As an anti-3 fatties guy, I always wanted Kirk to be the catcher moved last offseason. I remember looking at that embarrassing poll this board had up seeing ******** arguments saying Jansen or Moreno should be gone. They always should have sold high on the fatty. I'm still a pro-Varsho guy and like that we have him, but I never wanted to lose Moreno. I would have preferred getting the best OF available for Kirk as opposed to losing Moreno to get Varsho.
Anyone who tries to argue that Kirk would have returned more than Varsho, stop right there. The BTV value rankings at the time of the trade are seared into my memory. It was 1) Moreno, 2) Kirk, with a huge gap between Kirk and 3) Jansen. If we were trading Kirk to the DBacks it would have been for one of their lesser OFs like Alek Thomas or Jake McCarthy and probably another asset from their end instead of just Varsho.