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We have no idea how good the prospects the Cardinals acquired are

Yesterday was an emotional day in Virtual Cardinals Land. Tommy Pham was a beloved major league player who was traded for three minor leaguers. Oscar Mercado was an intriguing minor leaguer who was traded for two lower-level minor leaguers.

In total, the Cardinals dealt one of their most popular major league players and a high-minors guy who was already on the 40-man roster for five guys that we all had to Google to find out who they even were. That’s not gratifying in the moment.

But I was struck by how many responses I saw on Twitter and elsewhere damning the Cardinals and confident that none of these five players they added to the system were any damn good at all.