I wanted Chris Sale at the 2016 trade deadline when he was burning bridges with the ChiSox. I cannot fault management because he was not traded until the Winter, and I have no idea as to who Chicago was demanding. We can speculate all we want, but nobody here knows.
I was a strong advocate for Justin Verlander at the 2017 trade deadline, but understood why the Dodgers did not want to go over the CBT threshold. I accept that. I was okay with the Yu Darvish trade even thought it did not work out. It was an attempt to get a top of the rotation starter.