Angels Win 6-2 Postgame

Or just continue to draft well this year and next, continue to be aggressive in international signings and focus on developing our minor leaguers better while not trading away decent prospects for a couple months of meh.

The only real prospect we have brought in by trade that looks like is legit is Logan O’Hoppe and that was not a prototypical deadline trade where we gave up a young talented player with multiple years of control.

Its early but the jury is still out on both the Estevez & Garcia trades even though we already won the trades from a fiscal standpoint)

Zeferjahn’s stuff is legit but he is also struggling with an injury that if not managed well could lead to a serious arm injury
Lugo is now struggling badly in AAA with a .447 OPS and a 35% K/PA
Kavadas is looking like the next Trey Cabbage without Trey’s athleticism
Aldegheri has not pitched yet this season but is wisely repeating AA after dealing with some phantom injury during Spring training.
Youngsters Klaussen and Vargas got shelled in their respective season openers even though they were both tabbed to be their level’s Opening Day starter.

I think it’s wise to pump the brakes a bit on trade deadline deals especially if your team is showing signs of contention in the playoff race. Case in point Jer Jer’s 2023 dumping of Paul Sewald. I’m sure Jerry and the front office were high fiving each other after they received 3 players for what the M’s thought was a surplus bullpen piece. Certainly the Snakes had no complaints as Sewald’s acquisition helped lead them to a surprising World Series appearance, but from the Mariners standpoint, the result of that trade probably ended up fracturing the clubhouse as the Mariners haven’t been back to the playoffs since. Of the three acquired players Josh Rojas is now a White Sox, Dominic Canzone has been consistently meh and is languishing in the minor leagues while the Mariners are still holding out hope that Ryan Bliss can be a starter despite getting off to a rough start this season.

Dont get me wrong I’m not opposed to trading players on expiring contracts at the deadline , but the trade has to be able to benefit the team in the short and long term if they the team is in contention because if the primary goal isn’t winning when given the opportunity what’s the point of playing?