Interesting idea. But 2017 was likely better than Lowrie going forward if you look at his previous years m. Oakland’s alsonuangnhim as a means to keep Barrett in the minors to start the year I've thought about targeting Manaea, he's not as established as the other guys being targeted but very well could break out. It's also hard to logically analyze what a trade with them would look like, Beane is very unconventional. Welcome, Brewcity. Excellent first post. I dont think Manaea is a good fit because he is a bit of a "tweener." What I mean by that is that in a trade for Santana the Brewers are likely going to be looking at either 1. sending Santana and prospects away for a TOR type or 2. trading Santana for high end prospects like Mejia. Manaea is far from a gas can, but he is not really a prospect at this point and really has not yet established himself as a TOR type. Santana represents the Brewers one big surplus piece that can be used to recoup part of the Yelich haul or get a TOR pitcher to sit next to Anderson and Nelson.