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How does Betts compare to trading for Goldschmidt, though?
He's 26, compared to 31, and the last season Goldschmidt had in the Betts ballpark in terms of WAR was 2015. The Cardinals traded for a guy exiting his prime and who plays a position that if his bat disappears then so does his entire value.
I would think the Manny Machado trade would be a much closer comparison and that came with 2 months to go, no QO offer on the table, and they got 5 guys with 1 top 100 player.
Last I checked Betts was 2nd in fWAR to Trout since his first full season. Hes a 5 tool player and given the extra time on the roster over Machado and the fallback of a QO then I would suspect they would have every right to be asking for a top 50 guy and probably a top 100 guy with some lotteries. The Cardinals gave up guys that didnt look like major leaguers when they were traded. Did you honestly think Kelly would be a better hit than Knizner, at least for this season, and Luke Weaver would nearly double his career WAR in 11 starts?
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