Washburn to the Tigers for Luke French and Mauricio Robles

[fondybrewfan]

Details forthcoming. Don't yet know who the Tigers gave up

 

www.mlbtraderumors.com

 

EDIT: Apparently Luke French is one of the prospects going to the Mariners

[The Heartbreak Yid]

2 proepects name Luke French and Mauricio Robles. Surelt Melvin could have matched that.

My gretest fear is that at 2:59 today, Melvin will come out of nowhere and land you guys Halladay or Greinke.

[Invader3K]

"MLB Network: LHP Luke French and LHP Mauricio Robles." - MLB Trade Rumors posting. I admit to not knowing much about either of those two, but it doesn't sound like the Tigers had to give up too much...

[pogokat]

we don't have any upper level pitching prospects without injury worries...i'm going to call that killed our chances at a lot of these deals this year

[jjfanec]

So much for the talk about Escobar having to be involved in the deal for the Brewers if they went after Washburn. I was not super high on Washburn when the price seemed out of line but I do not think we would have needed to give up a ton to match this deal

[sargennm]

This is by far the most confounding and frustrating trade deadline I can remember.

[brewmann04]

washburn is not the type of Pitcher Melvin Needs.

[sheethead]

French is a decent SP prospect that got his feet wet with the Tigers this year. His last outing on 7/28 was not good against the Ranges, but all other outing were decent, if not good.

[Invader3K]

.i'm going to call that killed our chances at a lot of these deals this year

 

You're probably absolutely right on that one. Then again if we had that upper level pitching, we may have just held onto it and waited for some of those arms to be ready next season.

[bklynbrewcrew]

We easily could have matched that offer. Im indifferent at this point as I dont see us being contenders. As long as we dont give up Gamel I will be happy.

[sheethead]

Gamel is probably the most expendable top prospect we have. Too bad Melvin called him up and killed his value by exposing the giant hole in his swing... the entire inside portion of the plate.

[LouisEly]

You're probably absolutely right on that one. Then again if we had that upper level pitching, we may have just held onto it and waited for some of those arms to be ready next season.

 

If we had upper level pitching, they would have been in Milwaukee starting instead of Villanueva, Burns, and McClung.

[endaround]

Gamel is probably the most expendable top prospect we have. Too bad Melvin called him up and killed his value by exposing the giant hole in his swing... the entire inside portion of the plate.

 

Gamel's terrible hitting in Milwaukee=Escobar's wonderful hitting in AAA

[sheethead]

Gamel is probably the most expendable top prospect we have. Too bad Melvin called him up and killed his value by exposing the giant hole in his swing... the entire inside portion of the plate.

 

Gamel's terrible hitting in Milwaukee=Escobar's wonderful hitting in AAA

Are you sure you didn't mean:

 

Gamel's terrible hitting in Milwaukee = Gamel's terrible hitting in AAA

[fondybrewfan]

Well if the Mariners were looking for major league ready pitching we certainly weren't a good match for them. It doesn't seem like they gave up a lot but if Jack Z is looking for pitching you have to understand why the Brewers weren't a match.

 

I suppose we could have offered a couple A Ballers but who knows what Jack Z was looking for

[RU Rah Rah]

I hadn't heard about Detroit being in the mix for Washburn; just goes to show how little we really know about these things before they actually happen.

[chuckiehacks]

We easily could have matched that offer.

 

Really? Who is the MLB-ready lefty we have at AAA? The closest thing we have to French is Parra. I don't think we'd do Parra + for 2 months of Washburn. If you mean we could have matched that offer with position players, you're probably right. But again, we'd be overpaying with Escobar or Gamel.

[davego]

Unless it is a pitcher under contract for 2010, I have very little interest.

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

I'm with you davego. The Brewers acquiring a rental at this point would be like the Astros acquiring Randy Wolf last year.

[joepepsi]

Luke French is a big lefty, major league ready as a 3 or 4 starter, I'd guess. Robles is youngster with a 10K per 9 ip K rate in the minors. A 20 year old lefty still in A ball, he's thrown 111 K's in 91 innings so far this year. That's Yovanni type K rate.

 

Looks like a good trade for Jack Z. He gets a cheap innings eater immediately, and a strike throwing prospect with upside down the line.

[EdgarDiazRocks]

Gamel's terrible hitting in Milwaukee = Gamel's terrible hitting in AAA

 

Wow, i guess I missed a memo. Gamel can't hit? Who knew?

 

Great return for the M's on a guy they couldn't GIVE away last year at the deadline, plus getting two starters back at the deadline (Snell and French) they still have an outside shot at the playoffs.

[TooLiveBrew]

Gamel is probably the most expendable top prospect we have. Too bad Melvin called him up and killed his value by exposing the giant hole in his swing... the entire inside portion of the plate.

 

Unless you count that insanely impressive, way-way-way inside on his hands HR he hit in St. Louis, then yeah, I guess he just can't hit the inside pitch. Bat speed paired with discipline like Gamel's doesn't come along very often. He will hit, without question.