Evaluating the Brewers' Return for Corbin Burnes

The FanGraphs Newsletter, February 2, 2024 [READ IN BROWSER]( February 2, 2024 Late last night, the Milwaukee Brewers sent Corbin Burnes to the Baltimore Orioles for two 25-year-old players – left-handed pitcher [DL Hall]( and infielder [Joey Ortiz]( – as well as a Competitive Balance Round A pick in the 2024 draft (pick no. 34 overall). Milwaukee’s active roster is worse today without Burnes, who has been one of the best pitchers in baseball since moving into the rotation full-time in 2021. But the player portion of return for one year of Burnes, who is slated to hit free agency after the season, succeeds in threading the small market needle by providing both short- and long-term reinforcement to the big league club, as both players are major league ready and also under club control for the next six seasons. Burnes was unlikely to re-sign with Milwaukee, and the Brewers get a comp pick similar to the one they would have received had they extended him a qualifying offer after the 2024 season, plus two good, young players. [Let's talk about those players]( [The Orioles Did Something, and Boy, Is Adding Corbin Burnes a Monumental Something]( The Orioles broke their zen-like offseason stillness in spectacular fashion, adding the best player on the trade market at their position of greatest need. | by Ben Clemens [Which Hitters Benefit From Pulling?]( I think I came up with a pretty cool way of contextualizing how much it pays — or does not pay — to sell out for pulled contact.. | by Ben Clemens [Prospect Report: New York Mets 2024 Imminent Big Leaguers]( A look at the Mets prospects who might reasonably be expected to play in the majors this year. | by Eric Longenhagen [Strike Three?! Let's Check in on Umpire Accuracy]( Our dear friends the umpires are still getting better at differentiating balls and strikes, but the signs of a plateau are starting to appear, and umpiring is only getting harder. | by Davy Andrews [Give Me Weirder Contract Structures, You Sickos]( Four years with three opt-outs isn’t a baseball contract, it’s being married to Larry King. | by Michael Baumann 🎧 [Effectively Wild Episode 2119: The All-Time BP Annual Guessing Game]( [DOWNLOAD THE FANGRAPHS APP]( [FanGraphs & Effectively Wild Merch Is Now Available at BreakingT!]( [ORDER HERE]( [Analyzing the jaw-dropping Burnes trade from all sides]( via MLB [Why the Brewers had to trade Corbin Burnes]( by Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic ($) [2024 MLB farm system rankings: Prospect insights, predictions]( by Kiley McDaniel, ESPN ($)[From Cuba to Canada: Yariel Rodríguez’s Journey to MLB]( by Shawn Spradling, Pitcher List [@fangraphs]( [FanGraphs]( [FanGraphs]( [RSS]( [FORWARD]( [SUBSCRIBE]( Copyright © 2024 FanGraphs Inc, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the FanGraphs Newsletter. Our mailing address is: FanGraphs Inc 3017 N Underwood StArlington, VA 22213 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](