Originally Posted by
smootness
Sure, but you have to take chances to get premier hitting talent.
You're talking about a good, cheap #2 SP and 2 non-top 100 prospects for a top-20 prospect and another prospect who is at least top 60-70. That's a reasonable deal in terms of pure value.
While I would love to trade all of our assets at peak value, it's not realistic that can happen. We can't limit ourselves to trading only those guys who had great years. And again, if any team is going to give us more for Sims than his current value might suggest, it would be Boston. If they really like Miller and Sims, regardless of what they claim their current value should be, we can pull more from them.
I'm trying to come up with reasonable deals. I would love to trade Miller and Jenkins for Devers, Benintendi, and Bradley, but that does nothing except set fans' expectations too high.