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James Paxton has the opportunity to completely obliterate the competition. He has #1 potential, and "Lefty Brandon Morrow / Max Scherzer" is his fallback position.
I don't trade him for anything less than a similar aircraft carrier on offense, and Gordon is NOT an aircraft carrier. We may have a problem getting teams to cough up an offensive force for pitching greatness, and may wind up overpaying in pitching to get that offensive force over here...
But I'm not trading 3 of our top-5 arms and an All-Star 2B prospect for Alex Gordon. No thanks.
~G