Isaac Paredes

[Sakatarama]

In lieu of the Durbin trade, we may as well at the very least speculate -- what would get Paredes from Houston?

Would Pratt and Quero be enough? What needs to be added/tweaked?

[TURBO]

1 minute ago, Sakatarama said:

In lieu of the Durbin trade, we may as well at the very least speculate -- what would get Paredes from Houston?

Would Pratt and Quero be enough? What needs to be added/tweaked?

Pratt and Quero for Paredes is a massive overpay for a guy who is questionable defensively, and is only under contract for one year. (Almost 10 million dollars for that one season also makes this highly unlikely)

Giving up blue chippers for one year and a 10 million dollar salary is not something the Brewers would consider.

[wallus]

Only way I would trade for Paredes is if they took Megill for him.

I don't think he is a great fit for the team.

[Sakatarama]

13 minutes ago, TURBO said:

Pratt and Quero for Paredes is a massive overpay for a guy who is questionable defensively, and is only under contract for one year. (Almost 10 million dollars for that one season also makes this highly unlikely)

Giving up blue chippers for one year and a 10 million dollar salary is not something the Brewers would consider.

Then we're sacrificing the season, and who knows what baseball will look like after the lockout. I know the Red Sox and Pirates were offering attractive packages, although I don't know names or prospect levels to compare to Pratt or Quero.

We have to trade talent to get talent, and we just traded away much of the marginal talent (Durbin, Collins, Myers) that helped us get to a certain level. Are we so engrossed by "The Brewers way" that we're just going let the team regress in order to maintain our own system? Worked out real well for the Packers, until it didn't.

Then again, Mark has priorities in his portfolio far above the Brewers, so I guess we're just moving pawns around the chessboard to maintain a steady level of profitability that doesn't get in the way of the fan bases' loyalties.

[sveumrules]

6 minutes ago, Sakatarama said:

Then we're sacrificing the season,

Note to self, check back on this thread September 28th 2026.

[statman0007]

I wonder if Ashby could be used as a trade piece for Paredes. Looks like contracts are pretty similar between the two. I'm sure we'd have to add a prospect as well.

[Dadbauer]

I'd love the bat in the lineup, but I don't think they will be interested in what Paredes costs, money OR prospects. 

[Playing Catch]

Not sure if we would be better served with a more generic, "potential 3B/IF options" thread...

I was looking for some other ideas at 3rd from the upper-levels of other orgs that could be options in a trade. Some of them would represent a "big" trade, others would probably just be adding to the existing mix of options.

Astros - Paredes, Cam Smith, Brice Matthews
D-Backs - Lawler, Tommy Troy, LuJames Groover
Dodgers - Alex Freeland, Noah Miller
Phillies - Alec Bohm, Aidan Miller
Tigers - Colt Keith, Gleyber Torres, Javy Baez, Matt Vierling, Trey Sweeney, Max Anderson, Trei Cruz, Hao-Yu Lee, Jace Jung, McGonigle.

I was going to list more teams, but this was already too many names. I've bolded a couple of guys I like, and that Tigers team definitely has a surplus of guys that are MLB/AAA guys. I thought Trei Cruz and Max Anderson were two names that I was really intrigued by.
 

 

[wallus]

2025 Stats

Player A: 2.3 WAR in 378 at bats

Player B: 2.2 War in 352 at bats

Player A costs more and would require you to trade talent to acquire. Player B is a free agent that would likely accept a reasonable one year contract. Which one would you go for?

[Mr Southpaw]

My pick

Luis Rengifo FA from the Angels. switch hitter who does a lot of things pretty good. 1 year at 5.2 with plenty of performance incentives and a club option.

[KCBrewerfan34]

I think the Brewers are going to fill the left side in house. Arnold had said they don’t want to block their prospects 

[sveumrules]

35 minutes ago, Mr Southpaw said:

Luis Rengifo FA from the Angels. switch hitter who does a lot of things pretty good.

From 2022 to 2024 he had a pretty good hit tool with a 112 AVG+ and 72 K+ that were both among the Top Forty or so in MLB plus average-ish power with a 102 ISO+.

That all backed up big time last year though with a 97 AVG+ | 85 K+ | 60 ISO+.

He's also never walked (72 BB+ last four years) and has put up negative fielding metrics all around the infield with -4 DRS | -7 FRV at second, -5 DRS | -10 FRV at short, and -6 DRS | -14 FRV at third for his career.

Even if the bat bounced back, not sure the glove is a fit with the Brewers run prevention emphasis.

[brewerfan82]

1 hour ago, KCBrewerfan34 said:

I think the Brewers are going to fill the left side in house. Arnold had said they don’t want to block their prospects 

This is why I suspect if they do pick someone up it'll be someone like Rengifo or Urias that has positional flexibility. It would raise the floor for 3B with a veteran player to start the year while not blocking anyone as they can shift to a utility role if/when needed. They lost a lot of major league ready depth in that trade, so grabbing someone along these lines would go a long way in restoring that.

