Milwaukee Brewers: Who Won Orioles Schoop, Villar Trade?

Jonathan Villar With the Baltimore Orioles

Halfway through September 2018, Villar’s counting stats have equaled in Baltimore what they were in twice as many at-bats with the Brewers.

For instance, Villar had 14 SB with the Brewers in 87 games, and 13 SB with the Orioles in just 40 games.

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Furthermore, Villar has been consistently in the lineup and hitting leadoff for the Orioles. He lost his starting job at second base in Milwaukee.

Villar might never return to putting up the All-Star-quality numbers he did in 2016 when he led the league in steals for the Brewers, but he remains a positive WAR player for the Orioles.

Luis Ortiz and Jean Carmona went from the Brewers to Orioles in this trade as well. They could have some influence in the quality of this trade for the teams in the future. Both of these players ranked as top 30 prospects in a deep Brewers minor league pipeline.

The Orioles even planned to give Ortiz a MLB start in 2018, but he hurt his hamstring.

Jean Carmona will not turn 19 until late October. Despite modest numbers in rookie ball and low-A this season, scouts project Carmona as a potential big league star.

Ortiz and Carmona represent the 7 and 14 slots in the Orioles prospects list.

Unless Schoop has a significantly off-year in 2019, he will help the Brewers organization transition to one of their prospects.

But, the Orioles could look very good in this trade if Ortiz and Carmona develop into star MLB players.