Prospective trade deadline targets?

[CheezWizHed]

JJ

 

[brewmann04]

If any team would take a chance it the crew.

[KCBrewerfan34]

A few names

 

Mancini

Gallo

Blackmon (wouldn’t seem likely)

[Jopal78]

JJ

 

 

That’s kind of funny, claiming he doesn’t understand the lack of interest in his services. He did not pitch well for Milwaukee in 2019. His peripherals with the Cubs weren’t any better in 2020, and he’s going on 34 years old. The demand for his services this past offseason were insufficient for him to land a guaranteed contract, and that was before there was some behind the scenes revelations which lead the Nationals to release him from his NRI deal.

[Hopper]

A few names

 

Mancini

Gallo

Blackmon (wouldn’t seem likely)

 

Mancini would be a great acquisition.

Gallo and his K's wouldn't thrill me.

Blackmon to play 1B perhaps? Has he ever done so. We certainly don't need another outfielder.

[Jopal78]

Why not pray for the Nationals to get buried by July and raise the white flag? They have a ton of nice players coming out of contract: Scherzer (10/5 rights), Brad Hand, Lester, Joe Ross, Daniel Hudson, Josh Harrison, Ryan Zimmerman (10/5).

[umphrey]

Cron, Aguilar, Santana, Belt, Moran is my list of 2nd tier 1B that could be available for cheap and they are playing well so far. Although I would prefer a big splash for an awesome bat there, I don’t think that guy will be available.

[adambr2]

Why not pray for the Nationals to get buried by July and raise the white flag? They have a ton of nice players coming out of contract: Scherzer (10/5 rights), Brad Hand, Lester, Joe Ross, Daniel Hudson, Josh Harrison, Ryan Zimmerman (10/5).

 

I wanted Hand in the winter when he could have been acquired for a simple waiver claim. He's still been very solid.

 

I would have interest in most of those guys, obviously Scherzer. Harrison has been hot all year.

 

We'll see what happens with the Nats though, that division looks pretty open and they are starting to get healthy.

[wntrtxn21]

Why not pray for the Nationals to get buried by July and raise the white flag? They have a ton of nice players coming out of contract: Scherzer (10/5 rights), Brad Hand, Lester, Joe Ross, Daniel Hudson, Josh Harrison, Ryan Zimmerman (10/5).

 

I wanted Hand in the winter when he could have been acquired for a simple waiver claim. He's still been very solid.

 

I would have interest in most of those guys, obviously Scherzer. Harrison has been hot all year.

 

We'll see what happens with the Nats though, that division looks pretty open and they are starting to get healthy.

 

Right now I think CC would welcome anybody who could hit. Nobody can blame him for the garbage he has to put on the card every night. Injuries to Narvaez and Yelich really hurt, but Stearns/Arnold did almost nothing over the winter to help with the exception of Wong. Tonight's lineup: Wong/.297 - Cain/.181 - Vogelbach/.191 - Shaw/.227 - Garcia/.245 - Bradley/.184 - Reyes/.188 - Maile/.167 - Peralta/.000.....It's one of the all time worst Brewer regular season lineups ever. Brewer nation has to hope Burnes and Anderson come back soon and the starting pitching can keep the team competitive.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Why not pray for the Nationals to get buried by July and raise the white flag? They have a ton of nice players coming out of contract: Scherzer (10/5 rights), Brad Hand, Lester, Joe Ross, Daniel Hudson, Josh Harrison, Ryan Zimmerman (10/5).

 

I wanted Hand in the winter when he could have been acquired for a simple waiver claim. He's still been very solid.

 

I would have interest in most of those guys, obviously Scherzer. Harrison has been hot all year.

 

We'll see what happens with the Nats though, that division looks pretty open and they are starting to get healthy.

 

Right now I think CC would welcome anybody who could hit. Nobody can blame him for the garbage he has to put on the card every night. Injuries to Narvaez and Yelich really hurt, but Stearns/Arnold did almost nothing over the winter to help with the exception of Wong. Tonight's lineup: Wong/.297 - Cain/.181 - Vogelbach/.191 - Shaw/.227 - Garcia/.245 - Bradley/.184 - Reyes/.188 - Maile/.167 - Peralta/.000.....It's one of the all time worst Brewer regular season lineups ever. Brewer nation has to hope Burnes and Anderson come back soon and the starting pitching can keep the team competitive.

