gambochaman said:
I'd be a lot more excited if tucker had been dealt for an ace or an elite reliever
There was no ace or elite reliever available apparently, Darvish is the only one that I would say really could be that level that moved. Really surprised the Padres stuck to their idiotic guns on Hand. It makes sense that every good team wants relievers more than ever now at the deadline, but bad teams holding onto relievers? For what?Take the best that you can get and replace them when you're good, dont get left holding the bag at the end because you want the world. Stupid decision. The good teams all need relievers, yes, but they are also all the teams that aren't dumb enough to trade their farms for basically interchangeable commodities on a season by season basis, too.