The 9 greatest players in Milwaukee Brewers history
While they did give up future All-Star outfielder Michael Brantley as part of a package of four prospects that went back to Cleveland, the Milwaukee Brewers made one of the best trades in franchise history when they acquired CC Sabathia in July of 2008.
In 17 starts as a Brewer, Sabathia went 11-2 with a 1.65 ERA, 2.44 FIP and seven complete games, three of which were shutouts. Sabathia put up a staggering 4.7 fWAR in what amounted to less than half of his starts during the 2008 regular season.

The addition of Sabathia helped the Brewers to reach the postseason for the first time since 1982, when they reached the World Series as the *American League* pennant winners.
Unfortunately for Brewers fans, Sabathia was always seen as a rental, with the team unlikely to make the necessary investment to retain him after they were eliminated by the Philadelphia Phillies during the 2008 NLDS. Instead, Sabathia departed in free agency for the New York Yankees, where he would spend the final 11 seasons of his career.
Like Rollie Fingers, Sabathia had too short of a stint in Milwaukee to find his way on this list, even if he was incredibly dominant in his time with the franchise. Those two -- along with the likes of Don Money, Richie Sexson, George Scott, Jonathan Lucroy, Dan Plesac, Josh Hader, Jeromy Burnitz, Gorman Thomas, Jim Gantner and Christian Yelich -- fell just short of cracking our countdown of the nine greatest players in Brewers history: