A lot has been written about Yasiel Puig’s alleged “Knuckleheadedness” – I confess… lots of it by me. I have been the first to say that he has enormous talent, but his knuckleheaded ways may keep him from realizing his potential. If I could trade him straight up for Ryan Braun, I would probably do it (shoot, I’d probably trade Calhoun and Puig for Braun), because with that right handed-bat in our lineup, we would be World Series Bound. Imagine this:
- Forsythe 2B
- Seager SS
- Braun LF
- Turner 3B
- Gonzo 1B
- Grandal C
- Pederson CF
- Toles/Thompson RF (I’ll call them Toles n Thompson or “TNT”)
The thing is, Milwaukee would have to pay some of Braun salary or take Ethir or Gonzo and they won;t do that and Andre would not waive his no-trade clause in that deal.