Cortes traded to Padres

[Team Canada]

Details coming...

[Jastro]

 

[Brewer77]

Lockridge is 28 and hasn’t had much MLB success, but has had high OBPs in MiLB. Definitely a speed over power profile. Looks like a salary/roster dump more than anything 

[Team Canada]

.519 OPS in 47 games.

Has torn up El Paso the last two years, but not much at the big league level so far.

[NOMAAM]

Just now, Brewer77 said:

Lockridge is 28 and hasn’t had much MLB success, but has had high OBPs in MiLB. Definitely a speed over power profile. Looks like a salary/roster dump more than anything 

Hopefully salary to take on salary

[CheeseheadInQC]

Unless they see something that isn’t apparent, this is kind of baffling 

[biedergb]

Wow.  I mean Cortes has been injured essentially all year.

But trading him for someone who is barely a roster filler is just surprising. If we couldn't get a UT or reliever on the market because the costs were too high, how was the team not able to get some of those costs back for a MLB caliber starting pitcher??

We will never know how these things pan out, but this is just so surprising when I think any reliver could have gotten a half decent prospect in this crazy market and a starting pitcher got us a 28 year old who was good at AA???

[NOMAAM]

5 minutes ago, CheeseheadInQC said:

Unless they see something that isn’t apparent, this is kind of baffling 

Yep, only way it makes sense is if they add someone else with a decent salary.

[Joseph Zarr]

I take pride in the hilarity of this move - the move itself and the timing. Arnold absolutely clowning on us all. Incredible.

[homer]

8 minutes ago, Team Canada said:

.519 OPS in 47 games.

Has torn up El Paso the last two years, but not much at the big league level so far.

He was good in AA too. I take El Paso stats with a grain of salt.

[Team Canada]

1 minute ago, homer said:

I take El Paso stats with a grain of salt.

For sure.

[wildcat83]

I put the odds of Cortes winning a playoff game against us somewhere around 99% now.  Baseball karma 

[duewizard]

Would have prefered an infielder but whatever.

Brewer Cortes will be a fun piece of trivia in a decade or so

[owbc]

I was just texting with my family about how I thought the Brewers probably wished they could be sellers given the prices that assets are fetching. 

[dlk9s]

I look forward to the "THANK YOU, NESTOR" post from the Brewers' social media team.

[cragi]

Brewers braintrust figuring out how to get 1.000 OPS out of Lockridge and Jansen

[adambr2]

23 minutes ago, homer said:

He was good in AA too. I take El Paso stats with a grain of salt.

What about MLB stats?

(Agreed about taking El Paso stats with a grain of salt).

I dunno. I just don’t see much to sleep on here, not at 28.

[adambr2]

Yeah I think I would have rather kept Cortes. 

[bm1090]

The only way I can make it make sense is if they are going to start experimenting with Lockridge at 2B and Turang at SS.

[Devinep]

If they don’t end up getting someone else who costs a little bit of $, they should’ve just kept Nestor and use him as a piggyback with Miz. 
 

they’ll say prices were too high to make a trade yet they just threw away a decent MLB arm 

[Playing Catch]

Lockridge looks like a Garrett Mitchell replacement(?)

Fits the Collins, Durbin, Perkins mold.

[torts]

17 minutes ago, cragi said:

Brewers braintrust figuring out how to get 1.000 OPS out of Lockridge and Jansen

[edfunderburk]

54 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

I take pride in the hilarity of this move - the move itself and the timing. Arnold absolutely clowning on us all. Incredible.

You always offer great perspective in your posts. Can you explain what you mean? Are you frustrated OR do you believe this is a good trade? Please explain …

[SRB]

I like a throwback OBP/SB guy with absolutely zero power. Presumably a plus defender?

Seems like a role player they think can help this year once rosters expand.

Does anyone know if there is a second prospect returning our way? MLBTR says Jorge Quintana, but he seems to already be in our system? 😄

[edfunderburk]

Can someone post Lockridge’s MiLB stats?