I sometimes think change of scenery, but sometimes I think bad coaching. Is it not a fleecing if you trade away guys who flourish in other places? The Nats seem to do that with pitchers quite a bit, Giolito notwithstanding.
Huh? We develop good young pitchers, and good young pitchers are in demand for trades for established veterans. We make those trades a lot because we've been in contention for like 7 years.
Look, you can nitpick individual transactions all you want.
In the grand scheme of things, is it a good or a bad thing that we took a 7th round draft pick, acquired him via trade as a throw in, developed him into a good young pitcher, and traded him for a couple all-star level relief pitchers for a stretch run?
Treinen was not a failure of our development team. He was a resounding success. We polished a lump of coal into a diamond and traded it for cash money. Then someone else recut him into a higher quality diamond.
Good for him! Good for them! Good for us!