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I have to believe they're eager to get a Chourio-like deal done with Made, so long as Made is open to it. He's special

No disrespect, but heck no. If a salary floor is instituted and the Brewers have some spending to do to meet the minimum, they'll use it on keeping in-house talent from a pool of current players and top prospects. That seems obvious as well as the wisest route. Getting into free agency and/or trading for vets means entering the game in which you're paying for talent whose best years is behind them. I don't there's any realistic amount of revenue sharing that would lead the Brewers down that path

Any chance Made has been out because he and the Brewers are close to a long term MLB contract? Any whispers of the sort?

What's to say that some tough matchups Ortiz has avoided wouldn't have sent him right back into a slump? Perhaps the past two weeks have saved Ortiz from falling right back out of favor with fans. We could just as easily be sitting here today with the #1 topic on this forum being how the Brewers blew their chance at the deadline to find a solution at 3B once and for all. There's a few singing that tune as it is, I guess the Brewers decision makers have earned the benefit of the doubt from me. And as much as I wish that was the same for everyone else here I have to accept not everyone will see things from the same perspective

Actually no it couldn't. The Tigers were very clear in wanting some pitching in the return for Skubal

Uhh, this isn't the Dodgers here. The Cubs don't spend anywhere near their capabilities, much less what LA does to compensate for departed cheap talent. Subtracting two big pieces from their system is no small event. And even if they spend more to plug these future holes they've created today, then great, it's less available to spend on something else

I'm just going to flip the packages sent out in the two trades made today in my mind and be at peace

Keep seeing the poo-pooers using Romero's "injury" as ammunition. I know it's out there, but here's a reminder that he's on the DL for appendicitis. If anything the break could be useful to him down the stretch

Yet the post for that trade is *crickets*. Pretty well illustrates how many here want it both ways and simply thrive on complaining With so few teams out of playoff contention, the price is unfortunately high in many cases

I don't like the price to get 'em but I think you're pretty dramatically underestimating the usefulness of both May and Romero

Weren't you one of the most vocal critics here when the Brewers had a quiet deadline last year?

Much lesser thought of additions have helped lead charges to World Series championships. You never know who is going to firing on all cylinders come October

Gave up Jefferson Rojas, a pretty steep price. The Cubs have now dealt their 2 highest ranked prospects (Ballesteros and Rojas) coming into the year today. Is it enough to overtake the Brewers? If not, they've depleted their system pretty significantly today for what?

Not gonna lie, it stings a little extra seeing some of most vocal complainers who were lamenting the Brewers inactivity now turning around and being the most vocal against what it cost to get May and Romero. Even worse is how dirty it feels to have had the same initial reaction to the deal. Cubs fans don't like giving up Moises Ballesteros for Zeferjahn either. Standing pat was not the move here though. I just have to trust the Brewers aren't under-calculating what they gave up.

Wowza, very surprised at that price tag. Only rationalization I have is that these are two very high risers this year and for the Brewers to move them for rentals in the division, the belief must be that both were playing way above what the organization sees in them. Cashing in before they come back down to Earth so to speak. Because if the team believes in their abilities, this doesn't match their modus operandi given there's no team control with the return