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<blockquote data-quote="FollowTisdale" data-source="post: 1463575" data-attributes="member: 619279"><p>The way to evaluate trades was to decide if it worked at the time and then treat everything that happened after that as dumb luck.</p><p></p><p>At the time, the Cubs desperately needed young, controlled, MLB level starting pitching. They got one of the most valuable ones on the market, Quintana had just put up 4 straight seasons of 200 innings and 4 to 5 fWAR and was under an insanely valuable contract.</p><p></p><p>And at the time, Eloy looked promising and was rated highly by scouts, but he was in high A ball. Nobody in A ball is a slam dunk to even make the majors, none the less be a perennial starter. Cease was also in A ball and had control issues.</p><p></p><p>Quintana immediately jumping his walk rate by 1 per 9 innings and those 2 guys actually panning out doesn't really matter as far as trade value. The trade was good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FollowTisdale, post: 1463575, member: 619279"] The way to evaluate trades was to decide if it worked at the time and then treat everything that happened after that as dumb luck. At the time, the Cubs desperately needed young, controlled, MLB level starting pitching. They got one of the most valuable ones on the market, Quintana had just put up 4 straight seasons of 200 innings and 4 to 5 fWAR and was under an insanely valuable contract. And at the time, Eloy looked promising and was rated highly by scouts, but he was in high A ball. Nobody in A ball is a slam dunk to even make the majors, none the less be a perennial starter. Cease was also in A ball and had control issues. Quintana immediately jumping his walk rate by 1 per 9 innings and those 2 guys actually panning out doesn't really matter as far as trade value. The trade was good. [/QUOTE]
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