Goodbye Aaron Civale!

 The Guardians traded oft-injured Aaron Civale who is:

• At the peak of his value (good thing)
• Who is the top veteran starter on this team in the middle of a pennant race (not good thing)
• In a situation where we need to eat innings to save the young starter's arms (not a good thing)
• Appears to be what a team would do in a white flag kind of trade (not a good thing for team morale)

We got back Kyle Manzardo who is:

• Hurt (not a good thing)
• Left handed (not a good thing with our lineup and farm system)
• Not tall for a 1B man (not a good thing)
• Hitting .148 in AAA vs LH pitching (not a good thing)
• Is only a passable fielding first baseman who has a weak arm (not a good thing)
• Coming to a team where 1B and DH are locked up through 2024 (not a good thing)
• Comes from Tampa Bay who ALWAYS beats us in trades (not a good thing)

Right now, this trade appears to suck.  The only thing that is a positive is that we traded Civale at the peak of his value.  Every other bullet above is a negative.  Eleven bullets, 10 of them are negative.   

Get the message.  The Guardians screwed this move, too.  They are giving up on this season.   Next thing will be Francona retiring right now and turning the team over to Hale for the rest of the season.  This time, though, he won't be coming back, given the mess this is turning into.  The rest of the rats will start leaving the sinking ship starting this off-season.  This is a mess and will only get worse given the pathetic 2022 and 2023 drafts and trades like this.