Yelich Gets His Wish

Christian Yelich no longer wanted to be on the Marlins. He got his wish today as the Marlins trade the outfielder to the Brewers for four prospects.

Here’s what the Marlins will receive in return:

OF Lewis Brinson
OF Monte Harrison
2B/SS Isan Diaz
RHP Jordan Yamamoto

Brinson, 23, is the headliner. He was recently ranked as baseball’s No. 18 overall prospect by Baseball America and No. 32 by ESPN.com. During an abbreviated MLB stint last summer, he batted .106/.236/.277 in 21 games. Born and raised in Broward county, too!

However, don’t let that concern you. Brinson boasts an impressive .287/.353/.502 batting line across parts of six minor league seasons.

Brinson played about the same amount of time at High A, AA, and AAA. His A and AAA number are great, his AA numbers disappointing. I wonder if there was some part factor involved? Harrison gets on base, with very little power. Diaz just finished his age-21 season. He has yet to rise above A ball, but shows the ability to get on base with occasional power. Yamamoto blows batters away and offers great control. He also just finished his age 21 season.

Brinson and Yamamoto appear to be the prizes to me, but if Diaz turns out to be a plus defender, he might be very useful as well.

As for the Brewers, Yelich should be an improvement over Keon Broxton, who could not repeat the high OBP of his rookie year. He might also enable the Brewers to move Ryan Braun to first base.

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