I'm ok with the Stroman trade. I mean the Lefty looks like your standard late 1st round college selection... a collection of average pitches with average control/command (a left-handed TJ Zeuch basically) but he's left-handed and has a pulse so he'll probably play in the majors is some role or another. Woods-Richardson seems like a guy worth getting excited about... I'm pretty sure you can count the number of 18 year olds pitching in A ball on one hand (and maybe have some fingers to spare) plus he get's K's, a lot of K's. Yeah he's really young and a long way off... but if he ends up so good that he's worth waiting for then that's really good and if you just can't wait then the higher he get's on the org chart then he returns surplus trade value.
This isn't a bad return... could have been better could have been worse.
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