The big issue with this deal is Benintendi made himself expendable. Had he continued on his 2018 pace, he was more in line for an extension than being trade bait.
Cordero was always one of those guys scouts loved but was never able to put anything together, largely due to his frequent injuries. He's not the prospect Austin Meadows was with Pitt, but it's the same idea Bloom went after a guy that he should be capable of more than what he has done. Although Cordero is not as young as Meadows was when Bloom traded for him, but also had fewer at-bats...