Originally Posted by
Southcack77
So Hamels, with a recent, significant injury history and aged 36; Foltynewicz, who'd been demoted, has bone chips in his elbow and has chosen to avoid surgery, has clearly been mentally erratic; Hernandez, who is injured, old and had clearly run out of gas in Seattle; and three guys incapable of finding home plate for more than the briefest of times.
As I said, maybe everything going wrong wasn't predictable, but there were enough question marks that making a strong move for an established starter would have been in the club's best interest.
There are two reasons for having prospects - developing them to play for you and using them as currency. I would have preferred to spend some currency on an established starter this last offseason.