Greinke to Milwaukee

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

along with Betancourt and some cash for Escobar, Lorenzo Cain, and Jeremy Jeffries.

 

[NAHSTE]

Looks like Milwaukee finally has their ace. Interesting move, they snuck into this out of nowhere.

edit- have ye a link?

 

[EmpireWF]

http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/brewersgreinketrade.html?24690

Way to go Brew Crew...

The Brewers have reached a deal with Kansas City for right-hander Zack Greinke Saturday, agreeing to send four players for the former Cy Young Award winner.

According to a source with knowledge of the situation, the Brewers would send the Royals outfielder Lorenzo Cain, shortstop Alcides Escobar and prospect pitchers Jake Odorizzi and Jeremy Jeffress for Greinke, who went 10-14 with a 4.17 ERA last season with Kansas City.

The Brewers are expected to receive another "major league" player in the deal, according to the source.

The Brewers were in desperate need of frontline starting pitching and went into the offseason with that in mind, but have paid a fairly steep price to upgrade the rotation.

Cain was considered the front-runner to earn the starting job in centerfield after impressing down the stretch in 2010 while Carlos Gomez, acquired last winter for shortstop J.J. Hardy, struggled to get on base.

Escobar was the "shortstop of the future," and paved the way for Hardy's move to Minnesota for Gomez.

Jeffress finally made it to the big leagues in 2010, his minor league career stalled at times by suspensions for violating baseball's drug policy. He went 1-0 with a 2.70 ERA in 10 outings for the Brewers.

Odorizzi was one of the Brewers few pitching prospects and went 7-3 with a 3.43 ERA in 23 appearances (20 starts) for Class A Wisconsin this season. He combined with reliever Adrian Rosario to throw a no-hitter against Cedar Rapids in August, striking out 10 in eight innings.

Just before the winter meetings, general manager Doug Melvin shipped top minor league prospect Brett Lawrie to Toronto for right-hander Shaun Marcum.

 

[Cody]

Wow, I didn't see him getting moved here.

 

[NAHSTE]

Definitely a surprise. Good offseason for Milwaukee, f'sho. They still gonna try to dump Prince Fielder now?

 

[kyhadley]

Still not on espn, mlb, or mlbtraderumors four hours after that article. And according to a "source with knowledge", wouldn't that source want their name with this if it were definite?

I'm suspect that this is true

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

As i've been saying all offseason, Milwaukee is the team to watch in the Central IF they fix the rotation.

 

[Primetime]

I have my doubts, but I'd love to see it go down. Huge trade for the Brewers and it gives us three reliable starters and two aces.

 

[Goober]

This is exciting, I have two exams today, and really can't spend time on this. Watching Tim Tebow play will take away from studying enough. It's obvious Doug Melvin is going all in this year, to try and save his job. Fuck me in the ass if he gave up too much for him.


Although, Greinke, Gallardo, Wolf, Marcum, Capuano (fuck Narveson) is pretty fucking awesome.

 

[Cody]

It's on Sportscenter.

They said another major league player will be going to the Royals.

 

[Blade]

This is about as committed as ESPN has gotten so far this morning:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5935586

Former Cy Young Award winner Zack Greinke has been traded to the Milwaukee Brewers, sources told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney on Sunday morning.

In the deal, the Royals are reportedly acquiring Brewers outfielder Lorenzo Cain, shortstop Alcides Escobar and pitching prospects Jake Odorizzi and Jeremy Jeffress for the 27-year-old Greinke, 10-14 with a 4.17 ERA in 2010 after winning the 2009 Cy Young.

Royals general manager Dayton Moore had been actively shopping for major league-ready, up-the-middle position players for Greinke.


Zack Greinke
#23 SP
Kansas City Royals
2010 STATS
GM
33
W
10
L
14
BB
55
K
181
ERA
4.17
The Brewers were expected to receive another major leaguer in the deal. Jim Breem of the blog "Bernie's Crew" reported that player to be shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt.

Greinke joins a Brewers rotation that includes Yovani Gallardo, Randy Wolf, Chris Narveson and Shaun Marcum, acquired this month in a trade with the Toronto Blue Jays.

Greinke, 60-67 with a 3.82 ERA in six full seasons with the Royals after being drafted No. 6 overall in 2002, missed nearly all of 2006 because of an anxiety disorder, and that was partly shaping the possible market value for him. The Yankees, for example, were likely to pass on any run at Greinke given the questions about how he would adapt to the high pressure of New York.

The Texas Rangers made what they considered to be an aggressive offer for Greinke during the winter meetings earlier this month, only to learn that they were far short of Kansas City's expectations.

And the Washington Nationals were told that in order to get Greinke they would have to surrender Jordan Zimmermann, Drew Storen and second baseman Danny Espinosa.

 

[Blade]

Damn......Greinke and Marcum........good moves by the Brew Crew. It's gonna be fun to watch them this year on MLB.tv........I love that stadium of theirs.

 

[SuperKevin]

Good for Milwuakee. I'm glad the Nationals didn't give up Zimmermann, Storen and Espinosa though

 

[Goober]

Good for Milwuakee. I'm glad the Nationals didn't give up Zimmermann, Storen and Espinosa though

Greinke rejected a trade to the Nationals. LOL.

Weeks
Hart
Braun
Fielder
McGehee
Betancourt
Lucroy
Gomez

Greinke
Gallardo
Wolf
Marcum
Capuano

Holy shit, this is hands down the best lineup in the NL Central.

 

[Blade]

Greinke rejected a trade to the Nationals. LOL.

Weeks
Hart
Braun
Fielder
McGehee
Betancourt
Lucroy
Gomez

Greinke
Gallardo
Wolf
Marcum
Capuano

Holy shit, this is hands down the best lineup in the NL Central.

Downright scary team out of the NL Central on paper.

 

[Primetime]

Just came on my own face.

Interested to see if the guy can hit at all. Gallardo should be able to teach him a few things.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Greinke, Gallardo, Marcum, Wolf is fuggin ridiculous.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Greinke, Gallardo, Marcum, Wolf is fuggin ridiculous.

Carpenter
Wainwright
Garcia
Westbrook

Arroyo
Cueto
Volquez
Chapman
Leake/Wood/Bailey

While the Phillies are clinching by July, this division should be interesting.

 

[killgod]

I hope this move leads them to going for it hard this year, and by that I mean keeping Fielder then letting him walk to FA next year.

I'd bet my life the Jays will throw a mega deal his way if he hits FA, so I'm hoping this move leads to that happening.

 

[Primetime]

This trade made The Show 2011 even better already. Can't wait to play as the Brewers and not have to wait for Gallardo's next start all the time.

Pitching in the NL Central is solid. I feel like the Brewers bats are far superior to any other team, but pitching is still up in the air. Either way, I think it's enough to make them a contender for the division again.