lol what? you do realize that 1) eaton is very good. 2) he is cheap and i mean really cheap for the next 5 years. 3) giolito had tj and wasant even that impressive in the minors or majors. 4) all the nats starters are under contract for a long time so the odds of giolito coming up anytime soon is low unless injuries
1,2) Of course Eaton and his contract are good. Nobody's disputing that.
3) LOL at Giolito not impressive. He had an ERA little over two in AAA last year despite being six years younger than the average (I'll give you the small sample size). And stats are not what's important, it's the potential, the plus-pitches he has.
4) Scherzer and Stras are under contract for a long time. Gio is trash and hopefully he leaves soon. Ross is inconsistent and the front office seems to not like Roark that much. You need four good starters to complete in the playoffs. We have 2, 3 at most, and one of them always gets injured before the playoffs start. Giolito would be a huge asset to have.
And honestly, that's not the problem I have with the deal. Yes, I hate losing Giolito, but he was expendable in the right deal, hell, even in this one. But to give up Reynaldo Lopez as well??? That's what I'm most miffed about. Our two best minor league pitchers in a system built around pitching are gone in a league where prospects have lots of value. This kind of deal should've been able to land Chris Sale, not just Eaton.
