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So you would rather give an asset like Sanchez, one that has shown no sign of improving but is actually regressing, more time to potentially get better but at the same time risk him getting worse/not improve and eventually getting nothing from that asset in terms of a trade all because you think that the return today wasn't to your liking? That's just not how I would do it.

Don't get me wrong, I am a little underwhelmed with the return for Sanchez, Biagini and Stevenson. And I think a lot of people are thinking Billy Mckinney/Socrates Brito/Brandon Drury/Teoscar Hernandez when they see a guy like Derek Fisher, which is fair because this front office has shown an irritating proclivity to acquire guys who seem almost there but not quite. But the histrionics are hard to handle and I just want to take a wait and see approach and also think that Sanchez was genuinely terrible.

The Stroman trade is starting to sit fine with me as well. After seeing what other pitchers got and what pitchers didn't get moved because teams are likely more unwilling than ever to give up premium prospect capital. Greinke didn't get either of the Astro's top two prospects. granted they have a deep system. Shane Greene was one of the top closers on the market, got Joey Wentz and Travis Demeritte, neither of which were in the Braves top 10 prospect pool.

I guess I just see what they are doing as an organization in acquiring a ton of depth with years of control to maximize their financial flexibility so when they are in a position where they are competitive they can capitalize either through free agency or most likely trading for a player with a big contract, and frankly, I kind of like it. And it's also somewhat similar to what AA did to build the 2015 team.