I made the trade in an effort to hedge against the possibility of Hanley becoming a non SS asset, which I think is about a coinflip. Even if he does though, I got a return I was happy with.
As North noted, I really needed a young, legit pitcher, and adding a nice piece to my farm who I think is going to continue to gain value was good also. I don't really buy into Appel's first half last year, I think he returns to the kind of guy that garnered him being the 1st overall pick.
Plus I'm comfortable having Aybar at SS for the time being. Hopefully Tim Anderson works out to fill in there eventually.