Gomez and Fiers to Houston for four prospects

[fondybrewfan]

I am sad about Fiers leaving; I guess the great start by Junngmann made Doug think he could spare one of the younger starters

[bensheeps]

It's quotes like this on the Astros message board that makes me smile.

 

"Terrible. I've agreed with everything that Luhnow has done till now. I am so P.O ed right now."

[dacrew101]

This is the type of wow i expected for Gomez / Fiers.. Nice!

[Funketown]

Needless to say, this team needed has desperately needed a good restocking of the minor-league system for a while. I don't keep up with this stuff as much as I used to, but this seems like a good haul, with Phillips, Santana, and Hader looking like guys to follow throughout the rest of the year.

 

I always liked Fiers and Gomez. Hopefully they get a chance to make a playoff splash this season.

[Never Outhustled]

Domingo Santana has played a little CF in the minors. Can he play there for the Brewers now at least until Phillips is ready?

[TheCrew07]

Is this correct? Per baseball america they are ranked:

 

5. Brett Phillips

8. Josh Hader

10. Domingo Santana

 

So we got 3 of their top 10?

 

http://www.baseballamerica.com/majors/2015-organization-talent-rankings/

 

It was different for the Mid season top 10:

1. Brett Phillips, cf

2. Mark Appel, rhp

3. Michael Feliz, rhp

4. A.J. Reed, 1b

5. Francis Martes, rhp

6. Derek Fisher, of

7. Joe Musgrove, rhp

8. Josh Hader, lhp

9. Jacob Nottingham, c

10. Tony Kemp, if/of

 

I would have preferred Feliz as I said earlier, just from a pitching evaluation standpoint, but I like the fact that suddenly we have quite a few LHP options in the minors, something I've been whining about for years.

 

BTW, Kirby will make his debut for the T-Rats in the next week.

[trwi7]

I am sad about Fiers leaving; I guess the great start by Junngmann made Doug think he could spare one of the younger starters

 

Fiers is 30. He may be young in terms of service time but he's not young for a baseball player. It made sense to trade him now because we're not going to be competing when he leaves his prime.

[MrTPlush]

Yup Astros just dump it right over here.(Apologizes for the uber large size)

 

http://www.outcropacres.net/images/dt-dumping01.jpg

[craigharmann]

Wow. I'm surprised at this. I didn't think the Astros would have interest in TEHFIERS, but it's cool. As long as they didn't give up A.J. Reed, that's good. Hader's come on of late and Phillips and Santana can play. Good start to the rebuild. Hopefully there's more to come. Now to read the Astros boards.....

[MillerParkSouth]

Love it and love that we included Fiers to sweeten the pot. What a 24 hours!

[MrTPlush]

haha...and an hour or so ago everyone was losing their minds over Melvin's comments about not being sure if a trade will happen.

 

Never take a GMs comments too seriously.

[Duckpondbrew]

Well, this just brightened up my day just a bit after walking home a good quarter mile because my bike broke (luckily it was just a minor thing). Funny thing is all these trades have happened when I've been gone. Maybe I should go on a walk for a good hour. Perhaps Parra gets traded then.

[Boomer5]

So Phillips becomes our 2 after Arcia I assume.

[splitterpfj]

Here's to the rebuild!

 

Oh, and screw you, Mets.

[MrTPlush]

Might see Santana right away with Parra being traded. Will be a thin outfield.

[stoutdude04]

Well, this just brightened up my day just a bit after walking home a good quarter mile because my bike broke (luckily it was just a minor thing). Funny thing is all these trades have happened when I've been gone. Maybe I should go on a walk for a good hour. Perhaps Parra gets traded then.

 

It appears he may have already.

[FVBrewerFan]

Now let's raid the Twins system for Para/Lind/Krod

[MrTPlush]

Astros Official, "Brewers did their homework."

 

Astros think very highly of these 4 players.

[trwi7]

Adam McCalvy ‏@AdamMcCalvy 39s39 seconds ago

 

Doug Melvin says deal came together when Astros included Phillips and Brewers included Fiers.

[bill hAll Star]

Might see Santana right away with Parra being traded. Will be a thin outfield.

 

Brewers can start going to the scrap heap to get DFAs and such to finish the year, I hope.

[MrTPlush]

Parra could be on the move during the game.

[I Heart Brewers]

Kind of scares me that the Mets offer was the 1st option. But maybe not. This one may still have been at the Gomez for 3 prospects not including Phillips stage...

[craigharmann]

Might see Santana right away with Parra being traded. Will be a thin outfield.

 

Brewers can start going to the scrap heap to get DFAs and such to finish the year, I hope.

 

Last year when Santana came up for a cup of coffee, he was turrible. This year, he looked much better. I'd say leave him in AAA and pencil him in for next year.

[RockCoCougars]

We can thank the stinginess of the Mets for allowing Melvin to dodge a bullet here.

[I Heart Brewers]

Silver lining. They will continue to lose and move up in the draft as well.