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Originally Posted by PunkinDrublic
Dayton has made some dumbass trades, but I really believe in the long term the Royals will be a better team due to our minor league system being much better.
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As Rany points out, the Dayton trade register is not as one-sided as we perceive sometimes.
Nunez for Jacobs is the worst trade he's made.
Cortes for Betancourt was reviled at the time, but it appears the organization's read on Cortes was correct (he had really been cooled upon). Ramirez falls into this category, too (the debate about Crisp/his injury concerns/etc
Nothing really can be said about J.P. Howell. At the point he was swapped for Gathright, Howell was a soft-tossing lefty who had been drilled in the big leagues. He went to Tampa and continued to get drillled as a starter for two more years. As a last resort, Tampa moved him to the pen, and he stuck. It would be a little different if Tampa had instantly moved him to the pen after acquiring him (that would indicate the Rays had seen the potential and made the trade based on that).
On the good side of the ledger are the trades for Callaspo, Bannister and Davies.
Much better outlook, really, than is commonly perceived when talking about Moore's trades.