The Phillies made a deal yesterday for Kyle Gibson and Ian Kennedy. All they had to give up was Spencer Howard and some other prospects. After the news of the deal was first broken, the reaction was swift and brother, let me tell you: it wasn’t positive.
Feel angry, it's a terrible trade that resulted from terrible decisions and mismanagement
— Pure Emotional Intelligence (@motherofgrm) July 30, 2021
It is worse than the Pivetta trade by a mile, this will haunt us for years to come
— E t h a n (@phaithful1423) July 30, 2021
Once the full trade came into focus, people started calming down a little bit more, but the consensus is that the team did not do very well with this deal.