When we took a look at Tyler Thornburg as a possible trade asset a couple weeks ago, we talked about the increasingly insane trade market for quality relievers and tried to gauge what would've been an appropriate return for Thornburg.
With the understanding Thornburg ranked below the likes of Andrew Miller and Aroldis Chapman but was still coming off a very impressive season and had three years of team control left, I floated the idea of getting three players back for Thornburg, ideally with one of them being an above-average prospect.
It turns out that's exactly what David Stearns was able to swing in Tuesday's deal with Boston.