Brewers Acquire Gio Gonzalez, Gilbert Lara and KJ Harrison go to the Nats (2018)

[TURBO]

Glad to see Gilbert Lara off 2 a hot start in Hagerstown...did we give up too early on him, hard to say, but he's only 21 and started the season with 2 home runs in 3 games!

 

If our return was Gonzalez, then yes, we gave up too early. imo

[SomewhereInTime]

Glad to see Gilbert Lara off 2 a hot start in Hagerstown...did we give up too early on him, hard to say, but he's only 21 and started the season with 2 home runs in 3 games!

 

If our return was Gonzalez, then yes, we gave up too early. imo

 

Wouldn't he have to be put on the 40 man roster next year or risk losing him? I have my doubts that Lara would get anywhere near the majors in the next few years.

[Outlander]

Lara was at risk this past off season but nobody selected him.

[DHonks]

Glad to see Gilbert Lara off 2 a hot start in Hagerstown...did we give up too early on him, hard to say, but he's only 21 and started the season with 2 home runs in 3 games!

 

I have a major issue with this argument. It assumes we gave up on him. We packaged him to get a quality big leaguer.

[SomewhereInTime]

Lara was at risk this past off season but nobody selected him.

 

So then he's a year or two away from minor league free agency, or more likely cut before the end of this year and we get nothing for him.

[brwrsfan]

It's been what....4 games? If he had started 0-12 with 8K would we be talking about how it was a great trade and that he'll never amount to anything?

[Outlander]

All it takes is one poster, he is in low A again and still a long ways away so doubt many care either way.

[wildcat83]

I only made it to two Trats games last year, but came away from both games impressed with the way he played. His defense seemed vastly improved purely on the eye ball test from those two games.

 

However, like others have stated, if his clock had essentially passed up his ETA we would have basically lost him anyways.

 

We gave up quite a few prospects to land Gio and Schoop without much production in return, but that's the risks you take in a post season run type of year.

[MrTPlush]

Gilbert Lara was absolute garbage...about as bad as one could even imagine. Now that he is on his third stint in A-ball one should get excited at the age of 21? Right, let me know in 2025 when he finally gets to AAA how he is still doing. That dude was never going to make it with us and 99.99% he never even sees an MLB plate appearance.

 

If he figured it out, good for him. We shouldn't be clinging onto 21 year old prospects in A-ball that can't even manage a .600 OPS if we have a chance to improve a postseason bound team.

[Roderick]

We gave up quite a few prospects to land Gio and Schoop without much production in return, but that's the risks you take in a post season run type of year.

 

Schoop yes. Gio, not really. I think the $250K in international slot money lessens the KJ Harrison part of the deal. Lara = no value.

[bill hAll Star]

We gave up quite a few prospects to land Gio and Schoop without much production in return, but that's the risks you take in a post season run type of year.

 

Schoop yes. Gio, not really. I think the $250K in international slot money lessens the KJ Harrison part of the deal. Lara = no value.

 

The Orioles have Villar for just under $5 million this year with an option for likely $7-8 million next year with arby. The Brewers have Moustakas for $10 million (some of it pushed off to next year) with Hiura waiting in the wings.

 

Ortiz is nothing to me, Carmona - we'll see.

 

Point being, the Brewers were probably going to non-tender Villar and they got to try a different flawed 2B/SS out to see if they'd want to tender him for a high price tag the following year. If all else failed, the money from Villar/Schoop could be used to buy a likely upgrade. I don't care how great of empty stats Villar puts up this year, the Brewers didn't seem to trust him and he wasn't coming back.

[Roderick]

We gave up quite a few prospects to land Gio and Schoop without much production in return, but that's the risks you take in a post season run type of year.

 

Schoop yes. Gio, not really. I think the $250K in international slot money lessens the KJ Harrison part of the deal. Lara = no value.

 

The Orioles have Villar for just under $5 million this year with an option for likely $7-8 million next year with arby. The Brewers have Moustakas for $10 million (some of it pushed off to next year) with Hiura waiting in the wings.

 

Ortiz is nothing to me, Carmona - we'll see.

 

Point being, the Brewers were probably going to non-tender Villar and they got to try a different flawed 2B/SS out to see if they'd want to tender him for a high price tag the following year. If all else failed, the money from Villar/Schoop could be used to buy a likely upgrade. I don't care how great of empty stats Villar puts up this year, the Brewers didn't seem to trust him and he wasn't coming back.

 

Villar it didn't matter - he was in Counsells doghouse anyways so he wasn't going to play.

Ortiz has some lightning in the bottle value.

Carmona was the one that hurt a little. Definitely not a sure thing, but not one of those guys we needed to get rid of because of the 40 man crunch as he was lower down the system.