The D-backs traded away three prospects: ranked 11th, 19th, and unranked. Their futures include huge uncertainty regarding their levels of success. If I had made a list of prospects not to trade, it would not include any of the three prospects. Let’s look at three viewpoints:
- “Maciel is a really underrated prospect. Plus defender at a plus position, plus contact skills and plus plate discipline. And he’s doing all of that at age 19 in A ball....” blue_bulldog
- “I agree it’s an overpay in terms of pure prospect value going the other way for a 2 WAR guy, but the above mitigating factor plus the “window” issues brought up by others certainly must be factors here in the decision making calculus.