Antonetti and Chernoff, you are freakin' idiots and total incompetents at making trades

 Dear Chris Antonetti and Mike Chernoff,

You two are freakin' idiots.

Let's summarize the trade:

• You traded your #7 prospect (rated just outside the top 100 in all of baseball) who is on the roster and has ML experience at 3rd base, RF and a little at 1B and is a power hitter, something this organization is lacking.
• He wasn't taking up a needed roster spot and had a lot of potential
• You get back Colorado's #30 prospect:who:
• Colorado was tryng to trade because they didn't really want to protect a limited, low A player on their 40-man roster, meaning the Guardians should have had all the leverage in this deal
• played in low A this year meaning:
• He is likely 3+ years from the majors
• At that rate will have used up ALL his option years before he gets to the majors the first time, meaniing that if he is ever sent to the minors (usually happens to every young player at least once) he would have to be DFA'd at that time
• Creates a 'dead spot' on the roster for 3 years meaning that his spot on the 40-man will not be able to help the ML team during that time, hurting your team during that time.
• Is redundant to what we have already:
• He is another middle infielder
• He has no speed
• He is not a good defender
• He likely has little to no power

No way is this acceptable for your job title.  Hey, I disagreed with trading Carlos Vargas earlier in the day for a guy who won't help us this year like Vargas had the possibility of doing.  I disagreed with putting Tim Herrin on the 40-man over Peyton Battenfield because I think your experts are misreading both Battenfield's and Herrin's results and peripherals this year.   However, as I said in my last post, none of those moves is crucial to how the Guardians finish the next few years.  It just removed some depth and potential trading assets without anything of substance coming back.

But the trade of Nolan Jones for Juan Brito?   That makes no sense and DOES hurt our team now and for the next 3 years.  Jones immediately slots in as Colorado's #11 prospect, meaning not only have they traded up 19 spots they got a ML player who won't clog their roster and can help their ML team right away.  Colorado was trying to dump Brito as they didn't want a low A guy on their 40-man.  We had all the leverage in this trade but Colorado won this trade by a huge margin.  

This trade stinks.  There isn't one visible reason that this trade gets the Guardians a fair return.  They get screwed royally on this trade.   Hey, if Jones offended someone in the organization, I understand,  why you trade him.  But you get equal value back.  Not only did you OBVIOUSLY not get equal value back you screwed up your 40-man roster for 3 years and did not help your ML team at all for 3 years.  

No way is this acceptable and there are no excuses that you can make up that will convince anyone that you did not hurt your team today in essentially every move you made except for the obvious protecting of Martinez and Cantillo who, both, BTW, also clog your 40-man roster for at least 2 years.

I am disgusted with you two today.   Get off your asses and do your job better tomorrow.  Your past successes don't give you a pass to make monumental screwups like the Jones for Brito trade and you should have even done better earlier in the day with your 40-man roster.