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MLB Trade Deadline: 5 surprise bats that could hit the trade market

By Kyle Franzoni

Apr 1, 2014; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Carlos Gomez (27) reacts with shortstop Jean Segura (9) after hitting a home run in the first inning against the Atlanta Braves at Miller Park. Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 1, 2014; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Carlos Gomez (27) reacts with shortstop Jean Segura (9) after hitting a home run in the first inning against the Atlanta Braves at Miller Park. Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jul 1, 2015; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Carlos Gomez (27) slides safely across home during the third inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports
Jul 1, 2015; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Carlos Gomez (27) slides safely across home during the third inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports /

Carlos Gomez

Team: Milwaukee Brewers

Stats: .268/.304/.451, 9 home runs, 26 RBI

Top of the order hitters are tough to come by at the trade deadline, but there be one available that is a better option that Carlos Gomez. After back-to-back All-Star campaigns that watched the Brewers center fielder become one of the elite outfielders in the game by hitting a combined .284/.347/.491 with an average of 24 home runs, 73 RBI, and 37 stolen bases,  Gomez is in the midst of a bit of a down season in 2015. While that doesn’t make it the ideal time for Milwaukee to get max value for him, it is the perfect time for bidding teams to swoop in.

The Brewers aren’t going anywhere quick and the current state of things in Milwaukee dictate that the team needs to try something different. Among the players the Brewers can and will part with, Gomez perhaps carries the most value. With outfielders like Jay Bruce, Ben Revere, and Marlon Byrd also being floated on the market, Gomez would easily slot in there at the top of the pack and could bring a decent return to Milwaukee.

Gomez is owed a very reasonable $9 million in 2016, but as a Scott Boras client, he isn’t expected to return to Milwaukee in 2017. Moving him this summer will give an acquiring team a solid piece down the stretch plus an additional year of team control before extending a qualifying offer the following winter. One comparable deal could be the 2011 trade that sent Hunter Pence from Houston to Philadelphia in a deal that brought back Jared Cosart, Jon Singleton, and Josh Zeid back to Houston. Pence was two years younger than Gomez at the time, but the two were fairly comparable players at that point in their careers.

Sounds like a potential winning situation for the Brewers there.

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