MIL/OAK Trade

[Milwaukee Brewers]

The Brewers and A's would like to announce another trade!

The Brewers receive:

• Nick Pratto, 1B, KC - 0.3 prospect

The A's receive:

• Matt Thaiss, 1B, LAA - 0.2 prospect
  
• The Brewers 3rd round pick in the 2018 draft

The A's have been trying hard to acquire Matt Thaiss as an insurance policy since they have CJ Cron as their starting 1B.  The Brewers were reluctant as Thaiss is nearly ready for the bigs but once Pratto was put into play we relented and got the deal done.  The draft pick was included as Pratto, although farther from the bigs, is already regarded as a better prospect than Thaiss.

This is the 2nd time the Brewers have dealt Thaiss away; it's obviously many teams like what they see in Thaiss.

Thanks to the A's and best of luck in the future.

[Oakland Athletics]

The A's accept, and are glad to shore up the 1B position with Thasis. Best of luck to Pratto and Milwaukee

[Milwaukee Brewers]

roster doc updated.  draft pick trade will have to be logged once the traded pick thread is setup for the 2018 season.