Jeff Passan's early 2024 MLB trade deadline preview

[BraunWeeksFielder]

Lists quite a few interesting names available:

 

Garrett Crochet (FA after the 2026 season)

Cal Quantrill (FA after the 2025 season)

Austin Gomber (FA after the 2025 season)

Luis Severino (FA after the 2024 season, would have $4m left on current deal)

Nick Pivetta (FA after the 2024 season)

Jack Flaherty (FA after the 2024 season)

Aaron Civale

Brewers excerpt: 

"Few teams have as good an understanding of who they are and where they exist in their contention cycle as the Brewers. Two years ago, they got filleted for trading closer Josh Hader while in first place in the NL Central. Well, the main pitching prospect in the deal, Robert Gasser, has been Milwaukee's best pitcher since debuting May 10. And outfielder Esteury Ruiz, who arrived in the deal, was later flipped in a deal for William Contreras, who should start at catcher for the NL All-Star team. Gasser reporting soreness in his elbow after his last start doesn't exactly buttress the idea that the Brewers should go for it, but with a top-end starting pitcher joining Freddy Peralta in a playoff rotation, Milwaukee would cement itself as an even greater threat to Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Atlanta. Garrett Crochet certainly fits and is what they hope DL Hall -- whom they got in a deal for Corbin Burnes, the sort of ace they really could use now -- can be: a lefty with obscene stuff who can head a rotation. Same goes for Jesus Luzardo. Milwaukee has the system to land one of them."

 

 

[BraunWeeksFielder]

13 minutes ago, BraunWeeksFielder said:

Lists quite a few interesting names available:

 

Garrett Crochet (FA after the 2026 season)

Cal Quantrill (FA after the 2025 season)

Austin Gomber (FA after the 2025 season)

Luis Severino (FA after the 2024 season, would have $4m left on current deal)

Nick Pivetta (FA after the 2024 season)

Jack Flaherty (FA after the 2024 season)

Aaron Civale

Brewers excerpt: 

Few teams have as good an understanding of who they are and where they exist in their contention cycle as the Brewers. Two years ago, they got filleted for trading closer Josh Hader while in first place in the NL Central. Well, the main pitching prospect in the deal, Robert Gasser, has been Milwaukee's best pitcher since debuting May 10. And outfielder Esteury Ruiz, who arrived in the deal, was later flipped in a deal for William Contreras, who should start at catcher for the NL All-Star team. Gasser reporting soreness in his elbow after his last start doesn't exactly buttress the idea that the Brewers should go for it, but with a top-end starting pitcher joining Freddy Peralta in a playoff rotation, Milwaukee would cement itself as an even greater threat to Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Atlanta. Garrett Crochet certainly fits and is what they hope DL Hall -- whom they got in a deal for Corbin Burnes, the sort of ace they really could use now -- can be: a lefty with obscene stuff who can head a rotation. Same goes for Jesus Luzardo. Milwaukee has the system to land one of them.

 

 

Crochet and Quantrill would be fascinating. One high upside, ace-like talent with an innings eater who is a solid 4 in the rotation. 
 

With Crochet’s name floated as available, and with Passan seemingly indicating the Brewers are looking at a LHP ace ala Luzardo or Crochet, this could be the making of a very fun deadline for the Brew Crew. 

[Fear The Chorizo]

I have a feeling the apparent OF roster logjam is going to sort itself out by this year's deadline, seeing at least one of Wiemer/Mitchell/Frelick included in a trade package that also has a few prospects scattered across various minor league levels in return for a quality starter with a few years of control remaining before free agency.

[Matt]

As awesome as Crochet has been, he's already pitched more innings than he has in any prior season. I wouldn't be comfortable giving up an enormous trade package for a guy I don't think you can rely on in two months.

[True Blue Brew Crew]

6 hours ago, Matt said:

As awesome as Crochet has been, he's already pitched more innings than he has in any prior season. I wouldn't be comfortable giving up an enormous trade package for a guy I don't think you can rely on in two months.

This was my first thought as well. What is this guy gonna have left in the tank at the end of this season? And with the way the White Sox are abusing the heck out of him with these pitch counts, what are you getting out of him next year even if he holds up in 2024?

 

[wiguy94]

6 hours ago, Matt said:

As awesome as Crochet has been, he's already pitched more innings than he has in any prior season. I wouldn't be comfortable giving up an enormous trade package for a guy I don't think you can rely on in two months.

Sounds like the Padres are heavily interested in Crochet as well which is probably enough to consider the Brewers not a serious contender for him in addition to the reasons you mentioned. Padres are about as far away from prospect hugging as it gets for an MLB franchise in this day and age. I can't imagine the Brewers beating a Padres offer unless the White Sox are insanely high on a Brewers prospect a la Esteury Ruiz and the A's.

[Brewcrew82]

I'll take Erick Fedde for half the cost and more innings as it pertains to this year. 

[brewmann04]

I be worried about this being the first year being Converted to a starter

[TURBO]

Luzardo is over-rated.  No way I give the farm away for a guy who is always hyped, but doesn't follow through on his hypeness.

