Rooker is an absolute no for me. Basically a 28 year old rookie who had an insane April and has been bad since. I’m far more inclined to believe who has been since May 1st is closer to who he actually is than his overall season numbers.
Since May 1st - .202/.283/.365 for an 85 wRC+ with 8% BB-rate and 36% K-rate.
Might as well just call up Hiura instead of spending prospect capital on that.
Zamora is also 3 and a half years older than Moore. Moore got off to a slow start this season but has a 116 wRC+ since May 1st and a 123 wRC+ since June 1st.
I would definitely trade for Bellinger, but I'm not giving up any of my top 10-15 prospects for 2 months of a dude overperforming that significantly.
Freddy Zamora, Ethan Small, and a DSL lottery ticket is about what I would give up for him.
Bellinger's actual slash line is .308/.365/.523 for an .888 OPS
Bellinger's expected slash line is .252/.316/.400 for a .716 OPS
That overperformance is the 3rd biggest overperformance among the 269 hitters qualified for the Savant Leaderboards. He's due for major regression.
The Southern League (AA League that Biloxi was in) was experimenting with pre-tacked baseballs in the 1st half of the season. Basically normal baseballs that are dipped into sticky stuff to provide better grip. This made a lot of Southern League pitchers dramatically improve their pitch movement and spin making the already difficult jump to AA even harder for hitters.
As of last Friday, they switched to the same baseballs the MLB is using that are just mudded not dipped in sticky stuff.
I’ve talked myself into trying to get Ryan McMahon. Probably have to platoon him but he hits RHP really well and plays GG level defense at 3B with 4 more years of control on a fair contract.
He fits the run prevention model while also being a 110 wRC+ type bat vs RHP.
Suter has been on the IL for a month and just went out on a rehab assignment. Absolutely zero need to trade for him with Justin Wilson set to return soon and Ashby going out on a rehab assignment in the near future.
If he's available absolutely, but I am guessing the Cardinals are far more likely to move TON than Carlson.
Edit: Also I am generally just opposed to the idea of trading with the Cardinals. They are on the record to want pitching and we really don't have a super deep prospect pool of pitching to trade from. We are definitely deeper on the position player side.
I've wanted the Brewers to do this for a while, but I just don't see it. Have Brewers ever promoted a position player straight from AA to the MLB midseason? Some teams have been doing it (Braves as an example) but it really doesn't seem like our MO.
Rooker has a 90 wRC+ and 35% K-rate since May 1st. He had an insane April and has not been good since. I'd be all for Noda though. He's likely incredibly expensive though considering he is 27 and isn't arb eligible until 2026
Though as I just posted Bellinger is WAY overperforming his peripherals. Yelich peripheral numbers look incredible. Bellinger's peripherals are below league average.
The offensive environment in AAA is outrageous this season even in the International League. Here are Toro's monthly wRC+.
April - 73 wRC+
May - 85 wRC+
June - 87 wRC+
July - 130 wRC+
So those OPS numbers look pretty but July is the only above average month he's had at the plate.