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Let's get the Lucroy deal straight!

There have been comments that the Rangers deal was underwhelming.

Those comments are 100% WRONG!

The Lucroy deal went from Lucroy for a bunch of guys to Lucroy and Jeffress for 2 guys and a PTBNL. Both of these are good ways to go. Organizations need depth... and they need studs.

In the Lucroy deal, the Brewers chose to acquire studs.

Let's look at each deal and their prospect grades (based on the 80 scale).

The Indians.
55 --- C -- A+, 20 years old, Indians #4 ~~ #100 overall
45 -- SS - A+, 20 years old, Indians #10
45 -- OF - AA, 23 years old, Indians #20
45 --- P -- AAA, 25 years old, Indians #29

The Rangers.
55 -- OF -- AA, 22 years old, Rangers #2 ~~ #21 overall
55 --- P --- AA, 20 years old, Rangers #3 ~~ #63 overall
PTBNL

Some notable Brewers are...
60 - Arcia
55 - Ray
55 - Phillips
50 - Diplan
50 - Medeiros
50 - Lopez
50 - Nottingham
50 - Harrison
50 - Erceg
50 - D. Williams

So... the 45 ranked prospects are more throwing spaghetti at the wall. When they are 23 in AA and 25 in AAA and are 45 prospects, they don't project as superstars. They are your Michael Reed and Tyrone Taylor type players.

Instead of Phillips being the Brewers #6 prospect with Meija #7... now Brinson is the #2... Ortiz is #5... and Phillips drops to #8.

The Brewers added top end talent... a potential All-Star caliber OF and a potential #2 SP who are both at AA instead of an A+ level C who is good, but well below Brinson and Ortiz.

Even his struggles, Brinson is still WAY ahead of Phillips at AA right now.

Compare the packages to each other.

To get the #63 prospect... you would have to give the #100 and AT LEAST one of the 45 ranked guys.

Assume the PTBNL is a 45 rank ... that would be an even swap for a 45 rank.

That leaves a 45 rank left over to acquire the #21 overall. That is where Jeffress came in.

The Brewers CLEARLY got more value from the Rangers than they did the Indians.

I would MUCH rather have the #21 and #63 overall prospects. Once again, a Texas team rescued the Brewers at the trading deadline.