What the Brewers recent transactions mean for the Colorado Rockies

DENVER, CO – JUNE 23: The sun sets over the stadium as the Arizona Diamondbacks face the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on June 23, 2015 in Denver, Colorado. The Rockies defeated the Diamondbacks 10-5. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

On Thursday, the Milwaukee Brewers shocked the baseball world twice with in the span of about an hour and a half as they announced that they made a trade and Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reported that they had signed a player.

Yesterday, the Milwaukee Brewers announced that they acquired outfielder Christian Yelich from the Miami Marlins for four prospects, including three of the teams top ten prospects.

The #Brewers have acquired OF Christian Yelich from Miami in exchange for OF Lewis Brinson, OF Monte Harrison, INF Isan Diaz and RHP Jordan Yamamoto. pic.twitter.com/1Cni0JA67B
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) January 25, 2018

Shortly thereafter, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reported on Twitter that the Brewers had made their second big splash of the day by agreeing to terms with free agent outfielder Lorenzo Cain.

#Brewers in agreement with free-agent outfielder Lorenzo Cain, sources tell The Athletic. Deal is pending a physical.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) January 26, 2018

Jerry Crasnick of ESPN later reported that the two sides agreed on a 5 year, $80 million contract, which would be the largest of this offseason.

Lorenzo Cain has agreed on a 5-year, $80M deal with the #Brewers, source says. It’s the biggest free agent contract of the offseason. The deal includes no-trade protection and significant award bonuses. Milwaukee building a super outfield with addition of Yelich and Cain.
— Jerry Crasnick (@jcrasnick) January 26, 2018

We here at Rox Pile showed the case for the Rockies signing Cain just before Christmas and made cases for the Rockies trading for Christian Yelich in these two articles. With the Brewers moves, it obviously makes the Rockies external choices for outfield spots but what else does it mean for the Rockies?

On Thursday, the Milwaukee Brewers shocked the baseball world twice with in the span of about an hour and a half as they announced that they made a trade and Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reported that they had signed a player.

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