Of course it is a valid question mark in your opinion. Just like anything that would benefit the Sox. However, taking an unbiased look you'd see that the Sox could set up a convincing package of what the Padres want the most, position players. But hey, according to you and Cafardo, the Sox couldn't create a five position-player package to save their life amirite?
It's not like Anderson (1B ) ,Kelly (SP/SS), Reddick (OF), Ryan Kalish (OF), Yamaico Navarro (SS), Luis Exposito ©, Che-Hsuan Lin (OF), and Ryan Westermoreland (OF) are enough pieces to come up with a solid proposal for Gonzales right?
Throw in Michael Bowden (SP), Stolmy Pimentel (SP), and Felix Doubront and it's pretty obvious the Sox would be in a hopeless situation if they ever wanted to come up with a package for Gonzales, having to include pieces from the Major League club right? right?
Because San Diego sees itself contending next year, they're gonna stop acquiring the best available talent because it's not above AA, right?
Interesting.