“Freddy Peralta trade, wage floors, and the politics of MLB” Battleground Wisconsin Podcast

The Milwaukee Brewers’ billionaire owner traded All-Star Freddy Peralta yesterday for prospects, leaving fans upset at the trade and the financing of Major League Baseball that created and normalized such a lopsided and unfair trade.

We welcome Simon Rosenblum-Larson, a former minor league baseball player who helped organize a union for minor league players, to provide his perspective on the trade and take a deep dive into the financing and politics of MLB that enriches billionaires while extracting money from taxpayers.

We close with Lisa Lucas the co-host of the Brewers Babes Podcast to get her take on the trade and MLB’s broken system.

Listen to the show.

Read Simon Rosenblum-Larson op/ed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel calling for The New Wisconsin Idea, a vision for democratic renewal rooted in our progressive tradition.

Listen to Brewer Babes Podcast, featuring Lisa Lucas.