the pushback is he can't tell the difference between a starting pitcher prospect and an MLB rotation starting pitcher
The problem is you [a fucktard] won't acknowledge that one ultimately becomes the other.
Caterpillars either become moths or butterflies. We squished all of our caterpillars, couldn't afford butterflies, so we bought moths with half a wing painted like a butterfly. It's going to be a problem for the foreseeable future unless we deal [would have dealt] our nice pieces for many more caterpillars. It was a strategical misstep and we overplayed our hand.
You are too rough ridin' stupid to understand that, which is why you were baffled at the notion of trading duffy, hos, cain, whoever for multiple starting pitchers.
We were never going to compete for a title with this pile of below average garbage, and any non-delusional idiot knew Vargy wasn't going to maintain a 2 era and that duffy is not an "ace". Further, the bullpen is obviously devoid of talent, and that's starting to show as well. The "prospects" that don't turn out at least usually become decent pen pieces.
