You and Imref can fight it out over the proposed Harper deal, but what strikes me is there was a heck of a lot of other talent we essentially dumped for nothing. Murphy, Gio, and Kintzler should have brought back something useful. Gio did slot into a contender's rotation right away, Kintzler is on the level of major bullpen pieces that were moved this year, and Murphy was still a heck of a hitter.
No argument there. The learners didn’t want to accept we had no chance that year.
