Marlins / Brewers

[Brewers GM (Bill)]

Marlins send:

1B/2B/LF Brendan Donovan (STL) $1.0 3rd
2B/SS/3B/LF/RF Zach McKinstry (DET) $1.0 4th

Brewers send:

3B - Ignacio Alvarez (ATL) $0.3 1st www.fangraphs.com/players/ignacio-alvarez/sa3019905/stats?position=SS
1B - Haydn McGeary (CHC) $0.3 1st www.fangraphs.com/players/haydn-mcgeary/sa3020133/stats?position=1B
SP - Michael McGreevy (STL) $0.3 1st www.fangraphs.com/players/michael-mcgreevy/sa3017598/stats?position=P

Cap Change:

Marlins: -$1.1
Brewers: +$1.1

Donavan acq: mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/thread/7897/cardinals-marlins
McKinstry acq: mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/thread/7346/marlins-rangers
Alvarez acq: mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/thread/7905/nationals-brewers
McGeary acq: mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/thread/7940/nationals-brewers
McGreevy acq: mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/thread/7959/cardinals-brewers-iii

Players dropped on Fantrax.

Paying a steep price for utility players. Alvarez I love, pretty easy top 100 fantasy prospect IMO. McGeary can really hit and McGreevey is one of those boring, league-winning types of pitchers that I can't get myself to hold onto. Donovan has an excellent bat w/ a nice contract, is a worthy backup to Yandy, and is a hedge against all the MI types I acquired this offseason being terrible. McKinstry qualifies at 3B, a position at which I am in trouble, and should get me 200 ABs due to his defense. This is 200 more than I feel comfortable projecting w/o him at the moment. 

Pleasure dealing w/ you, Dan. 

[Marlins GM (Dan)]

Marlins confirm.

I was happy to sit on Donovan for the next 4 years as a super-utility type, but my inner Cubs fan got the best of me and I decide to market him. OK, it had nothing to do with being a Cub fan...it's about parlaying current value into pieces that can help in 2025-2026.

Thrilled to get Alvarez, a fast comer in the Braves system, even if he ends up at 3B. Great bat-to-ball skills, but his power is questionable (even if the underlying metrics suggest that it's there). I'll take a chance that he and Seager will fit on my squad in some combination. I've seen at least one publication refer to McGeary as Goldschmidt-lite, and while I don't believe in that prediction for more than a millisecond, I think he gets a shot in Wrigleyville by 2025 - I mean, look how many ABs they gave to Morel?!? As Bill mentions, McGreevy (the other Irish bloke) is the boring #5 type SP, but those guys tend to play up in Busch Stadium, so I'll take a roll on a depth piece to help me out in the long run.

Thanks for the discussions, Bill - glad that we got there in the end!
Dan

[St. Louis GM (Bert)]

Approve (1-0)

[D'backs GM (Mo)]

Approve 2-0
Thanks for dropping the players Dan, as I type this lol

[Guardians GM (Jay)]

Approve 3-0

[Marlins GM (Dan)]

Rosters updated

[Brewers GM (Bill)]

rosters updated