Could The Milwaukee Brewers Land Ryan Helsley?

4 hours ago, nate82 said:

No to all three.  I would rather spend on Felix Bautista or Gregory Soto over Helsley.  I just don’t want to give up anything meaningful prospect wise to the Cardinals.

Do we know for sure if O's will be listening on Bautista at the deadline here?  I'm pretty sure he still has 3.5 years of service time left, correct?  So, guessing he's going to cost way too much for our liking in terms of prospect capital.  Just for giggles, what do we think it would take in terms of a prospect package to get him?  

The Cardinals aren't a "solid contender. "

Could they acquire Helsey in a trade? Sure. I expect they will look at relievers, but I wouldn't expect to pay any sort of premium for one 

Yes. I think this is a quiet need for the Brewers. 

Getting a bit annoyed with the use of Ashby. I argued with wieguy about the Brewers using him just fine... that he came back, they kinda eased him in. The Dodgers game, I was fine with keeping him in even up 7-0, but this last time, they were up 5 or 6-0 vs the Mariners? 

That's the type of game you have Anderson for. 

Anyway, Ashby could be another high leverage reliever, but a guy who slots in before Mears? Or allows you to bring Uribe in for the 5th or 6th inning in a playoff game to kill a rally. I'd be all on board for that. 

Spending any prospect whatsoever is ludicrous to do.  Even with two injuries we have better pitching in aaa than we would get via trade.

Yeah I just can't see dealing away any prospects for pitching when we are still trying to figure out where to put our overflow of quality starters 

Tough to trade in the division, plus, I don't want to give up anything to the Cardinals that can come back and bite us the next few seasons.