MIL / COL Trade

[Milwaukee Brewers]

The Brewers and Rockies would like to announce a trade!

Brewers receive:

• Kevin Gausman, P, CIN - $5.18/20 $5.18/21 $7.77(TO)/22 UFA/23

Rockies receive:

• Shaun Anderson, P, SF - $1.6(TC2)/20

After a brutal spring and summer as a starter, Gausman finished the year in the bullpen and performed pretty well.  He has a decent track record as a starter so we're rolling the dice that he can regain that form and come into 2020 as a starter.  A viable starter at just over $5M would be a bargain for a couple years.  If he continues as an RP into 2020 this deal could be a bust as he would not be worth $5M as a non-closing RP.  So you could say this is a bit of a risk-reward kind of deal for us.  

In Anderson the Rockies are getting what was the Giants' top prospect coming into 2019.  His performance was up and down, actually pretty similar to Gausman to be honest.  He would seem to have one of the rotation spots in the San Fran rotation given his 2019 performance and the likelihood that Mad Bum leaves town and lack of other in-house options.  

Thanks to the Rockies for the quick talks and deal.  Best of luck this year.  

[Colorado Rockies]

I wanted to rid myself of a SP and Gausman was they obvious choice for me. While he might be a RP I didn't want to take the chance that he ends up in rotation somewhere I would not be able to use him. Getting Anderson reduces my cap hit a little and I am hoping he stays in their pen and can hopefully take over closing duties for them. If he ends up in the rotation I will deal with it at that time.

The Brewers for the deal and good luck to you as well

[Milwaukee Brewers]

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