Originally Posted by
Nowitness41Dirk
Originally Posted by mjd77
All I will say is Doug Melvin is betting his job with this move. Escobar has a huge upside if he ever learns to hit and Cain can be a monster. Jeffres is a power arm to have in the bullpen so he can be good too. Now the Brewers have huge holes at short and CF. From what I hear, Betancourt is trash and now we appear to be stuck with Carlos "I think I am a power hitter" Gomez in CF. Dude has great range in CF but is trash at the plate. Now it's playoffs or bust in Milwaukee and Melvins job depends on it. Between Marcum and now Greinke he has pretty much given away every good prosepct this team had in the minors and judging by Melvins track record with acquiring pitchers here I certainly have my doubts about this.
STOP...
Escobar was terrible this year and was ALWAYS an 'upside' guy whose production never matched his hype.. Doesn't take walks, doesn't hit for power, not a great defender... Meh, there's guys like him available EVERY YEAR in FA or through trade for cheap. Cain has some upside, but it's not a ton and he'll be 25 when the season starts and never played in the bigs... Jeffress is one drug issue away from a lifetime ban and supposedly can't be involved as the PTBNL in the deal.
Doug Melvin turned a bunch of marginal prospects into two very legitimate major league starters. Those are both great deals, regardless of whether or not it makes them a playoff team.
They robbed Kansas City IMO...