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1. Zack Greinke, Milwaukee Brewers
Brewers general manager Doug Melvin shocked the baseball world back in December 2010 when he acquired Zack Greinke from the Royals in exchange for Alcides Escobar, Lorenzo Cain, Jeremy Jeffress and Jake Odorizzi. Contract negotiations between the Brewers and Greinke’s agent, Casey Close, have been professional, but there is a significant gap in terms of length and dollars in their talks. If the Brewers aren’t in the pennant race come July, Greinke will be traded.

That doesn’t mean the Brewers won't sign Greinke back as a free agent after he tests the market because he is very happy in Milwaukee, as his home/road splits this year indicate (3-0, 1.30 ERA/2-1, 4.91). The Brewers know they’re not going to get the same level package they gave the Royals in exchange for Greinke, but they will at least get two significant prospects and a throw-in. The only teams that legitimately will be bidding for Greinke will be the Toronto Blue Jays, Atlanta Braves, Miami Marlins and maybe the New York Yankees.

Ryan5UW wrote:Hey, if we keep playing like ****, I'd love a deal where we trade him and then sign him back - best of all outcomes if we're out of the race. We suck even harder, get a few prospects, and then get him back. #dreaming

Kohl Is A Mome wrote:I have a hard time picturing him resigning here if hes traded away. I get why it could happen, I just don't see it.

coolhandluke121 wrote:

Kohl Is A Mome wrote:I have a hard time picturing him resigning here if hes traded away. I get why it could happen, I just don't see it.

If he's traded to a team that offers what he wants in an extension, then obviously not. But if he holds out for the most money, the Brewers are just as much a candidate as anyone. In fact, they would be more of a candidate. He would never choose the Yankees or Red Sox over the Brewers if the Brewers' offer was in the same ballpark.

WEFFPIM wrote:I'd be surprised if they dealt Greinke, frankly. Marcum will go, but I feel this team truly believes they can re-sign Greinke, so they'll keep him around.

BUCKnation wrote:I just hope if we do decide to sell that DM gets some top prospects in return and we dont have another disaster sort of sell mode trade like we had when he traded Lee and Nelson Cruz for Coco and garbage.

gbmb34 wrote:

BUCKnation wrote:I just hope if we do decide to sell that DM gets some top prospects in return and we dont have another disaster sort of sell mode trade like we had when he traded Lee and Nelson Cruz for Coco and garbage.

This trade being bad for the Brewers is largely a myth.

Nelson Cruz was put on outright waivers for EVERY TEAM in MLB to pick him up. NO ONE DID. Texas got him back and he became the 35 homer guy we know today.

Coco was reasonably solid. The Brewers got 2 comp picks for him, including one that was used on Odorizzi. Odorizzi is now a top 50-60 prospect for the Royals.

trwi7 wrote:

gbmb34 wrote:

BUCKnation wrote:I just hope if we do decide to sell that DM gets some top prospects in return and we dont have another disaster sort of sell mode trade like we had when he traded Lee and Nelson Cruz for Coco and garbage.

This trade being bad for the Brewers is largely a myth.

Nelson Cruz was put on outright waivers for EVERY TEAM in MLB to pick him up. NO ONE DID. Texas got him back and he became the 35 homer guy we know today.

Coco was reasonably solid. The Brewers got 2 comp picks for him, including one that was used on Odorizzi. Odorizzi is now a top 50-60 prospect for the Royals.

It really annoys me when people say this wasn't a bad trade for the Brewers.

1. So just because he got put on waivers and any team could have picked him up makes it better? That just means the Brewers missed twice. Not exactly something I'd be proud of. Especially when you look at what he was doing in Nashville. People say he was old but he got to Nashville at age 24 and posted an .872 OPS in a little over 200 at bats. Got sent back to Nashville in 2006 and posted a .907 OPS at age 25, great numbers and hardly old for the league.

2. Cordero at that time was an underperforming reliever with a club option. If he doesn't pitch lights out after the trade, his option likely doesn't get picked up. The only reason we took him was Turnbow because it was at that time he started to suck.

3. Mench was completely useless. He was basically a weak side platoon player and that's all he ever should have been.

4. Cordero got comp picks, but so did Lee. That's a wash, not something that tips the scales in the Brewers favor.

gbmb34 wrote:

trwi7 wrote:

gbmb34 wrote:
This trade being bad for the Brewers is largely a myth.

Nelson Cruz was put on outright waivers for EVERY TEAM in MLB to pick him up. NO ONE DID. Texas got him back and he became the 35 homer guy we know today.

Coco was reasonably solid. The Brewers got 2 comp picks for him, including one that was used on Odorizzi. Odorizzi is now a top 50-60 prospect for the Royals.

It really annoys me when people say this wasn't a bad trade for the Brewers.

1. So just because he got put on waivers and any team could have picked him up makes it better? That just means the Brewers missed twice. Not exactly something I'd be proud of. Especially when you look at what he was doing in Nashville. People say he was old but he got to Nashville at age 24 and posted an .872 OPS in a little over 200 at bats. Got sent back to Nashville in 2006 and posted a .907 OPS at age 25, great numbers and hardly old for the league.

2. Cordero at that time was an underperforming reliever with a club option. If he doesn't pitch lights out after the trade, his option likely doesn't get picked up. The only reason we took him was Turnbow because it was at that time he started to suck.

3. Mench was completely useless. He was basically a weak side platoon player and that's all he ever should have been.

4. Cordero got comp picks, but so did Lee. That's a wash, not something that tips the scales in the Brewers favor.

Could Melvin have made a better trade? Probably. But this was far from the J.J. Hardy trade.

They thought they could contend with Cordero because they had a ton of offensive young guys. making peanuts. They very well could have made the playoffs in 06 and/or 07.

1) It makes it better because no one thought the guy was worth much. Every team in MLB could have had him for 50k and no one did. Texas got lucky. Even if the Brewers waited, they wouldn't have gotten a ton for him anyway. He was behind Hart and Fielder.

Mench may have been worthless but he was in the same boat as Cruz: A failed prospect. They traded failed hitting OF prospects, Texas's worked out, Milwaukee's didn't.