Lucroy to Cleveland - LUCROY HAS VETOED THE TRADE

[Boomer5]

Based on what I am seeing, I would've been fine with Zimmer and Mejia instead of the other two or three. Not thrilled here I must say. Usually I am the optimist, but a feels more like the Mets Gomez deal than the Astros Gomez deal.

 

Agreed. Most everyone else gets massive packages back with lesser chips.

[umpref]

I know rankings are subjective and not all systems equal. But we potentially sound like we got thier 5,6,12 and 22 ranked prospects if sheffiled is the pitcher

[RockCoCougars]

Deal will hinge on Mejia, who is at least two years away.

[MrTPlush]

Bob Nightengale‏ @BNightengale

Scouts love the haul the #Brewers could potentially get,with one saying catcher Francisco Mejia is the best arm he's seen all year in minors

[superfly]

This is kind of weak if there's no arm IMO. Trading elite catcher for minor league elite catcher doesn't move the dial for me, although I do really like Mejia. Really wanted an arm somewhere.

[proudsoftballdad]

Just got a call from a friend he seems to think this is it no 4th comming damn if that's the case disappointed

[gregmag]

Today's roller coaster ride, unless Stearns fabricated all the leaks himself, tells me that he found the market, asked high, did his due diligence, and calculated that the price wouldn't rise in the winter. I'm thrilled if the fourth is one of the good arms, disappoined if not, but that's based on the conventional view of what the market was. The process story reassures me that Stearns did his job.

[HighHeat19]

Still a possibility that Will Smith goes back to Indians for a pitcher. With that possibility as McKenzie.

[Point Beer Is Best]

Rosenthal saying deal may hinge on "financial inducement" to waive NTC.

 

This ain't over yet.

[3and2Fastball]

This is not at all a done deal, guys. Not yet anyways

 

Rosenthal: "Lucroy likely will want financial inducement to waive no-trade; he holds that leverage. Earning $4M this season; $5.25M club option for ’17."

 

[Boomer5]

And we wouldn't have needed Mejia as the centerpiece if Nottingham was what he was traded here to be.

 

I'm holding out hope the 4th guy is one of their big pitchers.

[Matt Breen]

Rosenthal saying deal may hinge on "financial inducement" to waive NTC.

 

This ain't over yet.

Ah, money talks over everything.

[proudsoftballdad]

Espn is saying the 3 players nothing on 4th.

[zjl3]

Classic Buy-High Move.

 

I would have waited until next season to trade him, since I honestly don't think teams pay that much more for 1.5 years instead of .5 years.

 

This isn't a terrible trade, but disappointing.

 

I guess the only positive is that we didn't stockpile more outfielders, and that C and SS are always good positions to target.

[Fear The Chorizo]

So when Stearns trades Will Smith to Cleveland for McKenzie tommorrow, will people be happy again?

 

Btw, this is a big haul for lucroy...Mejia should be too young to be making big time minor league noise and Allen will be a mlb regular. Both are top 100 talents that will be on such lists 1-2 years from now.

[umpref]

Cleveland beat writer hoynes was the one who mentioned sheffield

[pogokat]

Still a possibility that Will Smith goes back to Indians for a pitcher. With that possibility as McKenzie.

 

That's what's up/

[Point Beer Is Best]

Classic Buy-High Move.

 

I would have waited until next season to trade him, since I honestly don't think teams pay that much more for 1.5 years instead of .5 years.

 

This isn't a terrible trade, but disappointing.

 

I guess the only positive is that we didn't stockpile more outfielders, and that C and SS are always good positions to target.

 

One year from now, I don't think they could even get Meija for half a year of Lucroy and no comp pick.

[HighHeat19]

So when Stearns trades Will Smith to Cleveland for McKenzie tommorrow, will people be happy again?

 

Btw, this is a big haul for lucroy...Mejia should be too young to be making big time minor league noise and Allen will be a mlb regular. Both are top 100 talents that will be on such lists 1-2 years from now.

 

Chang is no slouch either.

[gregmag]

And we wouldn't have needed Mejia as the centerpiece if Nottingham was what he was traded here to be.

 

I'm holding out hope the 4th guy is one of their big pitchers.

We get it. You don't like Nottingham and you don't like Stearns. Could you either attempt to back up your assertions with actual analysis, say something you haven't already said fifteen other times, or just spare us?

[MrTPlush]

Sadly for us the market for Lucroy wasn't there. No one really wanted him. It was the Mets garbage offer or trading him to the Indians of you ask me. Oh well Mejia will hopefully make us all happy in a few years. If one of the other two pan out as a starter even better. Allen seems like a sure bet to provide something to the MLB club in a few years the way he walks/runs.

[Nader Raider Tim]

An all around Catcher

 

A power / speed MI

 

A leadoff hitting of

 

Thats a pretty solid trio of players. Not the shiny top 30 prospect that many of us wanted but Stearns seems to not care about any ranking but his own. I'd put Mejia 4th, Chang 10th and Allen 13th on the Brewers prospect rankings. That is just slotting them into the MLB pipeline rankigns

[brewer1]

Is it possible a 4th piece would be contingent on whatever they would need to do to convince Lucroy to waive the no-trade?

[Noche]

Meija, Chang and Allen all mix in with the Ray, Phillips, Erceg, Diaz, Clark, Nottingham wave of offensive talent. Wow

[proudsoftballdad]

On a scale of one to five with 5 being oh my god we hit the motherload gut feeling is 3 and half may have gotten an all star catcher in years to come but dissapointed no pitching came back