At first I definitely thought this was a curious move. Two days gone by, two quality relievers out the door. With Andrew Miller floating on the trading block it looks like Cashman is about ready to dismantle the entire 2015 bullpen. I'm on the record as saying that I think trading Andrew Miller is a mistake and I think now that Wilson is gone the chances of making that move are much slimmer. So as long as the two rocks at the back of the pen are still in place I think I can get on board with this deal. The entire trade is contingent on whether or not Luis Cessa and/or Chad Green develop into legitimate major league starting pitchers. If that happens then I think it's worth it. Let’s remember, James Pazos came up last year for a cup of coffee and showed flashes of a bonafide major league set-up man . Jacob Lindgren is cut from the same cloth as Wilson and has a ton of upside. Chasen Shreeve is still salvageable. Any one of these guys could step right in and fill Wilson's role.
So in the last two days the roster turnover has been Justin Wilson, Adam Warren and Brendan Ryan for Starlin Castro and two pitching prospects. Not awful. A few organizational weaknesses going into the winter meetings were age, the starting pitching pipeline, second base and right handed hitting. All four have been addressed in the last 48 hours. By no means is Cashman done prepping for 2016. I'm sure talks for Gardner are still fluid and it sounds like Miller isn't off the table yet. We should be holding out hope that he can shock everyone and make a move for Teixeira. Find a contender who can use a gold-glove first basemen with 30/100 potential, eat some of that contract, get something back that can help you in 2017 and let Bird get comfortable at his new home for the next 15 years.
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