What I learned: next time trade young pitching for bats

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Baseball changes.

There was a time when you could win an MVP going .300 30 and 100

There was a time you could have a four man rotation and strike out 300 guys.

There was a time where stockpiling young pitchers made sense.

Times change.

As I think about the present Mets dynasty, I can’t help think about Generation K.

I’m starting to think the move is to deal young studs for bats. Pitchers break. Bats are a little more reliable.

The last two Mets aces have been Colon and Dickey. Right now the Mets are winning with Lugo and the Gazelle Man and Generation H is nowhere to be found.

Maybe the next time someone comes up and is the next Seaver or the next whoever it makes sense to make a deal. Sell high?