dumb dumb dumb

you’ve already done this who is McCarthy bit multiple times.

You’ve made that same lame joke 3 or 4 times now.

...you just go back to that stable, mash up some more horsedooty, and come back stronger than ever before.

nor should they be, necessarily. They didn’t think that McCarthy was heads and shoulders above Danks, just further along in the development process. That decision is not bad because McCarthy got hurt, it’s bad because they should have stuck with a longer term plan instead of trying to contend in 2007.

And I don’t see how you could say that Hamilton has not exceeded expectations. The fact that Volquez has also done so does not make that a bad trade. And there again, they are not trying to outsmart Cinci in that deal. It was high risk for both clubs, and both clubs knew it at the time. But the Rangers had a terrible outfield and the Reds had a surplus of OFers with a young stud coming up. It was a good fit.

I just do not agree with your premise that the Rangers didn’t know they had good pitchers in Danks and Volquez. You also can not overlook the fact that there was a resounding consensus on McCarthy being a top notch young pitcher. That is a fact, not an opinion. It’s a fact about opinions, but it is a fact. Daniels was not going out on a limb saying he was a quality young starter. It’s also well known that the Chicago brass and McCarthy did not get along too well, and it’s also well known that KW really liked Danks.

This is not a simple black and white issue. We’d all like to have a simple villain to point to, but I’m sorry, it just isn’t that way.