2025 ATL Thread - Burnes to have TJ surgery

[ReasonablySober]

Yea, it's certainly interesting and very different from how the Brewers have operated in the past under Stearns/Arnold. Even the Yelich deal was for a hitter with 5 years of control compared to a pitcher with two years of control and that doesnt even cover Crochet's injury history. I wonder what it was about Crochet that made him standout in a way other available stars in the past haven't. They clearly thought extremely high on him.

Part of the appeal maybe that they could try a Greinke maneuver with him if he was pitching well. Try to win with him for a year or a year and a half and then flip him again to recoup some of the lost prospect capital before he hit free agency.

Certainly possible although that ended up working out horribly for the Brewers when they did it with Greinke.

I love playing the trade tree game, because eventually you can usually make whatever case you like. In this case Greinke was traded for Segura, who was traded for Isan Diaz, who was traded for Yelich.

[ReasonablySober]

Holy ****, the Mets frontloaded $121.8M in the first year of the Soto deal, $305 over the first five.

[ReasonablySober]

With the Brewers being good I haven't paid much attention to the MLB draft lottery, but holy **** does it screw teams over because of the bonus pool.

[Eeavers57]

With the Brewers being good I haven't paid much attention to the MLB draft lottery, but holy **** does it screw teams over because of the bonus pool.

Can you explain a little more? Do you mean the differences in bonus pool amounts from the #1, to #2 to #3 picks?

[MVP2110]

It's Nightengale so not sure how reliable but he lists the 5 finalists for Crochet and didn't list the Brewers so maybe the Brewers weren't that close after all

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[WeekapaugGroove]

It's Nightengale so not sure how reliable but he lists the 5 finalists for Crochet and didn't list the Brewers so maybe the Brewers weren't that close after all

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My guess is they made a real offer but multiple other teams did too.

If you like a guy you might as well make an offer even if that offer is just some prospects that maybe you don't value as much as they are valued on the various ranking lists.



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[ReasonablySober]

SP Hayden Wesneski also went over. Huge package and could be a disaster if Tucker walks at the end of 2025.

[RaoulDuke79]

So long King Tuck...will miss you, but that looks like a pretty solid return for what would have been a 1-year rental since I have no doubt he was gone after next season anyways.

[trwi7]

Looks at A's offseason so far. Tell me you wanted to move to Vegas and had no intention of ever staying in Oakland without telling me you wanted to move to Vegas and had no intention of ever staying in Oakland.

[MickeyDavis]

Bellinger to the Yankees for Poteet. Cubs sending Yankees $5 million.

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[Thunder Muscle]

Think I saw Bryce Wilson went to the White Sox as well. I always felt he did a solid job, but certainly get moving on too.

Milner was a good Brewer but struggled more last year. We’ll see if he bounces back.

[Matches Malone]

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[Big Dog Yank]

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Oh man, what a blow. The only thing more special and unique than his career was his personality.

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[MVP2110]

Interesting

[MickeyDavis]

Didn't see that coming. He can opt out after 2 years.

[Thunder Muscle]

I missed this over the holidays, but Joe Ross signed with the Phillies on a 1Y 4M deal. I thought he was a good pickup for the Crew but kinda figured he would not return.