Comments on: Revisiting the Yelich Trade http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/10/05/revisiting-the-yelich-trade/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Tue, 13 Nov 2018 16:53:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: kf71 http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/10/05/revisiting-the-yelich-trade/#comment-25418 Sat, 06 Oct 2018 18:25:38 +0000 http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=12665#comment-25418 These trades really even out over time… in the short term they often benefit the “buying”/non-“rebuilding” team who gets the MLB talent/veterans. In the Brewers context, I loved the Greinke and Sabathia trades within a year or two after they were completed (2011–2013 and 2008–2010, respectively). As we got into 2013–14 or so, I liked each trade significantly less given Brantley’s breakout (plus, who’s to say Matt LaPorta’s bat wouldn’t have played in Milwaukee) and the Royals’ rise centered around Cain/the return for Odorizzi (and others, of course).

Granted, Yelich has been as impactful or perhaps moreso than either of CC or Greinke, and is under team control for longer. It’s obvious the Brewers have won the trade in the short term. However, I feel pretty confident that at least two of Brinson/Diaz/Harrison/Yamamoto will be impactful MLBers, and won’t be surprised if Brinson further develops into an All-Star caliber player (admittedly, I’m a big Brinson fan. I think he may have been a little rushed, and liken him a bit to Byron Buxton). So I can’t make a determination on this trade for a couple more years at least, but if I had to bet, I’d say the Brewers are still looking good in that time based on the likelihood Yelich has similar seasons to 2018 in the next 4 years. By then I do expect 2 or 3 of the prospects traded for him to be Marlins fixtures, and I probably will be wishing Jordan Yamamoto was in the rotation or Isan Diaz was manning second, like I was hoping in 2016.

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