 

This offense was never not going to be predicated by what Yelich and Hiura could do. Those two are supposed to be the big bats. What we are seeing is what happens when your MVP has a chronic injury, and your young stud big bat is a dumpster fire. I'm not sure this can really be blamed on Stearns and Arnold.

[Hopper]

 

This offense was never not going to be predicated by what Yelich and Hiura could do. Those two are supposed to be the big bats. What we are seeing is what happens when your MVP has a chronic injury, and your young stud big bat is a dumpster fire. I'm not sure this can really be blamed on Stearns and Arnold.

 

We went into this season with no 3B and no true 1B, two offensive positions.

(I do understand that Hiura sucking as bad as he has wasn't fully expected, but the writing was on the wall based on last season)

We absolutely needed one more bat at either position.

What do we do instead, sign JBJ, another outfielder with no bat.

Shaw has worked out, but what a question mark that signing was.

You can make all the excuses you want for anyone you want but the plan going in was questionable.

I am not fully blaming any one person, but I don't think the plan that we started the season with offensively was a good one.

Hiura or Yelich goes down and we are screwed.

Just so happens that what has happened with both of them could quite possibly ruin the season.

What was our back-up plan if Hiura (a guy who has never played 1B) didn't work out? Vogelbach our full time 1B?

Our 1B plan was horrible, and we are now paying the price.

Shaw can play 1B, ok great, but then that leaves us with no 3B.

It is what it is.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

 

This offense was never not going to be predicated by what Yelich and Hiura could do. Those two are supposed to be the big bats. What we are seeing is what happens when your MVP has a chronic injury, and your young stud big bat is a dumpster fire. I'm not sure this can really be blamed on Stearns and Arnold.

 

We went into this season with no 3B and no true 1B, two offensive positions.

(I do understand that Hiura sucking as bad as he has wasn't fully expected, but the writing was on the wall based on last season)

We absolutely needed one more bat at either position.

What do we do instead, sign JBJ, another outfielder with no bat.

Shaw has worked out, but what a question mark that signing was.

You can make all the excuses you want for anyone you want but the plan going in was questionable.

I am not fully blaming any one person, but I don't think the plan that we started the season with offensively was a good one.

Hiura or Yelich goes down and we are screwed.

Just so happens that what has happened with both of them could quite possibly ruin the season.

What was our back-up plan if Hiura (a guy who has never played 1B) didn't work out? Vogelbach our full time 1B?

Our 1B plan was horrible, and we are now paying the price.

Shaw can play 1B, ok great, but then that leaves us with no 3B.

It is what it is.

 

Hiura is an athletic 24-year-old who has proven his can hit MLB pitching. Any MLB middle infielder should be able to make the switch to 1B with the proper coaching. I would disagree that our 1B plan was horrible. It just so happens that the guy (Hiura) they pegged to play 1B has been atrocious. Those are different arguments.

[josh]

Put me down for Aguilar. Big need, solid upside, not a long-term commitment, shouldn't cost too much, and there's a high floor there in the fact that even if he flames out, he should at least be fun to watch.

[KCBrewerfan34]

I can’t believe I’m saying this but the Brewers should sign Pujols once he clears waivers.

[adambr2]

Pujols is terrible. Not like he is any worse than who we have been throwing out there at 1st but he doesn't solve anything either.

 

Unless the Cardinals are going to bring him back for a week for a goodbye, Pujols is probably done. No doubt the only reason he's continued to do this for so long after his skills have deteriorated so badly is to not leave his checks on the table and now that that is no issue there's no real reason for him to continue doing so.

[nate82]

If the Cubs are ready to sell Stearns has to get on the phone and get Bryant. This team is not going to go anywhere until it replaces the abysmal offense at 1B or 3B. Shaw at 1B is fine if he is being replaced by Bryant at 3B.

 

There isn't much of an improvement at 1B available right now.

[adambr2]

No reason the Cubs are looking to sell now, they're only a game and a half behind us. If they are looking to sell in July there will be plenty of teams outside their division interested in Bryant.

[JosephC]

Is Edwin Encarnacion still unemployed. They should just sign him if available. Terrible last year, but an .855 OPS from 2017-2019. Horrible defensively but Stearns is obviously willing to live with that considering the team started the year with Hiura and Vogelbach on the roster.

