Freddy Peralta

[Madhawk23]

10 minutes ago, Lloyd330 said:

Dont know how much value that trade site says, but Peralta for Jordan Lawler. 

Lawler is block and has already done everything he can in milb. 

As much as this might appear to make sense short-term for the DBacks, I just can't see them trading Lawlar when there's going to be an opening at 3B for them next season after Suarez leaves in free agency.  He's still considered a Top 10 prospect in all of baseball, and he was just recently called up to the big leagues as the DBacks are finding ways to get him on the field. I just cannot see them trading a guy like Lawlar for many different reasons, at least not for 1.5 years of Freddy.  

[Playing Catch]

18 hours ago, Madhawk23 said:

As much as this might appear to make sense short-term for the DBacks, I just can't see them trading Lawlar when there's going to be an opening at 3B for them next season after Suarez leaves in free agency.  He's still considered a Top 10 prospect in all of baseball, and he was just recently called up to the big leagues as the DBacks are finding ways to get him on the field. I just cannot see them trading a guy like Lawlar for many different reasons, at least not for 1.5 years of Freddy.  

I think Freddy+ for Lawlar would be really achievable, though. Even adding a guy like Areinamo could be enough to backfill the position for the D-Backs. Freddy+Pratt would undoubtedly be enough, no?

[Scooterfletcher]

Lawlar being 0 for 19 in the bigs certainly can’t hurt the chances of obtaining him at the moment, however brief the moment is.

[TURBO]

12 hours ago, Playing Catch said:

I think Freddy+ for Lawlar would be really achievable, though. Even adding a guy like Areinamo could be enough to backfill the position for the D-Backs. Freddy+Pratt would undoubtedly be enough, no?

No way I'd do Freddy AND Pratt.  Nope.

[Beaugie]

Sign me up for a Freddy + Payne/Bitoni/Adams for Lawlar. Arizona really blew it calling him up only to have him ride the bench half the time. He can take over as our 3B and Durbin can go super utility. Call up Miz for the rotation and we can have a very fun 2nd half

Edited May 31, 2025 by Beaugie

[Brock Beauchamp]

29 minutes ago, Beaugie said:

Sign me up for a Freddy + Payne/Bitoni/Adams for Lawlar. Arizona really blew it calling him up only to have him ride the bench half the time. He can take over as our 3B and Durbin can go super utility. Call up Miz for the rotation and we can have a very fun 2nd half

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[Scooterfletcher]

On 5/31/2025 at 8:53 AM, Beaugie said:

Sign me up for a Freddy + Payne/Bitoni/Adams for Lawlar. Arizona really blew it calling him up only to have him ride the bench half the time. He can take over as our 3B and Durbin can go super utility. Call up Miz for the rotation and we can have a very fun 2nd half

Welcome the the BF kind sir, but not a phenomenal first post.   Arizona would accept in a millisecond and Milwaukee would offer less than half of your agreed upon proposal.

Edited to add unless you meant just one of the three and not all three along with Peralta.   If the idea is Peralta and ONE of those three, that’s about what we should be offering in theory.

[jay87shot]

Any chance we pull a Hader style move this deadline if we continue playing like the past week. We have enough depth to cover losing Freddie but with attendance down to start the year I can't see the front office doing that.

I still think it might make sense, at this point we could get a overpay for him with a lack of high end pitching that will be on the market. Here is to hoping the team stays hot and we don't have to worry about it until the offseason.

[LouisEly]

3 hours ago, jay87shot said:

Any chance we pull a Hader style move this deadline if we continue playing like the past week. We have enough depth to cover losing Freddie but with attendance down to start the year I can't see the front office doing that.

Not with Freddie.  I can see the Brewers being both sellers and buyers and trading away two of Civale/Quintana/Cortes and buying some infield help (if they can find it).

I think what some are missing is how cheap Freddie's salary for 2026 is.  At $8M he's about half of what a similar pitcher in his last year of Arby would be getting and about 35-40% of what a similar pitcher would be getting in free agency.  For a mid-tier payroll team that frees up $10M-$15M of payroll budget to acquire other players.  That $10M-$15M discount provides extra value in the return.

[Brewer77]

41 minutes ago, LouisEly said:

Not with Freddie.  I can see the Brewers being both sellers and buyers and trading away two of Civale/Quintana/Cortes and buying some infield help (if they can find it).

