Once upon a time, Mookie Betts could have been a Brewer

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images File this near the top of the “trades that never were” file We’ve heard for years about how The Brewers Almost Drafted Mike Trout (he was taken one pick before them! So close!). Now we have a story that might join that one in Brewers what-if lore.
Apparently, the Brewers nearly traded for Mookie Betts, back before he was The Best Non-Trout Player in Baseball.
Admittedly, saying “nearly” might be a stretch, but Doug Melvin apparently