they will not catch the Yankees and may get an outside shot at a wild card. They gave up way too much talent to do so. Price won't be here next year and they gave up their premier pitching prospects.
AA has literally sold the farm for a shot at a wild card spot that many other teams are close to also. Hugely risky. I think a huge negative is that they still have Gibbons as manager.
Well they lose price after this year so the cost is very high. Don't see them catching the Yankees so for a wild card shot this is a very expensive move.