Here's my problem with this deal:
Harden >> Sabathia (better pitcher, and under contract for an extra year)
Gallagher = LaPorta
Gaudin = Patterson (Gaudin's a league-average starter in his arb years. If anything, this assessment is generous to Beane)
Murton, Donaldson < Bryson + PTBNL
And you'd think that Beane would have been able to get the upper hand, given that the Cubs were making a reactive move. Basically, take out Gaudin and it would be a fair trade. With him in it, though, it's a joke.
And I have the same question about this thing as Wolf does.
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