Just a few post-trade items:
FanGraphs is continuing their dogged defense of the Gerrit Cole trade. Following Kiley McDaniel, Jeff Sullivan takes on the challenge. According to Sullivan, “the return package looks worse than it is because the Astros have too many good players.” He believes that views of the trade are hurt by the perception that the Astros didn’t need any of the players they gave up. He states that, according to Steamer, Joe Musgrove “projects as something like Michael Fulmer” and Michael Feliz as nearly identical to Raisel Iglesias. Sullivan concludes, “I like this trade more and more for Pittsburgh, the more that I look at it.