Brock Beauchamp

Are people doing that? Sure, Castillo was available but not at the same price as Mahle. The Twins could have paid that price but the two pitchers weren't exactly equivalent.
Either way, better decisions could have been made than Mahle, that much is clear.

The results suck but this is what happens when a team continually trades to improve their big league club. You have to accept sub-optimal results on some trades, it's part of the process. It'd be nice if these things always worked out but they don't. Trades and front office moves need to be evaluated in the aggregate, not singularly.
Even great organizations like the Rays make trades like the Cruz/Ryan trade. It's part of doing business in MLB.

The results suck but this is what happens when a team continually trades to improve their big league club. You have to accept sub-optimal results on some trades, it's part of the process. It'd be nice if these things always worked out but they don't. Trades and front office moves need to be evaluated in the aggregate, not singularly.
Even great organizations like the Rays make trades like the Cruz/Ryan trade. It's part of doing business in MLB.

The results suck but this is what happens when a team continually trades to improve their big league club. You have to accept sub-optimal results on some trades, it's part of the process. It'd be nice if these things always worked out but they don't. Trades and front office moves need to be evaluated in the aggregate, not singularly.
Even great organizations like the Rays make trades like the Cruz/Ryan trade. It's part of doing business in MLB.

Are people doing that? Sure, Castillo was available but not at the same price as Mahle. The Twins could have paid that price but the two pitchers weren't exactly equivalent.
Either way, better decisions could have been made than Mahle, that much is clear.

Are people doing that? Sure, Castillo was available but not at the same price as Mahle. The Twins could have paid that price but the two pitchers weren't exactly equivalent.
Either way, better decisions could have been made than Mahle, that much is clear.

The package the Reds got for Castillo was significantly higher than what they got for Mahle. Like Lewis and Lee plus 2 pitchers. On mlb.com Marte is currently ranked 24th overall, Lee is 26th. Arroyo is 36th and Lewis is 37th. CES, Steer, Hajjar, and Enlow was nowhere near Marte and Arroyo in terms of value. Those packages aren't even close to the same.

The results suck but this is what happens when a team continually trades to improve their big league club. You have to accept sub-optimal results on some trades, it's part of the process. It'd be nice if these things always worked out but they don't. Trades and front office moves need to be evaluated in the aggregate, not singularly.
Even great organizations like the Rays make trades like the Cruz/Ryan trade. It's part of doing business in MLB.

The results suck but this is what happens when a team continually trades to improve their big league club. You have to accept sub-optimal results on some trades, it's part of the process. It'd be nice if these things always worked out but they don't. Trades and front office moves need to be evaluated in the aggregate, not singularly.
Even great organizations like the Rays make trades like the Cruz/Ryan trade. It's part of doing business in MLB.

The results suck but this is what happens when a team continually trades to improve their big league club. You have to accept sub-optimal results on some trades, it's part of the process. It'd be nice if these things always worked out but they don't. Trades and front office moves need to be evaluated in the aggregate, not singularly.
Even great organizations like the Rays make trades like the Cruz/Ryan trade. It's part of doing business in MLB.

The results suck but this is what happens when a team continually trades to improve their big league club. You have to accept sub-optimal results on some trades, it's part of the process. It'd be nice if these things always worked out but they don't. Trades and front office moves need to be evaluated in the aggregate, not singularly.
Even great organizations like the Rays make trades like the Cruz/Ryan trade. It's part of doing business in MLB.

The results suck but this is what happens when a team continually trades to improve their big league club. You have to accept sub-optimal results on some trades, it's part of the process. It'd be nice if these things always worked out but they don't. Trades and front office moves need to be evaluated in the aggregate, not singularly.
Even great organizations like the Rays make trades like the Cruz/Ryan trade. It's part of doing business in MLB.

The results suck but this is what happens when a team continually trades to improve their big league club. You have to accept sub-optimal results on some trades, it's part of the process. It'd be nice if these things always worked out but they don't. Trades and front office moves need to be evaluated in the aggregate, not singularly.
Even great organizations like the Rays make trades like the Cruz/Ryan trade. It's part of doing business in MLB.

Stu, your articles are the biggest reason I look forward to Fridays.