Henderson + May >>>> Skubal

[WildBill24]

I see the topic of Skubal coming up a lot. But people seem to overlook the fact that the May trade wouldn’t have been done if the Skubal trade happened. 
So the Brewers have May,  Henderson, Romero, and whoever was going with Henderson to Detroit (pick two… Lara? Payne? Adams? Pena? Or Adamczewski?), instead of Skubal, Ragsdale, and Frias.

Seems like a win for the Crew

[adambr2]

I mean, kind of too early to say on so many counts.  We don’t even know what Skubal and May will do in the playoffs, we don’t know how much of a factor JoJo will be, let alone we don’t know what the careers of Pena, Frias and Ragsdale will be yet. 

[WildBill24]

25 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

I mean, kind of too early to say on so many counts.  We don’t even know what Skubal and May will do in the playoffs, we don’t know how much of a factor JoJo will be, let alone we don’t know what the careers of Pena, Frias and Ragsdale will be yet. 

[WildBill24]

I totally get that point of view. Ragsdale could be another Brantley from the CC deal. But we considered that win, just by making the playoffs.
 

But the way I see it, May also has a mutual option for next year that’s a little bit less than Woodruff got for hi QO this spring. Which could be activated. 
Five more years of Henderson, and 6 years of the two or three prospects they didn’t trade, and 8-10 more starts from May, seem to be a lot to give up for anybody. Even if Ragsdale and Frias become all stars, They were pretty much blocked here and may have not gotten the chance here anyway. I’m guessing that Chourio, Payne, and Lara will be the outfield in Milwaukee three years from now.