Here's our perspective of the trade.
Vlad has not really developed as hoped and although he's still 21 he's going to lose 3B eligibility next year. We have Goldy and Olson locked in at 1B.
We don't have a lot of room to take on prospects or picks, or position players and we are trying to compete. So from our perspective, we weren't going to get offered a better pitcher than Buehler for Vlad.
The trade makes a lot of sense for us beyond the 1 for 1 value swap and I think that by getting Buehler we were able to maximize our return.