But they don’t really get Sabean off the hook – in fact, I’d say they point out problems with Sabean. First, by all accounts he traded low on Alderson – while it’s entirely possible Alderson’s value will only fall from here on out, there’s no denying that he would’ve had more value just a few months earlier. Second, Sabean gave up a midseason premium because he had to, because he’d allowed second base to become a giant gaping hole because he was dumb enough to think Burriss was a Major League second baseman.

I was lamenting what could have been, like, yesterday. Sanchez was already a given in my scenario.

You’ve got to part with some pitching at some point, when you’re a pitching heavy team. Sabean just needed to use better judgement. I don’t think it was the timing that was wrong, just the poor judgement on the return.

If you base all your value rankings on players where they might be 4-5 years from now, and then use best case rankings for the young player and worst case for the established player…well, first of all you’re using the kind of logic that’ll get you hired at Fox Sports.

Even if we go by that case scenario, Alderson being a #4 or #5 starter elsewhere doesn’t necessarily mean he’d be good enough for the Giants rotation anyway, knowing the pitchers with strong chances to be there. And the Giants still have several pitchers capable of that role anyway.

You call the second base trade jumping too soon…I’d call refusing to improve the worst spot on the team when the team is with a few games of a playoff spot, and having been in line for one much of the season on a hunch that just maybe some team with a good second baseman will consider trading him….with no evidence to support it… is quitting far too early.

Sanchez won’t be on this team four years from now.

Yes, after years of Chulk, SA Taschner, Kline, Messenger, Stanton, Walker, ect., Chavez is not a “nothing” player.