Brewers trade for Hunter Renfroe in exchange for Jackie Bradley Jr., David Hamilton and Alex Binelas

[markedman5]

 

Hunter Renfroe to Milwaukee in exchange for Jackie Bradley Jr. and two prospects: infielders David Hamilton and Alex Binelas.

[Eye Black]

Bummed to see the prospects go in this one. Alex Binelas and David Hamilton were both players I had high hopes for. Both had a tantalizing tool, in Binelas’s case power and in Hamilton’s case speed.

 

That being said, I certainly understand why they made this trade.

[markedman5]

[Oxy]

JBJ is gone! Wow. That's great

[young guns]

Wow, I like this if only because I don't have to see jbj hit for us again. And I use the word hit loosely.

[Matt Breen]

Brewers have two years of control of Renfroe.

 

MLB projects him to make $7.6M this year in his second year of arbitration.

[wallus]

I don't feel great about this one but many of you will be happy to see JBJ gone.

[folly412]

Seems like a great financial move. Getting near identical production to Avi back in Renfroe, but saving a lot of money since Renfroe will cost less than Avi, while also purging the JBJ contract.

 

Binelas is a tough loss. At least, he looked great in low A.

[PlayerHader]

Really like it. Give up two solid prospects, but neither close to a lock to be mlb players. Clear up some $ to strengthen the roster now. We needed HR’s pop.

[rickh150]

How about the $? Did we send some back?

[Matt Breen]

Well, I didn't think they'd be able to get rid of JBJ. Does it sting to lose the prospects? Absolutely. But Renfroe fills a big hole for us: power hitting rightfielder.

 

If I remember right, he's not the good of a fielder - but not awful.

 

I'm hoping to see .250 and 30 HR from the guy.

[markedman5]

How about the $? Did we send some back?

It doesn’t appear so

[OldSchoolSnapper]

I liked the prospects, but they're prospects, and there's a tendency to like your own prospects as a fan.

 

Renfroe should definitely hit, so there's that. And we don't have to pay another guy who's basically dead weight anymore. I'm fine with it. But I anticipate JBJ going back to his regular performance. I don't know if it would have happened in Milwaukee.

 

What we really need is for Christian Yelich to hit again.

[trwi7]

Wow, I like this if only because I don't have to see jbj hit for us again. And I use the word hit loosely.

 

Probably won’t like it as much when Renfroe and his .272 career OBP against RHP is batting everyday in the middle of our lineup.

[SRB]

[Eye Black]

Hunter Renfroe projections…

 

Steamer: .244 BA / .309 OBP / .490 SLG / 31 HR (.799 OPS)

Davenport: .258 BA / .326 OBP / .511 SLG / 34 HR (.837 OPS)

[patrickgpe]

I don’t like this trade unless it’s part of a bigger picture. JBJ atleast brought elite defense and guy gave away 2 good prospects to get rid of him.

[SRB]

No offense, but what is wrong with some posters on this forum. People are complaining about a MIRACLE TRADE?? Renfroe is projected to out-hit Avisail Garcia next year and we just landed him for an untradeable player.

[AJOHNSON104]

If the Brewers can get a .250/.320/.480 line out of him I'm OK with it, but I don't know if he can do that. This team has many guys with low batting average and OBPs, but in effect they swapped out lots of JBJ at bats. So should be an improvement from that perspective. I was hoping for better, but not a bad move. Still want another high quality RH hitter for 1B, but we might have to rely on Brosseau / Hiura.

[trwi7]

No offense, but what is wrong with some posters on this forum. People are complaining about a MIRACLE TRADE?? Renfroe is projected to out-hit Avisail Garcia next year and we just landed him for an untradeable player.

 

Renfroe is a weak side platoon bat that we had to trade two decent prospects for because Stearns made an atrocious signing the year before. Yay!

[wallus]

No offense, but what is wrong with some posters on this forum. People are complaining about a MIRACLE TRADE?? Renfroe is projected to out-hit Avisail Garcia next year and we just landed him for an untradeable player.

 

Where is this angst you are referring to?

[SomewhereInTime]

I don’t like this trade unless it’s part of a bigger picture. JBJ atleast brought elite defense and guy gave away 2 good prospects to get rid of him.

 

You understand we also acquired a pretty good player in this deal right?

[Eye Black]

No offense, but what is wrong with some posters on this forum. People are complaining about a MIRACLE TRADE?? Renfroe is projected to out-hit Avisail Garcia next year and we just landed him for an untradeable player.

It’s a good trade given the circumstances they were facing, but I think it’s okay to have some conflicted feelings about it. It’s an upgrade for the current MLB team, so I’m certainly happy about that part.

[homer]

Renfroe has a 904 OPS against lefties in his career.

[SRB]

No offense, but what is wrong with some posters on this forum. People are complaining about a MIRACLE TRADE?? Renfroe is projected to out-hit Avisail Garcia next year and we just landed him for an untradeable player.

 

Renfroe is a weak side platoon bat that we had to trade two decent prospects for because Stearns made an atrocious signing the year before. Yay!

 

The #16 and #17 prospect in a weak farm system and an untradeable contract for a guy who is better than Avisail Garcia, Trey Mancini, Jeff McNeil, take your pick of trade target darlings on here.

 

The negativity on this forum is really draining. I don't get it.