Some more thoughts on the A’s recent trade.
Trades are hard to evaluate
Scouts have an incredibly difficult job, and truth be told they’re very good at it. Most of the top players in the game were top draft picks, guys who we’d heard about for years.
Then again, the best player in the game so far this year was rated a B prospect as recently as this spring. The formerly tanking Astros are winning on the strength of their outrageously high draft picks yes, but also because of talent that has come out of basically nowhere to dominate the league.