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Originally Posted by fleury
Yeah. You’re right. I guess I’m getting caught up in the moment but I really liked the upside of both guys. I just don’t know what their sustainability plan is for bringing in similar ceiling prospects. I’ve started to trust their management in the past year and a deal like this totally seemed to go against their principles on the surface. But perhaps they don’t think too highly of the guys, and as talent evaluators that’s well within their skill and deserve the benefit of the doubt.
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I think their thought is they already have similar ceiling prospects:
At Shortstop
Bo Bichette: 23
Austin Martin: 22
Jordan Groshans: 21
Groshans is probably outperforming Martin in AA this year, and our All-Star SS at major league is still only 23.
RH Pitcher
Pearson - 24
Manoah - 23
SWR - 20
Kloffenstein - 20
Hogland - 21
At pitcher they probably feel like Pearson and Manoah are ahead of SWR. They just drafted Hogland in the first round here.
It's a big price to pay but Atkins and Shapiro had built enough depth in the prospect base that they can overpay here to get a guy that is 27 years old, that is a top 5/10 pitcher in the AL, and that they might be able to re-sign.
If Martin ends up becoming a better player than Bichette then sure it's probably a bad trade, but considering Bichette is only a year older and is already an MLB All-Star I'm not sure I see that happening.