JohnBriggs12

Brewers could include Ashby and his remaining contract as part of the deal

Why not go full reunion? Peralta and Tyrone Taylor for Crow and Jett Williams? Taylor has a .938 OPS vs. LHP this year.

There's way too many Brewer hitters not challenging borderline outrageous pitches. Worst offenders? Turang, Yelich, Chourio and Bauers. Part of it seems to be they've had success in the past and don't want to be up there judging pitches. Yet they all react with surprised looks when a pitch 2 inches out of the zone is called a strike. The situation of course matters, but I'm much more aggravated when the calls that are so obvious are let go by regardless of the situation. My goodness Chourio did it in every at bat Friday night.

Well hopefully it doesn't turn out to be another Tristan Peters for Trevor Rosenthal deal

The timing of this deal allows them to essentially give McCullers a "tryout" period prior to the trade deadline. If they don't see enough from him in 3 or 4 starts, they can pivot to one of the more attractive starting pitcher targets.

Ray's actually been pretty good recently

I think they can still afford 2 months of Robbie Ray

They have the means to go get a starter. Recent developments makes it quite likely they will.

There's only one way to know if that's true. Pratt doesn't look ready either but development isn't limited to minor leagues.

Detmers has never logged 150 major league innings in one season and he's on pace for around 185-190 this year. His last 3 starts have been poor. Giving up multiple prospects seems like a risk not worth taking when Brewers already have an adequate 3rd lefty starter in Gasser available.

Munetaka Murakami Look at his stats. They scream Andrew Fischer's future.

Not just for the rotation. He threw 50 dominant pitches, fanning 7. Would think he'd be good for 65-70 his next outing. Would that be with the Brewers for a 4-5 inning stint?

I would DFA Kuhnel or Anderson and make a reasonable offer to the Angels for Kirby Yates. Yes he's old and had a few injuries but he's still getting hitters out and he's not going to meltdown

I would take 39 year old reliever Kirby Yates off the Angels hands. He's a been there done that bullpen arm actually having a decent season with 25 Ks in 17 innings.

Brewers" starting pitching is a strength of the team. They have two of the top starters in the league for the first half of the season. The guys behind them are all quality arms as well. Yes, other than Woodruff, the experience is a little light but these guys aren't kids either. Gasser and Drohan are both 27. Sproat will be 26 in September and Henderson is 24. I'm pretty confident that one or two of those guys will emerge as legit playoff contributors. They're all close right now when healthy. The only starting pitching move that makes sense would be to see if they can get Skubal. That's the move that makes them a World Series favorite and the Brewers have never had a deeper system than they have right now to make it happen. 56 years is long enough. Go for the gold. As for 3rd base, there's not a guy out there that moves the needle for me. Maybe they bring up Andrew Fischer in September. But I'll take the defense Ortiz provides and so will the pitching staff. Rengifo was acquired to provide some pop at third. How did that work out? The bullpen needs a little help, but a healthy Hall and/or Koenig might be enough.