Lucroy?

[David]

Jesse Rogers says we're targeting Lucroy, apparently.

[Schwarber Fan]

Why not? Package Montero with Soler or Baez in a trade for pitching.

[imb]

holy [expletive] lmao

[Guest]

Lucroy scares me. He had injury problems and even though he was playing again after them he looked either still hurt or broken entirely. And the Brewers are not going to sell low to get rid of him, in all likelihood. He's also not a longer term solution than Montero because he has the same team control.

[Flames24Rulz]

Uh, yes please?

[toonsterwu]

Interesting. This comes sort of out of left field. Cost was supposedly really high - believe there was a rumor that Joey Gallo would have to start the package for the Rangers to get him. At the end of the day, it simply comes down to cost. I'd love to add him, but I'm simply not supportive of moving Soler/Baez potentially in a package for him, as nice as his contract is (and even the contract is only through 2017 if the option is picked up). If they are willing to do it for less, say, just prospects, I'd consider it, as that would allow us to try and move Montero and cut that contract, giving us additional flexibility.

[UMFan83]

What happened last year to make his numbers dip so much?

[toonsterwu]

What happened last year to make his numbers dip so much?

 

There were a couple injuries, IIRC, although I'm not sure if that impacted his numbers.

[BigSlick]

I will take 1 Jonathon Lucroy and 1 Shoot David Ross into space, please

[Banedon]

I will take 1 Jonathon Lucroy and 1 Shoot David Ross into space, please

 

I'm guessing the Lucroy pursuit would mean a Montero trade.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Assuming he's healthy? [expletive] yes.

[Guest]

Assuming he's healthy? [expletive] yes.

Yeah, still depends on the cost for me.

[JennieGarthAlgar]

I will take 1 Jonathon Lucroy and 1 Shoot David Ross into space, please

 

I'm guessing the Lucroy pursuit would mean a Montero trade.

 

I'm guessing he'd still like to shoot Ross into space.

[Tryptamine]

If the Cubs add Lucroy and Ross then this roster resembles an ASG roster more than a normal roster.

[fallacy]

Won't be worth the cost. I'm not a big fan of Montero though

[RammyFanny]

Radio? Can't really find anything on Twotter.

[Guest]

Radio? Can't really find anything on Twotter.

 

Someone on PSD said he said it on radio.

[toonsterwu]

Won't be worth the cost. I'm not a big fan of Montero though

 

I am curious, though, if Stearns, in a rebuild job would consider something like Torres/Contreras/another youngster. That'd be an awful lot to give up for a C coming off a down year and only signed through 2017. At a certain point, enough value on prospects, in a rebuilding job, should out-weigh banking on a huge season from Lucroy to get more value at the deadline. Of course, depends on how he views our said prospects, and considering there were rumors of Gallo, he's starting off really high, so though he's working his way down, it might be too wide a gap.

[badger1679666666]

Won't be worth the cost. I'm not a big fan of Montero though

 

 

How much value can be attributed to his pitch framing ability? He was one of the top 3 in baseball last year wasn't he?

[Smack]

Man I would love Lucroy if he's healthy. He's an OBP and doubles machine. He's got everything else you want in a catcher, defense, pitch framing, etc. He's also a great clubhouse guy from everything I've heard.