Love all these plays on 3rd down that are designed well short of the 1st down to players that don't have the ability to make defenders miss to get the 1st down.
Can always put him on the IL to buy some time, can try to work out a deal with the Dodgers to keep him if you don’t want to keep him on the major league roster all year. No team did that.
If he was taken in the Rule 5 he would have to be on the MLB roster all season. By trading for him, Milwaukee will not be required to do so. Seems like a pretty meaningful distinction. And no other team thought he was worthy either.
Almost looked like Mertz thought he was gonna settle into that open space. Right he had him if the receiver just sits in the zone but he kept running into traffic, so that was pretty dumb.
Kind of seems like when the World Health Organization declares something an Emergency of International Concern that it might be a good idea to take it seriously or at the very least be aware of it and the effects it could have as the President of the organization.