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Now that the dust is settling, it appears the trade was Miley for Carson Smith, with Elias and Aro balancing the value of starter v. shutdown reliever. That being the case, I wonder why Elias was included. Montgomery is the LH #6 who lacks options; Elias still has one year to bounce up and down as necessary. If I fault Dipoto on this one, it's that he gave up the wrong LH starter. I can only conclude that Montgomery is going to the pen and will be the 2nd LH there. I hope Furbush is ready to go out of ST then. I'm not vehement on this one, but I agree Elias was undervalued.