Part of the offseason cold stove trades involved a piece of the Padres’ vaunted farm system to fill what many deemed an organizational black hole: Freddy Galvis was acquired for minor league pitcher Enyel De Los Santos. Padres Twitter caught fire once the trade was announced for various reasons, most espoused was the idea that a minor league pitcher (with years of control) was given up for one year of a defense-first shortstop with not much to offer at the plate.
On the other end (mainly through team outlets), the trade was sold as an end to signing past-their-prime placeholders to one-year deals.