TRADE: Brewers Trade Nestor Cortes to San Diego Padres

I was hoping we'd get something for Cortes, and I like the get.  

Absolutely an F- today for the franchise, Arnold, Owner, the fans. Inexcusable 

43 minutes ago, Brewfan70 said:

Absolutely an F- today for the franchise, Arnold, Owner, the fans. Inexcusable 

Agreed! They got a 28 yr. old minor leaguer and got rid of Cortes' remaining salary. While many of the top teams are getting better, Arnold sits on his thumbs. 

Sad return. I am not feeling this. It is a salary dump.

5 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

Last year Jose Quintana put up a 95 ERA- | 113 FIP- and signed for $4.25M in March.

This year he has an 86 ERA- | 117 FIP- so far.

Quintana would jump at a QO so fast he’d probably pull a hammy in the process.

Yep. And my guess is the Brewers are going to cut costs so much next year that even offering a healthy Woodruff a qualifying offer is going to be a lengthy debate.

Better return than cash 

3 hours ago, wntrtxn21 said:

Agreed! They got a 28 yr. old minor leaguer and got rid of Cortes' remaining salary. While many of the top teams are getting better, Arnold sits on his thumbs. 

Brewers are not saving any money.  Padres will only owe Cortes the prorated MLB minimum salary over the remainder of the season, as the Brewers will be covering the remainder of the approximately $2.4MM owed to Cortes.

Ehhhh look at the deadline as a whole.  Gave up zero high ish prospects.  Got a reliever with double digit saves and an under 2 era.   Got a catcher with some pop that’s had some success as a starter if needed.   That’s an A or a B deadline.

33 minutes ago, ClosetBrewerFan said:

Brewers are not saving any money.  Padres will only owe Cortes the prorated MLB minimum salary over the remainder of the season, as the Brewers will be covering the remainder of the approximately $2.4MM owed to Cortes.

They must really like Lockridge then as it's basically just a Quintana for Lockridge trade

10 hours ago, Jim Goulart said:

 

Basically replaced in the pecking order by Ebel.