Sam Dykstra

Could he get to be a number three?

Maybe.

But he's going to be in competition for that number four, number five spot in the Milwaukee rotation.

And the difference between his floor and his ceiling is pretty close.

I think the Mets were willing to give up that and keep on to Tong, knowing that he could be a future mid-rotation guy for them.

What was your guttural reaction to that trade?

Exactly what I said.

This fits the Brewers so well.

This felt like this is what the brewers do.

And...

To a certain degree, I want to say, like, how could we argue?

Because they're good year in and year out.

They keep getting their opportunity at the dance.

And the other part of me is like, yeah, but they haven't broken through yet.

And I know the postseason can be a crapshoot, but at some point, if you want to get to the World Series, you have to change up a little bit.

They're not quite willing to do that just yet, and they trust their development, which is excellent.

They are as good at developing players as anybody else in baseball right now.

They're really good at eyeing talent and going and picking it up.

I mean, Freddy Peralta was not spoken about as an ace three years ago.

They developed him into an ace, and he developed himself.