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tom brunanskys black sock
Rich Amaral and Jim Presley, that’s my guess.
zkleczka19
The Brewers should’ve just kept him if that’s all they could get for him
MarinersFan1977
Brewers are rebuilding and not contending in 2016, but you wanted them to get players that would be great NOW.. Don’t be insane.
justinept
I don’t think it’s the idea of trading for prospects that led to zkleczka’s comment… i think it’s the age of the prospect being brought back. Without knowing names, a prospect in rookie ball is typically a lot more volatile than a prospect in double a. It’s typically tough to predict or project guys that are this young.
zkleczka19
I didnt want players that would be great now, but I wanted players that actually had a chance to make it to the majors. Three prospects that aren’t even on a top 30 list give very little hope they will ever make it to the majors.
MarinersFan1977
They;re called “Lottery Tickets”. All you need is one to hit.
Thats what you get when you trade one year of a player that isn’t particularly cheap. If Lind made the ML minimum and had 3 years of club control, the Brewers would have gotten much more.
zkleczka19
You sir, are just stupid. Not even worth arguing. Your team won the trade.
bkobow05
Oh, the irony. I’m not shocked that there’s another Wisconsin sports fan that doesn’t live in the real world or actually knows how the sport works.
What MarinersFan1977 said is 100% true. Sorry that it doesn’t fit your agenda on what is and isn’t acceptable. Stearns did fine for trading a 32 year old, oft injured 1B who can only hit RHP that has one year left on his deal.
davbee
And you sir, are just rude.. Mariners Fan is right on in his assessment. Even if only one pitcher makes it with the Brewers that’s six years of control vs. one year of basically a platoon player. Lind, like K-Rod, is a luxury the Brewers couldn’t afford.
brewscrew
This didn’t age well.
Jerryek
Shouldn’t we wait to draw conclusions until we know who was included?
Paulo
Yeah but haha
skrockij89
Not as bad as I expected.
bravesred 2
I hope Lind can do good in Seattle. He’s on my fantasy team.
tom brunanskys black sock
What? You have Adam Lind as a keeper? What planet you on?
marinersblue96
Lower level prospect could describe our farm system. As long as we didn’t give up Jackson or Petersen for a 1 year rental, this should pan out for the M’s.
xfloydsterx
Oh good. If we ended up giving up Zuni or Peterson I was prepared to go to opening day with a sign that says ” don’t trade me JD”.
lrhibbs
I’m assuming DiPoto’s plan is to clean house in the farm system, get like 3 years of contention or so. Then do a rebuilding process. He’s been selling prospects like crazy, but it’s not like we have much to give away anymore
Jerryek
Is this true? The only legit prospects we’ve dealt are Enyel de Los Santos and Patrick Kivlehan. John Hicks and Ramon Flores also were moved, but aren’t exactly top prospects. Not sure why everyone thinks the Ms are mortgaging the future. They haven’t dealt any really good prospects.
Dipoto has dealt a lot of bullpen arms: Smith, Wilhelmsen, Farquar, etc. However, I’m not sure that is a bad plan. Despite the recent hysteria around baseball on pen arms, relievers are incredibly volatile commodities. It’s easier than most think to build a good pen on the cheap, and expensive relievers often have fluctuations in results year to year. As an Ms fan, that should be obvious: the same basic group went from excellent in ’14 to brutal in ’15.
bighiggy
Gor that price cards should have made an offer
batman
That’s it? Obviously I’ll have to wait and see the names of who it was but I can’t see why the Pirates couldn’t have at least matched that. Unless they really didn’t want to trade him in the division
wayneroo
I’m not sure they would have cared. The one season he’s under contract they aren’t going to be competing with the rest of the NL Central anyway, and he’s a FA after this year.
mikeyst13
If there were really as many teams interested as they say I can’t believe we couldn’t get at least a mid-level prospect or package him with a reliever (Smith, Jeffress, etc) to work a deal where they could get Peterson who they were targeting. Just hoping that Marlette is included at least. We need the catching depth and he strikes me as a guy who could eventually be Lucroy with a better arm.
