Now, with no trade clause to exercise, Lucroy and Jeremy Jeffress have been traded to the Texas Rangers for Luis Ortiz, Lewis Brinson, and a PTBNL. Both prospects are ranked in the top 100 of prospects in all of baseball, Brinson is ranked 21 by MLBPipeline.com and Ortiz is ranked 63, also by MLBPipeline.com
I’ve heard rumblings that people are underwhelmed with this return, especially given the haul the Brewers got for Will Smith, alone. However, I’m looking at it this way: The Brewers got a top 20 prospect for Lucroy and a top 60 prospect for Jeffress.