Trade deadline day thread

[Eli15Wick]

I REALLY NEED TO SEE AUSTIN RILEY OR STEVEN KWAN TRADE RN 

[markedman5]

Padres are either all in or in desperation mode ……….one or the other……

[Bulldogboy]

5 minutes ago, nate82 said:

All in at ruining their future?  Sure the Padres are all in at ruining their future.  Other than Miller I don’t see the impact player that the Padres got for going all in.

Sure. Well I guess one world series every 75 years works for you. Good luck

[Fear The Chorizo]

1 minute ago, adambr2 said:

I really don’t want to be all-in if it involves trading Jesus Made and other prospects for a closer and a mediocre starting pitcher.

particularly when the Brewers have those arms everywhere in their organization, to the point of many of us wanting to trade that caliber of arms away to make room as injured guys are rehabbing (or trade the guys rehabbing).

[Bulldogboy]

6 minutes ago, bm1090 said:

who cares how the fans feel? Maybe the players trust the group they have. They have the best record in baseball and a rotation built for playoff success.

I'd welcome an upgrade at SS or a better utility infielder, but if they choose to stand pat I'm all for that too and think they can win a world series.

Good luck

[Joseph Zarr]

5 minutes ago, True Blue Brew Crew said:

Look at what the Mets, Dodgers, Phillies, and Padres have done today? These are significant upgrades being made. The Brewers should be looking to hold on to the #1 seed. The post of mine you responded to didn't demand they match what these NL contenders have done. I'd settle for at least improving on the margins.

Can you imagine dropping from the #1 spot at deadline into a road wild card series?

I am unworried. I watched Devin Williams blow last year's opportunity to advance. I have endured too many post-season heartbreaks to worry one ounce about the uncertain impacts of a Trade Deadline. This team is good enough as is to stand pat. If they happen to improve some bench pieces over the final hour? I'll try to find the optimism to support the move(s). I already endured my freak out this season in the early part of the first half. @LouisElypaid me to do it. It's purely his fault - I have the Cash App transactions to...er...ummm prove it.

[True Blue Brew Crew]

No playoff series won since 2018 is precisely why fans should expect the Brewers to improve their roster in some fashion today

[JCREW]

How about Nestor and Quintana to SDP

Cease to HOU

Dubon to MIL

[rccola42]

Just now, Bulldogboy said:

Sure. Well I guess one world series every 75 years works for you. Good luck

Where's the proof that what the Padres have been doing is working? Made it to one NLCS, which was completely uncompetitive. Wouldn't the Padres be a better team right now with Wood and Abrams?

Seems like this desire to go "all in" is emotion based rather than objective.

I'm not saying to do nothing or that I love how this trade deadline has gone, but we can still remain objective about our chances.

[tmwiese55]

12 minutes ago, Eli15Wick said:

People keep saying move Collins to second and turang to SS they tried that in spring training his shoulder physically can’t handle it it would have to be Durbin whuch means you gotta get a 3rd basemen or put Collins there so Austin Riley is the best option probably better then Suarez honestly 

Welcome.    I've seen this pointed out a few times, but really we don't know that either way.   Just because his shoulder got sore in ST does not mean he can never play SS.  Spring training is when they get up to speed and when soreness and the like can happen.  We don't know their assessment on whether that was just due to getting up and running in ST or if they view it as something that will prevent a move to SS.  We hope he can move to SS, thus the discussion. But the team has never really told us one way or the other. 

The guy played SS his whole life without soreness, personally I don't think it would be a problem at all. Especially if planned for from the beginning.  Which brings in the second issue of doing the change midseason on a team that values D so much.    

[dlk9s]

Damn, I played a couple games of Balatro and came back to a slew of unread messages in this thread. Thought the Brewers made a deal.

[adambr2]

3 minutes ago, Fear The Chorizo said:

particularly when the Brewers have those arms everywhere in their organization, to the point of many of us wanting to trade that caliber of arms away to make room as injured guys are rehabbing (or trade the guys rehabbing).

To me it looks like keeping all the arms they were speculated to be considering trading (Cortes, Quintana, Henderson), is their alternative to going out and overpaying for bullpen help, and they will be relying on all these guys. 

[sveumrules]

1 minute ago, True Blue Brew Crew said:

No playoff series won since 2018 is precisely why fans should expect the Brewers to improve their roster in some fashion today

They improved their roster at the deadline in 2019, 2021, 2023, and 2024 and still didn't win a playoff series in any of those years either.

