Brewers- It's On

[Flacco Machado]

 

[webbrick2010]

Brewers sign moustakis so no deal for Schoop?

[Greg Pappas]

8 minutes ago, webbrick2010 said:

Brewers sign moustakis so no deal for Schoop?

That's likely accurate.

[Teddy OBP]

4 hours ago, hoosiers said:

Ok - this post is intended to be crazy and an ode to a former most prolific poster here who I frequently disagreed with - 

We deal one of Gausman/Bundy plus Schoop to Milwaukee for a trade centered on Travis Shaw and prospects - Ortiz plus a lottery ticket.  Maybe off by a prospect or two or perhaps not.

This means the Brewers deal Shaw, Ortiz and Phillips plus perhaps other and net Schoop, Moustakas and Gausman.  A pretty good offensive upgrade considering Moose is near Shaw offensively (not defensively) and the red-hot Schoop is a major improvement over the mediocre production received so far at 2B from Mil.  Milwaukee also ends up with one of Gausman/Bundy in a good pickup for them at SP.  The deal enables Milwaukee to keep Hiura and Woodruff and Burnes perhaps moving Schoop to 3B while promoting Hiura next year and not retaining Moose by declining his option.  Shaw is 28 and older than Schoop, but is on his way to a 4 WAR year at the minimum and will be in his first year of arbitration next year. 

The Os flip Shaw and 4 WAR production with his cost controlled status to the Braves!  And net big pitcher (perhaps Ian Anderson) and 3B prospect Rio Ruiz.

It all works - I checked it out.    (Still trying to work on the iteration where we net Jeff Mathis and Justin Smoak and international slots and re-do the 2009 draft so that LAD take Rowell and we get Kershaw)

If you can also net us Casey Kotchman it’s a deal!

[weams]

1 hour ago, Flacco Machado said:

If Gausman gets scratched from his start tonight and/or Schoop's not in the lineup, this place will explode.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2787852-final-fact-or-fiction-on-all-of-mlbs-hottest-pre-deadline-buzz-rumors?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_medium=referral#slide0

[Luke-OH]

6 minutes ago, weams said:

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2787852-final-fact-or-fiction-on-all-of-mlbs-hottest-pre-deadline-buzz-rumors?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_medium=referral#slide0

That article has already been wrong about everything that's happened so far.

[Greg Pappas]

18 minutes ago, pdiddy said:

If you can also net us Casey Kotchman it’s a deal!

I loved me some Casey Kotchman and Brandon Wood, back in the day (which, according to Dane Cook, is always a Wednesday ).

[awannabegeek]

 

Just now, Greg Pappas said:

I loved me some Casey Kotchman and Brandon Wood, back in the day (which, according to Dane Cook, is always a Wednesday ).

They sound like male adult stars...

[Jammer7]

4 hours ago, hoosiers said:

Ok - this post is intended to be crazy and an ode to a former most prolific poster here who I frequently disagreed with - 

We deal one of Gausman/Bundy plus Schoop to Milwaukee for a trade centered on Travis Shaw and prospects - Ortiz plus a lottery ticket.  Maybe off by a prospect or two or perhaps not.

This means the Brewers deal Shaw, Ortiz and Phillips plus perhaps other and net Schoop, Moustakas and Gausman.  A pretty good offensive upgrade considering Moose is near Shaw offensively (not defensively) and the red-hot Schoop is a major improvement over the mediocre production received so far at 2B from Mil.  Milwaukee also ends up with one of Gausman/Bundy in a good pickup for them at SP.  The deal enables Milwaukee to keep Hiura and Woodruff and Burnes perhaps moving Schoop to 3B while promoting Hiura next year and not retaining Moose by declining his option.  Shaw is 28 and older than Schoop, but is on his way to a 4 WAR year at the minimum and will be in his first year of arbitration next year. 

The Os flip Shaw and 4 WAR production with his cost controlled status to the Braves!  And net big pitcher (perhaps Ian Anderson) and 3B prospect Rio Ruiz.

It all works - I checked it out.    (Still trying to work on the iteration where we net Jeff Mathis and Justin Smoak and international slots and re-do the 2009 draft so that LAD take Rowell and we get Kershaw)

Was this a tribute to SG? Because it kinda reminds me of JTrea as well.

[atomic]

1 hour ago, DirtyBird said:

Wrong

I think you just want deals to happen for them to happen.   Every team needs starting pitching.   Gausman will be highly sought after in the off season when teams are trying to build their teams for 2019.  Makes zero sense to just trade him to Brewers now.   

[Just Regular]

I guess for MIL that Moustakas over Schoop is one of those 80% as good for 50% of the price deals, but having Travis Shaw make his 2B debut in a tight race is very recent vintage Orioles.  I guess Muncy in LA before the Machado trade blazed a trail for 2B sluggers, and teams are adjusting to the airball hitting strategy in certain cases with IF defense punts.

 

 

[spiritof66]

45 minutes ago, webbrick2010 said:

Brewers sign moustakis so no deal for Schoop?

Only makes sense if they're going to trade Travis Shaw and his .812 OPS or move him to a position other than 2B. Both seem pretty unlikely to me, and if they would do that it ought to lower the price the Brewers are wiling to give up for Schoop.

[atomic]

I think someone overheard conversation on the phone.   Royals sort of sounds like Orioles.

[DirtyBird]

16 minutes ago, atomic said:

I think you just want deals to happen for them to happen.   Every team needs starting pitching.   Gausman will be highly sought after in the off season when teams are trying to build their teams for 2019.  Makes zero sense to just trade him to Brewers now.   

No, I'm just saying that his value is higher now. Teams are less likely to give up top prospects in the offseason than they are when they are in the middle of a playoff race.

[weams]

46 minutes ago, Luke-OH said:

That article has already been wrong about everything that's happened so far.

Yep.