[BirdWatcher]

Every once in a while a trade offer comes along that stops you dead in your tracks because it is almost good enough as it stands that in spite of your earlier intentions and plans you can't quite bring yourself to dismiss it summarily.

With the winter meetings having begun, the Brewers received just such a trade offer from the Charlotte Sting today.
The Sting have offered to send us 28-year old second baseman Matt Sisk in exchange for pitching prospect Justin Peacock and 21-year old center field prospect Roberto Perez.

Sisk is a premiere defensive player who won a Gold Glove in 1970 as a shortstop. He doesn't have much experience at third base but he has the skills needed to play there and is already a plus defender at either position in the middle infield. He is an above average contact hitter who rarely strikes out (though also rarely walks) and though his speed is well below average he is a skilled base stealer and an average base runner. He has a reasonable contract and three years of team control/arbitration eligibility left. With Jonathan Koch still developing, Sisk could be a valuable addition to the 1973 Brewers infield.

And while Justin Peacock remains a viable option for a back-end of the rotation role, he is 25 years old and unlikely to experience much more development. Perez has the potential to be a viable big league center fielder but has plenty of more talented players ahead of him on the Brewers depth chart, most especially Joe McPhillips, who is expected to be the team's center fielder for years to come.

I will likely reject this trade if for no other reason then the desire to maintain some depth in the starting pitching options the team has. And because I am committed to giving Koch every opportunity to succeed as the starting second baseman and we do have other solid options to help out in case he isn't ready.

But, still. This is a tempting offer.