Steve Adams | MLB Trade Rumors

Milwaukee minor leaguers Left-hander Mark Manfredi and shortstop Juan Martinez are going to the Rockies in the trade, Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports.

The Brewers are acquiring right-handed reliever Antonio Senzatela from the Rockies, per Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Ken Rosenthal off The Athletic first reported the two sides were talking.

Senzatela, 31, is in the final guaranteed season of a five-year, $50.5MM extension that didn’t pan out at all how the Rockies hoped. Originally signed to anchor the back end of the rotation, Senzatela instead struggled through injuries and poor performance for most of the deal. He was bounced from the rotation late last year after logging an ERA north of 6.00 from 2022-25. Senzatela looked intriguing in 22 frames as a reliever, however, and he’s broken out as a genuine late-inning arm in 2026.

This season, Senzatela has pitched exclusively as a reliever for the first time and turned in a sharp 3.61 ERA in 52 1/3 innings. He’s averaging a career-high 97.3 mph on his four-seamer and has delivered career-best marks in strikeout rate (21%) and swinging-strike rate (10.6%). Those are both a hair below average but up considerably from Senzatela’s prior levels. He’s also showing better-than-average walk and ground-ball rates.

Milwaukee already has a powerhouse bullpen anchored by closer Trevor Megill and setup ace Abner Uribe. Hard-throwing lefty Aaron Ashby has worked in a variety of roles, including high-leverage work. Senzatela adds another big arm, giving the Brewers a fourth bullpen piece who’s averaging better than 97 mph on his primary heater this season. Colorado has used Senzatela in all manner of spots; he’s frequently worked more than an inning at a time, evidenced by his 52 1/3 frames but only 37 appearances. Senzatela has saved three games and tallied another four holds on the year. He can be a bridge from any short start to the Brewers’ formidable endgame options — or he can jump right into late-inning setup spots himself.

Senzatela is earning $12MM this year. There’s about $3.66MM of that sum still to be paid out. It’s not clear if the Brewers are taking on any of the salary just yet, but they were reportedly willing to absorb the remainder of Tarik Skubal‘s $32MM salary in a trade. Perhaps taking on that big a sum was an exception willing to be made only for Skubal, but it showed that Milwaukee clearly has room to add to the payroll — and Senzatela is only just over one-third as much as Skubal.