[KCBrewerfan34]

I just don’t think the Brewers want to spend 5-10 million on a guy who is only holding the spot until  prospect is ready 

[brewerfan82]

22 minutes ago, KCBrewerfan34 said:

I just don’t think the Brewers want to spend 5-10 million on a guy who is only holding the spot until  prospect is ready 

I agree, but I think $5M is on the high end of what guys like Urias and Rengifo will be getting, especially at this point in the offseason.

[brewcrewdue80]

On 2/9/2026 at 10:21 AM, Sakatarama said:

In lieu of the Durbin trade, we may as well at the very least speculate -- what would get Paredes from Houston?

Would Pratt and Quero be enough? What needs to be added/tweaked?

I just posted a savant view of Durbin and Ortiz in the Durbin trade thread.

Viewing Paredes savant, he's not much more impressive.  92 career HRs look like 73 HRs in Milwaukee. 72 in ChC 95 in Cin, and just 57 and 56 in Pittsburgh and StL..  Thats quite the reduction on what youre looking for him to provide within the division. 

He's a 2-3 WAR player. Wouldn't consider any of Brewers top 10 if not top 15 rated prospects.  

[Jim French Stepstool]

8 hours ago, brewerfan82 said:

This is why I suspect if they do pick someone up it'll be someone like Rengifo or Urias that has positional flexibility. It would raise the floor for 3B with a veteran player to start the year while not blocking anyone as they can shift to a utility role if/when needed. They lost a lot of major league ready depth in that trade, so grabbing someone along these lines would go a long way in restoring that.

After looking at the available FAs I thought these were the most likely two if they choose to go that route. And as you get closer to the opening bell for spring training you'd hope the price would drop as well.

Whether it's a FA or a trade it's pretty apparent you're looking at someone for one year, which probably increases the chances that they do neither. But if we've learned anything from this organization it's to not assume any of these options are ahead of the others on the leaderboard.

[Brewcrew82]

Garrett Mitchell and that's my final and best offer....

 

[wiguy94]

The more I've dug into Paredes the more I would not want the Brewers to trade for him. His offensive value is very tied to playing in parks that have short porches in LF. Over the last 4 years he's slashed .240/.357/.501 playing in Tampa and Houston's parks and he's slashed .235/.327/.387 everywhere else. Considering his bat is the only value he brings, you would be relying on his power to carry over to a park that isn't suited well for his profile.

[SF70]

8 hours ago, wiguy94 said:

The more I've dug into Paredes the more I would not want the Brewers to trade for him. His offensive value is very tied to playing in parks that have short porches in LF. Over the last 4 years he's slashed .240/.357/.501 playing in Tampa and Houston's parks and he's slashed .235/.327/.387 everywhere else. Considering his bat is the only value he brings, you would be relying on his power to carry over to a park that isn't suited well for his profile.

Yeah, I’d be shocked if they traded for him. He’s actually the anti-Brewers player. Bad defender, slow as molasses.

Lets get Ramon Urias to compete in ST for time in our IF.

[Lloyd330]

If it costs really nothing, sure....He really isn't that good of a player.

Paredes - 2025

Vs the guy we just traded away

 

[Jopal78]

11 hours ago, Lloyd330 said:

If it costs really nothing, sure....He really isn't that good of a player.

Paredes - 2025

Vs the guy we just traded away

 

Ramon Urias was DFA’d back in November. If the Brewers didn’t claim him then they probably don’t want him now unless it’s as an NRI. 

The Astros are going to trade Paredes away before long because they don’t have a place for him to play. Christian Walker at 1B, Altuve at 2B Correa at 3B, Alvarez at DH. Paredes has never played OF in the major leagues.

It is probably a safe, bet that the other teams know this and are all lowballing the Astros. I would not be upset if the Brewers traded away some combination of Blake Perkins, Tyler Black, Craig Yoho and Carlos Rodriguez for Paredes

[brewmann04]

Brewers should low the Astros here 

[Mr Southpaw]

16 hours ago, Jopal78 said:

Ramon Urias was DFA’d back in November. If the Brewers didn’t claim him then they probably don’t want him now unless it’s as an NRI. 

The Astros are going to trade Paredes away before long because they don’t have a place for him to play. Christian Walker at 1B, Altuve at 2B Correa at 3B, Alvarez at DH. Paredes has never played OF in the major leagues.

It is probably a safe, bet that the other teams know this and are all lowballing the Astros. I would not be upset if the Brewers traded away some combination of Blake Perkins, Tyler Black, Craig Yoho and Carlos Rodriguez for Paredes

Not Yoho!

[Devinep]

On 2/10/2026 at 9:43 PM, Brewcrew82 said:

Garrett Mitchell and that's my final and best offer....

 

I’d offer Bauers (Lefty OF) and someone the org isn’t too high on out of the pitching depth. Maybe they can flip Zerpa right away or trade Rob Z. I wouldn’t go much more but I’d offer something, especially from the team’s current surplus of pitching (and lack of power)