This is the baseball world we live in now.
The consternation on social media has still not subsided in the three days since the Mariners traded Edwin Encarnacion to the Yankees.
Instant determination of which team won a given trade became popular in the last decade. That has blossomed to a new level on social media. Now, everyone has an outlet for analysis, despite the obvious understanding that most trades’ true outcomes may not be known for a year or more.
The Encarnacion trade’s basic optics made for an expected aftermath. The Mariners traded the American League home-run leader to an organization that has fleeced the Mariners in past trades and relishes being called the Evil Empire.