I think what some are missing is how cheap Freddie's salary for 2026 is.  At $8M he's about half of what a similar pitcher in his last year of Arby would be getting and about 35-40% of what a similar pitcher would be getting in free agency.  For a mid-tier payroll team that frees up $10M-$15M of payroll budget to acquire other players.  That $10M-$15M discount provides extra value in the return.

Right, Hader was already making $11M and set to make more the next season. Big difference between paying a high quality starter $8M and paying a reliever $14M when you have Devin Williams as well. If they’re anywhere in the hunt I don’t see them considering a trade

[BrewerFan]

On 5/29/2025 at 2:12 PM, Madhawk23 said:

As much as this might appear to make sense short-term for the DBacks, I just can't see them trading Lawlar when there's going to be an opening at 3B for them next season after Suarez leaves in free agency.  He's still considered a Top 10 prospect in all of baseball, and he was just recently called up to the big leagues as the DBacks are finding ways to get him on the field. I just cannot see them trading a guy like Lawlar for many different reasons, at least not for 1.5 years of Freddy.  

Perhaps if they were about 10 games better and a threat this year...it'd be a discussion. Burnes goes down... which hadn't happened when you posted this... and they want to make a run this year. 

Realistically, the Padres are the team that seems to just constantly trade away future studs to make a run at it.

Imagine that team if they don't trade Soto or...I don't know, make most of the trades they made(and still spent the money they did). 

I'd love someone to make me an all Padres team. 

Speaking of which...there's another arm who'll be back. Probably not this year in a impactful way, possibly out of the pen, but he should be good to go for next year. 

[Playing Catch]

On 5/30/2025 at 9:30 PM, TURBO said:

No way I'd do Freddy AND Pratt.  Nope.

It seemed too much to me as well, I was merely stating that IF the Brewers wanted to trade Freddy, and IF they really liked Lawler (who does look like a good fit for what the Brewers like in a player), the Brewers could pretty easily get there with an offer. There's some sense in trading a future infield asset for a current infield asset (current in the sense that the player's natural progression makes him an MLB asset).

With Burnes going down, though, and the D-Backs putzing along like the Brewers from a week ago, I doubt Arizona will be parting with any future assets. However, perhaps Eugenio will be back on the table?

[tmwiese55]

Yea surprising AZ has faltered this much but what it does is probably open up Suarez to the market.  With his good year so far I'd be shocked if he's not priced out of our range as I doubt we'd be willing to 'overpay' to get a rental with how stacked the NL is above us even if they do make the playoffs.   Unless DJ starts hitting in NY, Suarez seems to have Yankees top target written all over him.  I'm sure there's a few other playoff teams that will be calling too.

ETA: other things to note with AZ and relvant to a Freddy trade market is that both Gallen and Kelly seem to free agents after this year as far as I can tell.  If the team keeps faltering both them will probably be put up for sale too.  

[Playing Catch]

17 hours ago, tmwiese55 said:

Yea surprising AZ has faltered this much but what it does is probably open up Suarez to the market.  With his good year so far I'd be shocked if he's not priced out of our range as I doubt we'd be willing to 'overpay' to get a rental with how stacked the NL is above us even if they do make the playoffs. 

Maybe I'm wrong, and I know many here believe I am, but I don't think Suarez's contract will be a barrier if the Brewers want him. Also, if the Brewers DIDN'T want to pay, they could up the prospect-value on an offer to entice AZ.

[tmwiese55]

1 hour ago, Playing Catch said:

Maybe I'm wrong, and I know many here believe I am, but I don't think Suarez's contract will be a barrier if the Brewers want him. Also, if the Brewers DIDN'T want to pay, they could up the prospect-value on an offer to entice AZ.

I'm talking about prospect cost, not financial.   Saying someone would be willing to fork over more/better prospects as I don't expect MKE to act desperate and force it

[Beaugie]

On 5/31/2025 at 10:32 PM, Scooterfletcher said:

Welcome the the BF kind sir, but not a phenomenal first post.   Arizona would accept in a millisecond and Milwaukee would offer less than half of your agreed upon proposal.

Edited to add unless you meant just one of the three and not all three along with Peralta.   If the idea is Peralta and ONE of those three, that’s about what we should be offering in theory.

Thanks for the welcoming and yes, I meant only one of those. If I meant to add each I would have used a comma or said and in between. No way would Lawlar be worth all those guys from a organizational point of view. But one or even two with Freddy should seal the deal and likely wouldn't hurt too bad since prospect hit rate is so low. That said, no guarantees for Lawlar, but AZ has handled his call ups horribly