Brewers deal Chase Anderson to Blue Jays for minor league 1B Chad Spanberger

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

 

Time to get your Hot Stove motors started!

[markedman5]

Interesting....better then a non tender and shows thew Brewers are going to try and use that money to upgrade either at Pitcher or another position.

[jjgott]

[sarcasm]We better be getting Vlad Jr.[/sarcasm]

[jerichoholicninja]

[sarcasm]We better be getting Vlad Jr.[/sarcasm]

 

Heck, I'd take Vlad Sr.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Interesting....better then a non tender and shows thew Brewers are going to try and use that money to upgrade either at Pitcher or another position.

 

It wouldn't have been a non-tender. Anderson has a team option. The team simply would have not picked it up.

 

Yes, this tells me they are going to be active in upgrading the starting pitching. It will be interesting to see what they get back for Anderson, as he's been very good for the most part in his time as a Brewer, and that option is not overly expensive.

[markedman5]

Thanks yeah I used the wrong term but as you said same result.......I always liked Chase......seemed like a good man....loved playing for the Brewers......wish him the best in Toronto.

[MVP2110]

Good luck to Chace in Toronto

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Have a feeling that Chase getting dealt to an AL East team is not going to help his propensity to give up dingers.

[markedman5]

[jjgott]

[sarcasm]We better be getting Vlad Jr.[/sarcasm]

 

Heck, I'd take Vlad Sr.

 

Can I interest you in a Chad Spanberger?

 

@ScottyMitchTSN 3 minutes ago

#BlueJays are sending 1B Chad Spanberger, who was acquired in the Seunghwan Oh trade, to the Brewers. Spanberger, 24, struggled in Double-A in 2019.

[markedman5]

Scott Mitchell

@ScottyMitchTSN

Replying to

@ScottyMitchTSN

and

@ByRobertMurray

#BlueJays are sending 1B Chad Spanberger, who was acquired in the Seunghwan Oh trade, to the Brewers.

Spanberger, 24, struggled in Double-A in 2019.

[torts]

this is great!!!! better than DFA and getting nothing, and opens up a spot in the rotation for when we sign Cole

[MrTPlush]

There was no chance they weren't going to pick up that option and simply dump him for nothing. If no one wanted him they would have picked it up and either put him in the rotation or had him as insurance. Not a particularly surprising move as the Brewers have never seemed to be big Anderson fans in the last few years and I somewhat expected a move like this to go with someone they liked more on the cheap. To me this is simply a sign they are going to invest his salary in a different middling guy...probably Lyles if I had to guess.

 

A very underrated guy. Almost propelled us to the postseason in 2017, helped in 2018, and without him last year we may not even make the postseason. When the pitching imploded Anderson was in the wings to provide the stability it dearly needed.

[homer]

Dude crushed it in the Sally league. Hasn't done anything since then.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Scott Mitchell

@ScottyMitchTSN

Replying to

@ScottyMitchTSN

and

@ByRobertMurray

#BlueJays are sending 1B Chad Spanberger, who was acquired in the Seunghwan Oh trade, to the Brewers.

Spanberger, 24, struggled in Double-A in 2019.

 

Big (6'3", 235), strong lefty power hitter who was a 6th round pick of the Rockies in 2017. Terrific numbers in A Ball in 2018. Literally turned 24 on Friday.

 

Nice prospect to have at a spot where the Brewers are lacking much in the minors. I would expect him to start at Biloxi next year ... perhaps San Antonio if he is great in Spring Training.

[Greenleaf1]

Cut Spangenberg only to pick up Spanberger....

[jerichoholicninja]

[sarcasm]We better be getting Vlad Jr.[/sarcasm]

 

Heck, I'd take Vlad Sr.

 

Can I interest you in a Chad Spanberger?

 

@ScottyMitchTSN 3 minutes ago

#BlueJays are sending 1B Chad Spanberger, who was acquired in the Seunghwan Oh trade, to the Brewers. Spanberger, 24, struggled in Double-A in 2019.

 

Think I prefer Vlad Sr.

[MrTPlush]

So basically a guy that crushed A ball as a 22 year old (pretty old for that league as a college sign). Not too impressive of a track record in all honesty. Not a great prospect...but at least you can dream a little bit that he may figure it out.

[djoctagone]

it should be noted that spanberger is on a minor league contract and is not rule 5 eligible this year, so this transaction does open up a 40-man spot.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

 

Think I prefer Vlad Sr.

 

What were you expecting for Chase Anderson? Spanberger is at least an actual honest-to-goodness prospect.

[Outlander]

 

Think I prefer Vlad Sr.

 

What were you expecting for Chase Anderson? Spanberger is at least an actual honest-to-goodness prospect.

Not really as he wasn't even in the Blue Jays top 30 but also didn't expect much for Chase.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

The Span Man is coming to Brew Town! Get that playoff ticket money saved!

[True Blue Brew Crew]

Always makes me feel warm and fuzzy when Stearns does the same thing I would've done. I was worried they were going to pick up Chase's option. Instead it turns out they were trying to deal him and if they couldn't find a taker they were going to decline it. Allocate those dollars elsewhere.

[True Blue Brew Crew]

 

Think I prefer Vlad Sr.

 

What were you expecting for Chase Anderson? Spanberger is at least an actual honest-to-goodness prospect.

Not really as he wasn't even in the Blue Jays top 30 but also didn't expect much for Chase.

 

Yeah this is more about not paying that option on Anderson. Spanberger is a lottery ticket.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

 

Think I prefer Vlad Sr.

 

What were you expecting for Chase Anderson? Spanberger is at least an actual honest-to-goodness prospect.

Not really as he wasn't even in the Blue Jays top 30 but also didn't expect much for Chase.

 

So because he wasn't in an arbitrary Top 30 list, it means he isn't a prospect? Dude was drafted in the 6th round two years ago. I mean, he's not some sort of otherworldly get, but there is value there.