[bm1090]

5 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

Sure. Well I guess one world series every 75 years works for you. Good luck

As opposed to the Padres who do this every year and have won.....0 world series.

[Fear The Chorizo]

what did the Cubs do so far today?  A starter with an ERA pushing 5 and a sort of late-inning reliever??

[Bulldogboy]

It must be nice for Arnold and company to know that the fan base has absolutely zero hunger to get back to the world series. Best record in baseball is fun. Alumni hr derby? Sweet. Actually trying to improve a very good team? Not if it cost us that rookie ball third baseman. You get what you demand as a fan base. The Packers have pitchforks at the gates if they don't win. Brewers are strictly in compete mode as a fan base. It's strange. 

[Eli15Wick]

Brewers principal owner Mark Attanasio was asked about the trade deadline and said that "everything is on the table."

"The team is telling us pretty loudly that we should be trying to make it better," Attanasio said on FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin as shared by 97.3 The Game's Hunter Baumgardt. "Everything is on the table. At this point, you are paying for 1/3 of a season, the money doesn't come into it, it is the prospects.
 

 

IF PRICE ISNT A PROBLEM GET SOMEONE ONE THEN STOP LETTING US DOWN 

[jjfanec]

Why on earth are we comparing the Brewers to what the Padres are doing? The Padres payroll is $100 million more than the Brewrers or to say it another way their payroll is almost double! We cannot do business like them. 

However, I dont disagree it would be nice to get a utility IF 

[Jim French Stepstool]

1 hour ago, nate82 said:

One is Ortiz and the other is IKF.

The idea there is that Kiner-Falefa is an experienced SS, can also play 3B & gives you flexibility. You can make late-game moves on a more quality-based basis because he's a better option than Monasterio. And with the bat, despite the #s I think he's better than the Ortiz we're watching right now.

Also I suspect he wouldn't cost much. I'd prefer Castro, but have no idea what that would take.

[Bulldogboy]

3 minutes ago, rccola42 said:

Where's the proof that what the Padres have been doing is working? Made it to one NLCS, which was completely uncompetitive. Wouldn't the Padres be a better team right now with Wood and Abrams?

Seems like this desire to go "all in" is emotion based rather than objective.

I'm not saying to do nothing or that I love how this trade deadline has gone, but we can still remain objective about our chances.

That's all I'm saying. You cannot do nothing period. 

[Fear The Chorizo]

Just now, adambr2 said:

To me it looks like keeping all the arms they were speculated to be considering trading (Cortes, Quintana, Henderson), is their alternative to going out and overpaying for bullpen help, and they will be relying on all these guys. 

I can see that - but in order to make that happen there's going to need to be some curious optioning/IL stints in August that isn't going to be directly performance-based.  That pitching staff is crowded with a capital C

[Eli15Wick]

Just now, Bulldogboy said:

It must be nice for Arnold and company to know that the fan base has absolutely zero hunger to get back to the world series. Best record in baseball is fun. Alumni hr derby? Sweet. Actually trying to improve a very good team? Not if it cost us that rookie ball third baseman. You get what you demand as a fan base. The Packers have pitchforks at the gates if they don't win. Brewers are strictly in compete mode as a fan base. It's strange. 

Probably was looking at picking up one of our alumni at the deadline

[bm1090]

Just now, Bulldogboy said:

It must be nice for Arnold and company to know that the fan base has absolutely zero hunger to get back to the world series. Best record in baseball is fun. Alumni hr derby? Sweet. Actually trying to improve a very good team? Not if it cost us that rookie ball third baseman. You get what you demand as a fan base. The Packers have pitchforks at the gates if they don't win. Brewers are strictly in compete mode as a fan base. It's strange. 

We all have hunger to get to a world series. You just live in a reality that isn't in touch with actual reality.

[True Blue Brew Crew]

Just now, sveumrules said:

They improved their roster at the deadline in 2019, 2021, 2023, and 2024 and still didn't win a playoff series in any of those years either.

Well I know you wouldn't argue that making acquisitions at the deadline is more harmful than good so what exactly is your point? The Braves and other teams in the past decade who have won it all, have shown that small improvements can make all the difference. There's no disadvantage the Brewers have today to prevent them from doing the same.

[Samurai Bucky]

2 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

They improved their roster at the deadline in 2019, 2021, 2023, and 2024 and still didn't win a playoff series in any of those years either.

Yeah... but they didn't go "all in!"