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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Don't forget that Encarnacion and Bautista were bottom of the barrel acquisitions at one point in time too.
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Edwin wasn't. He'd established himself as roughly an average MLB'er (albeit solely on the basis of his bat) with the Reds. But you happily send a roughly average MLB'er the other way when you're getting a still productive likely future hall of famer at the same position back as part of the trade.
That's not to say he was great but I wouldn't classify him as "bottom of the barrel" unless you're talking just about his D... in which case he's still bottom of the barrel.