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That may be changing. We're talking about a young pitcher that has already had TJ surgery and his velocity is already sinking south of 90 MPH. He's not even 25 and he's moving all over the mound to give hitters different looks in the wake of career worst K% and H/9.

And Olivera doesn't have a single major league at bat and is a risk for TJ surgery himself, not to mention being on the wrong side of 30. Nobody is arguing that Wood has some question marks, what we are saying is the Olivera has equally as much or more.

The issue is we are giving up JJ and Peraza on top of Wood, for not much at all. That's where the problem comes in.

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Posted by Rig

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Member since Aug 2011

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Posted on 7/30/15 at 11:45 am to auyushu

Jim Johnson never had value so he's a wash.

Peraza on the other hand has value but it's unknown at the big league level.

This entire trade is question marks for both sides outside of Wood so there's really nothing substantial that will come out of this discussion from either side. I think both parties see risk and possibility of reward. Clearly some will see it as a bad move today and some will trust Hart and say it's a smart move. Time will tell the tale as always

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Posted by TheJones

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Posted on 7/30/15 at 11:51 am to auyushu

We're not giving up that much if you don't value Alex Wood and Peraza as highly as our fans do. Alex Wood/ Peraza didn't get Olivera alone for a reason.

We were always going to trade pitching for bats. We were always going to have to throw in more to get bats because that is what the trade market for bats is demanding. That's all I'm saying

neither guy has the value that our fans believe they do