adambr2

Great job working out of it.

I get the feeling you're going to be disappointed after this deadline passes. Me too, incredibly disappointed...it sucks We're still in a pennant race, we have one of the most exciting young players in the game, and Grisham is looking like an up and coming star and probably one of the top performers in all of the minor leagues this year. You could enjoy all that.

Jeez Hiura.

If we could stop taking the first 5 innings of every game off offensively, that'd be fantastic.

In no way does Trent Grisham being on this roster for the next 7 years qualify as disappointing.

Yeah, see that's why leadoff walks are bad, Adrian.

Walking the leadoff man in a 0-0 game is bad.

Hope Shaw didn't give up his apartment in San Antonio.

Would be cooler right now if he had been traded to Pittsburgh.

I think you are overvaluing Grisham by quite a bit. I think Stearns would be wise to sell high on Grisham while he has regained a lot of his value. Not sold on him becoming anything more than a replacement level player at the big league level. A replacement level player? I don't know what more he needs to do to change your mind at this point.

Well there is a DJ connection with Bauer. Bauer hasn't had a bad year by any stretch, but there's certainly the opportunity for more from him.

Just an RBI single for Grisham in his 3rd AB. What a loser.

My personal prediction is that we acquire Keone Kela and that is all. So Lyles and Kela. Obviously if something bigger happens I'll be excited.

I don't think we can make that case at all. First, we're not privy to the medicals other than what they tell us, second, they could have easily just optioned him if they wanted to replace him on the roster, and third, if they were planning on shopping him in any way this deadline, do you really think they'd want to throw him on the IL with a phantom injury 2 weeks prior to the trade deadline? I think you're reaching with this one.

You never know but I really doubt there is anything to read into this. He is on rehab assignment and was pitching out of the pen prior to this so I really don't think him going 2 innings and being pulled after 35 pitches is alarming in any way.

Goodness, might as well see what we can get for Christian Yelich, then. And no, I'm obviously not comparing the two, that's silly. But it's just as silly to say outfielders are a dime a dozen. 6.5 years of good productive position players are not a dime a dozen. The most valuable players in baseball are outfielders. If you think Grisham has a chance to be special, you don't deal him just for a pitcher worth a damn, whoever that is, just because he's not a pitcher.

I don't get why anyone wants Grisham traded. He could be in the midst of a remarkable breakout and still probably isn't regarded enough to bring back what he should. If Grisham gets traded, we all better be very pleasantly surprised at how much he was worth for it to be worthwhile.

I firmly believe Grisham should be valued around a top 30-50 MLB prospect, much higher than his media ranking. There's plenty of reason to believe that what he is doing now isn't flukey. If the industry doesn't value him that highly, that's fine. I'll be more than happy to see him develop into our likely LF of the future. But to want to just cash in on him now because he didn't do this in the past, is flawed, IMO. Grisham always had the ability to play baseball at this level, and as others have said, he is still ridiculously young and developing. This is not some 30 year old journeyman just putting up great AAA numbers out of nowhere.

Yates is in the upper elite tier of MLB relievers, best of the best. Those guys are kind of unpredictable at that level as to what their market could possibly be. Look what the Cubs gave up to get Aroldis Chapman just for 2 months. At least Yates would be here next season as well. I would be excited, while at the same time disappointed if that makes sense, to get Yates for Grisham+.

Grisham should not be going anywhere unless the industry is valuing him much higher than the rankings are. If Grisham goes to San Diego, Yates better be coming to Milwaukee.

Hard to believe Diplan lasted this long. The fact he is #21 on the Brewers prospect least speaks volumes about how much of a joke those rankings are.

It may be time to find a spot on the 40 and 25 man roster for Trent Grisham. I know his bat isn't Hiura, but his production is becoming impossible to ignore. The problem is finding a spot for him. You don't want him on the bench as a 4th or 5th OF, if you bring him up he's playing every day. The only possible solution I can think is if Aguilar gets dealt to someone like the Rays. Then you could in theory move Braun back to 1st in a soft platoon with Thames.

I do not buy that. It was a fluke. A 26-year-old athlete should be able to run without falling down on his shoulder. There are supposed to be modern-day athletes, right? Bigger, faster, stronger.... It sucks all the same, but I don't care that it was running the bases. A fluke is a fluke to me. And then I know what people will say, "they're not used to it." Of course they are. They play the game their whole lives. The worst hitting pitchers were the best hitters on their teams or leagues growing up. They hit in the minors and then they hit in the big leagues. But anyway, it really does suck for him. Imagine putting in the work he's put in, the time and you finally get there. You're "that dude," and you lose your footing and dive back into 1st and jam your shoulder. And you know he knew it right away. He MIGHT not have known just how bad, but he knew he hurt something. He was trying to lie to himself. And he went from a guy who could easily have made 100 million in his career to a guy who probably won't be back on the 25 this year, and really could end up seeing his career ending over this. Have you seen 90% of pitchers try to bat? Modern day athletes indeed... Anyway, agree to disagree. I guess my point is regardless of what Jimmy should or should not have been able to do is that it's hard to dispute that if there's a DH that day, the injury likely never happens. I get that people have differing opinions on pitchers batting and I probably shouldn't refer to it as silly, but the one thing I do not like is the difference of rules between the leagues. I would rather it be the same across the board so AL teams are subject to the same risks, and we all know the pitcher batting is never coming to the AL.

Jimmy is likely done. It sucks for him and it sucks for the franchise. Think about that, this franchise lost an ace starter and quite possibly a spot in the World Series last year because silly traditions like the pitcher batting are just so important.

Doesn't blow me away. If something like Rasmussen and Ashby would get us a proven starter through next year I'd certainly pay that price. I frequently complain of our farm system being undervalued compared to large market teams, but Kay and Woods-Richardson are better prospects right now than Rasmussen and Ashby.