[LouisEly]

Gomber I think would be a sneaky good acquisition.  His overall numbers haven't looked good the last few years, but he's been much better away from Coors Field.  The last two years his OPS-A has been much lower on the road, 3.68 road ERA last season,  Not a big strikeout pitcher, but he can benefit from having the Brewers defense behind him.

[Playing Catch]

23 hours ago, TURBO said:

Luzardo is over-rated.  No way I give the farm away for a guy who is always hyped, but doesn't follow through on his hypeness.

I respectfully disagree. I think Luzardo is really solid. Not spectacular, perhaps, but he's been healthy (the last few years), and his rates have been really consistent the last 2 seasons.

[Scooterfletcher]

Crochet makes the most sense for us.  We can skip him some to keep his innings down a bit if need be in our path to the division I think.  San Diego doesn’t have that type of path option.

[Brian]

https://reviewingthebrew.com/posts/3-trade-packages-that-the-brewers-could-put-together-to-acquire-garrett-crochet

[wiguy94]

9 minutes ago, Brian said:

https://reviewingthebrew.com/posts/3-trade-packages-that-the-brewers-could-put-together-to-acquire-garrett-crochet

Those are very homer packages. No chance the White Sox would go for any of them.

[Brian]

2 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Those are very homer packages. No chance the White Sox would go for any of them.

I kind of thought so also but it seems like we may be in talks with the White Sox. Crochet was pretty darn good when we faced him. 

[wiguy94]

13 minutes ago, Brian said:

I kind of thought so also but it seems like we may be in talks with the White Sox. Crochet was pretty darn good when we faced him. 

I think I'd rather go after Fedde. 1 less year of control so he should be cheaper to acquire and he's already built up to eat innings. He doesn't have the amazing stuff that Crochet has, but he would bring some dependability to our rotation.

[TURBO]

1 hour ago, Brian said:

https://reviewingthebrew.com/posts/3-trade-packages-that-the-brewers-could-put-together-to-acquire-garrett-crochet

I would do #2 so fast it would make your head spin.

I ignore any offer where we add Wilken.  We need to keep that guy to solve our 3B issues. Next year with Wilken at 3B, Turang at SS, and Ortiz at 2B is an infield we can keep together for a long time.

#3 is intriguing, but again, including Wilken gives me heartburn.

[Jim French Stepstool]

I'd target Fedde moreso than Crochet, for reasons mentioned above.

Hadn't thought about Gomber. Could be a nice, (relatively) cheap option.

I suspect Arnold & the rest of the braintrust is wanting to see Mitchell get back in action, most likely in AAA, then determining whether they'd want to include Frelick as a piece in a deal. Obviously none of the young OFs mentioned are in rarefied air AFA trade value is concerned. But I'm sure they'd like to add one of Frelick, Mitchell & Wiemer if possible.

[Jim French Stepstool]

30 minutes ago, TURBO said:

 

I ignore any offer where we add Wilken.  

True dat.

[Team Canada]

42 minutes ago, TURBO said:

I would do #2 so fast it would make your head spin.

Um, yes please.

I was going to say #3 seemed more fair until I saw it was for Crochet AND Fedde.

[LouisEly]

1 hour ago, TURBO said:

I ignore any offer where we add Wilken.  We need to keep that guy to solve our 3B issues. Next year with Wilken at 3B, Turang at SS, and Ortiz at 2B is an infield we can keep together for a long time.

Agree on the first sentence, but I see no reason to move Ortiz from 3B given how much more difficult it is to find a 3B compared to finding a 2B.  His throws have been a little erratic, but I attribute that to playing very few innings at 3B during his career prior to this season (2100 innings at SS in the minors, 390 at 2B, 127 at 3B).  Wilken can be the 1B of the future, find a 2B who has a good bat but doesn't have the arm to stick at SS or 3B.

[Bulldogboy]

Is Wilken untouchable? Isn't he hitting 220 in double a? Don't know enough about him. 

[Fear The Chorizo]

15 hours ago, Bulldogboy said:

Is Wilken untouchable? Isn't he hitting 220 in double a? Don't know enough about him. 

He was their 1st round pick a season ago and profiles as either a 3B or 1B - two positions the Brewers have been starved of having an everyday option for a very long time.

He's a 21-yr old collegiate bat, but starting off in AA this season is pretty aggressive given the fact it's his 1st full pro year - and as others have mentioned in other threads the dude got hit in the face/eye socket with a pitch early in the year that some people initially thought would cause Wilken to miss the rest of the season.

I'm one to think that no prospect is untouchable if the return is significant at the MLB level - but there are quite a few other prospects in the Brewers' system I'd rather see included in deadline trades than the college bat with the most power potential in last season's MLB draft.

[TURBO]

16 hours ago, Bulldogboy said:

Is Wilken untouchable? Isn't he hitting 220 in double a? Don't know enough about him. 

He just came of the IL from getting hit in the face...  I think he needs some rebound time.

 

[jay87shot]

What are the chances we trade Devin Williams, our pen has been solid but could be special with Devin, Megill, Hudson at the end. At this point, I am leaning towards keeping him but if there is a decent Hader-like package I could see us trading him.