Dinger, I've found the next passenger for your hype train:
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs/the-mets-prospect-debuting-tonight-might-be-sneaky-good/
Trade deadline is August 13th and the freeze lasts until the offseason. I'll send an email shortly.
Also for the love of god change your team name in yahoo.
Also, I apologize: I've tried all year to keep my roster competitive, but it's about to get a bit ugly as the season winds down. I'll try not to let things get too out of hand.
Brad Hand
Kelvin Herrera
Ian Kennedy
for
Hector Rondon
Ryan Buchter
Mike Zunino
Justus Sheffield
Tyler Mahle
I'm calling up Nick Williams and J.P. Crawford
Tough call, but I'd sit him. Reds have a formidable offense, and Votto will be all over the short porch in RF. Early start means it should be warm too. Definitely sit.
Surprisingly few inquiries on Brad Hand. Looking for one top-50 prospect.
Ian Kennedy can go for a rosterable prospect, which is a fringe top-100 guy for me.
That thread was June of 2013. Bautista was in his age-32 season with 2.5 years and ~35M left on his deal, + a 14M team option for a 3rd year. He was also in his second consecutive injury-riddled season, and second season in the 135 wRC+ range.
I don't think it was egregious at all to be on the side that thought it was a good time to flip him for the #1 prospect in baseball. Wouldn't really be different from the Sox recent trades of Sale/Eaton/Quintana that have drawn praise from almost everyone.