It’s really a domino affect when it comes to the Thornburg trade.
First, thornburg has provided us nothing since we acquired him.
Second, I saw him pitch earlier this year and at the time, his breaking balls did not break, at all. They were just meatballs waiting to get smacked! I understand that he is improving his breaking balls as of now. So maybe one day Thornburg contributes. I hope so.
Third, Once Dave traded Shaw, Dave went into last season with sandavol as the only non-utility third baseman in the roster. After sandavol imploded, which everybody and their mother was saying was going to happen, he rushed devers to the big leagues. Devers natural development was forever retarded because of that move.
If devers career craters because he can't Define the strike zone or his defensive woes mentally hinder him, it is directly attributable to dave’s idiotic trade for a broke down sore armed reliever with decent numbers.
Remember Dave, nothing beats getting eyes on a player before you over pay for that player in a trade! Your scouts are professionals, please listen to them before over ruling them. Hear what they have to say. It’s what you pay them for!
This is why most of the baseball operations department deserted us for greener pastures.