Having waded through all this, of course the ‘why’ of this trade is getting an incredible return from a team Correa would accept a trade with.
Who’s holding their breath for that?
No trade = fair chance of winning the division and getting bounced in the playoffs.
Trades = perhaps better chance of the division and getting bounced a little later in the playoffs.
Luck and improved health = win, baby, win.
My gut hunch is that there will be one decent RP and one controllable catcher involved. For the reasons you brought up, probably the other bidding wars will go up too high.
Buxton has played in more games than Correa this season, and almost as many as Polanco. Not bad for having a bad knee. Tony Oliva would approve, I think.