the winter meetings. “He’s due to be a wealthy man, have a lot of acreage if he wants it, maybe beachfront acreage … wherever he wants it in multiple islands.”

Murphy knows those islands probably won’t be in Wisconsin.

Peralta, 29, is under contract through 2026 but because he can become a free agent after the 2027 season, his name has been mentioned in trade chatter this fall. The two-time All-Star has ri

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