MILWAUKEE -- With the final pitch of the World Series, Major League Baseball's offseason was off and running. Pitchers Giovany Gonzalez and Wade Miley and outfielder Curtis Granderson became free agents on Monday morning, and the Brewers used one of those 40-man roster openings to add outfield prospect Tyrone Taylor.
With the addition of Taylor, who hit 20 home runs with an .825 OPS at Triple-A Colorado Springs, Milwaukee's 40-man roster stood at 38.
The Brewers have exclusive negotiating rights with their trio of free agents until 4 p.m. CT on Friday, which is also the deadline to extend free agents a $17.9 million qualifying offer. Gonzalez and Granderson are ineligible for such an offer because they were traded during the season, and the Brewers are unlikely to extend one to Miley, though it remains possible that they try to re-sign him.
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The next deadline comes Wednesday, when teams and players must decide on contract options in advance of the full open of free agency on Friday evening.
The Brewers have four players with options; third baseman Mike Moustakas and reliever Joakim Soria have mutual options, meaning both sides have to accept for there to be a reunion, and relievers Jeremy Jeffress and Jordan Lyles have club options.
Here's a look at each case:
Moustakas
$15 million mutual option, $1 million buyout
The Brewers gave up outfielder Brett Phillips and pitcher Jorge Lopez to get Moustakas from the Royals on July 27, knowing it could be a rental. Moustakas had hoped to sign a multiyear contract last winter, but instead returned to the Royals on a one-year deal with an option when the market didn't cooperate. It would be natural to think Moustakas, who turned 30 in September, will decline his half of the option and try again on the open market, though he declined to provide any hints in the wake of the Brewers' loss to the Dodgers in Game 7 of the National League Championship Series.

"It'll be some time," said Moustakas when asked about his timeline to make a call. "This is tough to swallow right now. This is why you play baseball, to get to these types of games with a chance to make it to the World Series. All of that stuff in the offseason, I'm not going to think about it for a while."
Moustakas hit .251 with 28 home runs and 95 RBIs between the Royals and Brewers in the regular season, posting a .256/.326/.441 line in 54 games after the trade before he went 8-for-40 in the postseason. One of those hits was a game-winning single in the bottom of the 10th inning of Game 1 of the NL Division Series against the Rockies at Miller Park.

"I think he provided our team with what we were looking for when we acquired him: a powerful left-handed bat," said Brewers GM David Stearns. "He played a really quality third base and we had a guy who'd been there before contributing to our clubhouse culture. He was a pleasure to have around."
Soria
$10 million mutual option, $1 million buyout
Soria will be 35 in May, and $10 million is well north of what smaller-market teams like the Brewers typically invest in setup men. Acquired from the White Sox on July 26, Soria played a significant role in the September surge that gave the Brewers the NL Central, limiting opponents to two earned runs in his final 11 appearances of the regular season before delivering three more scoreless outings in the NLDS. He ran into trouble in the NLCS against the Dodgers, however, and was charged with four earned runs on two walks and four hits in two innings over four games.

Jeffress
$3.175 million club option, no buyout
This one looks like a no-brainer for the Brewers to pick up, despite Jeffress' problems in the postseason. He was one of MLB's most dominant relief pitchers during the regular season, ranking second among relievers with a 1.29 ERA, tied for 11th in appearances and 15th in wins above replacement.

If the Brewers decline for some reason, Jeffress would be arbitration eligible, though a projection from the website MLB Trade Rumors predicted a salary above the option.
Lyles
$3.5 million club option, $250,000 buyout
Lyles, who turned 28 the day of NLCS Game 6, was used sparingly by the club after being claimed off waivers from the Padres on Aug. 5. He logged a 3.31 ERA in 11 games spanning 16 1/3 innings before being left off the NLDS and NLCS rosters, and might have made his most memorable contribution at the plate. It was Lyles' two-out walk on Aug. 24 against the Pirates at Miller Park that extended the Brewers' half of the 15th inning for Erik Kratz's tying, two-run single and Orlando Arcia's walk-off hit. Lyles scored the winning run to finish a wild game. But it's his pitching that will determine the Brewers' strategy with the club option.