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I'm guessing there's steady progress. If it fell through I think we would've known about it by now.

Because if you're a professional and have any kind of a competitive bone in your body..you should ALWAYS be trying to win games. That is afte rall why they play Isn't it?? Who says if you don't acquire a few major league ready pieces in trades, and everything falls into place that you can't win next year already?? I just hate teams that purposely try to lose..It ruins the integrity of the game. Or maybe he's capable of long-term planning.

I think Leody Taveras is also gonna be in a potential Rangers deal. Seems like a Stearns guy.

I've never taken an economics class and even I understand the barebones of supply and demand. It really isn't a difficult concept to grasp...

[sarcasm]But he can hit home runs really far! That MUST mean that he's baseball Jesus, right?[/sarcasm]

Mets no longer in mix for Lucroy. At least we have the pleasure of watching them get shot down twice.

So a catcher prospect who has a chance to be very good is significantly worse than a Comp Pick? It's about equal value but we will get more value for Lucroy if we trade him ... 1. to another team before tomorrow. 2. During the offseason 3. Next trade deadline 4. year and a half of Lucroy and comp pick. Depends on how the market shapes up. If there was a better offer out there, don't you think Stearns would have taken it?

Knock it off! So you'd have rather had a "single A catcher as a headliner, then keep Luc around another year??. I for one, do NOT want this "rebuild" to last another 5-6 years. I want it fast tracked. Single A guys won't do that for you. This deal, with the top available chip on the market, was insulting. Period. Luc just saved Stearns from an embarrassment. I wasn't expecting the rebuild to last 1-2 years. They don't need to fast track the rebuild. For the time being they're looking for talent for the long run rather than for short-term goals, as they should for a rebuild.

So a catcher prospect who has a chance to be very good is significantly worse than a Comp Pick?

Assuming there's better offers out there.

Well, so much for Mejia.

I wasn't expecting to get either, tbh.

And an OFer, apparently.

I'm gonna guess Mejia, McKenzie, and Sheffield.

I too would like to trade my Camry for a Bugatti. But the real world doesn't work that way, does it? So...if someone offered you a $50 bill for your $10,000 that you weren't going to have in another 2 years anyway..you'd take the $50 bill because it's better than nothing, and you weren't going to have that $10,000 two years from now anyway?? That's some logic. More like an investment. It may work out, it may not. But no person in their right minds would just hand you a guaranteed $30,000 for your $10,000. You either take the risk, a short-term (and short-sighted) splurge, or a guaranteed $5,000. Going back to baseball terms, there's no way you can get guaranteed and established superstars for Lucroy. Why in the world would teams hand over someone who excelled in the majors, is young, and has long-term team control? Typically buying teams will give up someone that does not fit their needs at the moment: either mediocre guys or prospects that won't help them until later. There's no point in getting mediocre guys so the Brewers should look at prospects. The thing about prospects is that even when they're deemed "can't miss" guys, as long as they haven't had a taste of the majors they're not guarantees. Not to mention baseball is a sport- any guy can be injured at any given time. Your expectations don't make much sense.

I too would like to trade my Camry for a Bugatti. But the real world doesn't work that way, does it? Lucroy is not a Camry. Minor Leaguers or MLB players with half a season of quality play are not Bugattis. No, but what he's asking for are "can't miss" guys. Not even Lucroy can bring in someone like say, Urias.

I too would like to trade my Camry for a Bugatti. But the real world doesn't work that way, does it?

IF being the key word...there are too many variables...and when have the brewers EVER hit on any prospects they have acquired thru trades?? When they have hit, it's been there own homegrown talent. That's why i said earlier...I agree 100% with Tim Allen's take...enough talk about " multiple prospects" enough talk about "high ceilings" and "potential" in a deal for LuCroy. What this franchise needs more than anything else to turn the corner is an absolute "can't miss" guy...that's what you should be asking for in a trade. I'd rather have one "can't miss" prospect, than 5-6 "high ceiling" guys with "potential" that may or may not work out...because honestly, they might to an extent, but I'd bet none of them would develop into a can't miss guy. You do realize that even "can't miss" guys can fail, right? As long as they're prospects, they're mainly evaluated based on potential that they may or may not reach. Another issue is that there aren't many "can't miss" prospects at any given time. Given the rarity, not even Lucroy is going to get the deal done. It's like asking for a Honus Wagner card while offering a relatively ordinary card in return. So your line of thinking has two main flaws: 1. You're assuming "can't miss" guys are guarantees to excel even when they have not proven much in the majors. 2. You're assuming that trading for "can't miss" guys is easier than it actually is. You can ask for an established major league star, but what's the point? If you go down that path we're gonna be in the same exact situation some 2-3 years from now with nothing to show for the trouble. The Brewers need more than one piece to get to the World Series.

I dreamt that Erceg was promoted to Biloxi.

Good to know it's possible to get a substantial return for relievers.

Say the Brewers offered Crow a $100000 signing bonus along with them paying for college expenses should he decide to attend college later on in case baseball doesn't work out. Would those college expenses count towards the bonus pool?

It seems like Zach Clark also signed. https://twitter.com/joc_sports/status/750012566852739073

If only the Brewers drafted Riley Pint. Then they could pursue the alcoholic trifecta.

Even with underslot deals it seems highly improbable that they'd be able to come up with that.