For the last week, I’ve been thought-experimenting with what it might take to get Mike Trout in an Atlanta Braves uniform.
Leave aside that neither the Braves nor the Angels have any real reason to pursue this trade; the Halos have the best player in baseball (and would incite a revolt among their fans if they traded him for anything less the $1.50 on the dollar) and the Braves have the farm system in place to become contenders in the not-too-distant future (with tons of flexibility in the interim).
I don’t care. It’s Christmas, dagummit; practicality has no place in this consumer-driven market… and after this last week, common sense doesn’t either.