Eugenio Suarez's Possible Trade to Brewers: Analysis

SportsGrid

Watch Eugenio Suarez's Possible Trade to Brewers: Analysis - SportsGrid on Dailymotion

Transcript

00:00We'll start with Eugenio Suarez of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

00:04A little scare earlier this week where he got hit by a pitch, but he's okay.

00:08Got 25 homers on the year, George.

00:1067 RBI, 254 batting average.

00:13This guy was awful for the first three months of 2024,

00:16and then became red hot, one of the best hitters in baseball,

00:20down the stretch, and it's carried over into 2025.

00:23It's been an incredible run here for Suarez,

00:25but realistically speaking, Corbin Burns out.

00:28Corbin Carroll is out right now.

00:32This is not a contending team, especially in that division

00:34where you've got the Dodgers and the Padres and the Giants.

00:38It's just too much to bear.

00:39The Diamondbacks would be smart to let Jordan Lawler play every day,

00:44see what he is, and then probably move on from Suarez.

00:47So I think the landing spot, I continue to say, for me, George,

00:52the landing spot is definitely the Milwaukee Brewers.

00:54He fits the need in the middle of that order,

00:56power bat, lineup protection, and third base,

00:59which has been a big cavern for them.

01:01What's your possible landing spot for Eugenio Suarez,

01:05and what does it mean for his fantasy value if he goes to, say, the Brewers?

01:10Well, I don't know if they're going to trade him.

01:12They're not out of it by any stretch of the imagination.

01:14Now, I agree with your sentiments, by the way,

01:16but, you know, your intro said, you know, hey, teams don't want to go for it.

01:21They want to make the playoffs.

01:22And then you said, you know what, they really don't have a chance to go anywhere.

01:25And both of those things are true for the Arizona Diamondbacks.

01:28They came into the season thinking they were going to compete, right?

01:30You made the – you signed Corbin Burns here.

01:32All right, you're going to have the good pitch here.

01:33Zach Cowell, oh, Cy Young, a couple years ago, we're going to be great.

01:37And neither one, right?

01:37Burns has hurt.

01:38Gallen's been terrible.

01:39So, you know, are they willing to give up?

01:42Move on when they're only three and a half games out.

01:45Now, a trade deadline is four weeks away, four plus weeks away.

01:47Maybe they're eight games up every time we're talking about this,

01:49and the decision's easier.

01:50But they're not trading Swarovs right now.

01:52They're not.

01:53You know, they're not going to do that because they're three and a half out.

01:56You can't sell that to your fan base to sell out when you're that close.

02:00Milwaukee makes sense here if they do.

02:01But the Yankees make sense.

02:03The Yankees desperately need a third baseman because,

02:05Josh Chisholm ain't it, boys and girls.

02:06He's a second baseman.

02:07I'm getting tired of him making it every, every game there.

02:10So the Yankees would make some sense there.

02:12And there are several other teams.

02:13The bottom line is this.

02:14If I'm Arizona, even if I still have three and a half games out in July,

02:19I am shopping Swarovs.

02:21I don't think he's a guy that, you know,

02:23if I'm getting a good price for him, Joe, I'm moving him.

02:26Wow, they're going to get me hit this for Swarovs here?

02:28I'm moving him either way here whether I'm in or out of it.

02:31So, yeah, I think we're going to hear his name.

02:32We're going to hear him mention because he's going to hit 40 home runs this year,

02:34whatever it might be.

02:35And he would have gone to Milwaukee, by the way.

02:37That's a better hit in his ballpark than Arizona.

02:40So I had to guess that I'd be in a nice place for him to end up.

02:44Well, Josh Naylor is a free agent at the end of this season,

02:46and he is a teammate here.

02:49And look, I think realistically, you look at the pitching staff and the Diamondbacks.

02:52Once Corbin Burns went down, it's done.

02:53Zach Gallen's awful.

02:55Brandon Fott's been terrible.

02:56Like, I mean, just understand that you're better off not trying to fool yourself

03:00to thinking you're a contender.

03:01But Josh Naylor, another guy who can help a lot of teams.

03:04Could, I don't know, being reunited with the Cleveland Guardians be the right move there

03:09for them to bring him back home?

03:12Maybe elsewhere when you look around.

03:14I mean, a lot of teams could use him as a first base or a DH.

03:16Maybe even the Mets could look at him as a DH just the rest of season because it's probably

03:21unlikely the Diamondbacks are going to resign him.

03:23They should probably get something for Josh Naylor.

03:25Where do you think he might end up?

03:26I don't think it would be either one of the two teams you mentioned.

03:29Neither one makes really any kind of, to give up that much.

03:32Cleveland's not going to give up a hole to get Josh Naylor back.

03:35I don't see that.

03:35They're not going to pay that price either.

03:37Mets, they need pitching, not hitting.

03:40All right, their hitting should be fine here.

03:41What are you going to, are you going to bench another one here at all?

03:43Good youngsters there.

03:45I mean, it's hard to find the right fit for him.

03:48All right?

03:48I mean, Tampa's generally, they're not an in-team.

03:51Toronto doesn't need it.

03:52Seattle does.

03:54But will they pay them?

03:54They say they will this year, right?

03:56The ownership said they will add salary at the deadline.

03:59So I think Seattle could make some sense.

04:00They need another bat there.

04:02You can make it hard for the Angels here.

04:04I mean, even Milwaukee, you know, I don't think there's a perfect fit for Nala.

04:08Wrong position for him here.

04:09But if I'm going to pick a team here, I'm going with the Mariners.

Category

Transcript

Recommended