Both Wagner and Lopez were declining when they were traded, and Krivsky saw that. Lopez has a career OPS of .723 and can't play a lick of defense. Krivsky theoretically sold high on him, the problem was he didn't get anything for him. Bray will be in the majors within the next few weeks, and will probably be right behind Cordero and Burton in terms of "stuff". Thompson as a 22 year old in AA: 23.2 IP 16 H 2 ER 25 Ks 1 BB He's the Reds best pitching prospect (excluding Cueto and Volquez) other than Homer Bailey. I'm not really sure how you say he's not a Reds top 20 prospect. Trades aren't judged at the time they are completed either. You can't judge them until they play out. If Bray turns out to be a solid reliever and Thompson turns into a major league SP, the Reds could still get the "better". However, the trade didn't work out for either team. The problem is, Krivsky got really desperate for relief pitching, and he got himself in trouble. He got desperate for SP and a CF this year, and ended up giving Patterson and Fogg multi-million dollar contracts when they could have been had for peanuts.