Lind, Lucroy, K-Rod available (as per Olney)

[QuevedosTongue]

I don't see any upside to dealing Lind to the Mariners, other than dumping his moderate salary. I'd be interested in Alex Jackson, but he's the only one. And I wouldn't be thrilled with a straight Lind for Jackson deal. The M's have virtually no young talent that is controllable/not arbitration eligible and available.

[KCBrewerfan34]

Gallo has HUGE holes in his swing. Not sure he's can't miss. If you trade LuCroy you better be right.

[Jenkins5]

Tom ‏@Haudricourt 18m18 minutes ago

I am told Rangers covet #Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy but I'm not sure they would trade him now. Would have to be huge return.

 

Gallo would certainly qualify as a huge return

 

We have discussed it in depth in this tread previously, but I think Rangers are arguably the best possible trade partner we have for Lucroy. I like their system. They have a Gallo, they have a Profar, they have an abundance of interest arms with the likes of Dillion Tate, Luis Ortiz, Michael Mutuella, and Luke Jackson. They have solid players like Ryan Cordell who fits DS's ultimate utility type player he likes and a solid MLB ready lefty in Faulkner.

 

If we wanted OF Brinson & Mazara are close....we don't need them at all but they have them there.

 

Then the high upside lower level guys who can boom like Eric Jenkins, Yohander Mendez, Josh Morgan, Brett Martin, Ti'Quan Forbes, Leody Taveras, Yeyson Yrizarri , Jairio Beras and so on.....we can pluck away a pretty exciting package from that!

[BrewBalls]

Would Lind and Jeffress be enough to pry away Alex Jackson?

[Jenkins5]

I don't see any upside to dealing Lind to the Mariners, other than dumping his moderate salary. I'd be interested in Alex Jackson, but he's the only one. And I wouldn't be thrilled with a straight Lind for Jackson deal. The M's have virtually no young talent that is controllable/not arbitration eligible and available.

 

The great thing about this being leaked and out there is now everyone knows a team is strongly in on Lind. This should get all the other teams more serious into talking to DS if they truly are interested. Right now if I am a team interested in Lind and I am hearing Lind for DJ Peterson....I know I could probably top that and at least throw my offer into the hat. So what I am saying really is it should really narrow down and finalize the Lind market. We all are nearly 100% sure Lind will be gone soon. My guess with Seattle saying that they are going for Lind....a trade will be done with someone for Lind by Thursday or Friday

[mlloyd10]

Heard that the Brewers asked for Gallo, CHi CHi and another prospect

[bill hAll Star]

ChiChi is an interesting prospect to me. Generally a player I shy away from. Barely striking out 7 batters/9 in the minors. 1.3 WHIP isn't all that impressive in the minors either. That said, he is very young and was pretty productive at age 23 in the majors. He's a groundball guy, right?

[FVBrewerFan]

Make it a mega-trade with the Rangers. Lucroy and any combination of Lind, KRod, Jeffress, Peralta, Segura, etc.

[NievesNoNO]

Gallo has HUGE holes in his swing. Not sure he's can't miss. If you trade LuCroy you better be right.

 

Agreed. I'd much rather center a trade round others in their system. I want nothing to do with him as a center piece.

[Jenkins5]

well kind of hard to trade KRod since he has been a Dodger for 2-3 weeks. But I think Will Smith is a great player to package to get an outstanding deal

 

In no way do I trade Lind AND Jeffress to get Alex Jackson who 1) is an outfielder in A ball like the 100 we have already. 2) He has not bee that great so far.

 

Really it is giving up Lind & Jeffress for Monte Harrison. Super high ceiling, yet to prove worth yet....I am good with Lind for Alex Jackson straight up but not throwing in our controllable closer for him......

[And That]

Have to remember that Gallo just turned 22 a few weeks ago. His strikeouts are scary, but so is the fact that he hit 40 HRs as a 19 year old.

[MrTPlush]

No thank you on Gallo. I would much rather have one of their other top prospects. Yes his power is ridiculous, but he strikes out way too much for my tastes. Even with vasts improvements what is he? A guy who strikes out only 33% of the time? I mean gosh the power we would have in our line up would be crazy and that short porch at Miller Park....wow. Still the strikeouts scare me.

 

He is so overrated he would sap the rest of the talent we get outside of him in a deal. I would rather have a few high ceiling guys instead of putting all my eggs in Gallo's mega ceiling basket. I wouldn't normally freak out over the K numbers, but he has continued to strike out 33%-50% all the way through the minors. First thing I would do if I got him was send him straight to the minors because the Rangers rushed him. He does take walks so that is good...though who knows how much of that is just because of pitching around him.

[Jenkins5]

Gallo will K 150-200 times a season but in Miller Park, he will probably launch 40+ HRs a season..... DM would take that deal in a heartbeat. Gallo is a Chris Davis hitter. At worst Mark Reynolds. If the package around him is strong enough I take it. He has upside to be one of the best players in baseball if he is able to close up those holes a little bit..... In a trade like this, don't you want that kind of star potential?

[Jenkins5]

If it just Lucroy and Gallo is in deal, I say you need Ortiz, Mutuella, or Luke Jackson as well. Throw in another Marcos Diplan low level-high ceiling guy like Forbes to round it out.

 

Lucroy for Gallo, Ortiz, and Morgan would make me a happy man

[jerichoholicninja]

well kind of hard to trade KRod since he has been a Dodger for 2-3 weeks. But I think Will Smith is a great player to package to get an outstanding deal

 

In no way do I trade Lind AND Jeffress to get Alex Jackson who 1) is an outfielder in A ball like the 100 we have already. 2) He has not bee that great so far.

