That Archer trade hurts, but post-2013 Archer was on par with what, like current Jake Odorizzi? Big props to Dinger for seeing the impending breakout, but I don't beat myself up for missing it.
That Walker trade was straight garbage though.
Betts trade shouldn't be there. It was Hunter for a 5th round pick, but I couldn't trade the pick mid-draft, so KingKat told me who to pick. Value-wise, that was a very solid deal.
I think the others were all a lot better at the time than Pollock for Appel.
Offensively maybe, but there's legit a lot of talent there: Gardner, Ellsbury, McCann and Headley are all above-average starters, Pineda and Tanaka are aces, and they might have the best pen in the game. They're legit.
Holy s***, Tex has a 159 wRC+. I knew he was good this year but not that good. It's insane, if you had said before the season that Tex and A-Rod would both a a wRC+ above 150 after 400+ PA, people would say you're insane.
Difference between someone who cheers for a team and someone who just loves baseball I guess. I can't fathom anyone wanting to not see Betances pitch for a year.
All he has to do is come out and throw gas for an inning. I have my doubts that he;ll ever be a good starter, but it's easy to see a pretty damn good reliever there.
Revere is hitting. He's making contact. When they fall, he uses his speed to get extra bases, and when they don't fall he looks awful. This is what Ben Revere does.