Walker has been looking like Brandon Morrow: all of the stuff, none of the success. He puts it together and he'll be a monster, but betting on bats feels safer. If Segura is doing his Altuve thing, we win. If Haniger is the late bloomer he looks like that's some incredible icing, and Curtis could fix our pen lefty issue. THIS is the deal DiPoto is going to hang his hat on.
He had a nice long look at both Walker and Paxton, and traded Walker off for a swing to fix SS with an All-Star in his prime and addresss other roster holes.
Mad props, Jerry. From my side it looks a lot better than the Bedard deal. Dice go right and the Mariners sent out two guys and STILL added the two best players in the deal. Dice go wrong and they break even. IMO it would have to be a catastrophe for Segura and a breaktrough for Walker to lose it - and Walker would have to stay healthy. We'll see.