 

Really it is giving up Lind & Jeffress for Monte Harrison. Super high ceiling, yet to prove worth yet....I am good with Lind for Alex Jackson straight up but not throwing in our controllable closer for him......

 

Even harder since he's a Tiger.

[MrTPlush]

If it just Lucroy and Gallo is in deal, I say you need Ortiz, Mutuella, or Luke Jackson as well. Throw in another Marcos Diplan low level-high ceiling guy like Forbes to round it out.

 

Lucroy for Gallo, Ortiz, and Morgan would make me a happy man

 

That's pretty greedy since this so called rumored package the Brewers are requesting is much less than that.

 

If you get Gallo you won't get much else.

[superfly]

Gallo is about as close as we're going to get to a cornerstone 3B-man with massive upside...i'd do the deal 10 times out of 10 and see if we can bring the strikeouts down a little bit.

[MrTPlush]

What if we traded them Khris Davis/Jonathan Lucroy for massive prospect load and here is the kicker...we take Josh Hamilton. He is only owed $4mil and we can either hope for a bounce back or just drop him.

 

Think of it like the Gomez trade and they won't give us Gallo unless we throw in Khris Davis, but then that increases the secondary pieces too. Hamilton is just a nice gesture by us and opens up a spot in LF for Khris Davis. Big thing here is the Rangers recoup some of the lost power.

 

EDIT: Also saw they might trade Moreland. Possibly a Lucroy/Lind combo possibility? Though they might just be opening up a spot for Gallo.

[MrTPlush]

Many twitter sources(Ken Rosenthal etc.) say rival execs believe Jonathan Lucroy is MLBs top bounceback candidate. So sounds like his value is still very high and in my opinion the time to trade him if true. Why even risk anything happening?

[clancyphile]

What if we traded them Khris Davis/Jonathan Lucroy for massive prospect load and here is the kicker...we take Josh Hamilton. He is only owed $4mil and we can either hope for a bounce back or just drop him.

 

Think of it like the Gomez trade and they won't give us Gallo unless we throw in Khris Davis, but then that increases the secondary pieces too. Hamilton is just a nice gesture by us and opens up a spot in LF for Khris Davis. Big thing here is the Rangers recoup some of the lost power.

 

EDIT: Also saw they might trade Moreland. Possibly a Lucroy/Lind combo possibility? Though they might just be opening up a spot for Gallo.

 

Hamilton or Moreland?

 

HECK, NO!

 

I'd rather have Prince back instead.

[MrTPlush]

What if we traded them Khris Davis/Jonathan Lucroy for massive prospect load and here is the kicker...we take Josh Hamilton. He is only owed $4mil and we can either hope for a bounce back or just drop him.

 

Think of it like the Gomez trade and they won't give us Gallo unless we throw in Khris Davis, but then that increases the secondary pieces too. Hamilton is just a nice gesture by us and opens up a spot in LF for Khris Davis. Big thing here is the Rangers recoup some of the lost power.

 

EDIT: Also saw they might trade Moreland. Possibly a Lucroy/Lind combo possibility? Though they might just be opening up a spot for Gallo.

 

Hamilton or Moreland?

 

HECK, NO!

 

I'd rather have Prince back instead.

 

Never said Moreland and said Hamilton could be an easy dump candidate which we have seen before in MLB trades.

[trwi7]

I would target Edwin Diaz in a Lind trade to Seattle and one of Mazara or Brinson along with Ortiz, Mendez and Jurado in a Rangers trade with Lucroy.

[Outlander]

Yeah, out of all of the Mariners prospects and considering Jackson is off the table I like Diaz the most, not a huge fan of Peterson. I would rather Stearns try not to fill position of need and get who he thinks is the best player, if he thinks it is Peterson though, then fine.

[Eye Black]

Just based on the tiny sample size of trades made so far by Stearns it would seem he may place some value on defensive ability. If true, it would seem to make DJ Peterson a poor fit.

 

If the Brewers do make a deal with the Mariners for Lind that brings back a couple of prospects, one player that intrigues me somewhat is former Brewers 2013 draft pick, LHP Ryan Yarbrough. A 2014 4th round senior sign by the Mariners, he has good command with low-90s velo and a three pitch mix. Not a headliner, but a high floor type of pitcher that would likely provide some value at the MLB level in the not too distant future.

[clancyphile]

What if we traded them Khris Davis/Jonathan Lucroy for massive prospect load and here is the kicker...we take Josh Hamilton. He is only owed $4mil and we can either hope for a bounce back or just drop him.

 

Think of it like the Gomez trade and they won't give us Gallo unless we throw in Khris Davis, but then that increases the secondary pieces too. Hamilton is just a nice gesture by us and opens up a spot in LF for Khris Davis. Big thing here is the Rangers recoup some of the lost power.

 

EDIT: Also saw they might trade Moreland. Possibly a Lucroy/Lind combo possibility? Though they might just be opening up a spot for Gallo.

 

Hamilton or Moreland?

 

HECK, NO!

 

I'd rather have Prince back instead.

 

Never said Moreland and said Hamilton could be an easy dump candidate which we have seen before in MLB trades.

 

Hamilton comes with a lot of risk. If the Brewer part with Lucroy and Davis, I'd want something along the lines of 1B Prince Fielder, SS/3B/OF Ryan Cordell, C Jose Trevino, and UT Drew Robinson at a minimum - and I'd also want LHP Andrew Faulkner or Joey Gallo as well.