[DJ's left nut]

Yeah, that's not out of bounds at all.

I think Archer's incredibly overrated but that contract of his and the fact that some teams WON'T think he's overrated but will fall in love with those K numbers means he'll get a huge return, especially with his durability.

Colome is also overrated but he's closed games for 2 years and has 3 years of control left. I have no interest in acquiring a guy like that, but other teams with lazy/gunshy management will be all over him rather than pay $17 million/season for Davis or Holland.

A Colome/Archer deal will cost far FAR more than Reyes and Piscotty/Grichuk. Dakota Hudson would be a throw-in for that kind of deal. Reyes, Hudson, Kelly, Grichuk might get it done. It also might come up short.

That's why I want no part of that deal and no part of that team. Longoria's the third in their triumvirate of wildly overrated players but comes with the additional kicker of being very expensive for the next 5 years.

But of course, an older, more expensive, less effective version of the guy they've been chasing for 5 years, an overrated reliever who's 'done it before' and a pitcher that's going to cost far more to acquire than he'll mean on the diamond....right up Moe's alley. That's the kind of trade he'll try to make because it is going to get the 'truefans' in Cardinal Nation in sorts of lathered up.

Nevermind the fact that it makes them maybe 4 games better. Maybe. And in the process they'd pretty much gut their farm system.