That's the only logical assumption to be made. The alternative is that in a pitching-desperate league, two cost-controlled years of an above-average starter didn't attract serious trade interest. We apparently have differing definitions of "logical" Well, yes. Yours seems to be that we know our front office didn't make a mistake because our front office thought it was the right thing to do. You're the only one making actual assumptions here. I never said they didn't make a mistake.