You really don't know this though. You'd like to think that Shark would have come cheaper or you could've made this deal for Ross, but sometimes GMs ask for a lot. The Rockies' asking price from the Mets for Tulo was reportedly quite ridiculous.
Sounding like a Cards fan in 2011 here, but to me this deal really all comes down to whether we make an extended run at the playoffs or not. If all it does is get us into the one-game playoff and lose, then this deal looks awful easily.