bus035
Gareth Morgan or Austin Wilson maybe?
bus035
I hope we didn’t include Tyler O’Neill in this trade. His power is legit. Or, Edwin Diaz. I have to believe the Brewers were able to pry one of Austin Wilson, Tyler Marlette, Gareth Morgan, or Tyler Pike out of this deal.
mikeyst13
Claiming all 3 will be teenage pitchers in short or rookie ball. Neidert, Thompson, Wells seem to be the 3 that fit the bill. Maybe 2 of them and someone no one really knows of. Pike is 21 and in advance A, so wouldn’t fit.
bus035
I didnt see the Bowden post when i wrote this. I would be surprised if we include Neidert unless we don’t like the progress of his recovery timeline
mikeyst13
Stearns seems to have been targeting young LHP, so I would assume Wells would be in for sure. After that maybe Thompson and a project? All 3 of those guys does seem too high and you’re right that Neidert would be the one they would most likely not want to deal.
marinersblue96
Per John Morosi M’s send minor league RHPs Carlos Herrera, Daniel Missaki, Freddy Peralta. twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/674635108289220608
mikeyst13
Absolutely awful for the Brewers. 3 small RHP who all project to be bull pen arms at best. One took 3 years to get out of rookie ball and another spent 3 full years there with a 4.5 ERA. I realize all 3 are young, but Missaki is the only one who seems to have an even remotely positive scouting report.
doctorstrangeglove
This really isn’t a bad return. No, it’s not great, But three very young kids who have demonstrated really good control so far, and are considered “projectable” doesn’t look and feel like it’s a bad return. If just one of the three ends up making it to the bigs, the Brewers made out pretty good here.
I don’t hate this return at all. Even though it’s more likely than not that all three of these players never face one batter in the big leagues, it’s never a bad thing to maximize the best overall possible talent you can acquire, and it’s never a bad thing to gamble on a few kids who have shown something early in their careers despite being so young.
cjh815
First off think Seattle act to quick in this trade . Lind is nice player but he not the guy who is going to get Mariners to play off or even a World Series . And as Braves fan I’m not stupid to think the Braves are done there going to be more trade combing ex special since the brave are playing for 2018 and more . I have ask Seattle fans would you rather have Freddy Freeman a all star first baseman who is gold glove tip 1b guy who can win battle title and guy who brings teams together or Adam Lind who ok player who has couple of years ?There is reason why Toronto and Milwaukee didn’t want . Think like said before there was monster deal there . Before people say anything know your history biggest trade in history of mlb between two teams is 18 player between the Yankees and tigers in 1956 so there is history of this type of trade .
justinept
are you the guy that posted the epic 43 player trade proposal the other night?
hibbisco
Well written
marinersblue96
M’s don’t have the prospects to land Freeman, especially after what they got for Miller. I still can’t believe the haul they received the the Dbacks.
JT19
So 60 years ago?
MarinersFan1977
Did I wander into the special needs room? Why is a Braves fan berating the M’s for not trading Freddy Freeman, who wasn’t available. Spelling, Grammar. Why the heck not?
doctorstrangeglove
The reason Toronto “didn’t want” Lind was because they had enough hitters, Lind was redundant, and needed a pitcher. Marco Estrada fit their needs better.
The reason Milwaukee “didn’t want” Lind was because they weren’t competing this coming season (and possibly not competing in 2017 as well), Lind had one year left, and why waste his talents in Milwaukee this season when he can be moved for younger, more interesting pieces that might be around and contributing to the next Brewers team that’s competitive.
In neither case, was the team who had Lind just looking to get rid of him. He just didn’t fit the current needs of his team at the time, and made more sense to move.
That’s different than just “not wanting” a player and looking to unload whoever for whatever.
bradthebluefish
Should’ve just kept Trumbo at that price. Same salary, no prospects to give up, no worries of finding a platoon option (internally, free agency, or trade).
dtwenty7
Trumbo is terrible! Career OBP just above .300?? That’s garbage.. Ripe, stinky garbage..