And if he traded for those who were traded for he would have dealt more than Pagan and a nobody.

Whether you like it or not, GMs make mistakes. Look at Theo Epstein—the guy’s a great GM but made a ton of higher profile mistakes than this: Julio Lugo, Edgar Renteria, Carl Crawford, John Lackey, Bobby Jenks, etc. Luckily, all of the guys Alderson has missed on were periphery acquisitions at best and made very little money (Carrasco the most expensive at a measly 1.2M).

And I don’t see how it’s fair to lump Torres in there, considering he’s never even put on a Mets uniform.