Stroman + for Blackmon? Wtf? This is the same Blackmon who is 30 years old and has had exactly ONE noticeably above average season in his career, has only two years of control and projects for 1.1 WAR.
No thanks.
I'm not saying he or Kopech are slam dunks either, but I'm arguing that it's definitely possible and defensible that they viewed Moncada as a generational talent with loud tools across the board like many other scouts have, and thus chose to go with someone with considerably higher upside than all of the Nats' prospects along with Kopech who also represents a high upside player, allegedly undeveloped secondary offerings or not. I don't think anyone here is saying that either of these guys are sure bets to become superstars, but the raw talent and ability that they possess give them a big edge over the other prospects being offered.
It most certainly is not substantially better if you believe that Moncada is the superior talent to all involved, with Kopech being another high upside play.
Moncada is touted by a lot of prospect guys as a generational talent, and Giolito has seen his stock drop as metafour suggested, while Kopech and his elite fastball has only gone up. I honestly think the Red Sox's top 2 here are much more valuable and have higher upside than the Nats' top 2.
Giolito is overrated and Moncada is (much more?) more valuable than Robles, I can totally understand why the White Sox would go for this deal rather than the Nats' proposal which did not include Turner, although we also don't know how much more talent they did add.
Neither do I, Moncada is seen by most evaluators as an elite talent, and IIRC Kopech has fantastic stuff (he's the one with the 100 mph fastball right?)
Add in a couple of sleeper/lottery pick prospects and it's a pretty strong return.
Man, Durant and the Warriors are so f***ing good. He was the ultimate addition to their team.
KD currently averaging a career high in blocks, rebounds, steals, eFG% (by a lot), while still putting up 27+ PPG with nearly 5 assists per game.
There's been like 4 or 5 airballs from the Cavs that the Raptors haven't picked up. Our rebounding needs a lot of help, hopefully Sullinger can help with that once he's back, but we'll need more than just one guy. We're constantly losing rebounding and getting destroyed on the offensive glass.
Not to imply that he's bad, but it feels like the Phils would be selling high on him and the price wouldn't be cheap. Furthermore, why are they trying to move a player that is 25, still under team control for a few more years and has been worth roughly 4 wins for each of the past two seasons?
It'll be just like Spring Training. They'll make one start each, maybe two, where they'll just take it easy and that way they will be ready for the regular season. Osuna could conceivably pitch more as a reliever but I would hope that the Mexico manager has strict directions as to the usage of young starts like Osuna.