That's about what the deal would be. Giving up a young top ten talent and the chance to get another good kid next year for a 27 year old that will be past his best by the time we are really contending seems crazy to me.
Yeah but even a very good player at 10 is going to take years to really be useful.
Look at a quality kid like billings for instance.
It's unreasonable to expect a kid, even a future A grader like billings to be reliablly consistent within their first few years.
Even a kid like gresh who has started great will likely be up and down for the next few years.
We know we'll get A grade quality from rocky from day 1.
And he's young enough that he should be able to maintain that level for 4-5 years (ie our window) ala joey etc.
Plus rocky is the exact kind of mid we need.
Fast ball winner