Tulo traded to Bluejays

[bill hAll Star]

Braun has played a lot more games than Tulo even with the suspension.

 

Not sure if you were directing that at me - but I noted that in my post.

 

If we're looking at production - that matters. Tulo has been up since basically 2007, Braun since 2008 - and Braun has played more games. He produces less value/game, but plays more games, which one could assume would continue to be the trend, though you can't be sure.

[LouisEly]

Toronto also has the DH, so they can give him more pseudo-off games where he isn't out on the turf for nine innings. They can rotate the DH between him, Encarnacion, and Bautista. Encarnacion and Bautista are also free agents after 2016 (very likely TOR will pick up their 2016 options). Very likely Tulo could be just a rental himself and flipped a year or so from now as well.

 

Buehrle, Dickey, Bautista, and Encarnacion could all be gone after 2016, so it may be go-for-it time.

[Austin Tatious]

Toronto gives up Hoffman after previously giving up Syndergaard in the past. They have a history of this.

 

It's disappointing that Melvin couldn't work out a package where Hoffman was included. Blown opportunity. Big time.

 

Blown opportunity? What if it was never possible? What if nothing we have is worthy of Hoffman to them?

 

They obviously traded him, just like they traded Syndergaard. You have to get in there and get aggressive and make it happen. A kid like Syndergaard or Hoffman isn't going to shake free every day. Most organizations won't trade those guys. Toronto is one that will. Astute guys on this site saw that they could have moved Hoffman and then they ended up doing so, but sadly, not to Milwaukee.

 

Quality wins over quantity. We don't need to make a deal for a bunch of bodies. Make a package and get high end talent.

 

I'm worried Melvin is going to make moves for space fillers. This could be 1993-2005 again if the Brewers aren't careful. Quantity doesn't win. Quality does. That was a top of the rotation guy that walked out the door, while Milwaukee sat on their hands. Once you're bad, you don't have assets to turn around. It's like turning around the Titantic while stuck on an Iceberg.

[Boomer5]

There is still plenty of time until the deadline. Let's not count out the FO just yet.

 

Our only trade chip that could have netted Hoffman was Gomez and he isn't a SS, which for whatever reason is what Toronto wanted.

 

I will be as mad as the anyone on here if all we come out of this is the ARam trade and no prospect splash move(s), but the deadline is nowhere near over.