Caleb Smith selected in Rule 5 draft; Caleb Smith traded to Cubs; Caleb Smith appreciation thread

[billymac]

http://www.pinstripealley.com/2015/10/24/9553977/yankees-prospects-2015-roster-report-card-caleb-smith

[pacopete4]

Basically gave up our 21st ranked prospect (Miguel Diaz to the Padres) for this guy. Me no likey.

[djoctagone]

wei-chung wang is jealous that smith gets his own thread in the major league forum to discuss the transaction.

[pacopete4]

wei-chung wang is jealous that smith gets his own thread in the major league forum to discuss the transaction.

 

Smith is now on our 25 man roster, is he not?

[And That]

wei-chung wang is jealous that smith gets his own thread in the major league forum to discuss the transaction.

Somehow I doubt it.

[yoshii8]

I like it, from what I've seen so far. Hard throwing lefty, has a good chance to stick.

[djoctagone]

Smith is now on our 25 man roster, is he not?

there is not a 25-man roster until just before opening day. at this point, there is only a 40-man roster, which smith is part of.

[And That]

Smith has been traded to the Cubs. It was real while it lasted, Caleb.

[Lee16]

Now that he is gone, I hope his replica jerseys go on sale in the clubhouse store.

[yoshii8]

Welp, see you later Caleb. It was real.

[Lee16]

A great pitcher, gone. Never once in his entire Brewer career did he go on injured reserve, never blew a game, never even gave up a run. Hope there is still room for a statue outside the park for him.

 

/salute

[billymac]

A great pitcher, gone. Never once in his entire Brewer career did he go on injured reserve, never blew a game, never even gave up a run. Hope there is still room for a statue outside the park for him.

 

/salute

 

About as solid a guy as can be, need more guys like him

[jjgott]

How soon will we see his name on the Brewers Wall of Honor?

[ZBTMP]

Cash or PTBNL? We really are just a farm club for the big markets.

[superfly]

This guy was the one...and we never even gave him a shot, just buried him in the dregs of the organization. What a shame.

[monty57]

Any idea what we got back from the Cubs?

[pacopete4]

Cash or PTBNL? We really are just a farm club for the big markets.

 

Any idea what we got back from the Cubs?

 

 

[sarcasm]It's going across Twitter than we are either getting Schwarber back or $5 million in cash[/sarcasm]

[wichmae]

Any idea what we got back from the Cubs?

Cash

[brewerfan82]

Anyone know when to expect his full page newspaper ad thanking the city and fans for their support to come out?

[billymac]

Statement from Caleb Smith:

 

"Just wanted to thank the Milwaukee Brewers and their incredible fan base. While we never got that championship together, I am off to a much better place now and hoping to share next years World Series with Milwaukee. Good luck Milwaukee! Caleb Smith"

[MoreTrife]

This is way over my head...I'm sorry. Can someone explain what happened?

 

We selected a player for the Cubs basically? And they said we'll give you cash for the favor?

[MoreTrife]

This is way over my head...I'm sorry. Can someone explain what happened?

 

We selected a player for the Cubs basically? And they said we'll give you cash for the favor?

 

 

Okay I think I figured it out.

 

We picked up an asset for free, weighed whether we wanted to keep the asset, then decided we wanted to use the roster spot elsewhere so put feelers out to see if anyone else wanted asset. Then we got $$ for asset.

[MrTPlush]

This is way over my head...I'm sorry. Can someone explain what happened?

 

We selected a player for the Cubs basically? And they said we'll give you cash for the favor?

 

Essentially, yes. I really doubt we actually wanted Caleb Smith and just traded him away for virtually nothing.

[rwa12]

This is way over my head...I'm sorry. Can someone explain what happened?

 

We selected a player for the Cubs basically? And they said we'll give you cash for the favor?

 

Essentially, yes. I really doubt we actually wanted Caleb Smith and just traded him away for virtually nothing.

 

This is not uncommon, we've done it a number of times in the past.

[A Swing and A Drive]

I understand that maybe no available player fit our roster needs/Stearns liking, however, if there was ever a year that the Brewers could afford to use a full season roster spot on a player that could help in the future, this season would be it!

 

Dang nab it!