Well I think you have to at least look at the situation at the time, not with total hindsight. They brought in some good players. A top of the rotation starter, a solid bullpen guy (who cost them good prospects yes) and the two players from the Rockies have helped their lineup (who didn’t cost much). And at the time of the trade they were ahead of the Mariners. If the Angels go on the run the Mariners have, everyone is calling them geniuses. And in addition to the players they traded for, they were hoping to add a healthy Mike Trout to the lineup.
I can’t think of MLB championship teams that were built through selling off parts at the deadline.
Anyway yes we can agree to disagree, I just think this would have been a more honest debate a month ago. Who else screwed up at the deadline? A ton of teams traded away top prospects.
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