MIL / TOR trade

[Milwaukee Brewers]

The Brewers and Jays would like to announce a trade!

The Brewers get:

• Adrian Morejon, SP, SD - $0.2 prospect
  
• Tucker Davidson, SP, ATL - $0.2 prospect

The Jays get:

• Odubel Herrera, CF, PHI - $5/18 $5/19 $7/20 $8/21 $11.5(TO)/22  $12.5(TO)/23 UFA/24

The Brewers are in full rebuild mode.  Odubel is young and cheap, so you might wonder why he'd be dealt, but we have Dustin Fowler ready to come up and plays the same position.  So, it kind of made sense to move him and collect a couple prospects we really like.  We've attempted to acquire Morejon multiple times over the past few months and were finally able to do it as the Jays were in need of a CF.  He's a top-50 prospect and has tantalizing potential.  Davidson transitioned from the bullpen to the rotation last season and has done nothing but impress.

We know this might have been an unpopular move with our fans but we have our eyes on the future and are confident there are exciting days ahead.

Thanks to the Jays for the deal and best of luck to Odubel with his new team.

[Toronto Blue Jays]

Blue Jays accept. Pitching will be our biggest need moving forward so it hurts to part with the pitching prospects especially Morejon but Odubel offers a longer term option in CF with a reasonable contract. With Acuna seeming likely to end up playing a corner OF spot instead of CF it seemed like a good opportunity to buy some insurance for CF coverage as I don't have any other surefire CFs coming up from the farm anytime soon. Thanks for the deal MIL and best of luck.

[Milwaukee Brewers]

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