⚡ LATEST UPDATE: Brewers’ 2025 acquisition makes surprising move abroad, joining Korean league for 2026 ⚡ .MH

Throughout Major League Baseball’s grueling 162-game regular season, teams rely on the contributions of far more than the 26 players who began the year on the Opening Day roster or the 28 players who end the campaign on the active roster. During the Milwaukee Brewers’ record-breaking 2025 season, 55 different players found themselves on the Crew’s roster at one point or another. From early-season arms like Connor Thomas, Elvin Rodriguez, and Tyler Alexander, to brief outfield replacements Drew Avans and Steward Berroa, the Brewers’ memorable 2025 season wouldn’t have happened without the contributions from the unsung heroes who were no longer on the roster when the postseason rolled around.

Back in early April, the Brewers, struggling with one starting pitcher injury after another, needed to add another arm to their rotation just to stay afloat. The resulting move was a surprising early-season deal that landed the Brew Crew former first-round pick Quinn Priester, who went on to have an incredible 2025 season, with a 3.32 ERA and several broken records to prove it. To make room on the roster for Priester, the Brewers designated offseason signing Grant Wolfram for assignment, but Milwaukee soon found a trade partner in the Baltimore Orioles.

Needing not only to create an open spot on their 40-man roster, but also to add upper minors outfield depth, the Brewers smartly traded Wolfram for Daz Cameron, the son of former Brewer Mike Cameron. Daz was immediately assigned to Triple-A where he joined the Nashville Sounds. Cameron proceeded to go on an absolute tear, cracking four homers in his first 11 games in Nashville. As a result, when Garrett Mitchell went down with an injury in late April, it was an easy decision to promote Cameron to the big league roster.

Daz Cameron heading to the Korea Baseball Organization for the 2026 season

Cameron’s time with Milwaukee’s big-league squad wasn’t particularly notable; he slashed just .195/.214/.293 with two extra base hits in just 41 at-bats. However, he served as a valuable depth piece in the outfield during a time when the Brewers badly needed it. With both Mitchell and Blake Perkins hurt, and Isaac Collins not yet breaking out in the way that he eventually would, Cameron was a necessary piece of the puzzle during the early part of the season. Additionally, he continued to play for the Nashville Sounds throughout the summer, continuing to serve as necessary depth through the end of the season.

Now, Cameron is taking an opportunity to re-establish himself as a big league outfielder, by heading to the Korea Baseball Organization for the 2026 season, where he will join the Doosan Bears, as initially reported by Jon Heyman. Countless players have followed a similar path and found success in Korea that has led them to earn major league deals back in the States in subsequent seasons.

Cameron has yet to secure an everyday role in a big league outfield, but his strong performance in Triple-A suggests that he doesn’t have much left to prove in the minor leagues. That limbo often leads players to pursue opportunities abroad, where they can earn everyday at-bats against strong competition and prove to MLB teams that they are worthy of a starting role on their roster.

Cameron is hoping to do just that, and at 28 years old, there is still plenty of time for him to have a productive major league career at some point, which is what Milwaukee fans, who had the pleasure of watching both Daz and his father compete in a Brewers uniform, are no doubt hoping for.