[Sixtofan]

Two thoughts:

I really doubt the Cubs are thinking of selling anytime soon. They clearly believe they can win.

I really hadn’t paid attention to just how bad Pujols had become until I looked at his stats.

 

Ok a third thought- Pujols is the all time leader for hitting into double plays - that is his piece or immortality! Well, and the hall of fame eventually.

[Hopper]

I can only imagine what the Cubs would ask us for Bryant, or Rizzo for that matter.

It would be insanely ridiculous I'm sure.

Not to mention, anything we could offer realistically, there are probably a bunch of teams willing to beat it.

I can't see ever making a trade with the Cubs or Cardinals that involves marquee players.

Imagine being the Cubs brass and having to watch Bryant kick your ass on a regular basis.

Fan base would revolt.

Oh wait, I forgot, there is no rivalry with the Cubs.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

I can only imagine what the Cubs would ask us for Bryant, or Rizzo for that matter.

It would be insanely ridiculous I'm sure.

Not to mention, anything we could offer realistically, there are probably a bunch of teams willing to beat it.

I can't see ever making a trade with the Cubs or Cardinals that involves marquee players.

Imagine being the Cubs brass and having to watch Bryant kick your ass on a regular basis.

Fan base would revolt.

Oh wait, I forgot, there is no rivalry with the Cubs.

 

Both would be 2-3 month rentals with very high salaries, though, as they are free agents after this year. You may be overestimating how much of a prospect haul those guys would bring back.

[Hopper]

I can only imagine what the Cubs would ask us for Bryant, or Rizzo for that matter.

It would be insanely ridiculous I'm sure.

Not to mention, anything we could offer realistically, there are probably a bunch of teams willing to beat it.

I can't see ever making a trade with the Cubs or Cardinals that involves marquee players.

Imagine being the Cubs brass and having to watch Bryant kick your ass on a regular basis.

Fan base would revolt.

Oh wait, I forgot, there is no rivalry with the Cubs.

 

Both would be 2-3 month rentals with very high salaries, though, as they are free agents after this year. You may be overestimating how much of a prospect haul those guys would bring back.

 

I think you would be underestimating the prospect haul.

This is a division rival we are talking about.

Also, like I stated above, likely that anything we could offer, another team would match or beat.

If that was the case, the Cubs would ship them out to a team not named the Milwaukee Brewers since we are in the same division.

We would have to severely overpay to get them to make that deal with us.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

I can only imagine what the Cubs would ask us for Bryant, or Rizzo for that matter.

It would be insanely ridiculous I'm sure.

Not to mention, anything we could offer realistically, there are probably a bunch of teams willing to beat it.

I can't see ever making a trade with the Cubs or Cardinals that involves marquee players.

Imagine being the Cubs brass and having to watch Bryant kick your ass on a regular basis.

Fan base would revolt.

Oh wait, I forgot, there is no rivalry with the Cubs.

 

Both would be 2-3 month rentals with very high salaries, though, as they are free agents after this year. You may be overestimating how much of a prospect haul those guys would bring back.

 

I think you would be underestimating the prospect haul.

This is a division rival we are talking about.

Also, like I stated above, likely that anything we could offer, another team would match or beat.

If that was the case, the Cubs would ship them out to a team not named the Milwaukee Brewers since we are in the same division.

We would have to severely overpay to get them to make that deal with us.

 

Depends on how much the Cubs are out of the playoff chase by August 30. But you are correct, it is probably a moot point anyway, as even if the Cubs are completely out of it, it would be terrible PR to more or less hand the division to the Brewers.

[nate82]

The Cubs are not going to get a haul for Bryant or Rizzo. They are both rentals and rentals don't bring back all that much anymore. If the Brewers offer is the best it would be better for the Cubs to take the better offer.

 

There are not that many teams who need a 3B or an OF. The Dodgers, Braves, Padres, Mets, Nationals and Phillies are all set at 3B. In the AL I don't see a team that needs an OF or 3B either maybe the White Sox?

 

I just don't see it where there will be that many teams lining up to trade for Bryant or Rizzo.

[umphrey]

I think the cubs will get a first round pick to just hold Rizzo/Bryant? If so they might want to just do that since salary will prevent a big trade