Milwaukee Brewers like to make moves at the trade deadline. There is a reason that people nickname David Stearns, ‘Slingin Stearns.’ He stayed relatively quiet at the deadline this time around. The only move he made was trading David Phelps to the Philadelphia Phillies for three players to be named later. Those players have already been named and they’re three 19 to 20-year-old pitching prospects in the Phillies organization. Their names are Brandon Ramey, Israel Peullo, and Juan Geraldo. Brewers are once again going to their lottery ticket method which helped them develop Freddy Peralta.

Moving Phelps does not immediately mean the Brewers are headed for a bad September. Their bullpen is one of the best parts of their team, and Phelps is a good option yet not needed as much. At the start of the season, he was the eighth inning guy, but then after Devin Williams’ dominance, he became the seventh-inning guy. Phelps is having a good season, but there is no sign that he will be this dominant next season. It sucks to lose a good guy out of the bullpen, but it is truly small potatoes.

As for the prospects, the reports are limited on these guys since they haven’t played much plus not playing because of COVID-19. Ramey has a good fastball already with a nice build and shows off some strikeout potential. Reading Puello’s profile and it could be like reading Peralta’s profile back in 2014. The guy has electric stuff, not the best control but showed some real potential. He is hitting 93-95 mph with his fastball and showing off a changeup and slider already. Geraldo is less likely to make a splash. He has some decent stuff, but there is not much that stands out about his game. If you had the rank from the potential aspect, Puello, Ramey, and Geraldo is the answer.

If the Brewers can get one guy to be another Peralta, they’ve won this plate. If not, it’s not a big deal. Lottery tickets are called that for a reason.

Charlie.